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hackedepicciotto are Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto. Both are legends of their own making: Danielle de Picciotto moved from New York to Berlin in 1987, to become the lead singer of the band „Space Cowboys“, co-initiator of the Love Parade, a collaborator of the Ocean Club with Gudrun Gut, and Alexander’s partner in crime. Alexander Hacke is an original member and the bass player of Einstürzende Neubauten. The artist couple, romantically married in 2006, has creatively interacted with countless international projects for almost two decades now besides regularly releasing their own compositions.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Danielle: Being able to be creative with people I love.
Alexander: With my girl in a tropical climate, vegan food, outsider art and music

What is your greatest fear? 

Danielle: Pain
Alexander: Fear

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

Danielle: Impatience
Alexander: Sloth

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Danielle: Dishonesty
Alexander: Entitlement

Which living person do you most admire? 

Danielle: Alexander Hacke
Alexander: Right back at you, Darling.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

Danielle: Impatience
Alexander: Sloth

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Danielle: Dishonesty
Alexander: Entitlement

What is your greatest extravagance?

Danielle: Investing everything into my art
Alexander: Technology

What is your favorite journey?

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

Danielle: Ambition
Alexander: Tolerance

On what occasion do you lie?

Danielle: I try not to lie
Alexander: Right now, but that’s a lie.

What do you dislike most about your appearance?

Danielle: My wide hips
Alexander: My posture

Which living person do you most despise?

Danielle: Donald Trump
Alexander: Donald Trump

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? 

Danielle: Somehow
Alexander: You know.

What is your greatest regret? 

Danielle: wasting time on dis-functional relationships
Alexander: Dropping out of school

What or who is the greatest love of your life? 

Danielle: Alexander Hacke
Alexander: My wife Danielle

When and where were you happiest? 

Danielle: Joshua Tree, 2015
Alexander: The Yucatan, 2010

Which talent would you most like to have? 

Danielle: Power singer
Alexander: The talent to acquire wealth effortlessly.

What is your current state of mind? 

Danielle: Puzzled
Alexander: Awake

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? 

Danielle: Be less insecure
Alexander: Be less easily distracted

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?

What do you consider your greatest achievement? 

Danielle: Overcoming my insecurities
Alexander: Straightening up my life

What is your most treasured possession? 

Danielle: my eyesight
Alexander: My wedding band

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

Danielle: Losing those that you love
Alexander: Inability to change

Where would you like to live? 

Danielle: In a villa with a garden and residency space for other artists
Alexander: In a mansion on a hill overlooking the ocean

What is your favorite occupation? 

Danielle: Working on music, together with others
Alexander: Being creative

What is your most marked characteristic?

Danielle: Courage
Alexander: Authenticity

What is the quality you most like in a man?

Danielle: Integrity
Alexander: Integrity

What is the quality you most like in a woman? 

Danielle: Integrity
Alexander: Integrity

What do you most value in your friends? 

Danielle: Loyalty
Alexander: Reciprocal Love

Who are your favorite writers?

Danielle: Georges I. Gurdjieff, Simone de Beauvoir, Carson McCullers, Olga Tokarczuk
Alexander: Flannery O’Connor, Haruki Murakami, Cormac McCarthy

Who is your hero of fiction?

Danielle: Captain Nemo
Alexander: Count Dracula

Which historical figure do you most identify with?

Danielle: Frida Kahlo
Alexander: Paul Foster Case

Who are your heroes in real life? 

Danielle: Enviromental activists, nurses & doctors, people that fight against injustice
Alexander: Altruists of all kinds

What are your favorite names? 

Danielle: Polly
Alexander: Dolores, Lloyd, Siobhan and Enoch

What is it that you most dislike? 

Danielle: Wasting time
Alexander: Ignorance

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? 

Danielle: a wise woman
Alexander: There is more potential in coming back as a person

How would you like to die? 

Danielle: In my sleep
Alexander: Happy

What is your motto? 

Danielle: Never give up
Alexander: Know Thyself

-April 2020

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