Ravedeath, 1972 is Tim Hecker

Tim Hecker

Tim Hecker is an electronic musician and sound artist based in Montreal, Canada. Hecker previously recorded under the moniker Jetone, but has become better known internationally for his ambient recordings released through Kranky, Mille Plateaux, Alien8, Force Inc, Staalplaat, and Fat Cat under his...

's sixth full-length album, released on February 14, 2011 by Kranky

Kranky Records

Kranky is an independent record label, located in Chicago, Illinois. It was started in 1993 by Bruce Adams and Joel Leoschke.The bands it houses are noted for combining experimental and often electronic influences with elements of more traditional rock structures, and many of the artists on Kranky...

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Pitchfork

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 gave the album a favorable score of 8.6/10, calling it a "a dark and often claustrophobic record that is arguably Hecker's finest work to date."

The cover depicts MIT students pushing a piano off the roof of a campus building there in 1972 – an act which began a long-running university ritual. Inspired by "digital garbage – like when the Kazakhstan government cracks down on piracy and there's pictures of 10 million DVDs and CDRs being pushed by bulldozers", Hecker found the artwork and developed the cover concept himself, licensing the artwork from the MIT archives and re-photographing the image.

The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize

2011 Polaris Music Prize

The 2011 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 19, 2011. The winner was Arcade Fire, for the album The Suburbs.For the 2011 award, the prize was increased to $30,000 for the winning musician.-Shortlist:...

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Track listing

Personnel

Writing and performing

• Tim Hecker – writing and recording

Technical

• Paul Corley – engineering
• Ben Frost
  Ben Frost (musician)
  Ben Frost is a musician, composer and producer. Frost is probably most widely recognized for his experimental music drawing widely on influences of minimalism, post-punk, black metal and noise best demonstrated on the 2007 release "Theory of Machines" and 2009's "BY THE THROAT"Frost's...
  
   – engineering and additional piano
• David Nakamoto – artwork layout
• James Plotkin
  James Plotkin
  James Plotkin is an American guitarist and producer, famous for his role in bands such as Khanate and OLD, but with an extensive catalogue outside these bands. He has performed guitar duties for bands Phantomsmasher and Scorn and continues to remix tracks for bands such as KK Null, Nadja, Sunn...
  
   – mastering

Release history

Date	Label	Catalogue number	Format
14 February 2011	Kranky Kranky Kranky may refer to:* Kranky Records, an independent record label based in Chicago* Kranky , director of commercials and films, writer, producer...	krank154	2×LP
			CD