Maximilian Hecker
Maximilian Hecker (born July 26, 1977 in Heidenheim an der Brenz) is a German musician from Berlin, known for ethereal pop or dream pop music, similar to Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Tom Baxter and Nick Drake. He himself describes his songs as »melancholy pop hymns«.
Hecker grew up in Baden-Wuerttemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia. He learned to play the piano, the drums and the guitar and did his A levels at Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium in Bünde in 1997. Having finished his alternative civilian service at Klinikum Schwabing in Munich, he started training in nursing practice at the hospital Charité in Berlin in 1999.
Career
Apart from his activities as a trainee nurse, Hecker continued pursuing his musical hobby busking in the area of Hackescher Markt in Berlin-Mitte. Thus he came in contact with Berlin's music- and cultural scene. In 2000, the demo of his song Cold Wind Blowing was used for the score of German director Esther Gronenborn's movie Alaska.de. Soon after that, the Berlin based record company Kitty-yo, having released the movie's soundtrack, offered Hecker a record deal.
Maximilian Hecker
ALBUMS
- Mirage of Bliss released: 2012
- I Am Nothing But Emotion, No Human Being, No Son, Never Again Son released: 2010
- One Day released: 2008
- Once I Was released: 2007
- I Am Falling Now released: 2007
- I'll Be a Virgin, I'll Be a Mountain released: 2006
- Lady Sleep released: 2005
- Infinite Love Songs released: 2001
- Rose released:
Mirage of Bliss
Released 2012- The Whereabouts of Love
- Head Up High
- Treasure Trove
- Silent, Lucid Flashes
- Mirage of Bliss, Pt. I
- The Time We Shared in Blaze and Laughter
- If Only I Could See
- Heavenlies
- Why the World Has Turned for Us
- Mirage of Bliss, Pt. II
- The Forsakenness of Raging Love
- Dogenzaka
- Summerwaste (Youth's Version)
- Nana (Full Band Live Version)
All These Cradles' Blankets Will Never Veil My Whole Substance
I hear the sound of those heavenly bells
You're keeping away from me
I see the grace of those spiritual signs
You're keeping away from me
I've found this sea of thousand mermaids beaming with
gladness
But when I try to touch their figures, they vanish with
laughter
When all you've got to do is stay
And all you've got to say is "My love"
All you've got to do is leave
Cause all that I am is nothing, nothing
I taste the tang of those devious lies
You're telling me, oh, with a sneer
I feel the pain of this half-hearted love
You're offering me with your scorn
I've found this house of thousand bedrooms waiting in
silence
But all these cradles' blankets never veil my whole