For me it's the hypnotic simplistic reduction of hooks into some form of prayer wheel or something. I really appreciate people who can work in those quiet environments making really precious latticework like lace in a weaving but, for me,… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
I work with digital audio, which is like sculpting, a form of chiseling down metal or wood. And I take audio and move it… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
I'm not a peak oil person. I'm not a biohazard apocalyptic kind of freak. I don't have a supply of weapons or gold bars… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's a fraught, kind of laden world of performance that I think can be really dubious, but it's also super fun to almost… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
Because I refuse to perform my music in a traditional sense of instrumentation, I don't have an amazing live stage spectacle to provide, and… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
I'm trying to find a way to make music work as a living. People used to make their living selling albums. Those days are… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
We should do an Adorno reading on Skrillex and vodka sales in Vegas. It's definitely interesting. What's interesting in that music for me is… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
There's a limit of any form of representation; it's the same about writing about visual art. I still think it's useful for people to think through things in a deeper way, and use adjectives even if they're not sufficient, you know? I always find it interesting what terms they use to refer to the work. It's always different, and that's… — Tim Hecker Copy Share
People still talk about sampling as this new, progressive problem in music. There are technologies now where you can glean the polyphonic information out… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
I really support criticism as a craft and as a vocation. People who devote as much time to thinking about sound through writing as I do practicing and forming it, the whole system of journalism seems to not yield rewards sustainable as a craft. So few can spend enough time to be serious about it and approach it with confidence… — Tim Hecker Copy Share
I wouldn't say that I'm a consummate live artist. Album work is kind of just like quilt weaving or something. But live music is just like a method of emptying out the mind through volume. Volume as a form that allows you to do different things. And that doesn't really translate to recorded music, like how do you listen to… — Tim Hecker Copy Share
I've been playing music all my life. I wasn't really fostered in a musical family, it was something I did despite the kind of… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
I definitely enjoy liturgical work and choral work from the 15th century and 16th century, but I play in churches with a bit of trepidation, and it's not something I enjoy because there are all these problems. It's an implication that you're part of the theological apparatus, like for atheists or something, and I don't like that. I like playing… — Tim Hecker Copy Share
