This Vancouver-born leftfield composer’s intense,tall-concept swathes of electronic noise prove remarkably easy to get lost in Related: Tim Hecker: ‘I beget pagan music that dances on the ashes of a burnt church’ Tim Hecker is an artist whose star has risen considerably in recent years. He began recording under his own name in the early 00s, way out in the leftfield, and fitting labelmates with a selection of fearsome noise artists including Merzbow and Masonna. But since the release of his acclaimed 2011 album,Ravedeath, 1972, and the Vancouver-born electronic auteur has found himself inching towards the mainstream. Critics stopped merely praising his albums and started going bananas: Spin magazine called him “one of the most necessary artists of our generation”. He has been twice nominated for the Canadian respond to the Mercury prize and won his homeland’s equivalent of a Grammy. If you’re looking for evidence of increased commercial appeal,you might note that he’s also traded up record companies. No more jockeying for space on the release schedules with Maggot Breeder, Knurl and Bastard Noise: he now inhabits the more genteel surroundings of revered British indie 4AD.
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Source: theguardian.com