Alexander Hacke
Alexander Hacke ( born October 11, 1965 in Berlin- Neukölln ) is a German musician, record producer, composer of film music and actor. He is known primarily as a guitarist (1980-1994) and bassist of Einstürzende (since 1994) of the band new buildings. From 1980 he performed for several years under the pseudonym Alexander von Borsig.
Life
First experience as a band member Alexander Hacke collected in 1979 at a Berlin school band. In the same year he co-founded the band Mekkanik Destruktif Kommandöh whose name was derived from the 1973 released album Mekanik Destruktïw Kommandöh the French group Magma. In 1980 he joined the group P1 / E ( Style: Minimal Electro ) at. This summer, he left without a degree after the 8th grade education and devoted himself under the pseudonym Alexander von Borsig all his musical activities. As his first solo title he published Life is beautiful. Also in 1980, he joined as a guitarist at that time still not very well known band Einstürzende Neubauten.
At a concert of Einstürzende Neubauten in December 1980 in Hamburg Alexander Hacke met the then 18 -year-old Christiane Felscherinow ( " Christiane F. " ) know, the fact narrative We Children from Bahnhof Zoo at that time led the German bestseller list. Both were a couple for about two years and also appeared as a musical duo under the name Sentimental youth.
In 1981 hoe his second solo record entitled Borsig -Werke ( a pun on the name of the industrial plants of the company Borsig in Berlin) and joined the band to jump from the clouds. On a trip to the U.S. in 1982 were made with the Einstürzende Neubauten, he worked with the Los Angeles Free Music Society. With Christiane F., who accompanied the band on this trip, he took in Los Angeles as an instrumentalist on the single Wonderful. Back in Berlin, he landed with his solo single Hiroshima, the ( NME ) was chosen as the "single of the week" by the British music magazine New Musical Express, an international success. 1982 and 1984 to 1986 he played in the band Mona Mur & Tenants, from 1986 on, he worked temporarily in the band Crime and the City Solution with.
Since 1992, Alexander Hacke operated as a composer of film music ( see below filmography ). Along with other composers, he also contributed music to the successful film Gegen die Wand (2004) by Fatih Akın. In Akin's documentary Crossing the Bridge - The Sound of Istanbul (2005 ), he appeared in front of the camera.
In 1993, he was the frontman of the band Jever Mountain Boys, which afforded songs of different styles as cover versions of country style. In 1994, he worked as a guitarist for Gianna Nannini album Dispetto with and played many concerts with her band.
1998 produced hoe with his then wife Meret Becker CD Nightmare, in which he participated as a musician. With his brother Ben Becker 2001 he produced the CD Fever - Diary of a leper. Becker recites poems on this recordings of Klaus Kinski, hoe wrote the music. In 1999, he participated as a guitarist with the CD Close The Door by Terranova.
From January to December 2003, he led once a month along with Danielle de Picciotto in the Berlin discotheque Big Eden, the stage show Bada Bing! on. Also created along with Danielle de Picciotto and the Tiger Lillies and he directs since 2005, the musical stage show Mountains Of Madness after horror story At the Mountains of Madness ( German Mountains of Madness ) by HP Lovecraft. Also in 2005 he released his solo album Sanctuary.
Even as an actor tried to Alexander Hacke, as in the movie decoder ( 1983), where he appears with his then partner Christiane Felscherinow ( Christiane F. ). In supporting roles, he was in the TV movie Jack's Baby (1999, directed by Jan Josef Liefers ) and Planet Alex (2001, directed by Uli M Schueppel ) to see.
Alexander Hacke is a father of a son (* 3 October 1989, Mother Angela Mettbach ) and a daughter (born 10 February 1999 mother Meret Becker).
2006 married Alexander Hacke his partner of many years, the American artist Danielle de Picciotto.
Importance
Music journalist David Pfister writes about hoe: "On the variety of recordings of various artists he shows up. From klezmer folk to country to Speed Metal - Alexander Hacke is nothing strange. Hoe knows and can do everything. " His early title Life is beautiful and Hiroshima, which he wrote and published at the age of 15 or 16 years, earned him the reputation as" a prodigy " of the former Berlin underground scene. Originally from the industrial sounds of the musical underground Coming integrated hoe in the 1980s first elements of punk and the German New Wave in his music before he later in diverse styles successfully tried, both within the Einstürzende Neubauten as well as in its activities outside this volume, which he always remained loyal since 1980.
Discography (selection)
( Not included are the record of Einstürzende Neubauten. Purpose see there.)
Filmography
( It does not include films from and about the band Einstürzende Neubauten. Purpose see there.)