HAKEN

Haken have been around for the best part of a decade and have released four albums on Sensory Records, Laser’s Edge and Inside Out. The band is very much part of the recent new wave of progressive rock and utilises all sorts of studio technology to produce an intricate crossover sound on their albums. They’ve successfully translated this sound to the road, too, playing many festivals across Europe, so we caught up with the band’s keyboard player and tech guru Diego Tejeida to talk gear and the ‘melting pot’ that is the Haken sound…

MusicTech Focus: What do you do in Haken?

I’m a keyboardist and sound designer originally from Mexico City. I started playing piano when I was five, learnt some classical repertoire and the basics of the instrument back then. By my mid-teens, I discovered the synthesisers and the world of sound design, music production and synthesis – that’s