Drexciya, soft cell, LFO, front 242, jeff mills, depeche mode, giorgio moroder,DAF,dopplereffekt,liaisons dangeureuses, nitzer ebb, aphew twin.juan atkins, kraftwerk
The origins of this DVD find their roots in The Hacker's desire, after 10 years dedicated to techno, to go back to a period of his life that was rich in encounters, experiences, and music. It was also a way to close the chapter of "Reves Mecaniques", his last studio album.
The cd includes a one hour live gig with an unreleased track and 3 studio tracks (13 tracks in total!).
The DVD features more than 2 hours of visual material with the live, a 52 minutes documentary about The Hacker, early live videos with Miss Kittin and Perspect and bonuses.
Through the documentary The Hacker aimed at sharing the universe in which he lives and put all its key actors in the limelight. These people (DJ Hell, Miss Kittin, Oxia, Terence Fixmer,..) not only helped concretize his passion, but were also indispensable in the development of electronic music, both in France and abroad.
"The live in this DVD has particular significance in my eyes" says Michel Amato aka THE HACKER. "It was recorded in the city where I started off, Grenoble, in October 2006, or 10 years to the day after my first steps as electronic musician".
tracklisting cd live:
01. Sequence
02. Life / Death
03. The Village of The Damned
04. Broken Glass
05. Radiation
06. The Brutalist
07. Eurocold
08. Bassline 1
09. Flesh & Bone
10. Planet 89 + bonus
11. Stormy Weather
12. A New Angle
13. White Techno Funk
Tracklisting DVD:
01. The Hacker Live at MC2 Grenoble (58 min)
02. Documentary on The Hacker (52 min with English subtitles)
03. life videos of Flesh & Bone, Life On MTV, 1982 and Frank Sinatra<:br
04.bonuses
Formats: cd + dvd
different recordings
RELEASE DATE: 02.06.2008
« L'homme de l'ombre »… From his start in the hardcore techno to the massive success he found with Miss Kittin, Michel Amato aka The Hacker is one of todays most talented and innovative French artists. With Electro (Kraftwerk) to New Wave (The Cure and Depeche Mode for ever) as a musical background he was also familiar with the French rave of the early 90's.
Michel starts doing music in 1989 at the age of 17 in Grenoble (France). Duran Duran was around but he discovers the dark sides of Electro with Cabaret Voltaire and D.A.F. In 93, although in love with LFO, he took the hardcore side and released a few 12”s with Benoit Bolloni (aka Money Peny Project) under the moniker XMF on the label of the same name.
In 95, he lowers the bpm but not the energy. Under the name The Hacker he makes his own music in a classic Detroit style with Jeff Mills in mind. His first tracks are released on Ozone and Interface. Three years later he found his own label Goodlife Records (a classic track from Inner City) with his friends Oxia and Alex Reynaud, but still releases tracks on other labels such as A Strange Day on UMF and Method Of Force on Sativae. The tones of his debut album “Melodies En Sous-Sol” (spring 2000) surmise his musical dreams where you can hear New Order, Dopplereffekt or the hardcore of PCP.
His first album "Mélodie en sous sol", the 12”s Electronic Existentialist (Missile) and Cabaret Futura (Feis)) and the remix Greed (Laurent Garnier) made the statement that The Hacker was the new messenger of the French Electronic scene.
Nevertheless it's another project that will put The Hacker on the international stage.
He creates some fun 80's electro-pop with his friend Caroline Herve aka Miss Kittin. DJ Hell loves their first track “Gratin Dauphinois” on Technics and signs them on his new label Gigolo in 97. In Germany the success comes immediately with “Champagne” and “Intimités”. They are booked everywhere with Miss Kittin appearing as a dominant nurse and The Hacker cold as ice behind the machines and decks. With the beginning of the Electroclash in 2001 they become hype all over the world ! Parties everywhere, talked about by Karl Lagerfeld and Elton John amongst others, The Hacker is one of the most sought-after producers remixing for Mark Almond, Fisherspooner, Air and Nizer Ebb.
In 2002 after their U.S. tour, Michel and Caroline decide to take a break from their project. The Hacker takes this opportunity to create new tracks to release 12"s such as "The Beach" on Mental Groove (with miss kittin) and "Dance Industria" on Tiga's label Turbo. He collaborates with Kiko and Alexander Robotnik, Millimetric & David Caretta. he toures all over the globe as deejay and he released his second solo album "rêves mécaniques" in october 2004 on pias.
2006 saw the release of a second mix cd "and now" followed by a european and U.S tour. a new 12" released on different called "art&industries" show the new direction of the hacker . several remixes for other artists are on the way and more new stuff for 2007.
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An Electro MIX with sounds from Grenoble City and others named B PEOPLE PARTY MIX put on mypage and made by myself... Listen it and give me your opinion ! THKX FOR ALL
