Gavin Hardkiss
Gavin Hardkiss (born Gavin Bieber on November 29, 1968) is an electronic musician,
Recordings
Gavin Bieber has recorded five albums and multiple singles under the moniker Hawke. The albums can be loosely described as a series of sound clashes, collaborations and musical experiments that veer off the path of conventional dance music. The first Hawke album, Namaquadisco, was released in 1998 on Sunburn Recordings in the USA and Distance in France. The album was recorded in
In 1998, Gavin Hardkiss created a three-part musical landscape titled Museo Hypnotica for the Jean Giraud–designed Airtight Garage environment at the Sony Metreon in San Francisco. In 2008, Hardkiss worked with the Zukov Ballet Theater on original music production and DJ performance at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Between 2011 and 2013, Gavin Hardkiss had a weekly radio show on pirate Radio Valencia called In My Boom, which highlighted local San Francisco dance music. In 2017, the Hawke album Love In Stars was released through a crowdfunding campaign, which included a treasure hunt for gold USBs containing Hawke music which were hidden in the hills around the Bay Area. Insomniac Magazine called it a "Willy Wonka-style ... experiment in giving both artistic and economic value to a digital music project.[5]" In 2020, the album Dark Art of Light Work was released together with a book of the same name.[6] Dark Art of Light Work explores how the imagination creates reality.
Hardkiss has also recorded music under aliases including The Lower Haight High Hitters, Curious Yellow, and Sunburn Kidz.
References
- ^ "Exclusive First Look!!!!: Hello Afrika". Sony Music Africa News. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Gavin Hardkiss - Cubic Lust". Gavin Hardkiss - Cubic Lust. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Hawke - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com.
- ^ "Eighth Dimension Records". Discogs. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Gavin Hardkiss Gives Life's Work Away in Hawke Treasure Hunt". Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Hawke makes dark art, light work, and books". Retrieved 16 June 2020.
External links
- Hardkiss Music Website – http://www.hardkiss.org/
- Discography – http://www.discogs.com/artist/16473-Gavin-Hardkiss
- Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/hardkissmusic
- Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/gavinhardkiss
- Twitter – https://mobile.twitter.com/gavinhardkiss