Tim Hecker

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Tim Hecker

Background information
Also known as	Jetone
Origin	Vancouver, BC, Canada
Genre(s)	Electronic Music Glitch Microsound Ambient music
Years active	1996 to Present
Label(s)	Mille Plateaux Alien8 Force Inc Staalplaat Fat Cat Kranky
Website	Alien8 Page

Tim Hecker (born in Vancouver) is a Canadian musician and sound artist whose recordings are often classified under the electronica genre. Tim previously recorded under the moniker Jetone, but has become better-known internationally for his ambient recordings released through Mille Plateaux, Alien8, Force Inc, Staalplaat, and Fat Cat under his own name since 1996.

1 Background
2 Discography
- 2.1 Albums
- 2.2 EPs
3 External links

[edit] Background

Tim is an acclaimed producer of techno, having toured and produced under the name Jetone. His work has included commissions for contemporary dance, sound-art installations, and various writings. Tim has performed extensively including festivals such as Sónar (Barcelona), MUTEK (Montreal), Impakt Festival (Utrecht), Victoriaville in (Quebec), IDEAL (Nantes), Vancouver New Music Festival (Vancouver), and Transmediale (Berlin).

In addition to touring with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and recording with the likes of Fly Pan Am, Hecker has also collaborated with Christof Migone and Martin Tetrault.

His works have been described as “structured ambient”, “tectonic color plates” and “cathedral electronic music”, however for the most part, have focused on exploring the intersections of noise, dissonance and melody, fostering an approach to song craft which is both physical and emotive. The New York Times has described his work as “foreboding, abstract pieces in which static and sub-bass rumbles open up around slow moving notes and chords, like fissures in the earth waiting to swallow them whole”. His Radio Amor was considered to be a key recording in 2003 by Wire magazine.