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photo: Mara von Kummer (2026)

hackedepicciotto

hackedepicciotto are Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto, two influential figures of Berlin’s international underground culture.

Danielle de Picciotto moved to Berlin in 1987, becoming a musician, visual artist, author and co-initiator of the Love Parade, as well as collaborating with projects including the Ocean Club with Gudrun Gut. Alexander Hacke has been a member of Einstürzende Neubauten since his teens and is an internationally recognised musician, composer and producer.

Married since 2006, Hacke and de Picciotto have collaborated creatively for almost two decades. As hackedepicciotto they combine a unique mixture of industrial, experimental, electronic, drone & new music with harmony vocals and acoustic instrumentation into powerful, cinematic soundscapes.

Their performances move between fragile, melancholic passages and immense waves of bass, electronics and percussion. Hurdy-gurdy, violin, autoharp, guitars, drums and unusual instrumentation merge with spoken word, vocals and visual elements to create an intense and immersive live experience.

Their latest album LICHTUNG, released by Mute Records in July 2026, opens a new chapter in the duo’s constantly evolving musical language.

Danielle de Picciotto

Danielle de Picciotto is an American-born, Berlin-based interdisciplinary artist, musician, author, filmmaker and performer.

After moving to Berlin in 1987, she became deeply involved in the city’s underground culture, co-initiating the Love Parade and working across music, visual art, film and performance, including collaborations with Gudrun Gut and the Ocean Club.

As a musician she works with violin, hurdy-gurdy, autoharp, piano, electronics and spoken word. Her visual work, films, writing and music share a deeply personal language concerned with transformation, movement, society and the relationship between the individual and the surrounding world.

Together with Alexander Hacke she forms hackedepicciotto, developing an audiovisual universe in which composition, poetry, sound and imagery become inseparable.

Alexander Hacke

Alexander Hacke is a Berlin-born musician, composer, producer, author and performer, internationally known through his long association with Einstürzende Neubauten, which he joined as a teenager.

A multi-instrumentalist with a distinctive approach to bass, guitar, electronics, percussion and voice, Hacke has worked across experimental music, film, theatre and numerous international collaborations.

His music ranges from monumental low-frequency sound and distorted electronics to delicate acoustic textures, drones and unconventional vocal techniques.

Together with Danielle de Picciotto he forms hackedepicciotto, where his powerful sonic architecture combines with her instrumentation, vocals, writing and visual language to create music that moves between intimacy, tension and overwhelming physical intensity.