Tim Hecker is better known as his alter ego, techno maverick, Jetone. Under that name he has released full-lengths for both Force Inc. and Pitch Cadet. This marks the first release under the artist's real name, and it's a leap away from techno, exploring his interest in structured ambient sound. Here he has constructed strong ambient pieces using computer, guitar, and piano and treated the material digitally, resulting in some of the most memorable ambient music in the last few years.There are certainly si...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. An Imaginary Country continues from the trajectory of his last album, while also showing a few new tricks. Tim has incorporated more pulses into this work and also works with a sound palette including overdriven mellotron strings and synthesizer. At times this album is less overtly aggressive than previous works, but the notion that this is pastoral work would be dead wrong as there are plenty of the agitated crescendos that he is know for. This music backs off from the void of immensity in f...   [ read more ]

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Harmony in Ultraviolet is Tim Hecker's sixth album. It is a continuation of Hecker's interest in spectral communications, noise, impressionist musics, thresholds of listening pleasure/pain, and the limits of digital composition. This album is a significant development of his song-craft, challenging the usefulness of descriptors such as ambient, drone, metal, noise and even electronic music. If references are necessary it could be described as a sonata for the elements, songs of crackling embers, tidal pool...   [ read more ]

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