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Chansons de geste

by Hecq

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1.
Worlds End 03:58
2.
Nescient 02:25
3.
Home by Nights 04:06
4.
Heathland 04:27
5.
Recital 1 02:52
6.
Passage 03:00
7.
Tome 03:20
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Rest 03:54
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Dust & Carpets 04:20
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Recital 2 03:22
11.
There Is Always Tomorrow 07:20

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With Chansons de geste Ben Lukas Boysen a.k.a. Hecq presents a very personal release, conceived as a memorial and dedication to bygone events and individuals. The basic sources for the eleven haunting tracks were original tape recordings Boysen and his family members made decades ago for private use, ranging from piano etudes to classical works by composers like J.S. Bach and Johannes Brahms. It was Hecq's intention to restore, revive and to re-arrange these basic sources for the existing release in a condensed and unusual way. Each tape was digitized to a hard disc, loops and patches were extracted from this sound pool, and the collection was recorded on a reel-to-reel tape recorder. The tapes were taken and played back inside a church where the natural reverb of the location was added and used as the master recording.

Musically, Chansons de geste is a captivating assemblage of mesmeric ambient works where the natural hissing from the ancient tape recordings interpolates with orchestral classical textures and slight electronic manipulations. The hypnotic loops and dots transfer an atmosphere of grandeur and melancholia to those who are aligned with the album's concept as well as to the unprejudiced listener.

Chansons de geste is Hecq's examination and refurbishment of a rich, touching and important time's distillate - an aural inheritance of activities and events which only remain to exist as a memory.

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released September 4, 2017

All tracks written and produced by Ben Lukas Boysen.
Engineered, recorded and mastered by Martyn Heyne at Lichte Studio Berlin.
Artwork & layout by Maria Sieradzki. Photo by Stefan Alt.
Published by Erased Tapes Music.
©℗ 2017 Hymen Records.
www.hymen-records.com

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Hecq Berlin, Germany

Hecq is an experimental project created by Ben Lukas Boysen to explore the outer realms of left-field electronica, break-core and techno.

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