Hecker

Florian Hecker's releases under his own name contain some of the most subtle, nebulous computer music issued by the extended group of artists associated with the Vienna-based Mego label. Similar to colleagues such as Peter Rehberg, Christian Fennesz, and Farmers Manual, Hecker utilizes the computer as a means to new compositional strategies, leaving behind standard musical structures and seeking out unusual timbral and textural effects through primarily, sometimes exclusively, digital means. Born in Augsburg, Germany in 1975, Hecker has also performed live with many of the a...