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Alexander Hacke (Einsturzende Neubauten) & FM Einheit (Germany)
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August 20, 21:00
 Alexander Hacke, a guitarist, bass-guitar player, singer, experimental / industrial / electronic musician from Germany, produced numerous artists, contributed to their records, was present on all albums and tours of Einsturzende Neubauten, and released two full-length solo albums. While primarily known for his work with the influential industrial group Einsturzende Neubauten, he has also collaborated with many other artists, such as The Tiger Lillies, Crime and the City Solution, Gianna Nannini, Gry, Miranda Sex Garden, Terranova, Sprung Aus Den Wolken, Mona Mur, Die Ichs, Schlaflose Naechte, Fred Alpi, Danielle de Picciotto and others.
In the early 1980s, he released a few solo tapes and mini-albums, such as “Hiroschima”. He became a long-time member of Einsturzende Neubauten and also was a member of several other bands, such as Sentimentale Jugend, Sprung Aus Den Wolken and Mona Mur.
In 1980, at the age of fifteen, he joined Einsturzende Neubauten, which had been formed earlier the same year. Hacke played guitar and worked with the band's sound until the middle 1990s. Then he changed guitar to bass and is now a bass player and, according to band leader Blixa Bargeld, "a musical director of the band".
Hacke's first full-length solo album was “Filmarbeiten” (1992). In the 1990s, he was a frontman of the band Jever Mountain Boys, who played their favorite songs, particularly country music cover-versions.
In 2003 Alexander Hacke and his longtime partner Danielle de Picciotto (married since 2006) organized the monthly event "BadaBing" in the famous Berlin 70s Club "Big Eden", presenting new and unusual bands and in this way initiating a new wave of Berlin-oriented "Futur-electroclash" music all over Europe.
In 2005, Hacke and de Picciotto conceived and directed "The Mountains of Madness", an audio/visual live show based on stories by H. P. Lovecraft, inviting the English Trio The Tiger Lillies to participate and perform in the successful production throughout Europe.
In the 2000s, Hacke created the album “Sanctuary” (released in 2005), travelling with a mobile recorder in Europe and North America and collaborating with numerous artists, such as J.G.Thirlwell (Foetus), Caspar Brotzmann, Larry Mullins (Toby Dammit), Vinnie Signorelli (Unsane), Michael Evans (KBZ 200), Sugarpie Jones (Celebrity Skin), Bob Rutman (Steel Cello Ensemble), Nils Wohlrabe (The Leather Nun), Gianna Nannini, Andrew Chudy (alias N.U. Unruh, Einsturzende Neubauten), Lary 7 (The Analog Society), and David Yow (The Jesus Lizard). He uses, in particular, music software by Native Instruments on his solo activities.
Hacke also contributed to several soundtracks to such films as “Sonnenallee” and “Das Wilde Leben” (biography of Uschi Obermaier, 2006/07). Hacke produced music for Fatih Akın's film “Head-On” (2004) and is a main character in “Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul” (2005), Akın's documentary of the Istanbul music scene.
On the 1st of February Hacke and his spouse Danielle will present one of their conceptual projects “The History of Electricity” – electronic acoustic show in 9 chapters. “Alexander Hacke combines sounds from the analog-monophon Korg MS -20 Synthesizer with digital-computer signals. The clash produces intense results – floating sounds meet rhythmical sequences – electrical buzzing harmonizes with sub frequent chord progressions.
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