Tim Hecker is a musician and sound artist. He was born in Vancouver in 1974, and studied at Concordia University as well as the University of British Columbia. He has worked with a wide range of international and Canadian recording labels such as Mille Plateaux, Fat Cat, Tigerbeat 6, Alien8/Substractif and with Force Inc under the name Jetone. While his releases all bear the mark of an eclectic and shifting approach to songcraft, the constant maintained has been a distinctly emotive quality. Throwing aside the technological fetishims and ironic posturing so endemic in the discipline, his work has been an attempt to bring an organic sensibility through rigorous digital means. He has presented his work extensively, including performances at the Mutek festival (Montreal), Video-In Gallery (Vancouver), Le Mois Multi (Quebec City), and the Transmediale Festival (Berlin). He lives and works in Montreal.