So, after four months of virtually non-stop global touring, this decade’s surprise reunion success story wrapped up at the weekend as the all-new Atari Teenage Riot closed 2011 with one final gig and festive party at Hamburg’s Gruenspan.

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Now bizarrely, the idea of ATR throwing a Christmas party was met with about the same level of criticism among online fandom as if Alec’s suggestion had been; „So the plan is to charge 80 bucks a ticket, play only two songs really badly and then go and push some orphan children into traffic.“ Clearly for some it’s impossible to have an opinion and celebrate Christmas and while many may have a glamourous idea in their heads that ATR spend the holidays smashing up toy stores and making kids cry, I suspect they do as we all do; lie around on the couch in pajamas watching dreadful TV and chain-eat chocolate.

Anyway, I thought it was a great idea and so I jumped at the chance to tag along and man the merch table for a couple of days.

I like doing merch primarily because you are in the position to be able to see and talk to virtually everyone who comes to the gig and watching the never-ending stream of motley characters arrive for the show is entertainment enough in itself before ATR even play a note.

It’s really fascinating what a diverse crowd the new ATR manages to draw. Sure, there are the hardcore fans who were scrawny teens jumping around and kicking fuck out of each other way back in 95 but you’ll also see cute goth chicks, anaemic boys with indie hair, guys in slick suits and even the occasional bearded hump-back mutant thrown in for good measure.

The festive bonanza started in Copenhagen where just about every ATR fan in Denmark was present. The show was great but this was probably the coldest club on the earth and my genitals had all but vanished before the promoter took pity on me and issued me with a chunky Scandinavian security jacket which was heavier than me to keep me warm (*Note: next time, steal the jacket).

It was in Copenhagen that one of fans asked the question which is rapdily passing into tour legend: “Are you always a Travelling Merchant?“ For a moment I had visions of myself wandering the deserts of the Middle East selling exotic fabrics and curious incense rather than just some freezing loser with a bunch of T-Shirts.

After Copenhagen we piled into the bus and set sail (Ahoy!) for Hamburg with CX educating me about the advantages of having a home popcorn maker (I guess he’ll be using the good ol’ Whirley-Pop to cook up Christmas lunch). After a couple of abortive attempts at listening to a podcast – the best we could do was some guy who sounded about as interesting as a fridge analysing the social effects of the i-Pod shuffle function – we settled for a disco playlist.

Before I go any further, fuck off with your snorting and sneering at disco, right? It’s probably been the most consistently excellent genre of music ever created and has been more influential to both mainstream and alternative forms of music since the 70s and any song that can make a lyric out of “Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci“ should get some sort of honour from the United Nations. Probably. And anyway we were on the way to a Christmas party. What were we supposed to do? Listen to Norwegian Death Metal and kick each other in the face?

Hamburg’s Gruenspan, a stone’s throw from the famous Reeperbahn and right next door to legendary club The Indra, is a fantastic venue. Apparently the first disco in Germany, it has a huge concert hall complete with roman pillars, upper gallery and a massive Buddha set into an alcove above the stage. It’s large and glamourous but with shabby, faded edges which dreary interior designers would no doubt helpfully label “character.“

Doors were at 10pm and no sooner did they open than a healthy supply of clubbers started to pile in. These were largely semi-drunken, rowdy party types who caused a rush at the merch table and so I thought to myself, “Yes, this is going to be good.“

But contrary to expectations it all fell a bit flat thanks to some rather silly internal office politics at the venue which I still don’t quite get to this day. Before I knew where I was, I heard Nic announce the start of the show without my ever having heard a note of the support show, Rowdy Superstar, who’d been flown in from London.

“Oh well,“ I thought, “I mustn’t have been listening properly.“

ATR were firing on all cylinders for their last gig of the year and the crowd in the sold-out venue were jumping around and generally making nuisances of themselves for the duration. They clicked into the rebellious nature of the music and at one point a spontaneous chant of “All Hamburg hates the police“ thundered through the Gruenspan which did rather make me wonder who on earth they’re going to call when crack addicts burgle their houses and steal all the Christmas presents.

So ATR finished, three quarters of the “party“ people promptly disappeared and THEN the support played for about 50 people. Yeah, yeah, don’t ask…only God knows why the main act warm up the crowd for the support. I’ll understand Steven Hawking’s Expanding Universe Theory before I figure that one out.

So that was that; a great show for a packed house, an unfortunate support band who play to a handful of people and a Christmas party that didn’t happen. The sense of despair and dejection I felt after packing up was quite handily visually summed up for me by the sight of some lonely, lumpen girl who look like she’d just wandered in from the Blair Witch Project stood in the corner next to the stage sadly picking her nose.

On the basis of the available evidence I can only surmise that Hamburgers are great at concerts and utterly rubbish at parties.

Perhaps we should’ve kicked kids in front of cars after all…

GAVIN BLACKBURN.

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Nic Endo fans and friends!!

Many of you asked me to post the information here as well…so I will! Yes, you can also get the Nic Endo Freak fragrance in case you didn’t win the competition!!! We have come up with a way , so you get 10% off on all products if you go to www.illamasqua.com , enter the promo code NICENDO10 at the checkout page !

I have collaborated with Illamasqua for the Freak campaign (I use Illamasqua make up for my face paint since years, so it made perfect sense to work together).

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Check out what Illamasqua is about – Everybody knows that all girls in ATR wore make up since the beginning. We disagree with a lot of images the fashion industry creates to ‘shape’ women/girls so they fit into society and go conform…that’s why it is so amazing that Illamasqua who is run by Alex Box (she is a genius in my opinion) is working on changing that.

Illamasqua is all about self expression, and if you check out the photographs of previous campaigns, or ever witnessed how much they stand apart from all the rest, then you probably understand why I love their approach so much.

Remember: Don’t just get it because I use it, think about what YOU want – that’s what it’s all about!

See you at the shows!

Nic Endo

“Like music, parfum is invisible and reaches us very deeply. It is powerful.

it triggers memories that we thought were lost forever, or it produces phantasies, ideas, creativity that we didn’t know we had.

When Illamasqua asked me to participate in the project, I immediately felt excited about it. A few hours later I was taking a flight from Tokyo to Berlin and walked quickly through the crowded duty free area at the airport. Famous brand names were screaming at me aggressively, parfum packaged and presented next to chocolate bars and whiskey bottles. I was a bit jetlagged but still awake from last night’s amazing concert. This was not a ‘job’, this was an adventure that I would remember for the rest of my life.

I noticed a family on vacation shopping, both parents were carrying plastic bags, filled with boring stuff, their son was wearing headphones playing some video game on his handheld device, didn’t seem to care about anything… and their daughter was standing a bit apart, distanced, she looked almost a bit embarassed to be there. I remembered going through this phase at that age. This is when you decide where you want to be later in life. This is when you want to get away and discover the world and your potential.

Suddenly I caught her looking at me, curious, smiling then quickly looking the other way because I noticed ….it was only a short moment, not even seconds. But I thought, wouldn’t the concept of Illamasqua’s ‘Freak’ exactly appeal to her?

Isn’t it all about who we want to be in the future? And what we do about becoming that person? Expressing ourselves is always the next step towards it.

And as an artist I know that I have the desire to always evolve further. To transform.

Many people put parfums on to ‘fit in’. Sometimes that can make sense, but isn’t it about getting noticed, isn’t it about standing out from the rest?

Aren’t those who use the term ‘freak’ in a negative way, when they point fingers at exceptional people, exactly those kinds who are just jealous of the attention the ‘freak’ draws? Don’t they find themselves copying the style of the ‘freak’ shortly after? We see it in fashion, music, science, art and make-up all the time.

I can put on any types of clothes, but the right parfum for the occasion is what stays with me, what I can sense even in the dark.  It’s so close.

I was getting ready to perform at the show the night before, the finishing touch was the parfum. My stage clothes, my make up, everything was perfect, but putting on parfum is always like when a painter signs his latest piece.

It was only minutes to show time and I could hear thousands of fans shouting my name. How I feel in that moment when I perform is what makes my performance special.

I might have sung the songs many times before, but the magic happens when I connect with the audience in that moment in time.

When I boarded the flight I thought about how Illamasqua’s “Freak” would inspire me. Their make-up did so many times before. I suddenly felt curious to find out. When I arrived in Berlin, I agreed to it.

A few weeks later I flew into London for the photoshoot, which was a really exciting experience. Many designers do a lot of work digitally, but what you see in the picture was really there on the set. I have never modelled before and as an artist I usually control my own image very carefully; the videos, the stage appearance, the photos for artwork and the media… but with Alex Box and Illamasqua I just felt it was the right thing to let go and follow their vision. I absolutely fell in love with the result!

As the star of Illamasqua’s Freak campaign, and to celebrate our competition last week to win a full size 75ml bottle of their debut fragrance, we are offering a 10% discount across the Illamasqua range* to indulge your alter ego and invite you to step into the intoxicating world of Freak.

Simply enter the promo code  NICENDO10  at the checkout page at www.illamasqua.com

*TERMS AND CONDITIONS: NICENDO10 10% off discount code is available until 11.59pm GMT Monday 31st October 2011 for one transaction only and cannot be used in any other retail outlet. *Not available to Illamasqua employees or professional / student members and does not apply to the Freak Gift set, Sophie wristband or Sophie pencil. Offer is not redeemable against delivery and cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or discount except the 10% loyalty discount and Free UK Standard Delivery when you spend over £45 offer. Promoter: Illamasqua Ltd, 6-8 Amwell Street, London, EC1R 1UQ

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ATARI TEENAGE RIOT, BOOTS RILEY AND HACKERGROUP ANONYMOUS TEAM UP FOR VIRAL VIDEO “BLACK FLAGS”

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MAKE SURE TO CATCH ATARI TEENAGE RIOT ON THEIR WORLD TOUR 2011

20.09.2011 US-Lancaster, PA, Chameleon*

23.09.2011 US-New York, NY, The Gramercy Theatre*

24.09.2011 US-Pittsburgh, PA, Rex Theater*

26.09.2011 US-Cleveland, OH, Peabody´s Downunder*

27.09.2011 US-Detroit, MI, The Majestic Theatre*

28.09.2011 US-Chicago, IL, Reggies Rock Club*

05.10.2011 AT-Vienna, Szene

06.10.2011 AT-Linz, Posthof

07.10.2011 SI-Ljubljana, Kino Siska

12.10.2011 DE-Berlin, Astra

13.10.2011 DE-Leipzig, Werk II

14.10.2011 DE-Cottbus, Gladhouse

15.10.2011 PL-Warsaw, Progresja

16.10.2011 PL-Wroclaw, Firlej

21.10.2011 AT-Dornbirn, Dornbirn

22.10.2011 DE-Stuttgart, Universum

28.10.2011 NL-Dordrecht, Bibelot  NEW!!!

29.10.2011 NL-Haarlem, Patronaat  NEW!!!

31.10.2011 FR-Lille, Aeronef  NEW!!!

01.11.2011 FR-Clermont-Ferrand, “La Cooperative de Mai”  NEW!!!

03.11.2011 FR-Saint-Etienne, Le Fil  NEW!!!

04.11.2011 FR-Nantes, Le Ferrailleur  NEW!!!

23.11.2011 RU-Moscow, Tochka

24.11.2011 RU-St. Petersburg, Glavclub

25.11.2011 FI-Helsinki, Nosturi

26.11.2011 SE-Stockholm, Debaser

03.12.2011 DE-Hamburg, Gruenspann (ATARI TEENAGE RIOT XXXMAS RAVE 2011!!!! ATR live plus open end party! Alec Empire & CX Kidtronik DJ-Sets plus special guests from LONDON!!!!)  NEW!!!

*Support:  Otto von Schirach

more infos on ATARI TEENAGE RIOT official website

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ATR WILL PREMIERE THE NEW ALBUM LIVE

FROM MAY 2011 ONWARDS WITH A WORLD

WIDE TOUR FIRST DATES ANNOUNCED:

ATARI TEENAGE RIOT presented by DIM MAK

12.05.2011 GB-London, Islington Academy (with The Big Pink DJ Set & Kap Bambino!!!)
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13.05.2011 GB-Bristol, The Fleece  NEW!!!
14.05.2011 GB-Camber Sands, Bang Face Weekender
15.05.2011 FR-Paris, Maroquinerie
16.05.2011 NL-Amsterdam, Paradiso  (with Kap Bambino!!!)
19.05.2011 IT-Roma, Alpheus
20.05.2011 IT-Milano, LAP – Lambretto Art Project
21.05.2011 CH-Winterthur, Salzhaus
01.06.2011 AT-Graz, Springfestival   NEW!!!
16.07.2011 DE-Gräfenhainichen, Melt Festival
22.07.2011 PL-Bolkow, Castle Party
29.07.2011 JP-Yuzawa, Niigata, Fuji Rock Festival ’11
30.07.2011 JP-Yuzawa, Niigata, Fuji Rock Festival ’11
31.07.2011 JP-Yuzawa, Niigata, Fuji Rock Festival ’11
13.08.2011 DE-Hildesheim, Mera Luna Festival NEW!!!
14.08.2011 DE-Hildesheim, Mera Luna Festival  NEW!!!

ATR played big stages at major festivals last year, from Reading to Summersonic, their surprise show at Germany’s Fusion Festival outside of Berlin in front of 20,000 people caused a mass stage invasion.
They are announcing more headline slots for this summer:  from Melt! Festival to Fuji Rock in Japan, probably their biggest show to date.

What always worked to the group’s advantage was the fact that they can easily bring a medium size rock club to boil over, while they can also make the crowds move in a dance / electronic environment (ATR originated in the traditional rave underground scene).
But their real strength is the rock arena:  Put them in front of Rage Against The Machine; they deliver a show that people still talk about 10 years later.
Put them in front of Placebo at biggest European festival, Exit, in 2010 and they deliver a sensational show no other electronic band can pull off right now.

How is that possible? ??The ATR formula just works. It is exciting, it is meaningful and the group looks so painfully commercial, they often have to hide their charismatic stage personas behind intense strobe-lights. ?What always set ATR apart from the rest was that they have proper songs and that their overpowering physical live performance is still unmatched.

“Atari Teenage Riot’s decision to reform this year could not have arrived at a more opportune time, with a rise in conservatism occurring not only in the UK and Germany, but all throughout Europe. In this climate we need bands like ATR reminding us that it’s necessary to lash out against the system. This is no mere nostalgia trip for them, this is a return to arms.” http://dimmakrecs.com/2011/02/atari-teenage-riot-live-review-in-rock-a-rolla-magazine/

LOSTATEMINOR HAS ALEC EMPIRE’S SECRET PLAYLIST UP!

“Atari Teenage Riot have reunited, playing enormous sold-out venues in Europe. Heading to North America, they recently signed onto Dim Mak, bringing along ATR newcomer (and Kanye West/Nine Inch Nails collaborator) CX Kidtronik.

Atari Teenage Riot is known for their intense live show, and it’s been reinvigorated by the reunion.This is co-founder Alec Empire’s selection of his eight favourite songs, in his own words.”

http://lostateminor.createsend4.com/t/ViewEmail/y/0E29B240BE756AC3/A06ADB11FA014ED5C68C6A341B5D209E

LINE BETWEEN INSTRUMENT AND ARTIST

http://www.eqmag.com/article/atari-teenage-riot/January-2011/125349

PODCAST ABOUT ATARI TEENAGE RIOT’S

LEGENDARY “LIVE AT BRIXTON ACADEMY

1999″ SHOW IN LONDON:

PLUS rare bootleg of a show a few months earlier that year! Alec Empire gives background infos in interview, what was going on, the noise war, the reaction of the fans and media: http://solipsisticnation.com/?p=622

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More infos about upcoming Atari Teenage Riot album going up there very soon

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WeLikeIndie.com:

“After reuniting this past Spring, Alec Empire & Nic Endo (aka Atari Teenage Riot) signed on to Dim Mak. This time they’re joined by ATR newcomer (& Kanye West/Nine Inch Nails collaborator) CX Kidtronik.

They are a natural fit with Dim Mak, as label-head Steve Aoki is known for his hard electro sound & has roots in the hardcore scene.”

Atari Teenage Riot

• Exclusive London reunion show announced for May
• New single “Activate“ confirmed

Atari Teenage Riot – “Activate!” by Alec Empire

In the late 90s Atari Teenage Riot (ATR) emerged out of the electronica genre, to subvert all rules of rock and techno music. The original conception was Alec Empire‘s and when joined by Hanin Elias, Nic Endo and Carl Crack on stage, the mixed race, mixed sex image of the band provoked people before they even heard the music.

The seminal band was too radical in its views and statements and simply too loud and noisy to fit in neatly inside any genre, with Hanin screaming about police violence and revolution, ATR opened many doors for female artists to follow at the time.
In 1996, Alec Empire teamed up with the Beastie Boys to negotiate a label deal between Grand Royal and Digital Hardcore Recordings for North America. The album, “Burn Berlin Burn” was born.

Shortly after, tours with Rage Against The Machine, Wu-Tang Clan and Beck swiftly followed. But with the success came tension. Every musician has their own way of dealing with it, and ATR were extremely intense. Very soon the thin line between reality and paranoia started to vanish.
When John Peel asked ATR to play Queen Elizabeth Hall in London in 1999, the band had just released their 3rd and best album, “60 Second Wipe Out“, which was mixed with Andy Wallace (Nirvana’s “Nevermind”, Slayer). During the song “Revolution Action“, kids stormed the stage and pandemonium descended on the capital.
When the Berlin quartet played their last show at the Big Day Out Festival, Australia in 2000 everyone was watching: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nine Inch Nails, The Clash’s Joe Strummer, Foo Fighters and Primal Scream on the side of the stage. The band finally dissolved in the wake of MC Carl Crack’s death just days before September 11th 2001.
Their records stand as a testament to the years 1992-2000, where anything seemed possible. Now Atari Teenage Riot have reunited for one more show:

May 12th 2010

The Electric Ballroom, London

184 Camden High Street, London, NW1 8QP

7pm / £16 / 14+

For tickets www.gigantic.com

The members of Atari Teenage Riot are pleased to announce that the American MC CX KIDTRONIK has officially joined the band and will be completing their line up when they hit the UK later this year. Having previously worked with Saul Williams, Kanye West and Nine Inch Nails, CX KIDTRONIK is an unstoppable and explosive MC as politically minded as the rest of ATR that bring his own element to the band.

Additionally, a brand new single “Activate” has been confirmed for May 17^th and will be released through the band’s own label Digital Hardcore Recordings.  Atari Teenage Riot are also treating fans to a free remix by the LA based dubstep genius The Builder: http://soundcloud.com/alec_empire/atari-teenage-riot-digital-hardcore-2009-remix-by-the-builder

Let the revolution begin.

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ALEC EMPIRE AND NIC ENDO ARE ON TOUR ! NOW ! PLAYING MATERIAL FROM THE PAST _ PRESENT AND FUTURE! (incl. ATR songs)

06.11.2009 NL-Den Haag, Bazart
07.11.2009 NL-Utrecht, DBs
18.11.2009 GB-Newport, TJs
19.11.2009 GB-London, O2 Academy Islington
20.11.2009 GB-Birmingham, Eddie?s
21.11.2009 GB-Manchester, Club Academy
22.11.2009 GB-Edinburgh (GB), GRV
25.11.2009 CH-Z?rich, Stall 6
26.11.2009 F-Perpignan, CrockMore? NEW!!!
27.11.2009 CH-Vevey, Rocking Chair
28.11.2009 I-Florence (I), Siddharta
07.12.2009 I-Roma, Atlantico

for more info and last tickets go to
http://www.alec-empire.com/

Also check out new Atari Teenage Riot Dubstep remix by The Builder!

Atari Teenage Riot “Digital Hardcore” (2009 Remix by The Builder) by alec_empire

ALEC EMPIRE:” I WANTED TO CAPTURE THAT BUZZ NERO MIGHT HAVE FELT WHEN ROME WAS BURNING DOWN…” Read latest interview with Trashhits

http://www.thrashhits.com/2009/11/interview-alec-empire-i-wanted-to-capture-the-buzz-nero-might-have-felt-when-rome-was-burning-down/

Alec Empire’s 10 tips on how to subvert the music industry on Artrocker!

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Sonic terrorist, Alec Empire, returns for another blistering series of live dates here in the UK that looks set to blow the roof off every venue it invades across the country.

?1000 Eyes? is the new download only single taken off the animated short film, ?The Golden Foretaste of Heaven?. After the critical acclaim of his mini album, ?Shivers?, earlier this year, Alec channelled his dark energy into creating a brooding, mesmerising soundtrack to the hotly tipped film by Austrian rising star, Richard Wilhelmer.

Fresh off supporting Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails on their European leg of the tour, Alec will bring his awesome live setup to the UK showcasing material from a career spanning almost two decades. Always a knack for spotting new talent, Alec has collaborated with Robbie Furze from The Big Pink on the track, ?If You Live or Die? off his last album and has produced and written Patrick Wolf?s lead single, ?Vultures?.

Wolf also appeared on stage with Empire during his sold out London date at The Underworld earlier this year and looks certain to join up with his partner in crime for the Islington Academy show in London on November 19.

Having recently remixed IAMX, ex Sneaker Pimp, Chris Corner?s new single ?Terrified?, the hardest working Berliner in music?s next project is a team up with Major Lazer and Saul Williams for some new tracks and a remix special with Dillinger Escape Plan later this year.

As a special treat for UK fans, Alec has roped in up & coming alt techno-core outfit, Motor, who are currently on tour with D?p?che Mode as support for his UK dates.

Alec has once again reinvented himself and you can witness the Empire effect first hand this autumn as Nic Endo and him take to a stage near you.

1000 Eyes (Single Version) / Alec Empire by alec_empire
ALEC EMPIRE
The Past – The Present – The Future Tour 2009

15.10.2009 F-la Tronche, La Faiencerie
16.10.2009 B-Antwerp, Petrol
17.10.2009 Hannover, Indiego Glocksee
20.10.2009 Essen, Grend
21.10.2009 K?ln, Underground
22.10.2009 Hamburg, Logo
23.10.2009 Berlin, K17
24.10.2009 Cottbus, Gladhouse
25.10.2009 PL-Gdynia, Ucho
27.10.2009 CZ-Prague, Lucerna Music Bar
28.10.2009 A-Linz, Stadtwerkstatt
29.10.2009 A-Wien, Szene
30.10.2009 Ingolstadt, Paradox
31.10.2009 Leipzig, Lagerhof
06.11.2009 NL-Den Haag, Bazart
07.11.2009 NL-Utrecht, DBs
18.11.2009 GB-Newport, TJs
19.11.2009 GB-London, O2 Academy Islington
20.11.2009 GB-Birmingham, Eddie?s
21.11.2009 GB-Manchester, Club Academy
22.11.2009 GB-Edinburgh (GB), GRV
25.11.2009 CH-Z?rich, Stall 6
26.11.2009 F-Perpignan, CrockMore? NEW!!!
27.11.2009 CH-Vevey, Rocking Chair
28.11.2009 I-Florence (I), Siddharta
07.12.2009 I-Roma, Atlantico
31.07.2010 PL-Bolkow, Castle Party
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+++Breaking News:
ALEC EMPIRE joins NINE INCH NAILS on European dates!+++

+++Legendary band FAUST asks Alec to come out and rock the electronics at KLANGBAD FESTIVAL! (August 8th, alongside Dalek, Unit M?bius, Cluster, Harmonia and more!)+++

+++In case you have missed it:

Check out link for Alec Empire’s remix for Patrick Wolf single “Hard Times”
click here!

Alec Empire and Nic Endo did an exclusive performance at Artrocker Festival:
click here to listen to audio +++

After the exciting start in May “Past – Present -Future Tour 2009!” we announce new dates!

(Did you miss any of the May shows? Read review of London show here, Patrick Wolf came on stage during the set and Nic Alec went to play “Vultures” and ATR’s “Revolution Action” )

23 Jun 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ Malta // Poznan (PL)
24 Jun 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ O2 // Prague (CZ)
26 Jun 2009 Alec Empire @ Fusion Festival! // L?rz (D)
20 Jul 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ Vrahon Theatre // Athens (GR)
24 Jul 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ Syma Sport and Event Centr // Budapest (HUN)
28 Jul 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ Nimes Festival France // Nimes (F)
30 Jul 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ La Riviera // Madrid (ES)
31 Jul 2009 Alec Empire live @ BT 59 // Bordeaux (F)
08 Aug 2009 Special ALEC EMPIRE DJ performance @ Faust?s “Klangbad Festival”! // Scheer (D)
27 Aug 2009 Alec Empire DJ @ IKRA // Moscow (RUS)
10 Sep 2009 Alec Empire solo live @ GOGBOT and ATOMPUNK Festival // Enschede (NL)
26 Sep 2009 Alec Empire live @ Ososphere Festival // Strasbourg (F)
02 Oct 2009 Alec Empire solo live @ De:sonanz Festival // Skopje (EJRM)
15 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ La Faiencerie // la Tronche (F)
16 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Petrol // Antwerp (B)
17 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Indiego Glocksee // Hannover (D)
20 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Grend // Essen (D)
21 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Underground // Cologne (D) Tickets available at TICKET 69
22 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Logo // Hamburg (D) Tickets available at TICKET 69
23 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ K17 // Berlin (D)
24 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Gladhouse // Cottbus (D) Tickets availbale at EVENTIM
27 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Lucerna Music Bar // Prague (CZ)
28 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Stadtwerkstatt // Linz (A)
29 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Szene // Vienna (A)
30 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Paradox // Ingolstadt Tickets available at TICKET 69
31 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Lagerhof // Leipzig Tickets available at TICKET 69

+++After getting really exciting reviews Alec Empire’s “Shivers” is out since a few weeks. (there are too many out there to link, but check NME, click here )

note: digital version on iTunes includes bonus concert release “Live At ?bel Gef?hrlich Club 2007, feat. Robbie Furze/The Big Pink on guitars”
Beatport version has all instrumentals for all DJs.

+++Click here for Hellish Vortex link to purchase limited edition physical copy :

+++Check out lead track “Control Drug” on Big Stereo

+++The Hellish Vortex in the studio right now:

Massive collaboration Nic Endo / Alec Empire and CX KIDTRONIK (DJ of Saul Williams and Kanye West!!!) http://www.myspace.com/cxkidtronik

+++Alec Empire collaborates with MOTOR!

http://www.myspace.com/motor66!

+++more news soon!+++

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VAGABONDO 2009

Over 4 virtual stages will run a program on the magazine’s website www.artrocker.tv from May 25.

Artrocker magazine invited a selection of bands to a studio to create original recordings for the festival.

The sessions can be streamed or downloaded for one week. Ambient, Spoken Word, Noise and Experimental pieces are performed by participants like

New York’s Suicide, Alec Empire & Nic Endo, The Aliens , Art Brut, The Dandy Warhols, Everything Everything, Violet Violet, Televised Crimewave and others.

Artrocker Magazine is really pushing boundaries with this projects, forcing the artists to leave their comfort zones and express themselves in ways they’d normally not do!

MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN!

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VAGABONDO 2009

Over 4 virtual stages will run a program on the magazine’s website www.artrocker.tv from May 25.

Artrocker magazine invited a selection of bands to a studio to create original recordings for the festival.

The sessions can be streamed or downloaded for one week. Ambient, Spoken Word, Noise and Experimental pieces are performed by participants like

New York’s Suicide, Alec Empire & Nic Endo, The Aliens and others.

Artrocker Magazine is really pushing boundaries with this projects, forcing the artists to leave their comfort zones and express themselves in ways they’d normally not do!

MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN!

www.eyho-blog.com

http://www.gigwise.com/reviews/live/50750/Friday-010509-Alec-Empire-Patrick-Wolf-@-The-Underworld-Camden

we are partying in Amsterdam tonight. having a great time. not these dumb drink yourself stupid so you forget times, it’s more like we met so many supporters again, people who really care…and after months of recording for films this just feels great!

on the way to here I read this German article about how “young people” don’t care about politics anymore and that whole blah. Well, I have seen the exact difference …and not only at our shows, the G20 rallys, Mayday…Heard “Chaostage” Berlin Premiere was sold out in minutes.

To the fifty year olds who try to analyze what’s happening: the new codes are different, they are more complex. A t-shirt doesn’t mean much if you don’t know the person who wears it. We are in disguise.

Will post more soon.

Never give up the fight,

Alec

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FIRST HALF OF THE TOUR!!!!

ALEC EMPIRE & NIC ENDO

THE PAST – THE PRESENT – THE FUTURE TOUR 2009

Presented by Sonic Seducer Magazine

30.04.2009 Vorselaar (B) – Edma

01.05.2009 London (GB) – The Underworld / get tickets here or here
02.05.2009 Manchester (GB) – Satan?s Hollow / get tickets here or here
03.05.2009 Glasgow (GB) – Ivory Blacks / get tickets here or here Or here
05.05.2009 Norwich (GB) – The Waterfront
06.05.2009 Amsterdam (NL) – Paradiso
07.05.2009 Hengelo (NL) – Metropool
08.05.2009 Reutlingen – franz.K
09.05.2009 Jena – Kassablanca

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“THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE ON A BAD DRUG”

Alec Empire , taken from Control Drug of SHIVERS

Hey!

It’s spring 2009! flowers start to grow…slowly but surely!

The Golden Foretaste of Heaven Film by Richard Wilhelmer went down like a storm at Los Angeles David Lynch screening “Engine Collision Fest” and Austria’s “Diagonale” Film Festival.
watch the trailer here

While Alec’s DJ Mix album “Rauschgold” for Staubgold Records gets great reviews (a small selection of online reviews which you might not come across that easily)
digitalisindustries.com
digitalmcd.com
thesilentballet.com
hairentertainment.com

ALEC AND NIC HAVE PRODUCED NEW RECORD CALLED “SHIVERS”, a 7 track mini album (estimated playing time over 30min though). Release Date May 8th.

tracklist

Control Drug

Shivers

Baby Skull

Vampire State

t.o.t.

If You Live Or Die (2009 version feat. Robbie Furze/Big Pink on guitars)

1000 Eyes (The Golden Foretaste of Heaven Film version 2009)

Note: iTunes will have a full concert as a bonus available. (more infos soon)

Watch first part of making of series. in these videos Alec is recording weird synths which will then later make it into the songs. He also gives a quick run down on what’s happening (the films etc.).

Click here to watch

Click here to watch interview

With “Shivers” and the 2009 tour “Past -Present- Future” the Hellish Vortex launches completely redesigned Alec Empire website.
www.alec-empire.com

Make sure you click through the history section. We think the website has been long overdue. It was about time that a site explains Empire’s spider web of productions and projects…. venom

Follow Alec on twitter http://twitter.com/ALEC_EMPIRE
Join Alec on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alec-Empire/10224966919
Alec’s myspace http://www.myspace.com/alecempire

DATES!!!!!

18th of April Bass Terror official release via iTunes, Beatport and over 60 other online music stores.

20th of April Patrick Wolf/Alec Empire collaboration hits stores. “Vultures” will be available as 7 inch vinyl and digital. Patrick Wolf – Vulture

Click here to watch

ALEC EMPIRE & NIC ENDO

THE PAST – THE PRESENT – THE FUTURE TOUR 2009

Presented by Sonic Seducer Magazine

30.04.2009 Vorselaar (B) – Edma

01.05.2009 London (GB) – The Underworld / get tickets here or here
02.05.2009 Manchester (GB) – Satan?s Hollow / get tickets here or here
03.05.2009 Glasgow (GB) – Ivory Blacks / get tickets here or here Or here
05.05.2009 Norwich (GB) – The Waterfront
06.05.2009 Amsterdam (NL) – Paradiso
07.05.2009 Hengelo (NL) – Metropool
08.05.2009 Reutlingen – franz.K
09.05.2009 Jena – Kassablanca
23.10.2009 Berlin – K17
24.10.2009 Cottbus – Gladhouse / get tickets here
28.10.2009 Linz (A) – Stadtwerkstatt
29.10.2009 Wien (A) – Szene
30.10.2009 Ingolstadt – Paradox / get tickets here
31.10.2009 Leipzig – Lagerhof / get tickets here
more dates added soon.

What else is hot right now?
Alec Empire remixing next Patrick Wolf single “Hard Times”.
Nic Endo officially writing music for David Mack’s Kabuki. (more news soon!)

Film Chaostage (with Alec’s music) starts in German cinemas this month.
click here for full list of showtimes and locations!

DIGITAL HARDCORE UK OPENS FULL ON WEBSTORE!

You requested Flac? You got it!

Make sure you check out completely new digital store at Digital Hardcore Recordings UK

http://digitalhardcore.greedbag.com/

It’s ALL up there.

Support independent artists you like, don’t support hypocrites like Pirate Bay who make millions of advertising and who are financed by right wing business men (to then point the finger at their own users in court, claiming that they do the crime. not cool! Liars!).

Click here to watch

We hope to see you at the shows or parties! Keep thinking about news ways to think! Stay awake!

Best wishes from Berlin,

EYHO Team

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Visit The Hellish Vortex store : many rare items up for sale this month

watch trailer here

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Sunday morning – brings the dawning….

cold coffee……cigarettes….empty bottles…. what a weekend this has been….Berlin is like the slowest city I know….everything drags on and on…

I just tried to watch something…John Q…stopped it..tried to listen to Marvin Gaye…which doesn’t make any sense at all…too happy…

how amazing is David Mack’s work…when will we see a film? I only liked about 17 minutes of Iron Man…to be honest… ….. many labels keep posting us video links, so we put them up here…but seriously the Bush era is over and so are jerks in 80ties clothing and beards hammering on a casio keyboard…and shitty sunglasses… so please just stop sending us that garbage…it is depressing…no not funny…it is depressing…

(oh yes, and Robbie that Lily Allen record you sent me via UPS express last Thursday is the worst! fuck man! the worst! I am so glad that your song is not on there. I REPEAT YOU ARE NOT JULIAN KAYE!!!!)

I can’t even work in the studio because Nic is recording her 30 minute piece the last days…but at least she just handed me this video….

how perfect….

I am glad that Tying Tiffany has moved on from the electro clash thing…she is much more than that…I know you know….

Good Morning Berlin….

4 Days – and counting

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Tresor pr?sentiert in Zusammenarbeit mit Alec Empire, Think Sync und Shooting People:

“TRANSDUCERS!”

BERLIN – LONDON – WIEN

Europ?ischer Film trifft auf Elektronische Musik
Am 12. Februar im Tresor! (German version)

Musikproduzent Alec Empire stellt in Zusammenarbeit mit Tresor und der Britischen Firma Think Sync und Shooting People ein besonderes Programm zusammen, um den Europ?ischen Film zu feiern!

Genauer gesagt geht es nicht nur darum, spannende neue Filme zu pr?sentieren, die sich jenseits der ?blichen Fahrbahn bewegen und dennoch Pop Appeal besitzen, sondern auch die elektronische Musikszene mit der Filmbranche zusammenzubringen.

Alec Empire arbeitet parallel zum ?blichen DJ/Produzenten “Tagesgesch?ft” mit Film.
(Eine Auswahl ist bei Wikipedia zu finden http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Empire )
In den letzten Monaten schrieb er die Soundtracks f?r 3 spannende Projekte:

“The Golden Foretaste of Heaven”: Der ?sterreichische Regisseur Richard Wilhelmer scharte Schauspieler der jungen Generation (Robert Stadlober und Friederike Kempter in den Hauptrollen) f?r einen Animation Sci-Fi (,welcher nat?rlich in einem fiktiven Berlin der Zukunft spielt: Der Klimawandel hat die einst gr?nste Stadt Europa’s zur Plattenbaumetropole in mitten einer W?ste gemacht. Eine wundervolle Parodie auf den g?ngigen Hollywoodaufgu?.) um sich. Im Tresor findet die offizielle Premieren Party mit Screening statt.

“Phantomanie”: Regisseur Miron Zownir gelang es den unberechenbaren Kultdarsteller Bruno S, der “Kaspar Hauser” aus Werner Herzog’s Filmen, nach 30 Jahren das erste Mal vor die Kamera zu bekommen!

(link zu aktuellen New York Times Artikel ?ber Bruno S. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/arts/design/25abroad.html?_r=1)

Dabei ist einer der aussergew?hnlichsten Filme gelungen, die das deutsche Kino so lange vermisst hat! Schauspieler wie George Nickel, Vivien Bullert, Natalia Avelon und Geno Lechner steigen in die Rollen bizarrer Figuren, die sich in der “selbstgezimmerten H?lle der Reichen” voller Paranoia ihre eigene Wirklichkeit stricken. Die Russenmafia, verr?ckte Sektenf?hrer, Drogen und Waffendealer, alles ist dabei. Zownir schafft es ein Berlin einzufangen, welches Kurzaufenhalt-Regisseure oft verpassen. Gro?artiges und wahnsinniges Autorenkino! Und am 12. Februar wird es im Tresor mit der offiziellen Premieren Party mit Screening und allem drum und dran gefeiert!

“Chaostage”, ein Film von Regisseur Tarek Ehlail, bei dem unter anderem deutsche Gr??en wie Helge Schneider, Stipe Erceg, Claude Oliver Rudolph, Martin Semmelrogge, Henriette M?ller und Ralf Richter mitspielen. Der Film sorgte seid seiner Vorpremiere vor allem in der Boulevard Presse f?r gro?es Aufsehen, da er kontrovers mit der Geschichte der Chaostage in Hannover umgeht. Bevor der Film im Fr?hling ins Kino kommt, werden Teaser, Trailer und sehr unterhaltsames Material der Deutsch Stars w?hrend der Dreharbeiten gezeigt.
(http://www.chaostage-film.de/new/presse.html)

Ausserdem: Die Londoner Firma Think Sync , die auch eng mit Empire und dem Raindance Festival verkn?pft ist, stellt ein spannendes Programm aus Kurzfilmen zusammen. Zum gr??ten Teil ungesehenes, teilweise die Gewinner des j?hrlichen Think Sync Wettbewerbs, der jeden Sommer in London stattfindet, in dessen Jury unter anderem Fifth Element Regisseur Iain Smith und weitere Gr??en des Britischen Films sitzen.
(link http://www.thinksyncfilms.com/)

Und jetzt zur Party! (Das Line Up sagt alles: Andrew Weatherall, die Legende aus UK, der den britischen Dance Sound wie kein anderer gepr?gt hat. David Holmes, der David Holmes, der die Soundtracks f?r die Ocean 11-13 Filme mit Brad Pitt, George Clooney usw, gemacht hat! )

Alec Empire (DE)
Andrew Weatherall (UK)
David Holmes (UK)
T Raumschmiere (DE)

Nic Endo (US)
Reznik (DE)
Fidelity Kastrow (DE)

special guests: Rummelsnuff

Start 21 Uhr

Party Link!

HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR!

While music journalists in Germany are wondering what happened to pop music (yes, we said it years ago. In a globalized economy national pop music is becoming less relevant every year. Music , after all, is not that different to the rest of the economy.) , we continue our path into the future.

Just got back from Portugal, crazy New Years Eve rave with 2000+ kids going mental (we know this term is totally British and a taboo term in modern Indie music, that’s why it has to be used again from now on. Creds to Garagem to make it happen!). Hardcore, hardcore hardcore. Drug music, dangerous and without any context to what we used to call western pop music.

People are angry, that’s why.

Gone is the decade of whiny upper class kids who pay their way into the music scene (because nobody else can afford it any longer). People feel and know that middle and working class have been pushed down by the super rich over the past decade, and now the dream of the rising working class rock’n'roll band has been lost…maybe forever.

(Remember, mostly, these images were marketing campaigns to sell a “product” to us. “These guys are like you, now go buy it.” We were never into buying music that reminds us of our neighbors…why? Because we hate them as much as they hate us.)

Now is the time for a new underground to emerge. NOW!

We want music which is exciting, thrilling, passionate, dangerous and unpredictable. The minds of the new generation are open and ready for change. It won’t happen in one day, but the door is open and it will stay open… for a while.

Those who sit back, those who are passive and expect corporations to deliver everything to them, will be left behind.

The new listener is active, is searching the internet for new music, the new listener is questioning any written information about music (yes, you, you journalists who have become the little finger of the corporates. You lost your integrity, once lost, no way to get it back…that’s part of the game.), the new listener is making up his/her own mind, creating his/her own taste. The new listener is thinking, because knowledge and ideas are gold in this era.

The old way of capitalism has failed. Even many conservatives are waking up now. In Paris we have seen more burning cars on New Years Eve than ever before.

We don’t need guns, our weapon is the mind…and we are ready to riot at any time.

I don’t need to say that our solidarity is with those who supported, lost and loved Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
(I didn’t want to say anything right away, because too many bands try to sell something on the back of those tragedies. And I hate that. But we received so many emails asking where we stand, I wanted to get it out. This is where we stand!)

The super rich are not paying taxes, why does the police protect them? They should protect the people. Us.

In 2008 we started and finished many new things : New music, films scores and more.

Thank you all for your ongoing loyalty and support!

In 2009 many of the projects we were working on are being released and premiered.

In a minute I’ll give you an update on shows and live events that we’ll do over the coming months, but 3 concerts need to be mentioned now:
Alec Empire is playing 3 exclusive shows in Great Britain. London , Manchester and Glasgow.

Alec and his band (yes, including Nic Endo) will play material from following albums: Generation Star Wars, The Destroyer, Miss Black America, Intelligence & Sacrifice, Futurist, Atari Teenage Riot (plus special guests!), The Golden Foretaste of Heaven and present new songs from the upcoming album to be released later this year.

As you might know, the shows are happening around Alec’s birthday (2nd of May) and the anniversary of ATR’s legendary show on May 1st 1999

This will be a huge party and ticket sales are super limited.

01.05.2009 London (GB) – The Underworld (doors 7pm) tickets available through www.flagpromotions.com & www.ticketweb.co.uk
02.05.2009 Manchester (GB) – Satan?s Hollow (doors 6pm) tickets available through www.flagpromotions.com & www.ticketweb.co.uk
03.05.2009 Glasgow (GB) – Ivory Blacks (doors 7pm) tickets available through www.tickets-scotland.com / www.seetickets.com / www.ticketweb.co.uk

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!the_future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jan 10th Alec Empire & T Raumschmiere & Aux Raus! in Paris at SCANDALE!

Jan 15th Alec Empire & The Hellish Vortex in Budapest!

Jan 31st Alec Empire spinning at Chaostage Screening Saarbr?cken Film Festival

Feb 12th Alec Empire, Tresor & Think Sync present huge Berlinale Party in Berlin:

Line Up includes Andrew Weatherall, David Holmes (soundtracks for Ocean 11-13), Zan Lyons, Alec Empire, T Raumschmiere, DJ Reznik and more!
You will have the chance to see films involving Alec Empire’s music for the first time in public. (a sci-fi animation film directed by Richard Wilhelmer “The Golden Foretaste of Heaven” staring Robert Stadlober! Then Miron Zownir’s masterpiece “Phantomanie” staring Natalia Avelon, Bruno S, and more! Alec has written the score for this Berlin noir thriller. And the “Chaostage” gang will show exclusive material from the soon to be released film …but there will be lots more. We will post details over the coming weeks.)

Feb 21st Alec Empire & The Hellish Vortex live Barcelona/ Spain

THE GLOVES ARE OFF! THE BUBBLE HAS BURST!

Bass Terror 2xCD is available as CD only release next week (January 5th).
please note: only 3 copies of limited edition package left. (thanks for all your emails asking to repress, but we feel that the idea of a limited collectors release is that it stays limited, even if there is more demand. It would be unfair for those who supported the release so far.)

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“Schauen wir zur?ck nach Berlin. Bewusst in der Vergangenheit formuliert, da ich Atari Teenage Riot nicht mehr mit derselben Wucht als aktiv empfinde wie Die Goldenen Zitronen.

Was dem Respekt f?r sie und ihre Haltung und ihre Musik aber keinen Abbruch tut. Die Form, f?r die sich Alec Empire, Hanin Elias, Carl Crack und die sp?ter hinzugesto?ene Nic Endo entschieden hatten, dieses so unglaublich intensive, explosive Gebr?u, das sie selbst als Digital Hardcore bezeichneten, konnte nur mit voller Wucht gegen die Wand gefahren werden; der Blick auf die Soloprojekte, der auf der DVD get?tigt wird, zeigt aber auch bei ihnen die Offenheit und F?higkeit, den Stil zu modifizieren, nur zuletzt eben nicht mehr mit dieser Stilsicherheit und Intensit?t der ersten Jahre.

W?hrend die Zitronen wichtige Worte sprachen und in den Wohlfahrtsaussch?ssen den Diskurs suchten, sprangen ATR kompromisslos auf LKWs und riefen zur “Revolution Action” auf, zur Zerst?rung der Kultur der letzten 2000 Jahre, lieferten den Soundtrack zum “Riot”, zu den Berliner 1.-Mai-Protesten, mit ordentlich “Speed” im Blut, “Sick To Death” und immerzu united mit den Kids.

Mehr Slogans geht nicht. Mehr Energie auch nicht. Ein Wirbelsturm tobte damals ?ber Deutschland mit Alec Empire als Role-Model. Heute haben wir stattdessen Ed Banger – blo? dass denen die Inhalte abgehen.”

New upcoming Austrian director Richard Wilhelmer is producing a 20 min short film together with Alec Empire
(which was inspired by Empire’s last album “The Golden Foretaste of Heaven”; film carries the same name)
in HD and surround sound.

Alec Empire and Nic Endo provide all the music plus sound effects for it.
The film features new music as well as a new version of “1000 Eyes”.

The cast includes Robert Stadlober, Frederike Kempter, Suzan Anbeh and Franca Gelfort…
Nic Endo and Alec Empire also appear in the story.

Alec: “Last year we have tried a new concept for the track On Fire with Philipp Virus and Miron Zownir, with Natalia Avelon in the lead role. Music videos are dead. It is thrilling to find new ways of bringing music and film together!”

They also use it as part of their promo campaign along with Trentm?ller’s remix

free via this link:

click here to download

Raveonettes Remixed EP cover

COLD METAL PERFECTION (2001) and WHITE HEAT (1998)

Both releases are out of print and the physical copies are sold out since two years.
This is Nic Endo’s gift to her fans before her new solo release is ready to launch:
The two albums have been completely re-mastered from the original analogue tapes with the latest 24bit technology at The Hellish Vortex Studios in Berlin.

Nic:” When I heard the new version it felt like listening to a different record. It sounds so much bigger and more powerful now.”

Comprising previously unreleased 9 min. masterpiece “Walking-Dancing-Falling”,
Nic Endo wrote for a modern dance performance, that was staged in London 2002.

The 2CD boxset includes a poster (DIN A2 long / 29.7cm x 84 cm), sticker, badges and new artwork.

This ultimate Collector’s Edition is a true must have for all die-hard Nic Endo fans!

www.indiestreber.de review (german)