Hecq - Steeltongued

Title:Steeltongued
Artist:Hecq
Release:April 2009
Label:Hymen Records

After his groundbreaking album called “night falls” Ben Lukas Boysen aka Heq returns with a new milestone called “Steeltongued”. A double album representing a dark symphony in twelve chapters and twelve remix versions on the second disc of the title track done by twelve different artists.
Ben is a genius sound designer who owns the nonesuch talent to tell stories with his sounds. He doesn’t need words to explain his world; his unique and mighty cinematic tracks disperse never felt before moods and unseen pictures in your brain. “Steeltongued” is the next stage in Heq’s career, an honest album that doesn’t need to be explained. This music can be felt with each nerve of your body – dreamy, dark, symphonic, rhythmic and deep. The music owns energy and aplomb. It’s like being alone in the darkest place on this world and someone tells you to close your eyes and take his hand to follow him into the dark. A wonderful album that owns an indescribable atmosphere – I am really running out of words for this nonesuch masterpiece. The remix versions of the title track are unique and wonderful interpretations of artists who seem to feel the same like I did. Trust Heq and follow him into a new world!
An essential album that will change your notion of sound, music and storytelling.

100% approvable – and beauty of the month.