Ben Lukas Boysen
Ben Lukas Boysen, also known by his stage name Hecq, is an electronic music composer based in Berlin.[1]
Biography
[edit]Boysen studied classical guitar and piano as a child.[2] He moved to Berlin in the early 2000s, setting up a studio called Hecq Audio,[3] and composed electronic music under the alias Hecq[4] from 2003. As Hecq, he released music in a variety of electronic styles, including glitch, ambient, breakcore, abstract IDM, and dubstep, mostly on the label Hymen Records.[5]
In 2014, his piece "Sleepers Beat Theme" was featured as the opening track of Jon Hopkins's LateNightTales compilation CD.[6] He signed with Erased Tapes in 2016 and has released three solo full-length albums to date as Ben Lukas Boysen. The first, Gravity, was originally issued in 2013, but was reissued by Erased Tapes in 2016; the second album, Spells, was released in 2016 as well.[7][8] In 2017 Boysen’s video game score in collaboration with Sebastian Plano, Everything,[9] was released; while 2020 saw the release of his third solo album Mirage.[10]
Boysen also does soundtrack work and has written pieces for entities such as Marvel and Amnesty International.[11]
Discography
[edit]As Hecq
[edit]Albums
[edit]- A Dried Youth (Kaleidoskop, 2003)
- Scatterheart (Hymen Records, 2004)
- Bad Karma (Hymen Records, 2005)
- 0000 (Hymen Records, 2007)
- Night Falls (Hymen Records, 2008)
- Steeltongued (Hymen Records, 2009)
- Avenger (Hymen Records, 2011)
- Horror Vacui (Hymen Records, 2013)
- Conversions (Ad Noiseam, 2014)
- Mare Nostrum (Hymen Records, 2015)
- Chansons de Geste (Hymen Records, 2017)
Singles and EPs
[edit]- Zetha (onpa))))), 2007)
- Golden Pines (Binkcrsh, 2008)
- Sura (Ad Noiseam, 2010)
- Spheres of Fury (with Exillon, Contortion, 2011)
- Enceladus (Ad Noiseam, 2012)
- Pain Call (with Skyence, Edged Music, 2013)
As Ben Lukas Boysen
[edit]Albums
[edit]- Infinite Rounds (Grundruck, 2007)
- Gravity (Ad Noiseam, 2013)
- Spells (Erased Tapes, 2016)
- Everything (with Sebastian Plano, Erased Tapes, 2017)
- Mirage (Erased Tapes, 2020)
Singles and EPs
[edit]- Thesis 16 (with Martin Heyne, Thesis, 2020)
Soundtracks
[edit]- Restive (2012)
- Mother Nature (2013)
- Sleeper's Beat (2014)
- Sundays (2015)
- The Collini Case (2019)
- Siren Songs (2021)
References
[edit]- ^ Review of Spells. Bandcamp, June 20, 2016.
- ^ Spells album review. GigSoup, July 4, 2016.
- ^ Ben Lukas Boysen, "Golden Times 1". Stereogum, April 6, 2016.
- ^ Review of Steeltongued, Brainwashed.com, June 20, 2009.
- ^ Ben Lukas Boysen, "Spells". Headphone Commute.
- ^ Listen: New Ben Lukas Boysen. The Quietus, February 4, 2014.
- ^ Soothe Your Mind With Berlin Composer Ben Lukas Boysen’s Spells LP. The Fader, June 9, 2016.
- ^ Ben Lukas Boysen, Spells Review. MetroMag New Zealand, October 12, 2016.
- ^ Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano - Everything. Erased Tapes
- ^ Review: Ben Lukas Boysen - Mirage. Music OHM
- ^ Spells Review. XLR8R, June 2016.
| Authority control databases: Artists |
|---|
