Hecq
Founded by Ben Lukas Boysen in 2005 Hecq Audio became a genre independent studio that finds istelf centered between music and design.
The basic idea and main focus of the studio is to provide high quality and customized music and sound design for nearly all needs!
This philosophy brought forth a lot of great cooperations:
Hecq Audio has been working for and with bands like In Strict Confidence, Snog, Si Begg, Frank Bretschneider as well as clients like MTV, BBC, Amnesty International, North Kingdom, Hybrid Studio, Marvel Comics and Deutsche Bank to name a... read more
Ad Noiseam
Ad Noiseam's purpose is to release interesting music from a variety of genres. Mainly focused on electronic music, the label has released in the past albums and singles from such a variety of styles as clicks'n'cuts, breakcore, drones, IDM, jazz or dubstep. Ad Noiseam is clearly not a niche label.
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A follow-up of sort to Sura, Enceladus is another evolution for Hecq: his pristine dubstep gets enriched here with even more encompassing soundscapes and humane melodies. Collaborating with Skyence on the title track, Hecq has given birth to a very coherent record mixing cinematic atmospheres, huge percussions and a light nod to retro tonalities. Add to this a mischievous crunk remix by Knight Riderz and a dancefloor explosion by Mobthrow, and you get a compact yet exhaustive snapshot of Hecq's unmissable talent.
A year and a half after Sura, Hecq returns to Ad Noiseam with a new record. Like its predecessor, Enceladus is a way for this artist to showcase a side of its talent which hadn't been exposed yet. For most people, Sura was Hecq's first adventure in dubstep, following a career built primarily on glitchy electronica and atmospheres. If this new Hecq sound, harder, bassier and more club-oriented was confirmed on his recent Avenger album, Enceladus takes yet another direction. This time around, Hecq slows things down a bit and taps into retro synthesis to combine the sharpness and drive of his "Sura"-type tracks with a somewhat more humane and melodic feeling. This evolution is clear with the title track, co-written with Hecq's new Skyence collaborator, and underlined by the playful crunk of Knight Riderz's remix.
On the flip side, “Instaheat” creeps slowly forwards before unfolding into a metronomic and hypnotizing track. Here again, Hecq's extreme care for the details and acute sense for build-ups result in something enthralling and deep. The remix of this track, signed by Hecq's label-mate Mobthrow, takes everybody by surprise and tolerates no prisoner. After having shared the stage with Hecq, Mobthrow decided to up the ante in a massive manner, turning “Instaheat” into a massive monster of dynamic beats and huge drops which closes the record in an explosive demonstration of music-craftsmanship and club-appeal.
Following up on Hecq's first steps in heavy basses and beats, Enceladus is a crowning achievement for Hecq, as it shows how this musician can present tunes that carry at the same time the weight and drive of his dubstep material and a more playful and accessible side. Not as cold as a distant moon of Saturn, though as mysterious and awe-inspiring, here is another adventure for an act which has become an essential name for any fan of underground electronic music.
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