Alexander Hoe
Alexander Hacke (born October 11, 1965 in Berlin - Neukölln ) is a German musician, record producer, film music composer and actor. He is best known as a guitarist (1980–1994) and bassist (since 1994) in the band Einstürzende Neubauten . From 1980 he performed under the stage name Alexander von Borsig for a few years .
Life
Alexander Hacke gained his first experience as a band member in 1979 with a Berlin school band. In the same year he co-founded the band Mekanik Destruktiw Komandöh , whose name was derived from the 1973 album Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh by the French group Magma . Also in 1979 he joined the group P1 / E (style: Minimal Electro ). In the summer of that year he left school after 8th grade and devoted himself entirely to his musical activities under the artist name Alexander von Borsig . He published life is beautiful as his first solo title . Also in 1980 he joined the then not very well known band Einstürzende Neubauten as a guitarist .
At a concert by the Einstürzende Neubauten in Hamburg in December 1980, Alexander Hacke met the then 18-year-old Christiane Felscherinow ("Christiane F."), whose factual narrative, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo , topped the German bestseller list at the time. Both became a couple for about two years and also performed as a music duo under the name Sentimentale Jugend .
In 1981 Hacke published his second solo record entitled Borsig-Werke (a play on words for the industrial plants of the Borsig company in Berlin) and joined the band Sprung Aus Den Wolken . On a 1982 trip to the USA with the Einstürzende Neubauten , he worked with the Los Angeles Free Music Society . With Christiane F., who accompanied the band on this trip, he recorded the single Wunderbar as an instrumentalist in Los Angeles . Back in Berlin he landed an international success with his solo single Hiroshima , which was named "single of the week" by the British music magazine New Musical Express (NME) . From 1982 and 1984 to 1986 he played in the band Mona Mur & Die Mieter , from 1986 he worked temporarily with the band Crime and the City Solution .
Since 1992 Alexander Hacke has also worked as a composer of film music (see filmography below). Together with other composers he also contributed music to the successful film Gegen die Wand (2004) by Fatih Akın . He appeared in front of the camera in Akın's documentary Crossing The Bridge - The Sound of Istanbul (2005).
In 1993 he was the frontman of the band Jever Mountain Boys , which performed songs of various styles as cover versions in country style. In 1994 he worked as guitarist on Gianna Nannini's album Dispetto and played numerous concerts with her band.
In 1998 Hacke produced the CD Nachtmahr with his then wife Meret Becker , on which he also participated as a musician. With his brother-in-law Ben Becker , he produced the CD Fieber - Diary of a Leper in 2001 . Becker recites poems by Klaus Kinski on this sound carrier , Hacke wrote the music for it. In 1999 he worked as a guitarist with the CD Close The Door of Terra Nova with.
From January to December 2003 he performed the stage show Bada Bing once a month together with Danielle de Picciotto in the Big Eden disco in Berlin . on. Also along with Danielle de Picciotto and the Tiger Lillies created and he leads since 2005, the musical stage show Mountains Of Madness after horror story At the Mountains of Madness (German Mountains of Madness ) by HP Lovecraft . His solo album Sanctuary was also released in 2005 .
Alexander Hacke also tried his hand at acting, for example in the film Decoder (1983), where he appeared with his then partner Christiane Felscherinow (Christiane F.). He appeared in supporting roles in the TV film Jacks Baby (1999, director: Jan Josef Liefers ) and Planet Alex (2001, director: Uli M Schueppel ).
Alexander Hacke is the father of a son (born October 3, 1989, mother Angela Mettbach) and a daughter (born February 10, 1999, mother Meret Becker).
In 2006 Alexander Hacke married his longtime partner, the American artist Danielle de Picciotto .
meaning
The music journalist David Pfister writes about Hacke: “He appears on the most varied of sound carriers by the most varied of artists. From klezmer folklore to country to speed metal - nothing is alien to Alexander Hacke. Hacke knows and can do everything. ” His early titles Das Leben ist schön and Hiroshima , which he wrote and published at the age of 15 and 16 respectively, earned him the reputation of a“ child prodigy ”on the Berlin underground scene at the time. Originally coming from the industrial music of the musical underground , Hacke first integrated elements of punk and the New German Wave into his music in the 1980s . Later he successfully tried his hand at a wide variety of styles, both within the Einstürzende Neubauten and in his activities outside this band, to which he has remained loyal since 1980.
Discography (selection)
(Recordings from the Einstürzende Neubauten are not included . See there.)
- 1980: life is good
- 1981: Borsig works
- 1982: Christiane F .: Wunderbar (collaboration)
- 1982: Hiroshima
- 1982: Mona Mur and the tenants: Jeszcze Polska
- 1988: Crime and the City Solution: Shine
- 1989: Crime and the City Solution: The Bride Ship
- 1990: Crime and the City Solution: Paradise Discoteque
- 1992: film work
- 1994: Jever Mountain Boys: Bury the Bottle with Me
- 1994: Gianna Nannini: Dispetto (collaboration)
- 1994: Christoph Dreher : Sweat (collaboration)
- 1995: Blind: Live Saver (producer)
- 1995: Miranda Sex Garden: Fairytales About Slavery (Producer)
- 1996: Andreas Ammer / FM Unit : German Warriors - Tonträgeroper (collaboration)
- 1998: Meret Becker: Nachtmahr (producer, musician)
- 1999: Terranova: Close the Door (collaboration)
- 2001: Fever - diary of a leper , poems by Klaus Kinski, recited by Ben Becker, music by Alexander Hacke
- 2002: Fred Alpi: Les chiens mangent les chiens (producer)
- 2005: Sanctuary
- 2005: Martin Dean: The Best of Martin Dean (collaboration)
- 2006: Mountains of Madness in collaboration with Tiger Lillies & Danielle de Picciotto (DVD)
- 2006: I Hate You for the Monks tribute double CD Silver Monk Time
- 2008: The Ship of Fools in collaboration with Danielle de Picciotto (DVD / CD)
- 2009: Doomed
- 2010: Hitman's Heel in collaboration with Danielle de Picciotto
- 2013: American Twilight Crime & the City Solution, MUTE Records
- 2014: Ministry of Wolves in collaboration with Mick Harvey, Danielle de Picciotto, Paul Wallfisch
- 2016: Perseverantia in collaboration with Danielle de Picciotto (Vinyl / CD)
- 2017: Unity in collaboration with Danielle de Picciotto (CD)
- 2017: Menetekel in collaboration with Danielle de Picciotto (Vinyl / CD)
- 2018: Joy in collaboration with Danielle de Picciotto (CD)
- 2018: Risha in collaboration with David Eugene Edwards (CD)
Filmography
(Films by and about the Einstürzende Neubauten are not included . See there.)
- 1983: Decoder (actor), director: Muscha
- 1988: Nihil, or all the time in the world (film music), director: Uli M Schueppel
- 1992: The Terrorists (soundtrack), directed by Philip Gröning
- 1992: Vaterland (actor and film music), director: Uli M Schueppel
- 1993: Prinz in Hölleland (soundtrack), directed by Michael Stock
- 1994: Dens - They actually aren't (film music), directed by Carsten Lippstock
- 1994: Das Loch (film music), director: Matthias Heise
- 1999: Jacks Baby (actor), director: Jan Josef Liefers
- 2001: Planet Alex (actor), director: Uli M Schueppel
- 2004: Against the Wall (film music), directed by Fatih Akın
- 2005: Crossing The Bridge: The Sound Of Istanbul (film music) (documentary film), directed by Fatih Akın
- 2007: Das wilde Leben (film music), directed by Achim Bornhak
- 2007: Fuori dalle corde (film music), director: Fulvio Bernasconi
- 2009: Elektrokohle - Von Wegen (actor and film music), director: Uli M Schueppel
- 2009: Behind Kaifeck (film music), director: Esther Gronenborn
- 2009: Last Cowboy Standing (soundtrack), director: Zaida Bergroth
- 2010: Empire Me - I am the state! (Film music), directed by Paul Poet
- 2011: Lollipop Monster (film music), director: Ziska Riemann
- 2012: Garbage in the Garden of Eden (soundtrack), director: Fatih Akin
- 2014: Miss Sixty (actor) -Duet with Iris Berben; Director: Siegrid Hoerner
- 2014: The Cut (soundtrack), directed by Fatih Akin
- 2015: Our Last Summer (film music), directed by Michal Rogalski
- 2018: Iuventa (soundtrack in collaboration with Danielle de Picciotto), director: Michele Cinque
- 2018: A case for Dr Abel, Zersetzt (film music in collaboration with Danielle de Picciotto) SAT1 Director: Hansjörg Thun
- 2019: A case for Dr Abel: Zerbrebs (film music in collaboration with Danielle de Picciotto) SAT1 Director: Hansjörg Thun
- 2019: A case for Dr Abel: Zerschunden (film music in collaboration with Danielle de Picciotto) SAT1 Director: Hansjörg Thun
Radio plays
- 2004: Andreas Ammer / FM Einheit : Lost & Found: Das Paradies (also speaker) - Director: Andreas Ammer / FM Einheit (pop radio play - BR)
literature
- Toni Schifer, Rolf S. Wolkenstein: Berlin Super 80. Music & Film Underground West Berlin 1978–1984, feat. music by Malaria, Christiane F., Die Tödliche Doris, Einstürzende Neubauten and others. Monitorpop Entertainment, Berlin 2005. (Media combination, consisting of DVD, audio CD and book.)
- Alexander Hacke: Noise. Distorted memories . Metrolit, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-8493-0377-8 (autobiography)
Web links
- Alexander Hacke in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Works by and about Alexander Hacke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website by Alexander Hacke
- Interview with Alexander Hacke , taz from March 26, 2005
- DLF (Deutschlandfunk) nuances. Music and personal questions from February 14, 2016: Alexander Hacke, musician, in conversation with Joachim Scholl
Individual evidence
- ^ David Pfister: Alexander Hacke. The man is humility incarnate ( memento from August 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), WUK, June 11, 2006.
- ^ New album: Sanctuary ( Memento of October 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), WUK, November 23, 2005
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoe, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Borsig, Alexander von (stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |