Berlin-based duo hackedepicciotto released its first live album on November 1, 2024. Titled The Best of hackedepicciotto (Live in Napoli) the album reflects two decades of collaboration and sound experimentation and the evolution of compositions as they have been performed live. The record, available as a limited double vinyl (which includes an exclusive signed print) and on digital, includes selections from across the project’s five albums. Each is an inspired reinterpretation of the original studio version as channeled through the lens of live performance over the last several years. The music combines electronic sounds, throat singing, spoken word, industrial beats, drone and psychedelic folk for a style the duo have called “symphonic drone.” Alexander Hacke experimented with tape loops in his early teens before joining foundational industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten. Danielle de Picciotto was one of the founders of Berlin Love Parade in 1989 as well as the singer of The Space Cowboys. She is also an acclaimed multimedia artist, writer and graphic novel artist who has documented pivotal cultural moments in the Berlin and international music and art world. Together Hacke and de Picciotto have established a consistently fascinating body of work that transcends standard musical categorization with a cinematic and dramatic sensibility that fuses concepts of performance art, music theater and film. The new live album performed entirely by the duo at Auditorium Novecento in Naples, Italy is a rich culmination of the project’s music practice as organically developed.
Listen to our interview with hackedepicciotto on Bandcamp and follow the band at the links below.
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