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Biography
Cleanup|date=July 2009 Michel Amato , better known by the stage name The Hacker , is a France|French electroclash and Techno music|techno producer who has worked extensively with Miss Kittin . His work has been influenced by electro (music)|Electro artists like Kraftwerk , New Wave music|New Wave artists such as The Cure and Depeche Mode , as well as the French rave scene of the early 1990s. His artist name comes from Jeff Mills ' track with the same name.
Career
The Hacker started making music in 1989 at the age of 17 in Grenoble (France). At the time, Duran Duran was an early influence, but he later discovered the dark side of Electro through Electronic Body Music groups like Cabaret Voltaire (band)|Cabaret Voltaire and Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|D.A.F. In 1993, The Hacker took on the hardcore side of Electro and released a few 12”s with Benoit Bollini (aka The Money Penny Project) under the moniker XMF on the label of the same name.
In 1995, he made his own music in classic Detroit style with Jeff Mills in mind. His first tracks were released on the Ozone and Interface labels. Three years later, The Hacker founded his own label, Goodlife Records (named for a classic track from Inner City (band)|Inner City ) with his friends Oxia and Alex Reynaud. However, he still releases tracks on other labels such as A Strange Day on UMF and Method Of Force on Sativae . The tones of his debut album Mélodies En Sous-Sol (spring 2000) surmise his musical dreams where one can hear distant echoes of New Order , Dopplereffekt , and PCP dn|date=August 2011.
In the mid 1990s, The Hacker began producing electro-pop with his friend, Caroline Hervé (AKA Miss Kittin ). DJ Hell loved their first track Gratin Dauphinois on Technics and signed them on his new label Gigolo in 1997. In Germany, their success was immediate owing to the releases of Champagne and Intimités . With the dawn of the electroclash music movement in 2001 and the release of their First Album (Miss Kittin & The Hacker album)|First Album and its single " Frank Sinatra (Miss Kittin & The Hacker song)|Frank Sinatra ", they became popular worldwide. The Hacker is also sought-after as a producer, and has done remixes for Marc Almond , Fischerspooner , Air (French band)|Air , and Nitzer Ebb .
In 2002 after their U.S. tour, The Hacker and Miss Kittin decided to take a break from their collaborative projects. The Hacker took this opportunity to produce many new tracks released vinyl, such as The Beach on Mental Groove and Dance Industria on Tiga (musician)|Tiga 's label Turbo . He collaborated with Kiko (musician)|Kiko , Alexander Robotnick , millimetric and David Carretta , touring all over the globe as a Disc Jockey|DJ and started work on his next album.
The Hacker released his second album, Rêves Mécaniques in 2004. It became his first album to chart on the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Albums Chart , peaking at #130 and spending a total of four weeks on the chart. http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp? interpret=The+Hacker& titel=R%EAves+m%E9caniques& cat=a Retrieved 2010-05-28.
In 2007, he rejoined with Miss Kittin to release the double A-side "Hometown" / "Dimanche". To celebrate his tenth anniversary as a recording artist, The Hacker released the CD/DVD set X in 2008. The compilation contains live recordings, singles and some new studio tracks. http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm? id=97215 THE HACKER - X
Miss Kittin & The Hacker reunited as a duo in 2008, after a short tour of European clubs at the end of 2007, and the "Hometown EP" released in June that year. Further touring followed throughout America and around the world in 2008, before they both started recording new songs, some of which were performed whilst touring. In March 2009, they released their second album Two (Miss Kittin & The Hacker album)|Two , 8 years after their first and only full LP as a duo. The first single " 1000 Dreams " was also released in March, alongside a new club single "PPPO - People Pleasure Objects Power", both taken from the new album. The reformed duo have embarked on a new European tour all summer in 2008, kicking off in France in early April. http://www.misskittinandthehacker.com/about.12.0.html Retrieved 2010-05-28.
Influences
Amato has mentioned his respect for Terence Fixmer , David Carretta , DJ Hell , Adult. , Ersatz Audio , Dopplereffekt , Soft Cell , Depeche Mode , New Order , Cybotron , Bobby Orlando and Giorgio Moroder .Liner notes, First Album by Miss Kittin and the Hacker
Discography
See also|Miss Kittin discography
Albums
Champagne (EP)|Champagne (with Miss Kittin ) (1998)
First Album (Miss Kittin & The Hacker album)|First Album (with Miss Kittin ) (2001)
Rêves Mécaniques (2004) #130 FRA
Two (Miss Kittin & The Hacker album)|Two (with Miss Kittin ) (2009) #102 FRA
References
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External links
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Hacker%2C+The Discogs: The Hacker
http://www.thehackermusic.com/ The Hacker's official site
2010: http://www.velle.us/features/couture-soundtracks/ Soundtracks by Miss Kittin and The Hacker - interview with Miss Kittin and The Hacker, plus 3-tracks for listening to.
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