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The Hacker is a French electroclash and techno producer who has worked extensively with Miss Kittin.

« L’homme de l’ombre »… From his start in the hardcore technoscene, to the massive success he found with Miss Kittin; Michel Amato aka The Hacker is one of today’s most talented and innovative French artists. With influences from Electro (Kraftwerk) to New Wave music (The Cure and Depeche Mode) and familiarity with the French rave scene of the early 1990s his sound is well defined, yet original.

Michel started making music in 1989 at the age of 17 in Grenoble (France). At the time Duran Duran was an early influence but he later discovered the dark side of Electro through bands like Cabaret Voltaire and D.A.F. In 1993, although in love with the sound of LFO, he took on the hardcore side of Electro and released a few 12”s with Benoit Bolloni (aka The Money Penny Project) under the moniker XMF on the label of the same name.

In 1995, he lowered the Beats Per Minute but not the energy. Under the name The Hacker he made his own music in classic Detroit style with Jeff Mills in mind. His first tracks were released on the Ozone and Interface labels. Three years later he founded his own label Goodlife Records (a classic track from Inner City) with his friends Oxia and Alex Reynaud. However, he still releases tracks on other labels such as A Strange Day on UMF and Method Of Force on Sativae. The tones of his debut album Melodies En Sous-Sol (spring 2000) surmise his musical dreams where you can hear distant echoes of New Order, Dopplereffekt or the hardcore of PCP.

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Gepule wrote:
23 days ago

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TheWV wrote:
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There's Always a Song Spinnin' Round in My Head

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bleachgeek4973 wrote:
September 2009

Please join http://www.last.fm/group/TECHNO+HYPE it's for those who like techno and electronica

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PepperPokie wrote:
August 2009

je dis OUI!!!!!

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wielmoznypan wrote:
June 2009

electroclash_________________wtf.

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kr9kr9kr9 wrote:
May 2009

Radiation!

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edbesac wrote:
March 2009

J adore !!

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dandybeef wrote:
December 2008

Grenoble se résume à : (1) The Hacker ; (2) les JO et (3) HAL de MC2 (j'aime mon frère)

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laupinxi wrote:
December 2008

que recuerdos...

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Fuzzball1 wrote:
December 2008

France finest

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daledrops wrote:
November 2008

big ups to the hacker massive

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SPACEFACTORYREC wrote:
October 2008

www.lastfm.fr/label/SPACE+FACTORY Canzian Carretta and many more

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csnc82 wrote:
September 2008

Hi i need to know the name of a track Hacker played at I LOVE TECHNO 2003. It's the second one, just after the one of creme de menthe. It's a very powerful ebm track with voices, maybe in english or german (or a new language) saying something like master threat (trick?) something like that....PLEASE HELP ME!!!

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antonvp wrote:
August 2008

woohoo classic!

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elsimondark wrote:
July 2008

X !

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zero_magazine wrote:
June 2008

http://www.lastfm.se/group/Zero+Magazine

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adidaskiller wrote:
June 2008

new 'X' album ^^ sooo fresh!

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Blutbengel wrote:
May 2008

Forgot about how great "Rêves Mecaniques" is!

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tenshu4444 wrote:
May 2008

try on amazon.com (or fr,de,uk and so on) : http://www.amazon.com/Reves-Mechaniques-Hacker/dp/B00030EJPY/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1211027355&sr=8-1

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ptitediabless wrote:
March 2008

hello i want the song melodies en sous sol de Hacker do you know how can i find it? Thanks

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