Tim Hecker is an electronic/ambient artist based in Montreal, Canada. Originally under the name Jetone, he created techno/dance music, but his ambient works became more well known. His music has gained much recognition and praise internationally. Mr. Hecker has performed at many musicians' festivals, such as Sónar (in Barcelona) and Transmediale (in Berlin). His music was described as "structured ambient," and "cathedral electronic music," and has been mentioned in many newspapers and magazines. His beautiful and complex soundscapes border on the line between white noise and melody, and create emotive, thought-provoking songs that make the mind imagine and wonder.
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Toronto based Aidan Baker and Montreal based Tim Hecker pair up to deliver an abstract and experimental ambient piece on a Canadian Alien8 Recordings. Hecker is not a stranger to a noise-prominent label, having previously released Mirages (Alien8, 2004), and a re-issue of Radio Amor (Mille Plateaux, 2003). In addition, his ambient recordings have already graced quality labels like Force Inc, Staalplaat, Fat Cat and Kranky. This is, however, his very first collaboration. Baker, on the other hand, is known for his work with Leah Buckareff, together cooking up ambient drone metal under the Nadja moniker. Baker's discography is immense, and mostly consists of live improvised long pieces. His ability to churn out guitar heavy drone soundscapes can be overwhelming, but together, with Hecker's luscious synth work, they pull out a whole different beast. The overdriven guitars combined with hiss, crackle and static, vibrate feverishly across the frequency spectrum, occasionally revealing a hidden pattern, a loose structure, and a graceful melody. The paced slow-core riffs, rolling at a speed of a sleeping giant, are fed back into themselves and split through a harmonic meat grinder. All this is again mashed up, tweaked out, and faded in through a torrent of bit-crushed digitally violated audio waves that give your speakers (and ears) a massive workout. Fantasma Parastasie is a relaxing fatigue - it cradles you gently by screaming its head off. Thus, together, Backer and Hecker, define an oxymoron of ambient noise or shoegazer metal. This should be a special treat for those with a taste for Belong, Ben Frost, Fennesz, Jasper TX, and Lawrence English.
Hello Tim Hecker! Happy New Year, wishing you all the best for new 2009, I heard the new one will be great! ;) Also i want to tell you, that my debut album «Symbiosis of Сontradictions» is out now, contact Impulsive Art for more information if you are interested in it. Greets from the snowy Moscow / Russia /Ivan
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