Tim Hecker
Harmony In Ultraviolet, Tim Hecker’s first record on Kranky, is a welcome addition to the stable; a continuation of Hecker’s interest in spectral communications, ambient noise, impressionism and the limits of digital composition, the album is perhaps his most accomplished work to date. Merging from crumbling towers of noise and feedback to gently throbbing bursts of colour, the record is an epic, dreamlike journey that further pushes the boundaries of abstract music, challenging the very definitions of genres such as ‘electronica’ and ‘ambient’, and providing an enthralling ride for the listener in the process. In many ways this album can be viewed as a work of total destruction, embracing indeterminacy as an aesthetic ideal; its shifting, slippery nature resisting easy description or understanding, yet always demanding attention.
Release Date: October 9, 2006
