Ben Lukas Boysen

Ben Lukas Boysen, also known by his stage name Hecq, is an electronic music composer based in Berlin.[1]

Biography

Boysen studied classical guitar and piano as a child.[2] He moved to Berlin in the early 2000s, setting up a studio called Hecq Audio,[3] and composed electronic music under the alias Hecq[4] from 2003. As Hecq, he released music in a variety of electronic styles, including glitch, ambient, breakcore, abstract IDM, and dubstep, mostly on the label Hymen Records.[5]

In 2014, his piece "Sleepers Beat Theme" was featured as the opening track of Jon Hopkins's LateNightTales compilation CD.[6] He signed with Erased Tapes in 2016 and has released three solo full-length albums to date as Ben Lukas Boysen. The first, Gravity, was originally issued in 2013, but was reissued by Erased Tapes in 2016; the second album, Spells, was released in 2016 as well.[7][8] In 2017 Boysen’s video game score in collaboration with Sebastian Plano, Everything,[9] was released; while 2020 saw the release of his third solo album Mirage.[10]

Boysen also does soundtrack work and has written pieces for entities such as Marvel and Amnesty International.[11]

Discography

As Hecq

Albums

  • A Dried Youth (Kaleidoskop, 2003)
  • Scatterheart (Hymen Records, 2004)
  • Bad Karma (Hymen Records, 2005)
  • 0000 (Hymen Records, 2007)
  • Night Falls (Hymen Records, 2008)
  • Steeltongued (Hymen Records, 2009)
  • Avenger (Hymen Records, 2011)
  • Horror Vacui (Hymen Records, 2013)
  • Conversions (Ad Noiseam, 2014)
  • Mare Nostrum (Hymen Records, 2015)
  • Chansons de Geste (Hymen Records, 2017)

Singles and EPs

  • Zetha (onpa))))), 2007)
  • Golden Pines (Binkcrsh, 2008)
  • Sura (Ad Noiseam, 2010)
  • Spheres of Fury (with Exillon, Contortion, 2011)
  • Enceladus (Ad Noiseam, 2012)
  • Pain Call (with Skyence, Edged Music, 2013)

As Ben Lukas Boysen

Albums

Singles and EPs

  • Thesis 16 (with Martin Heyne, Thesis, 2020)

Soundtracks

  • Restive (2012)
  • Mother Nature (2013)
  • Sleeper's Beat (2014)
  • Sundays (2015)
  • The Collini Case (2019)
  • Siren Songs (2021)

References

  1. ^ Review of Spells. Bandcamp, June 20, 2016.
  2. ^ Spells album review. GigSoup, July 4, 2016.
  3. ^ Ben Lukas Boysen, "Golden Times 1". Stereogum, April 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Review of Steeltongued, Brainwashed.com, June 20, 2009.
  5. ^ Ben Lukas Boysen, "Spells". Headphone Commute.
  6. ^ Listen: New Ben Lukas Boysen. The Quietus, February 4, 2014.
  7. ^ Soothe Your Mind With Berlin Composer Ben Lukas Boysen’s Spells LP. The Fader, June 9, 2016.
  8. ^ Ben Lukas Boysen, Spells Review. MetroMag New Zealand, October 12, 2016.
  9. ^ Ben Lukas Boysen & Sebastian Plano - Everything. Erased Tapes
  10. ^ Review: Ben Lukas Boysen - Mirage. Music OHM
  11. ^ Spells Review. XLR8R, June 2016.