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New photos
From a photo shooting for Color Image, Beijing, 2007-07-19
Photos > July 2007 – Color Image
http://colorimage.poco.cn/
Asia tour photos
Photos from Beijing, Taichung, Taipei and Shenzhen, by various photographers:
Photos > July 2007
Asia tour 2007 on YouTube
Maximilian is back from his Asia tour -- here are some live videos:
July 8th: The Wall, Taipei [TW]
youtube.com > Wilted Flower
youtube.com > The Space That You’re In (with Waa)
July 10th: Pier 2, Kaohsiung [TW]
youtube.com > Summer Days In Bloom
youtube.com > Kate Moss
July 15th: Press conference, Beijing [CN]
youtube.com > Part 1
youtube.com > Part 2
youtube.com > Part 3
youtube.com > Part 4
July 20th: The Star Live, Beijing [CN]
youtube.com > Snow White
youtube.com > Behind You (Sodagreen)
youtube.com > Summer Days In Bloom
youtube.com > Anaesthesia
youtube.com > Sunburnt Days
July 22nd: Absolute House, Shanghai [CN]
youtube.com > Full Of Voices
youtube.com > Velvet Son
youtube.com > Summer Days In Bloom
youtube.com > Wilted Flower
youtube.com > Anaesthesia
youtube.com > No More Lies To Reach You
youtube.com > Cold Wind Blowing
youtube.com > Polyester
New releases in Taiwan, South Korea and China
A new DCD has been released on Avant Garden Records, Pastel Music and Pocket Music – CD 1 with cover versions is identical in all three versions, the tracklisting of the CD 2 is different. Details here:
Releases > Once I Was (Taiwan)
Releases > Once I Was (South Korea)
Releases > I Am Falling Now (China)
Another spot
A spot for a Samsung digital camera, on air in South Korea and China:
Watch it on YouTube
New photos
Five sets of photos are up -- mostly tour photos from Asia last year and the 2003/2004
world tour, plus one from a video shooting:
Photos > Seoul, December 2006
Photos > Taipei, November 2006
Photos > "Bunny" video shooting, August 2006
Photos > Taipei, June 2006
Photos > World Tour 2003/2004
Spot
A new TV spot is currently airing in South Korea, for a drink named "Hanul Bori":
Watch it on YouTube
New fan page
A new italian fan page (discussion forum):
Maximilian Hecker – il forum italiano
Tour photos
Online fanzine roteraupe.de has published a couple of photos of the tour with Duke Special:
http://www.roteraupe.de/index.php?site=galerie
New photos
A couple of recent photos, taken by Jörg Steinmetz:
Photos > 2007-01
Reviews in English
A whole bundle of UK press reviews on the current album, "I’ll Be A Virgin ...":
Press archive > Reviews > I’ll Be A Virgin ...
New live review
kiel4kiel.de reviews the gig on November 18th at Weltruf, Kiel (german):
Live > Reviews > 2006-11-18
Tour Diary 2006
justmag.net are publishing a tour diary (german):
http://www.justmag.net/artikel_hecker_tour.html
New interviews and features
Three new interviews with Maximilian (all in german):
Interviews > taz, 2006-09-27
Interviews > Melodie & Rhythmus, 2006-09
Interviews > gaesteliste.de, 2006-09
And three features (german as well):
Features > neon.de, 2006-10
Features > Piranha 10/2006
Features > Persona non grata 10/2006
MTV Online
Maximilian appears on MTV Online ("MTV Overdrive"):
http://www.mtv.de/hecker
New album out now!
"I’ll Be A Virgin, I’ll Be A Mountain" is being released on V2 Records, 2006. The exact release dates are: September 22nd (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Taiwan, South Korea, Hongkong), September 25th (Benelux), September 27th (Scandinavia), October 23rd (France), December 4th (UK).
The album is available as CD, LP, and limited edition CD (digipak) that comes with an added bonus CD. For tracklisting, artwork, lyrics, the "Silly Lily, Funny Bunny" video and the first reviews follow the links below!
Releases > I’ll Be A Virgin …
Releases > I’ll Be A Virgin … > Video
Releases > I’ll Be A Virgin … > Artwork
Releases > I’ll Be A Virgin … > Lyrics
Press archive > Reviews (english)
Press archive > Reviews (german)
MP3/Video update
Scratch that update we posted recently -- here's a new one (all files hosted by Kitty-Yo):
1. MP3: Polyester (Infinite Love Songs)
2. MP3: I Am Falling Now (Rose)
3. MP3: Summer Days In Bloom (Lady Sleep)
4. Video: Summer Days In Bloom -- Live
5. MP3: Help Me (Lady Sleep)
6. Video: Help Me
Photos and videos
Two new pages in the photo section with material from the concerts in Taipei:
Photos > 2006-06 01
Photos > 2006-06 02
Also, there are a lot of videos meanwhile on Youtube:
Maximilian Hecker on Youtube
Taipei reviews
Two blogs -- both of them in chinese -- have posted reviews and photos of the concerts in Taipei:
brilliancy – June 23rd, Eslite
brilliancy – June 25th, The Wall
brilliancy – photos only (Flickr album)
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/kalmiashion
New label
As of December last year, Maximilian is working with V2 records (instead of Kitty-Yo). Please update your address books accordingly!
New contact information
New album coming in September
Maximilian finished recording his new album, which is due to be released on V2 Records in September this year. The title is now confirmed: it will be called "I’ll Be a Virgin, I’ll Be a Mountain".
Overview in Chinese
A general overview about Maximilian's work by Wei Yuen Chang, published in Malaysia
last summer and now made available online on the author's website:
Overview in chinese – external link
New interview
An interview with Hookah Magazine, conducted on February 7th in Leipzig, Moritzbastei (german):
Press archive > Interviews > 2006-02-07
Interview on hookah-magazine.net – external link
New live reviews
Reviews of the concerts on February 4th in Madrid, Moby Dick (spanish) and February 7th in Leipzig, Moritzbastei (german):
Live > Reviews > 2006-02-04
article on www.thebellemusic.com – external link
Live > Reviews > 2006-02-07
article on www.szenepunkt.de – external link
Current album
"Lady Sleep" has been released on January 24th, 2005 – see the releases section
for detailed information, lyrics, and tabulatures. Reviews are being updated continuously.
Releases > Lady Sleep
Reviews, english |
german |
french |
other
Gigography
A very long list of all live gigs Maximilian has ever played is now available here:
Live > Archive > Gigography
New live review
justmag.net has a new live review from October 20th, Hamburg/Fabrik (german):
Live > Reviews > 2005-10-20
article on www.justmag.net – external link
New Photos
From the concert in Seoul on July 26th, taken by Shin Hyun Yo:
Photos > 2005-07
Tour diary
July/August, 2005: Maximilian is on tour in South Korea -- tour diary on the Kitty-Yo website:
www.kitty-yo.net/anycontent.php?id=109
Interview
New interview by french magazine Benzine, conducted in February 2005 in Paris:
Press archive > French > Benzine
Photos
Some new live shots in the photo section, taken at WUK Vienna in February 2005 by Florian Wieser:
Photos > 2005-02
Interviews
Three recent interviews (all in german):
JUSTmag,
NEON online,
alternativenation.de
See also:
Press archive > German
January/February tour
Maximilian is on tour between January 18th and February 28th – the schedule is in the live section (meanwhile archived):
Live > Archive > Tour 2005-01
Also, we received a long and enthusiastic review (the first one in a long time!) of the concert on February 8th in Leipzig,
which you can read here:
Live > Reviews > 2005-02-08
Tabulatures reworked
All tabulatures on this website should now be internationally legible, with proper F#s and Bms and so on.
Sorry for any confusion that the old versions might have caused.
New photos
A couple of new photos in the photo section:
Photos > 2004-12
New single out now
The new single "Help Me" has just been released. it’s not available in stores -- you
can either order it from
the Kitty-Yo website
or get it at live concerts where CDs are sold.
The single contains the title track from the album,
a video, and two exclusive tracks; a free mp3 of the title track is available here:
Help Me – mp3
You can download the video here:
Help Me – quicktime movie
More information:
Releases > Help Me
Live in Berlin: November 19th
Maximilian plays live at the "10 years Kitty-Yo" anniversary party at Volksbühne
(Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz) on November 19th, 2004. The line-up also includes Peaches, Rhythm King
and Her Friends, Rechenzentrum, Tarwater, Sex in Dallas, Supersoul, and a lot of DJs.
On TV in Germany
Am Donnerstag, dem 11. November läuft um 20:15 auf 3Sat die Erstausstrahlung von Gerold Hofmanns Film
"Von Hitgiganten und Musikzwergen – Musik, Macht und Märkte". Maximilian wurde für diesen Film ausführlich
gefilmt und interviewed.
Aus der
Ankündigung von 3Sat: "Musikmanager, Casting-Shows und Major-Labels sind die eigentlichen Musikmacher.
Sie kreieren die Trends, die Künstler und die Kampagnen [...]. Der Film schaut hinter die Kulissen der Musikindustrie,
dorthin, wo die Musikmanager und Labelgründer, die Songschreiber und Künstler von morgen gemacht werden."
http://www.3sat.de/musik/72080/
Back in Berlin
A documentation of the 2003/2004 world tour can be found on this site
as well as on the Goethe Institute web site:
Tour 2003/2004 (mostly german)
Goethe Institute | New Music from Berlin (english)
Goethe Institute | Tour diary (english)
The Goethe Institute site has information in several other languages as well.
A letter from Beijing
A fan from China sent some very good photos he took at the gig in Beijing in March this year (see
the photo section)
-- and two video clips, too. You can download them here:
Polyester (live in Beijing) – quicktime movie
Sunburnt Days (live in Beijing) – quicktime movie
about 19MB each; taken at The Loft Space, Beijing, 2004-03-04
by Pingyu Zhang. Thank you!