„hackedepicciotto“ are Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto. Both are legends of their own
making: Danielle de Picciotto moved from New York to Berlin in 1987, to become the lead singer of the
band „Space Cowboys“,co-initiator of the Love Parade, a collaborator of the Ocean Club with Gudrun
Gut, and Alexander’s partner in crime. Alexander Hacke is an original member and the bass player of
Einstürzende Neubauten. The artist couple, romantically married in 2006, has creatively interacted with
countless international projects for almost two decades now besides regularly releasing their own
compositions.
Their live shows are, to put it mildly, intense. Danielle specialises in unusual instruments such as the
Hurdy Gurdy, the Autoharp and the Kemençe besides playing the violin and piano; Alexander is master
of the bass, guitar and drums. Together they create beautiful, existentialistic, acoustic soundscapes,
which roar and vibrate simultaneously leaving their audiences shaken but overjoyed. Danielle, author of
two books, writes most of their lyrics, be it in moments of poetic spoken word or in the momentous choirs
they compose together. Alexander Hacke, an excellent vocalist and throat singer, growls his gnarly,
rumbling cries that float eerily over their nomadic desert drones, with screeching birds, bees or wild
gusts of wind accompanying slow, heavy riffs that start as a whisper and end in a volcanic, rolling wave
of apocalyptic frenzy. The collage of this mixed with melancholic, translucent harmonies, very heavy
and low bass chords, and electronics are a mesmerising universe of sound and emotion which has
generated an ever growing group of enthusiastic listeners.
”Menetekel” is the name of their new album and it is darker than their last masterpiece “Perseverantia”.
The title is a.......
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„hackedepicciotto“ are Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto. Both are legends of their own
making: Danielle de Picciotto moved from New York to Berlin in 1987, to become the lead singer of the
band „Space Cowboys“,co-initiator of the Love Parade, a collaborator of the Ocean Club with Gudrun
Gut, and Alexander’s partner in crime. Alexander Hacke is an original member and the bass player of
Einstürzende Neubauten. The artist couple, romantically married in 2006, has creatively interacted with
countless international projects for almost two decades now besides regularly releasing their own
compositions.
Their live shows are, to put it mildly, intense. Danielle specialises in unusual instruments such as the
Hurdy Gurdy, the Autoharp and the Kemençe besides playing the violin and piano; Alexander is master
of the bass, guitar and drums. Together they create beautiful, existentialistic, acoustic soundscapes,
which roar and vibrate simultaneously leaving their audiences shaken but overjoyed. Danielle, author of
two books, writes most of their lyrics, be it in moments of poetic spoken word or in the momentous choirs
they compose together. Alexander Hacke, an excellent vocalist and throat singer, growls his gnarly,
rumbling cries that float eerily over their nomadic desert drones, with screeching birds, bees or wild
gusts of wind accompanying slow, heavy riffs that start as a whisper and end in a volcanic, rolling wave
of apocalyptic frenzy. The collage of this mixed with melancholic, translucent harmonies, very heavy
and low bass chords, and electronics are a mesmerising universe of sound and emotion which has
generated an ever growing group of enthusiastic listeners.
”Menetekel” is the name of their new album and it is darker than their last masterpiece “Perseverantia”.
The title is a.......
more