Florian Hecker

Hecker
Hecker
Birth name	Florian Hecker
Born	1975; Augsburg, Germany
Genres	Electronic music
Occupations	Sound Artist
Instruments	laptop, Supercollider
Labels	Mego, Editions Mego, Rephlex, Warner Classics
Associated acts	Russell Haswell, Peter Rehberg, Yasunao Tone
Website	http://florianhecker.blogspot.com/

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Florian Hecker is an electronic music composer. He was born in Augsburg, Germany in 1975. His electronic music trends towards noise music and is often released via the Mego label. He has been working with computer music with artists such as Russell Haswell, Peter Rehberg, Yasunao Tone, Aphex Twin among others.^[1]^[2] For his recording SUN PANDÄMONIUM, he received the Award of Distinction at the Prix Ars Electronica in 2003 [2]. He also creates sound installations, most notably for Angela Bulloch.

[edit] Selected discography

(1998) Hecker: IT ISO 161975 (Mego) CD
(1999) Hecker: [OT] Xackpy Breakpoint (OR) CD
(2003) Hecker: SUN PANDÄMONIUM (Mego) CD
(2003) Hecker: 2 Track 12 (Mego) Mini LP
(2004) Hecker: PV Trecks (Mego) CD
(2004) Yasunao Tone & Hecker: Palimpsest (Mego) CD
(2006) Electronic Music Soundtrack for "The Disenchanted Forest x 1001" by Angela Bulloch Do (Editions Mego) CD
(2006) Hecker: Recordings for Rephlex (Rephlex) CD
(2007) Haswell and Hecker: Blackest Ever Black CD/LP (Warner Classics)
(2007) Hecker: Hecker/Holler Tracks 2LP (Semisigure)
(2008) Haswell and Hecker: Upic Warp Tracks CD (Warp Records)
(2009) Hecker: Acid in the Style of David Tudor

(2008) Florian Hecker Exhibition: 'Pentaphonic Dark Matter' (Sadie Coles Gallery, Heddon St).^[3]

^ Young, Rob (ed.) The Wire Primers: A Guide To Modern Music. London: Verso, 2009. pp. 35-36
^ Donk, Fillip. "Aphex Twin & Hecker at Bloc Weekend". Spannered.org. Archived from the original on 2011-10-30. http://www.webcitation.org/62pdT9pAf. Retrieved 2011-10-30.
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