After the succesful Night Falls ambient album Ben Lukas Boysen had to decide to again reset his beacons. It took a while before he found out how to further improve the sound of Hecq. With the creation of the tracks ‘Typhon’ and ‘Steeltongued’ Boysen however refound a base on which to build further. The result is an album one could best divide into three sections. After the spherical and majestic sounding intro ‘Spires Awake’ the listener gets invited to 8 tracks which each feature a impressive rich sound spectrum consisting of rhythmic complex textures and abundant use of electronic styles like idm, breakbeats and even breakcore. This is followed by the ‘Hypnos’ triptych that consists of carefully constructed ambient which guarantees an intense listening experience. On a second disc Boysen has had the ‘Steeltongued’ track remixed by a wide array of electronic artists where subgenres like ambient, click ‘n cuts, noise, dubstep and idm are used by a.o. Xabec, Spyweirdos, Raoul Sinier, Mothboy, Blackfilm and Disscoxx. The end result is a special double album that stresses the diversity and versatility of Hecq’s outstanding electronic music.
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