Hecker

Florian Hecker, who records as Hecker, is a German composer and sound artist born in Augsburg in 1975. He works with computer-generated sound and synthesis in records, multichannel sound installations, exhibitions and live performances. His albums have appeared mainly on the Viennese labels Mego and Editions Mego. Hecker has worked often with Russell Haswell: their Blackest Ever Black (2007), released by Warner Classics, was made with Iannis Xenakis's UPIC system, and their Kanal Gendyn came out on Editions Mego.