hackedepicciotto are Berlin-based avant-garde duo, Alexander Hacke [founding member of Einstürzende Neubauten, known for his work Crime & the City Solution and Phew, amongst others] and Danielle de Picciotto [lead singer of the band Space Cowboys and the co-initiator of Berlin’s infamous Love Parade]

Keepsakes, the duo’s fifth album, was recorded at one of Europe’s oldest recording spaces, the Neapolitan studio Auditorium Novecento. Inspired by the space, which was home to Caruso and Morricone, the new compositions feature tubular bells and a grand piano within their signature sound of symphonic drone. Where past albums speak of universal themes, this mesmerising new creation has a very personal touch, the duo calls it “an ode to friendship, presenting songs of gratitude”.