Anticipating Tim Hecker's Virgins

My feeling about Hecker is that he is trying to destroy his music. Rather, he creates source material and then attacks it through digital means.

For whatever it's worth, here's some stuff I wrote about Hecker's albums a couple years ago, when I was trying to grapple with his records based on what I was hearing, not based on tons of artist interviews etc. I don't know if I'm "right" but it's what I think Hecker is up to.

http://sctttnnnt.tumblr.com/post/76814667110/krank-102-tim-hecker-harmony-in

http://sctttnnnt.tumblr.com/post/89560708895/krank-154-tim-hecker-ravedeath-1972-2011

http://sctttnnnt.tumblr.com/post/96660556514/krank-183-tim-hecker-virgins-2013-tim-hecker

The new one, Konoyo is great. Far more focused and minimally processed synth notes while layering relatively untreated acoustic instrumentation. Very cinematic. Love the collaboration with the gagaku ensemble, it adds to the meditative and spiritual vibe.

awesome record

I was really surprised at just how good the live show for this album is.

New one coming out in May, a companion album to Konoyo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR7u5jhG82c

Anoyo is v v good

Indeed it is. It would be a good fit for the 'Follow-ups that could almost be part twos of classic albums' thread, but that assumes Konoyo is classic (which is fine by me tbh).

no one cares about this dude anymore? the new one is hitting the spot today

I bookmarked this thread in anticipation of the new one and haven't gotten to it yet!

Somehow I missed the news that he was scoring the recent Brandon Cronenberg movie and something seemed familiar about that score, although it's in a different vein than much of his other work

Ha, my review of the new one will be out on Shfl later in the week. It's quite good!

There was some interesting stuff in this interview about the film score:
https://thefilmscorer.podbean.com/e/tim-hecker-takes-a-dip-into-the-infinity-pool/

The run from Harmony in Ultraviolet to Virgins is untouchable. He started to lose me around the time of Love Streams. I will still dutifully listen to everything he does though my expectations have lowered. I have the new album bookmarked but I haven't heard it yet.

Finally saw him live last night -- wonderful performance. Also a salute to ANYONE who starts a set at 9, ends at 10 and allows me to walk home comfortably by 10:30.

The run from Harmony in Ultraviolet to Virgins is untouchable. He started to lose me around the time of Love Streams. I will still dutifully listen to everything he does though my expectations have lowered. I have the new album bookmarked but I haven't heard it yet.

― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, April 10, 2023 bookmarkflaglink

Following up on my post from 7 months ago - the new album is his best since Virgins

saw him last night for I think the third time - pulverisingly loud, like molecular disintegration level - themes & elements from the most recent album but pushed into wild new shapes and extremes - loved it