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Interview | Sleaze Nation
So-sensitive-he-might-snap, Mr. Hecker crafts delicate songs for
sensitive souls. On new album "Rose" are his odes to a love that
could not be, and also of hope, to create, he says "a warm feeling
in the stomach". Playing all instruments parts himself, Berliner
Maxi spins gentle tales of unrequited love and self-loathing amidst
string-strafed epicry and soaring electronic euphoria.
Why do you love Kate Moss (Track 1)?
She's a symbol for an unreachable woman. I can't say what I especially like about her as I never met her, I only saw photos. She's very special.
Do you often suffer from unrequited love?
I do. I don't know why. But I'm also singing about a longing for a deeper thing than love, being released from everything, as in dying or getting back to the space before birth. It's very idealistic.
Have you found love now?
No. Yes. I did love. But it didn't become a relationship. I don't know. They never want me. Maybe I am ... too much a boy? Maybe they feel like a mother? But also being horny at the same time, so it's strange.
Who is Rose?
She's the relationship that didn't happen. I planned to put her face and body on the album and then ... I decided to take the symbol.
What was your last wound?
Rose, of course. I mean it's not long ago, only ... but (tormented sigh) anyway.
Why do you like the falsetto?
I wanted to sing like Liam Gallagher and it hurt my voice. Then I discovered Radiohead. It's easier to sing like that because I don't waste too much air. I like the fragile sound anyway; the androgyny.
Do you believe in romance?
Of course. When I'm in love I'm very romantic and would run a thousand miles to see her, going down on my knees and crying in her womb and giving myself to her. A very unhealthy way of loving, but for a while I was only able to do it like that. |
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