BEFORE THE DESTROYER THERE WAS : BASS TERROR

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December 1st Release of superbag Bass Terror 2xCD (20tracks) !

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the full set (including 2xCD, Hoody, dog tag etc.)
or
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or
limited edition "Bass Terror" dog tag   !!!!!!!!!!!

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The winners will be announced next weekend ,
Saturday 29th of November.


In 1992 Alec Empire and Carl Crack started a sound system
called Bass Terror.
About a handful of other DJs joined right away.
They promoted the first ever purist jungle and breakcore raves
outside the United Kingdom.
In Berlin squads and run down warehouses a new sound was
developed.
Journalists couldn't compare it to rave or breakbeat anylonger.
A new term was chosen:

Breakcore. 

The sound was harder, faster and way louder than its UK
prototype. 




One other significant difference: Bass Terror was highly charged
political with its Anti-Nazi and Anti-Racist slogans and artwork.
Empire and Crack saw the extreme right wing having a rising
influence on the German techno scene.
Bass Terror was formed as a movement of resistance.
One of the first tracks released was called "Hetzjagd auf Nazis!"
(German for "Hunt Down And Kill The Nazis").

Frankfurt based techno label Force Inc. Music Works started
a sublabel called Riot Beats to give this sound a new push
and platform.
A year later Alec Empire would start
Digital Hardcore Recordings (1994).

The original EP series were only released on vinyl
in the years 1992/93.
Now 15 years later, Alec Empire is about to re-release these tracks
for the first time in digital remastered format -
plus previously unreleased tracks from that era! 





November 22nd, 2008
Topic:alec empire, atari teenage riot, bass terror competition, did you know that ?, dj feature, music articles, posts with digital audio
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27 Responses to “BEFORE THE DESTROYER THERE WAS : BASS TERROR”

  1. RABBIT Says:


    This is just too cool.

  2. Mikolai Says:


    great!

  3. Oeknydudel Says:


    No.1!

  4. DJ_dangerzone678 Says:


    fuck me

    get a hard on by just looking at it

  5. Smojulation Says:


    ewwwww gimmie gimmie gimmie!

  6. janush_hammer Says:


    hammageiles teil - die legende is zurück - aber fett
    spielt mal hetzjagd mehr live

  7. electrox Says:


    I’m in!!!!!!!!!!

    thanx for doing this alec empire

    u rule

    xxx

  8. Alex Dee Says:


    its cool to have those stuff available again…but were’s the vinyl version…this is old school, it was kind of a religious thing back than…to understand 1992 you have to put the needle down…

    in the and its about feeling and the music - of course!!!!
    but back than it was also about vinyl or not vinyl ;-)

    big up! buuuujjjaakkkaaa!

  9. Alec Empire Says:


    we were lucky to save the original masters…believe it or not…the lackers form the original Force Inc 12 inches are all gone, the pressing plants are out of business, and my original masters on DAT tapes were almost lost when a water pipe broke back at DHR ages ago…
    vinyl is the best media format I agree - I wish the rest of the world would see it like that. but we really made sure that the digital masters sound great. (they actually sound more powerful than the original vinyl versions - it was work, but we did it!)

  10. special_defect Says:


    awesome i want the prices!!!!

    thanxx Alec Empire, excelent work, i’m in, i want to win the competition.

  11. demonzFAR09 Says:


    basssss terrrroooorrrrr! def the birth of breakcore

    great interview with de Babalon by the way

  12. javabass Says:


    haut voll rein. voll anders wieder aba geil

    drum and bass find ich eigentlich blöde aber dass hier is ja echt mal geil krasser Sound.

  13. brzuch Says:


    super

  14. Cati Says:


    großartige sache!

  15. reverendpepper Says:


    hell yes. count me in!

  16. KhepsZepTepi Says:


    brilliant.

    i’m in.

    good luck everyone!

  17. EcTecera Says:


    Once in a lifetime opportunity. I’m in.

  18. bignoise Says:


    give me BIGNOISE

  19. mrtie Says:


    count me in, thanks.

  20. H. Sotho Says:


    Finally Tötenposse rides out again…

  21. pedrodapalma Says:


    Contest or not - one way or the other I’ll have to get my hands on this! Riot for life!

  22. RABBIT Says:


    Placing my pre-order now…

  23. DJ_dangerzone678 Says:


    I just pre ordered mine. couldn’t risk not winning and then not getting one

  24. LaHaine Says:


    I will not join Rupert Murdoch’s Myspace just to be able to take part in this.

  25. Alec Empire Says:


    you could still “delete yourself” from myspace when the competition is over.

    ;)

  26. LaHaine Says:


    In spite of liking free stuff, I have simply ordered my mine.

  27. Alec Empire Says:


    can’t argue with that! thanks for your support!

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