Hioctan

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The name:

Hioctan / high oc|tane

is a technical definition which stands for high knocking characteristic.

The Biography:

Hioctan was founded in 1999 in Rostock by Robert Heidrich and Michael Senft, because the current music scene hasn’t anymore been satisfactory enough. The ambition was it to combine Dark Electro with EBM. After years of experimentation, it developed to a distinctive style. In 2002, the co-founder Robert left the project, so that it has to be regarded as a one-man-project since that time. At live gigs, it is supported by other artists. Also in 2002, Hioctan manages to subscribe a record contract with the label NoiTekk, whereby the debut album “Headscan” was published throughout the world. The second album “Concentration Overload” was published in June 2005.

The Intention:

Hioctan stands for dynamic music, which does not comply with any linear music, which is just orientated to be danceable. The music is living. A song builds up, develops, and then collapses, just in order to build up again with divergent arrangements. The drums and the bass lines form a symbiosis despite their complexity. The remaining elements are intended to be interlocking and to serve their purpose as a whole.

The Discography:

CONCENTRATION OVERLOAD | 2005 | NoiTekk
HEADSCAN | 2003 | NoiTekk
THE BEGINNING OF HEADSCAN | 2001 | self release

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ebm, industrial, harsh ebm, dark electro, aggrotech
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stuporfy wrote:
September 2009

I'm not complaining ;-)

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Magnum_Silvered wrote:
August 2009

"You kiddin' me? This is one of the most unoriginal groups out there. " +1

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lokiz_ wrote:
August 2009

maaassa :D

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Heppner wrote:
April 2009

Unoriginal? I think one of the most original in this genre!

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_stooge wrote:
March 2009

btw, Walk the Fuck upright (Y)

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_stooge wrote:
March 2009

Now that I look back at first discovering this band, it didn't really grab me at first. But at some point it just clicked in my mind that Hioctan is really great.. I dont understand why everyone is saying they are so unoriginal. His sounds are distinctive as fuck, there is this hollow, cheesy harshness to all his synths (and I say that in a good way :P) not to mention I haven't heard any other dark electro group that features a motherfucking synth-oboe. Ever.

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carbonex wrote:
February 2009

Ha, the description of Hioctan is hilarious. Like the others have said, they might make some fine hard EBM but there's nothing to distinguish them from other Noitekk groups. Terrible English lyrics...

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qgu wrote:
February 2009

One of the better EBM bands

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Babayoga88 wrote:
January 2009

A fun band to play but this whole 'we are very original' statement is such a joke. These guys are hardly original or all that innovative. It is still pop formula. Not sure what they are smoking.

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fastmat wrote:
December 2008

not so innovative but fine brutaldisco fun, i´d say.... Walk Upright!

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TheBlackRaven87 wrote:
November 2008

for me Hioctan is better than some other Dark Electro Bands. maybe not the most unique band, but i still give both of their albums 7,5 - 8,0 of 10,0 points. and 7,5 is good when i'm reviewing. ^^ and btw they are one of the most "un-technoid" Dark Electro bands i know (though there are really good technoid D-Electro bands like God Module for example) and maybe that is one of the reasons that make Hioctan unspectacular for many people.

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_stooge wrote:
October 2008

You really think so? Of course a matter like this is subjective... But I've always loved Hioctan

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_stooge wrote:
October 2008

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing- apparently he is working on a new album, but I havent heard any news of it in.. ages.. Shame if he leaves this be- very distinct style..

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avitheavithe wrote:
August 2008

Totally disappeared offa the face of the planet?

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TheBlackRaven87 wrote:
May 2008

for me both albums are on the same level. both will be better & better with every listen.

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SickPerversions wrote:
May 2008

The ambition was it to combine Dark Electro with EBM. Wow thats innovative.. -.- Good music non-the-less. :)

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kr-lik wrote:
February 2008

that remix was funny. I should maybe remaster it somehow...

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Eclipse666 wrote:
November 2007

^^

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rotflol17 wrote:
October 2007

wtf why is a Marilyn Manson group connected to this?

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subwolf9 wrote:
August 2007

The remix by controlled collapse of w.y.s.i.w.y.g. is absolutely insane. I love it.

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