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Alexander Hacke (also known as Alexander von Borsig, Alex Hacke, Hacke, born 11 October 1965) is a guitarist, bass guitarist, singer, musician, record producer, writer and film maker from Germany. He is primarily known as a longtime member of the influential German industrial music group Einstürzende Neubauten.

Alexander Hacke
Hacke performing on 5 May 2007
Background information
Birth nameAlexander von Borsig
Also known asAlex Hacke
Born (1965-10-11) 11 October 1965 (age 56)
West Berlin, West Germany
GenresExperimental, industrial, electronic
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer
Instrument(s)Vocals, bass guitar, guitar
Years active1980–present
Websitehttps://www.hacke.org/

Hacke has released two full-length solo albums, and has also collaborated with many other artists, such as Robert Rutman, The Tiger Lillies, Danielle de Picciotto, FM Einheit, Crime & the City Solution, Phew, Gianna Nannini, Gry, Miranda Sex Garden, Terranova, Sprung Aus Den Wolken, Wovenhand, David Yow, Mona Mur, Die Ichs, Schlaflose Naechte, Fred Alpi and others.


Biography


Hacke during the Blässe (paleness) project, ca. 1980
Hacke during the "Blässe" ("paleness") project, ca. 1980

Early years


In the early 1980s he released a few solo tapes and mini-albums, such as Hiroshima. He became a long-time member of Einstürzende Neubauten and also was a member of several other bands, such as Sentimentale Jugend (with Christiane Vera Felscherinow, also known as Christiane F.), Sprung Aus Den Wolken and Mona Mur.


Einstürzende Neubauten


Einstürzende Neubauten live in 2000: Alexander Hacke (left, playing bass) with Blixa Bargeld (right)
Einstürzende Neubauten live in 2000: Alexander Hacke (left, playing bass) with Blixa Bargeld (right)

In 1980, at the age of fifteen, he joined Einstürzende Neubauten, which had been formed earlier the same year. Hacke played guitar and worked with the band's sound until the mid 1990s. Then he changed from guitar to bass and is now a bass player and, according to band leader Blixa Bargeld, "a musical director of the band".


Solo activities


Hacke's first full-length solo album was Filmarbeiten (1992).

In the 1990s he was frontman of the band Jever Mountain Boys, who played their favorite songs, particularly country music cover-versions.

In 2003 Alexander Hacke and his longtime partner Danielle de Picciotto (married since 2006) organized the monthly event "BadaBing" in the famous Berlin 70s Club "Big Eden", presenting new and unusual bands and in this way initiating a new wave of Berlin-oriented "Futur-electroclash" music all over Europe. They travel extensively performing multimedia shows together and presenting workshops on Berlin underground culture. In 2004, Danielle de Picciotto produced a documentary on Einstürzende Neubauten for which Alexander Hacke did the sound design.

Hacke & Tiger Lillies & Danielle de Picciotto live with The Mountains of Madness (2007)
Hacke & Tiger Lillies & Danielle de Picciotto live with "The Mountains of Madness" (2007)

In 2005 Hacke and de Picciotto conceived and directed "The Mountains of Madness", an audio/visual live show based on stories by H. P. Lovecraft, inviting the English Trio The Tiger Lillies to participate and perform in the successful production throughout Europe.

In the 2000s Hacke created the album Sanctuary (released in 2005), travelling with a mobile recorder in Europe and North America and collaborating with numerous artists, such as J.G.Thirlwell (Foetus), Caspar Brötzmann, Larry Mullins (Toby Dammit), Vinnie Signorelli (Unsane), Michael Evans (KBZ 200), Sugarpie Jones (Celebrity Skin), Bob Rutman (Steel Cello Ensemble), Nils Wohlrabe (The Leather Nun), Gianna Nannini, Andrew Chudy (alias N.U. Unruh, Einstürzende Neubauten), Lary 7 (The Analog Society), and David Yow (The Jesus Lizard). In the reviews on this album Hacke was compared to Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart.[1] The "Road Record", an excerpt of which can be seen on Sanctuary, was documented by de Picciotto, describing the revolutionary recording style Hacke used to produce the record.

Hacke also contributed to several soundtracks to such films as Sonnenallee and Das Wilde Leben (biography of Uschi Obermaier, 2006/07). Hacke produced music for Fatih Akın's film Head-On (2004) and is a main character in Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005), Akın's documentary of the Istanbul music scene.

On several occasions he reunited on stage with FM Einheit (ex-Einstürzende Neubauten) for an experimental performance.[2][3]


Private life


Alexander Hacke's first noteworthy girlfriend was Christiane F., who became famous with the internationally acclaimed movie and book Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, a biography of her heroin addiction. They performed together in Europe and the US with their band Sentimentale Jugend and also appeared together in the movie Decoder in 1983.

On 3 October 1989, Hacke's son Joshua was born in Berlin. His mother is Angela Mettbach, a Berlin nightlife figure who had a short-lived musical career with her band Octopussy.

Hacke was briefly married to German actress and singer Meret Becker and was involved in her musical career. Becker guested on Einstürzende Neubauten's album Ende Neu. In 2006, Hacke married his longtime partner Danielle de Picciotto, an American Berlin-based multimedia artist who is known for having founded the Berlin Love Parade together with Dr Motte and for singing in the band Space Cowboys.


Solo discography


For discography of Alexander Hacke with Einstürzende Neubauten, see: Einstürzende Neubauten's discography (all releases).


Film soundtracks



DVD



References


  1. Review of Alexander Hacke's "Sanctuary" by Axel Hönig at cdstarts.de (in German)
  2. Detailed information about a live concert of FM Einheit in Frankfurt / Germany, 2010 "Archived item". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2010. and video of this performance
  3. Information about Alexander Hacke's EP "Doomed", in which a concert of Hacke with FM Einheit in 2009 in Berlin is mentioned



На других языках

[de] Alexander Hacke

Alexander Hacke (* 11. Oktober 1965 in Berlin-Neukölln) ist ein deutscher Musiker, Musikproduzent, Komponist von Filmmusik und Schauspieler. Bekannt ist er vor allem als Gitarrist (1980–1994) und Bassist (seit 1994) der Band Einstürzende Neubauten. Von 1980 an trat er für einige Jahre unter dem Künstlernamen Alexander von Borsig auf.
- [en] Alexander Hacke

[ru] Хаке, Александр

Алекса́ндр Ха́ке (нем. Alexander Hacke, также известный как Алекса́ндр фо́н Бо́рзиг/нем. Alexander von Borsig, Алекс Хаке/нем. Alex Hacke и просто Хаке, родился 11 октября 1965 года в Берлине) — немецкий гитарист, бас-гитарист, вокалист, экспериментальный / индустриальный / электронный музыкант.


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