Nick Höppner – Influences

Nick Höppner's a proper grafter. A unique, long-serving and truly dedicated figure in today's electronic music world he's done a few things in his time. Running the inimitable Ostgut Ton label, holding down a residency at Berghain/Panoramabar for a very long time and being editor of German electronic institution Groove Magazine are just three of these. He also provided us with a rather fine Random Facts last year. Read that here.
He's about to drop his rather excellent and first ever album.
Here, he talks us through some of the greatest influences on his musical make-up.
Nick Höppner's album 'Folk' will be released via Ostgut Ton on 30th March.
Hear some snippets from the album here;
This is a song off my most favourite album ever, “Loveless“ by My Bloody Valentine. It’s like watching the mountains whenever I fly over the Alps: I will never get tired of this. When I bought it right when it was released in 1991 I didn’t quite get it. I was a Punk Rock and Indie kid who was just getting into HipHop and MBV’s music was just a bit too abstract for my ears more in tune with Dinosaur Jr. or Mudhoney. But slowly I peeled back the endless layers and discovered those anthemic songs and completely fell for Kevin Shield’s insane production. I still discover new details in here every once in a while. The way all the instruments, effects and distortion are layered and floating in and out of each other, the way this album is more than the sum of its parts has definitely influenced my own production.
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