Ben lukas boysen biography

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I’ve fallen into a long-ago-accepted pattern of not sharing albums that I think you must already know. Surely, the moment Alta Ripa came out this late fall on Erased Tapes,you were already all over it, right? Surely you grew up with music by Ben Lukas Boysen, who began his career as Hecq with releases on the Berlin-based Hymen Records (see my detailed write-ups on Night Falls andSteeltongued) and then mesmerised us with his cinematic soundscapes in Gravity (2003), Spells(2006), Mirage (2020), and Siren Songs (2021). So, yeah, after publishing this Interview with Ben Lukas Boysen [my fourth with this German composer, I think], I almost neglected to cover the album in detail. But I just kept playing it on repeat until it got under my skin and became a part of me, so not spending time with it and these words here is almost like not breathing – you struggle against it, but then you let go. Traversing Boysen’s musical career will take more than this article, so I will let you peruse the album reviews I’ve linked to above.

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Ben Lukas Boysen

German musician (born 1981)

Musical artist

Ben Lukas Boysen (born 4 September 1981), also known by his stage nameHecq, is a German electronic music composer based in Berlin. Known for his emotive and genre-blending compositions, Boysen seamlessly integrates elements of ambient, contemporary classical, and electronic styles into his works.^[1]

Early life

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Boysen was born in 1981 in Oldenburg, West Germany, the third child of opera singer Deirdre Boysen (née Aselford; 1938–2014) and actor Claus Boysen (1938–2007).^[2] He grew up in a creative family; one of his older brothers, Oliver Boysen [de], pursued an acting career.^[3]

Boysen began formal music training at the age of seven, studying piano and classical guitar. Inspired by classical composers such as Anton Bruckner, Richard Wagner, and Johann Sebastian Bach, Boysen developed a strong foundation in traditional music, which later influenced his contemporary compositions.^[4]

Career

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Boysen moved to Berlin in the early 2000s, where he established Hecq Audio, a studio specialising in sound design and electronic composition.^[5] Adopting the alias Hecq, he began releasing music in 2003, exploring a wide range of electronic s