Little White Earbuds: LWE Podcast 177: Oliver Hacke @ MNS |  |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2013 10:01 PM PDT
 Though the minimal sound fell from favor some years ago, there is no denying the quality of music created by some of its progenitors and those who were influenced by them. Although very much an integral part of the minimal movement, labels like Traum and Trapez also stood slightly apart from it; their releases from that time still are relevant today. One artist who popped up repeatedly on both labels was Oliver Hacke. He had deep roots in the sound but rather than driving relentlessly at the aesthetic like many producers later did (causing the genre to become a parody of itself), he infused his tracks with more disparate influences. To that end you could hear disco, jazz, deep house, and elements of dub techno throughout his productions. First releasing in 2002, he had a prolific flurry of releases in 2003, but from then on his output became more erratic until it seemed to have stopped entirely from 2008 onwards. And when a mix from Hacke came through at LWE HQ I had to rack my brain a bit to place the producer whose name I hadn’t encountered for some time. One listen to the mix piqued my curiosity, so LWE contacted Hacke to find out why he stopped producing and whether he is likely to return to it. He filled me in on these questions and more, with his stunning mix — the 177th exclusive for our series highlighting why DJing is his primary passion at the moment. |
