HackedePicciotto: New Album, Creative Process & More
6/15/202624 min
The Germany based duo HackedePicciotto with Alexander and Danielle join Music Matters host Darrell Craig Harris to talk about their latest album and a new path moving forward!
About the Duo
Hackedepicciotto is an experimental duo consisting of longtime partners Alexander Hacke (of Einstürzende Neubauten) and Danielle de Picciotto, an American-born musician, artist, author, and filmmaker. Their work together consists primarily of stirring soundscapes blending acoustic instruments such as violin, hurdy-gurdy, and autoharp with rumbling bass guitar and electronic feedback. Both artists sing and chant -- de Picciotto recites colorful, poetic lyrics, and Hacke occasionally throat sings. While the pair describe their music as "cinematic drone," they incorporated postindustrial rhythms into their 2020 full-length The Current and the more expansive, symphonic 2021 release The Silver Threshold. With 2023's Keepsakes, they focused on personal themes while expanding their list of collaborators and instrumentation.
https://hackedepicciotto.bandcamp.com
www.Instagram.com/hackedepicciotto
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Transcript preview
First 90 secondsDarrell Craig Harris· Host0:00
Alexander and Danielle from Hacke Dipiciotto. How are you doing today?
Alexander Hacke· Guest0:04
We are well.
Danielle de Picciotto· Guest0:06
Good, thank you.
Darrell Craig Harris· Host0:07
And did I, did I say the, the group name correctly?
Alexander Hacke· Guest0:10
[laughs] Hacke Dipiciotto.
Darrell Craig Harris· Host0:13
Okay.
Alexander Hacke· Guest0:13
My surname is Hacke, Danielle's surname is Dipiciotto. Combined, we are Hacke Dipiciotto.
Darrell Craig Harris· Host0:18
Okay, cool. Yeah, I need a more, maybe more of an Italian accent [laughs] maybe on the name. Uh, so you guys have a new album. Um, I think this is actually your 10th album, correct?
Alexander Hacke· Guest0:27
Oh, we haven't counted. Is it?
Danielle de Picciotto· Guest0:30
I don't know. If you say so.
Darrell Craig Harris· Host0:32
[laughs] Ac- according to your publicist, we'll go with that.
Danielle de Picciotto· Guest0:35
[laughs] Okay.
Alexander Hacke· Guest0:36
Okay.
Darrell Craig Harris· Host0:36
Uh, which is Howard, our good friend.
Danielle de Picciotto· Guest0:38
Yeah.
Darrell Craig Harris· Host0:39
Um, and tell me the name of the album.
Danielle de Picciotto· Guest0:41
Lichtung.
Darrell Craig Harris· Host0:42
Okay. Awesome.
Danielle de Picciotto· Guest0:43
Lichtung is a German word. Um, it means clearing. It's kind of like a, you know, in a way, a safe space.
Darrell Craig Harris· Host0:51
[laughs] Oh, okay. Awesome. And you guys, um, along with this album, uh, which is actually I should mention, it's all in German. Um, uh, was your last album in German or h-how-- You've kind of mixed it up a little bit, right?
Danielle de Picciotto· Guest1:03
No, it's, um, always been in English 'cause I write the lyrics, and I'm American.
Darrell Craig Harris· Host1:09
Ah, okay.
Danielle de Picciotto· Guest1:09
So I read and think and dream in English, but because we basically settled down in Berlin again after being nomads for 14 years, um, I decided that it was time for me to, you know, s- do an album in German if I'm living in Germany. I kind of felt like it's a matter