Tim Hecker
Tim Hecker is a Canadian electronic musician, producer, composer, and sound artist. His work, spanning albums such as Harmony in Ultraviolet (2006), Ravedeath, 1972 (2011) and Virgins (2013), has been widely critically acclaimed.[1][2] He has released eleven albums and a number of EPs in addition to a number of film scores[3] and collaborations with artists such as Arca, Ben Frost, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Daniel Lopatin, and Aidan Baker.[4][5]
For the German sprint canoeist, see Tim Hecker (canoeist).
Tim Hecker
Jetone
July 17, 1974
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Composer
Electronics
1996–present
- Mille Plateaux
- Alien8
- Force Inc.
- Staalplaat
- Fat Cat
- Kranky
- Paper Bag Records
- Software Recording Co.
- 4AD
Personal life[edit]
Hecker pursued a professional career outside music and worked as a policy analyst for the Canadian Government in the early 2000s.[26][27] After leaving his employment in 2006 he enrolled at McGill University to study for a PhD,[28] with a thesis on urban noise that was published in 2014.[29] He has also worked there as a lecturer in sound culture in the Art History and Communications department.[30]
Art[edit]
Hecker occasionally makes sound installations and has collaborated with visual artists such as Stan Douglas[36] and Charles Stankievech.[37]
Hecker, along with other musicians Ben Frost and Steve Goodman (Kode9) and artists Piotr Jakubowicz, Marcel Weber (MFO) and Manuel Sepulveda (Optigram), provided music for Unsound Festival's sensory installation, Ephemera.[38]
Hecker composed the score for Damien Jalet's performance piece Planet [wanderer].[39]
Film[edit]
Hecker composed the score for 2016's The Free World,[40] selected to be shown in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.[41] He composed the score for BBC Two drama series The North Water directed by Andrew Haigh and based on Ian McGuire's novel of the same name.[32][42]
Hecker also composed the score for the Austrian drama and horror film Luzifer, which won the Best Actor Award for Franz Rogowski at Fantastic Fest in 2021[43] and Best Actress Award for Susanne Jensen and Best Actor Award for Franz Rogowski at the 2021 Sitges Film Festival.[44][45]
Hecker composed the score for Infinity Pool, the 2023 film by Canadian director Brandon Cronenberg, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Mia Goth, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[46][47][48]
