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Florian Hecker was born in 1975 in Augsburg. He currently lives and works in Vienna. Hecker has been working with computer music, independently and in collaboration with other artists such as Farmers Manual, Russell Haswell, Shunichiro Okada, Peter Rehberg, Marcus Schmickler and Yasunao Tone since 1996. In addition, for the recording SUN PANDÄMONIUM, he received the Award of Distinction at the Prix Ars Electronica in 2003.

Hecker (different band) is a Jazz/Funk/Reggae band from Tucson, AZ.
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  • squezey

    I love the IT ISO release, such subtle bass and sound atmosphere, kinda hard to believe it was made in 1998. Way ahead of its time.

    23 Mar 11:21pm Reply

  • Pramipexole

    ah dang it i ate my speakers by accident

    3 Nov 2012 Reply

  • JackChuter

    New review of Hecker's "Chimerization": http://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/music/6047

    30 Oct 2012 Reply

  • chickrocksteady

    wow. this is fuckn it

    29 Aug 2011 Reply

  • 99vadim

    Yep.. that Speculative Solution booklet is pretty awesome.. "Metaphysics and extro-science fiction" essay by Meillassoux absolutely rules - I was surprised that contemporary philosophy can be so captivating.

    4 Aug 2011 Reply

  • Goomba4001

    He has a MacBook here. Just sayin'.

    22 Jun 2011 Reply

  • Pramipexole

    by the way, the 160 page booklet inside the Speculative Solution packaging is tremendously interesting. I wonder what Florian Hecker and Quentin Meillassoux think about the idea of Boltzmann brains. the concept of "hyperchaos" is oddly similar, and strangely enough Hecker's music reminded me of Boltzmann brains long before he applied the concept of hyperchaos to it.

    20 Jun 2011 Reply

  • Pramipexole

    He is my fav sound artist ever and Sun Pandämonium is the most satisfying and surreal sonic experince in my life. Though this be madness, yet there's method! This is what noise should be. His compositional processing is completely remote from each other; with Sun Pandämonium music it is like kind of blank... Tracks are designed to be terrifying, but intellectual pleasure of abstract conceptual analysis during close listening turns itself into aesthetic pleasure as part of the Hecker's brilliant "ofness" ideology. That space-time creating through the some of the most sophisticated, schizophrenic and psychedelic sounds ever produced by human is extremely playful and restrictive at the same time. It's all about an explosive blend of lush sounds and harsh noise---of lunatic humour and sophisticated sadism. Just check out the ending of first, second and last track... Hecker's constant malicious doesn't lead to disappointment by any means! Holy fuck, holy fuck and holy fuck again! [2]

    20 Jun 2011 Reply

  • mariacool

    He is my fav sound artist ever and Sun Pandämonium is the most satisfying and surreal sonic experince in my life. Though this be madness, yet there's method! This is what noise should be. His compositional processing is completely remote from each other; with Sun Pandämonium music it is like kind of blank... Tracks are designed to be terrifying, but intellectual pleasure of abstract conceptual analysis during close listening turns itself into aesthetic pleasure as part of the Hecker's brilliant "ofness" ideology. That space-time creating through the some of the most sophisticated, schizophrenic and psychedelic sounds ever produced by human is extremely playful and restrictive at the same time. It's all about an explosive blend of lush sounds and harsh noise---of lunatic humour and sophisticated sadism. Just check out the ending of first, second and last track... Hecker's constant malicious doesn't lead to disappointment by any means! Holy fuck, holy fuck and holy fuck again!

    19 Jun 2011 Reply

  • acephalous

    Speculative Solution is calculated cognitive confusion. Amazing!

    23 May 2011 Reply

  • mattimeus

    nice to see some non-macbooks

    14 Apr 2011 Reply

  • Pramipexole

    lacerates my brain and it hurts so good!

    17 Mar 2011 Reply

  • mariacool

    Acid In The Style Of David Tudor is soo awesome I want to eat my speakers

    22 Dec 2010 Reply

  • edvvc

    The Editions Mego site has this advice regarding Hecker, "It is recommended to listen to this material on loudspeakers at high volume. Headphone use is not advised." While I'm inclined to agree it's definitely not the recipe for friendly neighbours!

    4 Dec 2010 Reply

  • purple_prince

    Get off, you're rubbish.

    2 Nov 2010 Reply

  • mrgnmttg

    Heckler.

    25 Oct 2010 Reply

  • the_cap_man

    Heckler > Tim Heckler

    17 Oct 2010 Reply

  • www_vertical_fm

    *MILLE PLATEAUX is back: Dark, Cold, Dry, Minimal Glitch CD. Great Video! Kabutogani - BEKTOP Video CXEMA: http://www.lastfm.de/music/Kabutogani/+videos/+1-1DVOfQ4z4Hw Album Sampler (20 sec of each track): http://www.lastfm.de/music/Kabutogani/+videos/+1-GkeSzCjA_RE

    12 Jun 2010 Reply

  • utopiantheorist

    New EP is great!

    9 Jun 2010 Reply

  • mrgnmttg

    endless love

    8 Jun 2010 Reply
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