I always thought there was some sort of a choir voice in part III, but it seems to be a trick played by huge reverb stacked on top of a piano. It's so strange and beautiful how instruments can be twisted and made to sound like other things. (It also makes it feel like a hint regarding Love Streams, 5 years prior.)
Thank you for this! I was getting a bit suspicious about the "modern classic" tag and all the craving for "polite" ambient, when these three tracks brought me back to real music. The Ambient 4 sort of thing. Nice without being "nice"!
@dj quote from Maynard James Keenan on "Pushit" on Tool's "Salival" :) I'm a big fan of both Tool and Tim, there is a space where both sounds meet. it's how Tim said in one of the interviews about playing with ISIS, that they share a similar aesthetic... and it's damn right. Tim makes something remarkable with sound, being able to convey so many contrasting emotions in such doses that it never fails to give the listener goosebumps and summon waves of shivers... incredible artist.
we need you to find a comfortable space, that is not only comfortable, but vulnerable. I want you to shut your eyes and go there, and we'll meet you on the other side..
If you ask me, I'd say that the raw beauty of his stlye, why I like his music. I mean, this stuff is not perfect, contained overdrived parts few times, lots of hiss, distions... but it's still beautiful. Just like life. In life as I see, there is no 100% pure beautiful thing. There is always some dust, some defected or cracked part... Just like his in his musical style... Whoever controls the dust, controls the galaxy! He made it.
I dismissed instrumental ambient for lack of a better term years ago and then happened to stumble upon Hecker's music. I had no idea it could sound so soulful, passionate and human. Can someone tell me another artist to go to from here?
Hi. I know it's been like 10 years but I suggest Oneohtrix Point Never. And if you want them, here are some ambient album suggestions. Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica is an uncanny mix of barely human sounding music, and highly intimate sonic moments, sampling commercials and utilizing breathy choir mellotrons to create a haunting experience. 2 8 1 4 - Birth of a New Day is a beautiful, melancholic and dreamy soundscape of a city right before the crack of dawn. Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 2 OST, though a soundtrack, still functions very similarly to Hecker's music. They both indulge in a foggy aesthetic, with a very isolating, yet living and breathing feeling to it all. In addition to dark ambient, the album also draws upon indie rock and hip hop.
![Tim Hecker - Dropped Pianos [Full Album]](/img/n.gif)
In the Air lll made me cry. Such a beautiful album.
there's something utterly magical about this album
I still consider Virgins to be The Superior Album™ but In The Air is the single best sequence in Tim's discography.
The third part in the suite is absolutely soul tearing, when that hauntingly beautiful organ sample starts...
I think Ravedeath will prove to be Tim's greatest album.
You weren't wrong bro :)
Prescient comment right here bRIAN !!
Was the album that got me into Hecker and between this and virgins this still edges out for me!!
One of my best albums of all time
Simply beautiful, Tim Hecker has done it again. Your music will live forever.
so beautiful
The Words "Catch you on the flip side" comes to mind....
captivating tragedy
I've been sitting at my desk doing nothing with this on repeat for the 13th time now. I don't know what that means, I just know that it is.
I always thought there was some sort of a choir voice in part III, but it seems to be a trick played by huge reverb stacked on top of a piano. It's so strange and beautiful how instruments can be twisted and made to sound like other things.
(It also makes it feel like a hint regarding Love Streams, 5 years prior.)
while everybody loves part 3, I find 1 and 2 to be the most amazing.
I love this album. Grabbed it yesterday and it's been on repeat ever since.
Incredibly beautiful... Melancholic love.
takes me higher than ever
Thank you for this! I was getting a bit suspicious about the "modern classic" tag and all the craving for "polite" ambient, when these three tracks brought me back to real music. The Ambient 4 sort of thing. Nice without being "nice"!
Just bought the Vinyl LP. Amazing sound visions.
@dj quote from Maynard James Keenan on "Pushit" on Tool's "Salival" :) I'm a big fan of both Tool and Tim, there is a space where both sounds meet. it's how Tim said in one of the interviews about playing with ISIS, that they share a similar aesthetic... and it's damn right. Tim makes something remarkable with sound, being able to convey so many contrasting emotions in such doses that it never fails to give the listener goosebumps and summon waves of shivers... incredible artist.
This has so much polarity.. I love it
omg... its awesome!
greetings from Georgia
we need you to find
a comfortable space,
that is not only comfortable,
but vulnerable.
I want you to shut your eyes and go there,
and we'll meet you on the other side..
marvelous
listening to this high is so beautyful
Part III... O_O
Kevin Kessels gets me every time..wow
this is bliss
@Whitenoiseorchestra Yeah! the music of Tim Hecker gives a real desolate kind of feeling alright. BEAUTIFUL
it will end no other way
it will end no other way
awesome
+Mirko Filipovic ur right mirko
Fantastic, sounds like warped static and ambience. Reminds me of Fennesz/Sakamoto album Cendre
If you ask me, I'd say that the raw beauty of his stlye, why I like his music. I mean, this stuff is not perfect, contained overdrived parts few times, lots of hiss, distions...
but it's still beautiful. Just like life. In life as I see, there is no 100% pure beautiful thing. There is always some dust, some defected or cracked part... Just like his in his musical style... Whoever controls the dust, controls the galaxy! He made it.
4:44 and iCube - Revel = LOVE
8:17
for me its hatred of music>in the air>in the fog, i like em all tho
masterful
Fuck ..i am saving money to buy a physical copy of this and other albums.This is gold.
beautiful.
Coolness!
I dismissed instrumental ambient for lack of a better term years ago and then happened to stumble upon Hecker's music.
I had no idea it could sound so soulful, passionate and human.
Can someone tell me another artist to go to from here?
Hi. I know it's been like 10 years but I suggest Oneohtrix Point Never. And if you want them, here are some ambient album suggestions.
Oneohtrix Point Never - Replica is an uncanny mix of barely human sounding music, and highly intimate sonic moments, sampling commercials and utilizing breathy choir mellotrons to create a haunting experience.
2 8 1 4 - Birth of a New Day is a beautiful, melancholic and dreamy soundscape of a city right before the crack of dawn.
Akira Yamaoka - Silent Hill 2 OST, though a soundtrack, still functions very similarly to Hecker's music. They both indulge in a foggy aesthetic, with a very isolating, yet living and breathing feeling to it all. In addition to dark ambient, the album also draws upon indie rock and hip hop.
Splaaaaaash
It is it just me, or does the end of part III sound like cooing pigeons?
Tim Hecker is absolute perfection IMO! and comparing him to the dross that is life is a insult to his music.
it's cool how the user at the top is just calles "dj" xD awesome song btw
@GroovemineTV If this song doesn't convince you of the greatness of ravedeath 1972....
@dj i saw the gap again today....while she was begging me to stay
-distortion-
And again.
#OdedFriedGaon #OdedMusic
@dj - Dude, don't ever reference Tool again on a Tim Hecker song.
@crazyguy82 Its you, don't worry.
As good as Leyland Kirby (who is great).
C418's Sweden is just In The Air I with more ambient and less drones
what a controversial thing to say
take care not to make me enter. if i do we both may disappear..
If you want to discuss this like men instead of posting on this page feel free to message me. Either way, arguing on the internet is fucking stupid.
listen to this song while being drunk, and find the real beauty of the song! ( if you are one of those who become creative when you drink!)
minecraft
So beautiful