Ankündigung: Alexander Hacke und Danielle de Picciotto, die als Duo unter dem Namen Hackedepicciotto firmieren, kündigen ein neues Album an, das sowohl Best of als auch Live-Mitschnitt ist. “The Best of Hackedepicciotto (Live in Napoli)” dokumentiert auf zwei limitierten Vinylscheiben zwei kraftvolle Konzertmitschnitte aus dem renommierten Neopolitaner Auditorium Novecento und, über die Auswahl der aufgeführten Songs, zwanzig Jahre gemeinsamer Aufnahmen und Auftritte. “This new collection of what the duo have dubbed Symphonic Drone is a mixture of industrial beats, electronic sounds with classical harmonies and melodies, with an added pinch of throat singing, Hurdy-gurdy and spoken word”, heißt es vom Stammlabel Mute Records zu der vielversprechenden inhaltlichen Bandbreite, die in Form von bühnengerechten Neuinterpretationen alle gemeinsamen Studioalben der beiden abdeckt. Das Album ist auch digital erhältlich. Pünktlich zum Release gehen Hackedepiciotto erneut auf eine Tournee durch insgesamt sieben europäische Länder, bei der auch einige Termine im deutschsprachigen Raum auf dem Kalender stehen.

“For over 20 years Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten) and artist, musician and filmmaker Danielle de Picciotto (co-founder of Love Parade) have been developing and evolving a symbiotic working practise together, with a deep intuition of the kind that has  distinguished a rare number of creative and romantic partnerships – think of the writers Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, the artists Lee Miller and Man Ray or heroes of independent filmmaking, Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes – each partnership underlined by a creative equality that allowed both artists freedom to explore and expand. Individually, hackedepicciotto have been trailblazers from the beginning. Alexander Hacke started experimenting with cassette loops at 14 in the early 80s, then joined Einstürzende Neubauten to create music that would influence generations of musicians. Danielle de Picciotto, fascinated by early electronic dance music, founded the Berlin Love Parade in 1989, was the singer of one of the first cross-over bands in Berlin, The Space Cowboys and then joined forces with Gudrun Gut to create a feminine version of electronic music far ahead of its time.

In 2001 Hacke and de Picciotto began collaborating, creating elaborate audio/visual multimedia performances in Berlin, before deciding to become nomads. The duo gave up their home and travelled the world, boldly defying convention and becoming a modern, musical version of Bonnie and Clyde, racing from concert to concert, and releasing albums at breakneck speed, until they were forced to lockdown in a studio during the pandemic in 2020″ (Mute Records)

Foto: Mara von Kummer

Tourdaten:

01 Nov – Parma (IT), Borgo Santa Brigida
02 Nov – Pordenone (IT), Astro Club
03 Nov – Milan (IT), Arci Bellezza
05 Nov – Turin (IT), Blah Blah
07 Nov – Pescara (IT), Scumm
08 Nov – Campobasso (IT), Circolo Beatnik
12 Nov – Lyon (FR), Sonic Lyon
29 Nov – Malmö (SW), Inkonst
30 Nov – Odense (DK), Klub Golem
06 Dec – Athens (GR), Temple
07 Dec – Thessaloniki (GR), Eightball
12 Dec – Bratislava (SK), Pink Whale
13 Dec – Augsburg (DE), Provino Club
15 Dec – Bielefeld (DE), Movie Bielefeld
18 Dec – Berlin (DE), Berghain Kantine