"One of the most beautifully recorded bits of unpleasantness" - William
Bennet (Whitehouse)
Deluxe vinyl issue of one of the most important albums of modern
music and quite simply some of the finest computer audio excursions
unleashed in recent years. Sun Pandämonium is the third full-
length album from Florian Hecker, originally released in CD format
on Mego in 2003. Sun Pandämonium also received the Award of
Distinction Digital Music at the Prix Ars Electronica - the "International
Competition for CyberArts" - the same year.
Striking the listener from many angles with a diverse range of
fiercely dynamic electronic scenarios, Hecker utilizes the computer
to materialize new compositional strategies, leaving behind standard
musical structures and seeking out unusual timbral and textural
effects. As one reviewer stated, “This record is electronic music as
psilocybin science.” Or, as the American online journal Pitchforkmedia
states: “Loud and overwhelming at any volume setting,” Sun
Pandämonium contains “the sounds and frequencies not only of
diamonds being sharpened, but then being used to etch directly on the
lenses of your optical readers. Call him a sick fuck, a genius, or even
Mister Antichrist, but this will cleanse the audio palate as it blows your
teeth out.”
Florian Hecker's releases under his own name contain some of the
most subtle, nebulous computer music. His extensive discography
includes: NEU CD, Galerie Neu, Berlin, 2010; Acid in the Style of David
Tudor, Editions Mego, Vienna, 2009; Haswell & Hecker: Blackest Ever
Black (Electroacoustic UPIC Recordings), Warner Classics, London,
2007; Recordings for Rephlex, Rephlex, London, 2006. Recent solo
exhibitions include MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (2010),
Chisenhale Gallery, London (2010), Bawag Contemporary, Vienna
(2009) and Sadie Coles HQ London (2008).
The LP is mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, in a limited
edition of 800 copies, pressed on 140g vinyl and comes in a poly-
lined inner sleeve. It is packaged with six monochrome lacquered
sheets which are housed in a silk screened PVC sleeve with the original
artwork by Tina Frank & Florian Hecker.
Photography: Peter Derbsch
