Berlin-based composer Ben Lukas Boysen, otherwise known as HECQ, joins us this week to tell us about his musical influences, the struggles of finding new music in the Internet-age, and how German culture has affected his work.

This episode is sponsored by MAXON, the creators of Cinema 4D, who will be livestreaming from Siggraph 2015 Los Angeles at C4DLive.com.

GUEST LINKS:

Ben’s Website: http://hecq.de/

Ben’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/benlukasboysen

Ben’s SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/benlukasboysen

Sorry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFCftcU9-z0

Sundays: https://vimeo.com/122325664

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SHOW NOTES:

Restive: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1766037/

Arvo Pärt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvo_P%C3%A4rt

Arvo Pärt - Fratres: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vdgZAJVnes

Mstislav Rostropovich - Tchaikovsky's Andante Cantabile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNG1RIq-VD4

Spotify: www.spotify.com

“No software [or] piece of hardware will save or help you. They’re only good and useful if you actually have an idea.”

-Ben Lukas Boysen

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