Frank Heiss
| Frank Heiss | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Frank Carter Heiss |
| Also known as | HEISS, HearNow, tube, The Hick Step Massive, Lofi Junkiez, Hardware Junkiez |
| Born | July 24, 1971 |
| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Genres | EDM, jungle, downtempo, hip hop, breaks, acid |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer |
| Years active | 1996-present |
| Labels | Transcendent Tunes, EMI/Harvest Records, Rising High Records |
| Associated acts | Falu, D.V.S* |
| Website | HEISSmusik.com |
Frank Heiss (born 1971, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American electronic record producer best known by his alias HEISS. He previously toured and/or recorded under the aliases as tube, HearNow, Bionic Harmonic, and The Hick Step Massive.
Heiss has released a large number of LPs, EPs, singles, and remixes, and in 2013 released the original album Ascensio(N), which Lost in Sound described as spiritual in tone, stating that "each track is stylistically unique. Heiss weaves through styles...from jazz fusion to drum n bass to reggae, and everything in between." The following year he released the remix album Awaken(D), featuring guest artists such as D.V.S*. Heiss is the owner of the record label Transcendent Tunes, which features music by future bass producers who seek a connection to the Divine.
Frank Carter Heiss was born on July 24, 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts. His father is a contemporary classical composer, and Heiss developed an early interest in music, picking up drumming. He began his musical career as a drummer while attending Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs New York, where his college band Conjunction Junction opened for Phish in 1990.
After hearing the hardcore dance music popular in the UK, and inspired by the production of DJ Premier and Pete Rock on the Nas album illmatic, he sold his drum set in favor of an Akai MPC-3000 and became a beat programmer and producer.
In 1995, Heiss released the electronic EP Radical Technology under his full name on Rising High Records in the United Kingdom. This was followed in 1996 by the EP Flashdancers On Acid, a collaboration with Dr. Walker that was released on Sm:)e Communications in New York City. In the mid-1990s he also signed a recording contract with the New York City label Liquid Sky Music, under the moniker 'tube.' This was during the rise of American rave culture.
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