During his high school years, he played in rock bands with friends, before acquiring a sampler and working on solo material.

[15] In 2012, Hecker collaborated with Daniel Lopatin (who also records as Oneohtrix Point Never) on an improvisatory project which became Instrumental Tourist (2012).

[17] Collaborators include Ben Frost, Johann Johannsson, Kara-Lis Coverdale and Grimur Helgason, whilst the 15th century choral works by Josquin des Prez birthed the foundations of the album.

[6][22][23][24] Hecker pursued a professional career outside music and worked as a policy analyst for the Canadian Government in the early 2000s.

[29] Hecker occasionally makes sound installations and has collaborated with visual artists such as Stan Douglas[35] and Charles Stankievech.

[36] Hecker, along with other musicians Ben Frost and Steve Goodman (Kode9) and artists Piotr Jakubowicz, Marcel Weber (MFO) and Manuel Sepulveda (Optigram), provided music for Unsound Festival's sensory installation, Ephemera.

[40] He composed the score for BBC Two drama series The North Water directed by Andrew Haigh and based on Ian McGuire's novel of the same name.