![]() ![]() With a PhD in sound studies from McGill, Hecker started producing eponymous work that disrupted musical experience, both explicitly and subtly. He began his career releasing minimal electro under the moniker Jetone, but abandoned the project early on, finding its reliance on club beats too restrictive. For 15 years now, Hecker has chased down particular moods and even physical sensations with a batch of records that have garnered increasing recognition. Meanwhile, the fundamental characteristic of “ambient” music – generally pegged as background drivel by its very definition – seems a complete misnomer, as Hecker’s work demands to be heard under the same kind of meditative hyper-focus with which he makes it. ![]() He does use electronic manipulation to create drone-infused atmospheres, but in recent years, he has increasingly relied on live recordings of orchestral elements to form a base for that work. There are few ambient electronic artists as consistent and groundbreaking as Tim Hecker, even if the terms “ambient” and “electronic” barely encompass the scope of his work. ![]()
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