Tim Hecker

Tim Hecker

Tim Hecker is an electronic musician and sound artist based in Montreal, Canada. Hecker previously recorded under the moniker Jetone, but has become better known internationally for his ambient recordings released through Kranky, Mille Plateaux, Alien8, Force Inc, Staalplaat, and Fat Cat under his own name.

Background

Hecker is an acclaimed producer of electronica, having toured and produced under the name Jetone. His work has included commissions for contemporary dance, sound-art installations, and various writings. Tim has performed extensively including festivals such as Sónar (Barcelona), MUTEK (Montreal), Impakt Festival (Utrecht), Victoriaville in (Quebec), IDEAL (Nantes), Vancouver New Music Festival (Vancouver), and club transmediale (Berlin).

In addition to touring with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and recording with the likes of Fly Pan Am, Hecker has also collaborated with Christof Migone, Martin Tétreault, and Aidan Baker. He has also contributed remixes to other artists, including Isis. His works have been described as “structured ambient”, “tectonic color plates” and “cathedral electronic music”, however for the most part, have focused on exploring the intersections of noise, dissonance and melody, fostering an approach to song craft which is both physical and emotive. The New York Times has described his work as “foreboding, abstract pieces in which static and sub-bass rumbles open up around slow moving notes and chords, like fissures in the earth waiting to swallow them whole”. His Radio Amor was considered to be a key recording in 2003 by The Wire.

Discography

Tim Hecker

Albums

• Haunt Me, Haunt Me Do It Again (2001)
• Radio Amor (2003)
• Mirages (2004)
• Mort Aux Vaches (2005)
• Harmony in Ultraviolet (2006)
• An Imaginary Country (2009)

Collaborations

with Aidan Baker (Nadja)

• Fantasma Parastasie (2008)

EPs

• Trade Winds, White Noise (2002)
• My Love Is Rotten To The Core (2002)
• Atlas (2007)

Jetone

Albums

• Autumnumonia (2000)
• Ultramarin (2001)
• Sundown (2006)

External links

• Official website
• Tim Hecker at AllMusic
• Tim Hecker at Alien8 Recordings
• Tim Hecker at Groovesmag.com

Interviews

• Hampson, Simon. “Tim Hecker Interview.” Cyclic Defrost, 3 March 2007.
• Henderson, Lee. “Tim Hecker: Resisting the Technophilia.” Splendid eZine, 2003.
• Schepper, Ron. “An Interview with Tim Hecker.” Junkmedia, 27 September 2004.
• Unknown author. “Two and a Half Questions with Tim Hecker.” Headphone Commute, 28 April 2010.

Further reading

• Bergmann, Brett. “Global Movement, Local Detail: The Music of Tim Hecker.” eContact! 11.2 — Figures canadiennes (2) / Canadian Figures (2) (July 2009). Montréal: CEC.
• Hecker, Tim. “Guest List Top 10.” Pitchfork. 27 October 2006.
• Richardson, Mark. “Tim Hecker: Harmony in Ultraviolet.” Pitchfork. CD Review. 16 October 2006.

Review of An Imaginary Country (2009) on Pinkushion