Born in 1981, Berlin based producer Ben Lukas Boysen is the third child of opera singer Deirdre Boysen and actor Claus Boysen. He began classical music training on piano and guitar when he was seven years old. Now a music producer, he has explored everything from ambient to breakcore over the nine albums he recorded as HECQ since 2003, before releasing Gravity and Spells under his own name on the UK label Erased Tapes. He is also a sound designer, film and video game composer.