Holger Hiller

Electronic experimentalist Holger Hiller departed from the band Palais Schaumburg in the early '80s and embarked on a solo career. 1984's A Bunch of Foulness in the Pit established his basic approach of combining keyboard lines with assorted odd sounds, and tense, clattering percussion. 1986's Oben im Eck was a slightly revamped version of the earlier Hyperprism; it featured Hiller exploiting new sampling technology to its fullest behind a band including vocalists Billy McKenzie and Kaori Kano, and keyboardist Izumi Kobayashi. After laying low for quite some time, save occasio...