Tagged: Tim Hecker
Freak Scene: A Year
A couple years ago, crammed in the back of a car, my roommate asked me what my top albums of the year were. I went on a too long rant that could basically be boiled … read more »
Stream Tim Hecker and Oneohtrix Point Never’s Album Instrumental Tourist
On paper, there’s something viscerally appealing about improvisational music. The idea that a mostly unplanned collaboration between a few talented individuals could result in a boundary breaking new project is really exciting. Often, though, the … read more »
Stream: Hecker + Lopatin, “Intrusions”
For the first chapter of SSTUDIOS (Software Studio Series), Software’s collaborative recording series, Dan Lopatin and Tim Hecker mimicked the tropes of jazz improvisation while working within their respective, synthetic mediums, matching glitch to drone … read more »
Philip Glass, “Montage” (Tim Hecker Remix) MP3
Who would ever have expected so much Tim Hecker in such rapid succession? Definitely not me. The guy’s music doesn’t exactly scream out for piecemeal internet postings of songs he’s made recently, but it’s working. … read more »
Stream: Holy Other, “Held” (Tim Hecker Remix)
It’d be a stretch to call Tim Hecker accessible, but his remix of Holy Other’s “Held” hits all the grandiose, so-pretty-it-hurts-to-listen-to high notes that great soundtracks hit. This isn’t a call for Hecker to soundtrack … read more »
Freak Scene: Emotional Ambient
When I started doing Freak Scene, my goal was to highlight weird corners of the music world. Whether that was through talking about an older record in a new way, or looking at a scene … read more »
Stream: Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin, “Uptown Psychedelia”
Both Tim Hecker and Daniel Lopatin’s Oneohtrix Point Never have a history of creating difficult music with such emotional resonance that it reaches people that might not normally be into it. “Uptown Psychedelia” is from … read more »
Freak Scene: Tim Hecker’s Sleep Music
The year that I lived in a ground floor apartment on Grand Street in Brooklyn was not the best. The apartment, while new, was flimsy. My bedroom sprouted black mold from a leak in the … read more »
Striking a Chord: Eight New Musicians Look at the Wide Influence of Philip Glass
TYONDAI BRAXTON: Figures like Philip Glass helped to tie classical culture to the modern age. The connection he made was profound and helped usher in a new way of looking at music of hundreds of … read more »
Stream: Tim Hecker, “Sketch 5″
Whenever Tim Hecker releases new music onto the internet to be a part of the blogging hamster wheel, it always feels a little weird. Like maybe it doesn’t quite belong in rotation with much else … read more »
