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Biografie
After graduating from Concordia University in Montréal with a degree in digital acoustics and software, Tim Hecker began to play around with electronic music. In 2000 whilst still experimenting with techno sound he debuted as Jetone with the album “Autumnumonia” which the label Force Inc. heard and released his subsequent album “Ultramarin” a year later in 2001.
The same year with Substractif, a subsidiary of the experimental Alien8 label, Hecker released “Haunt Me Haunt Me, Do It Again”. The album was a huge success both commercially and critically, praised for its experimental ambience it was followed up less than a year later with the EP “My Love Is Rotton to the Core”.
Going from strength to strength, Hecker’s second full-length album “Radio Amor” was inspired by a journey he took to Central America in 1996. The album released in 2003 did wonders for Hecker’s already glowing reputation despite it being his most accessible material to date. The musician’s subsequent albums “Mirages” (2004), “Harmony in Ultraviolet” (2006), and “Ravedeath, 1972.” (2011) have all received popular reviews and are defined by their experimentation and reluctance to sound like their predecessors.
On top of his album successes, Hecker has made a name for himself collaborating with a number of artists including Staalplaat on his “Mort aux Vaches” series, where the DJ recorded a 41-minute live radio set in 2005, as well as with Aidan Baker for the album “Fantasma Parastasie” in 2008.
The 2010s brought more acclaim for Hecker with the darker-shaded “Dropped Pianos” album in 2012, and the improvised jazz album “Instrumental Tourist” with Oneohtrix Point Never’s Daniel Lopatin released on the label Software. 2013’s release was the most adventurous yet, recording improvised live performances with an ensemble of fellow musicians playing synths, pianos and woodwinds instruments recorded in Montréal, Canada, Seattle, U.S. and Reykjavik, Iceland.
Live-Bewertungen
Going to see Tim Hecker play live isn’t really like going to your average concert, in that I’m not convinced you can emerge from his gigs and tell people, hand on heart, that you really enjoyed it. It’s less of a concert and more of an experience; his show at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, back in April of this year, is a case in point. The lights went down to signal his arrival - as is a matter of course at all concerts, of course - but the difference was, they didn’t come back up again. Instead, the audience were sitting in pitch darkness for the entirety of the performance, which lent heavily on Hecker’s latest LP, Virgins; the man himself was almost impossible to make out on stage, wearing a black hooded top and a gridded mask to conceal his face, and instead conjured up sonic soundscapes, based around the piano, that can only really be described as terrifyingly beautiful. After twenty minutes or so, a raft of early departures from the crowd became obvious, but most couldn’t have moved if they’d tried, pinned to their seats for an hour or so as they bore witness to one of the most intense live performances you’ll see anywhere.
Joeg_67
Hacia las 22:30 nos recogio en unas naves interestelares, nos llevó por otros universos: sensoriales, abstractos pero reales y hacia las 0:00 nos dejaron de vuelta, yo un poco volao.
Yo feliz, puedo decir: "He visto cosas que vosotros humanos no podeis ni soñar".
En una ciudad saturada de estimulos, en una sociedad mirando cada 2 min el móvil el espectáculo visual consistió en una densa nube de humo iluminada tenuemente con leds rojos. Y ahí nosotros mirabamos.
El sonido excesivamente alto y tirando al agudo, diría yo.
Y no tengo capacidad para interpretar mucho más la música, en estas músicas mi gusto se está desarrollando.
Es decir, musicalmente no me atrevo a decir mucho, pero mi experiencia fué fantástica.
portegag2
In the middle of the concert, where a single long track was played I found myself asking: "What is the next loud horror that will come out from the speakers". Given, probably the sound engineer had set the sound too loud. There are no visuals in the concert. In general I felt like being in a science fiction movie like Blade Runner 2049 in terms of soundscapes.
tommaso-querini
Absolutely spellbinding performance. Masterful blend of his last two releases. Totally enveloped in the atmosphere and wall of sound he presented to us. Acoustics of the set were great, and I was Impressed by Jon Averill's audio-visual performance, as well as Dreamcycles' mix.
christopher-flynn-4
It was a great show!!! I definitely will attempt to catch another one. Kara-Lis' opening was a treat. It was dark, atmospheric, and moody. My only complaint is that the show could have easily gone on another 30-40 minutes. I didn't want it to end.
william-paul-sanford
Disappointing concert: a monotonous, formless, rhythmless wall of sound, much less stimulating than Tim Hecker's customary tracks. The two preceding acts, We Will Fail & Wolf Eyes, were much better.
tiago-henriques-1
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