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Drama, depression and manifestos: in conversation with Ja, Panik   Austrian indie band Ja, Panik left their native Vienna two years ago and are now “stranded” in Berlin. Their fourth studio album, DMD KIU LIDT, recorded in ten days in Berlin-Neukoelln, was released on April 15. Ja, Panik is acclaimed as one of the most [...]

ZAN LYONS PLAYS AT TRANSDUCERS PT.2 TONIGHT AT TRESOR – A GOOD REASON FOR US TO REPUBLISH ALEC EMPIRE’S INTERVIEW WITH HIM! IT WAS TRUE PUNKROCK! Alec Empire interviews London filmmaker and musician Zan Lyons Alec: “I think most of our readers might only be aware of your music, but you have been almost more [...]

click here to watch WIDESCREEN POP ? The Sound of Arrows By Neale Lytollis The rise of ?real?, some-might-say-intellectual electronic music in recent years (see Justice, Hot Chip and Digitalism) and bands moving away from traditional indie rock and venturing into more experimental territory (Telepathe, Crystal Stilts, Health being perhaps three of the main contendors), [...]

ALEC EMPIRE TAKES A BREAK FROM HIS TOUR WITH NINE INCH NAILS AND TALKS WITH YIP YIP TALK ABOUT , SESAME STREET, MUSIC AND NOISE, INDUSTRY AND MORE… click here to watch original TV Yip Yips Alec Empire: ” Many of our readers might not know you guys yet…the two creatures from Sesame Street are [...]

CAROLINE MARTIAL OF KAP BAMBINO TALKS WITH ALEC EMPIRE ABOUT NEW ALBUM Alec: “Let’s not beat around the bush…you are our favorite “new” band. Every time we mention it to the German audience, they respond that they only know Ed Banger and Justice. Which is depressing. We feel that your are changing the perception of [...]

MASTER OF PUPPETS by RZ22 The Obama Deception is creating heated debates right now, even in Berlin. Mike passed it on to Alec, Alec passed it on to me. What do YOU think? It’s Mid March and it looks as the euphoria of the Obama win has disappeared. Most people have turned away from politics [...]

We know it is a dark day today in Germany…yesterdays events still echo…and they will for a while. Lowline gives hope in these situations…while it is shocking what stuff major labels send us these days…it just doesn’t reflect on what’s going on. Manchester, Detroit and Berlin have more in common than most people realize… Check [...]

ALEC EMPIRE TALKS WITH GRAHAM AND TOLLY, THE TWO MEN BEHIND ADDICTIVE TV! click here to watch Alec:”Please quickly describe for us…what is it that you do? Exactly? ” Graham:” Well, we’re producers and audiovisual artists, a music act but we work with film too if that makes sense – I guess kind of ?think [...]

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Alec Empire interviews Italian Electro Artist Tying Tiffany photo by Stefano Masselli Alec Empire: “Please describe the Italian music scene for us. Very rarely we hear anything about it. Are you part of a certain scene?” Tying Tiffany: “People often think that Italian music is just that melodic stuff, obviously the Italian music culture comes [...]

ENTERTAINMENT AND PAIN. an interview with Miron Zownir regarding his film ‘Phantomanie’. Preview Screening during “Transducers! Festival” in Berlin at Tresor on 12th of February 2009 was a success. We posted a German interview a few days ago. This is the translation by M.A.Littler.   After several attempts you have now made your first feature [...]

ENTERTAINMENT UND SCHMERZ. Ein Interview mit Regisseur Miron Zownir ?ber seinen Film “Phantomanie” Preview Screening beim “Transducers! Festival” in Berlin im Tresor am 12.Februar 2009 – Start 19 Uhr Du hast nach mehreren Anl?ufen endlich deinen 1. Spielfilm gedreht. Warum hat das solange gedauert? Zownir: “Ich habe bereits in den 80?er Jahren in New York [...]

IT WAS TRUE PUNKROCK! Alec Empire interviews London filmmaker and musician Zan Lyons Alec: “I think most of our readers might only be aware of your music, but you have been almost more active in making films in the last years. Could you please give them a brief introduction to your work…” Zan: “When I [...]

A CONVERSATION IN BERLIN BETWEEN MARK STEWART AND ALEC EMPIRE Alec: “Hey Mark…..I kind of feel that there is so much that should be said in lyrics these days, and I keep wondering why nobody really says anything. Sometimes when I drink my orange juice in the morning I can get deeply depressed about the [...]

ALEC EMPIRE TALKS TO CHRISTOPH DE BABALON ABOUT HIS NEW ALBUM, BREAKCORE, SAMPLING TECHNOLOGY AND GREEK MYTHOLOGY Alec Empire: “Please tell us about your new album. What made you come up with the concept? I think it is outstanding that a musician would think himself into such a imaginary world and drags the listener into [...]

“Anne Clark is playing here tonight – and you’re not Anne Clark”! Being refused entry to a show you?re actually headlining must be an embarrassing experience and one of the many music biz divas would no doubt throw a massive J Lo-style strop yet Anne Clark takes this kind of non-recognition in her stride. If [...]

  Writer Nathan Meunier interviewed Alec Empire about his Gameboy album which originally was released in 1998. Since then game boy music has really developed into a genre of its own. We had some request from subscribers to re-publish the interview as it is hard to find on the internet.   ALEC EMPIRE ON “WE [...]

autoKratz: ?I don?t feel we?re a typical British band at all.? ?Neither of us is typical in our approach to the world.? Untypical is definitely one adjective that can be used to describe autoKratz. Even David?s first encounter with bandmate Russell was far from conventional: ?Some pissed up wanker puked on my shoes outside a [...]

  Underground nightlife impresarios Larry Tee and Daniel Nardicio both spoke enthusiastically about America’s current economic crisis this week, and suggested it should prove positive for New York nightclub. When the economy dips, the nightclubs heat up, club owners are willing to take chances and a lot of the old club owner/predators get weeded out,’ [...]

Alec Empire’s Grown-Up Teenage Riot “My thinking is way more radical than it used to be but I’m afraid that the next steps would involve getting weapons.” Denying that he’s in any way mellowed with age, erstwhile Atari Teenage Riot (ATR) chief and Digital Hardcore guru Alec Empire admits he’s somewhat ambivalent about today’s world [...]

ALEC EMPIRE FEATURED IN ‘FUTURE MUSIC’ MAGAZINE Make sure you check out the big Alec Empire special in ‘Future Music’ this month. It has an inside view on Alec’s studio in Berlin. He is also talking about his philosophy on sound and mixing.

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