The Hacker

The hacker, whose real name is Michel Amato, is a French DJ and producer of electronic music. Through the cooperation Miss Kittin & The Hacker he reached with the electro-pop tracks in 1982 and Frank Sinatra in the late 1990s great popularity in the German techno clubs. His style is influenced by Kraftwerk, New Wave, as well as the French rave scene in the early 1990s.

Biography

The Hacker began at the age of 17 years making music, but he was based initially on Duran Duran. These were followed by dark electro style of Cabaret Voltaire and DAF. Then a cut took place and he moved briefly to the genre of hardcore techno, which he performed together with Benedict Bollini as XMF. In 1995 he started his own style to develop, which can be classified as Detroit techno. In collaboration with his girlfriend Caroline Hervé ( Miss Kittin ) he then published in 1998 by International Deejay Gigolos, among others, the pieces in 1982 and Frank Sinatra. By his own admission, these were meant only as a fun project. Label owner DJ Hell, they made ​​known in Germany and were a great success for the duo. With longer delay appeared in 2001 then the debut album First album, can be found on the other held in his particular style electropop tracks. Following the U.S. Tour 2002, the two decided to suspend cooperation for the time being. In 2007, with Hometown and Dimanche again productions of the two concluded.

By the way, he worked intensively as a remixer and its publications as a solo artist received attention.