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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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Alec Empire:” This is one of the darkest projects I have ever been involved in…it’s intense…I loved working with those guys! This is very rare stuff…try to grab it while it’s still out there…the guys from crustcake.com couldn’t have described it better…read below.”

“Not so long ago, we gave you the heads up on Sailors with Wax Wings, the new project from R. Loren of Denton shapeshifters Pyramids. Well, Loren has another project to unleash upon the world – White Moth. According to Loren, White Moth is:

…a milestone on an indefinite journey, much of which is documented here- a series of deeply intimate works crafted with the help of those that have inspired my own growth and musical bloodflow for its duration….

You have to listen to get the full meaning of his statement. Their self titled record comes out tomorrow on Angel Oven Records, and you can preview it in the link provided above. And in accordance with the collaborative nature of Pyramids, this record’s got a whole host of great guests too. Colin Marston (Krallice, Gorguts), who was on the Sailors record, appears again, as does No-Wave legend Lydia Lunch, John Gossard (Weakling, Asunder, Dispirit, The Gault), experimental hip-hopper Dälek, and many more. White Moth’s a little more all-over the place and beat oriented than either Pyramids or Sailors With Wax Wings, but it’s still got R. Loren’s penchant for dreaminess. Well worth a listen.

Album cover, track listing, and full list of personnel (seriously, it’s also AMAZING) after the jump.”

1. There was a man with tongue of wood
2. Two women, knitting
3. The sea was blue meadow
4. Shoot the clock
5. You texas, dark star
6. Blood and torn grass
7. Smiles warm red light
8. To the cathedral

Lineup:

R. Loren
vocals, textures

C. Rogers
vocals

Ashley Scott Jones (Treasure Fingers, Evol Intent)
beats, electronics

Colin Marston (Krallice)
guitar, bass

Sam Hillmer (Zs)
saxophone

Jacob Kirkegaard (Touch Records)
processed field recording

Christoph Heemann (H.N.A.S.)
guitar, piano, electronics, percussion, moog

Lydia Lunch
vocals

Dälek
vocals

Alec Empire (Atari Teenage Riot)
vocals, tr 808, linndrum, roland jupiter 8, roland rs-202, arp solina, arp 2600, minimoog

Shelby Cinca (Frodus)
vocals

John Gossard (Weakling, Asunder)
vocals

Chet W. Scott (Blood Of The Black Owl, Glass Throat Records)
artwork and design

WHITE MOTH – S/T by YOU TEXAS DARK STAR

while stock lasts… click this link

https://www.shop.the-hellish-vortex.com/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=199

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!

WIN LAST TICKETS FOR UK TOUR VIA GIGJUNKIE! CLICK HERE!

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TIME TO STOP QUOTING AND START CREATING!

by Alec Empire

Let me introduce myself; I am Alec Empire and I was born in West Berlin. I believe that I am the only ‘true’ Berliner in the current music scene. As far as I can tell, all the others claiming Berlin as their home, moved there to boost (or kill?), their careers. To be honest, I don’t think it matters that much… or shouldn’t in our age. I find myself talking to people from other continents more than those belonging to the so called local scene (I’m not really sure there is one and even if there is I’m not sure it’s what people would like to believe it is). Whatever, I suppose we all gain from the myth that comes with Berlin. Reality follows our imagination… Let’s hope so.

But it’s not about local scenes or absorbing something intangible from the air in Berlin. If you want to know your future you have to erase your past.
click here for ABC clip

Please excuse my English. I have been touring recently and my crew and band are from France & USA. Somehow we all speak this weird mixture of languages. It’s hard to switch back to normal you know?

I am used to change. Dramatic changes in the case of my country. When I was a child I always sensed that post-World War II vibe – even decades later. Everybody has seen it in a film or read a book; but there are aspects Berliners have never really talked about in public. For example: how many women were raped at the end of the War? We can barely imagine that deep pain and its consequences on society. Then there’s the GDR and the Wall finally coming down. On the surface Berlin looks cool; parties, clubs like nowhere else in the world but to me it always feels like children celebrating themselves, dancing on a mass grave, not knowing, innocent… The beginning of Lord of the Flies.
click here for deleted scene clip

Where I come from, the majority is a potential threat to the individual. The silent majority can decide over life and death of real people, just because they ignore political news on that day of the football match.
watch clip
watch next clip here

Change… Some feel threatened by change and others actually fear it and would become über-active just to stop it from happening. It makes them so nervous. I associate change with new opportunities and taking chances.

But I believe things are really changing. Right now! For the past nine years the music scene has reminded me of a dying dog, bleeding to death, bleeding dry and trying to bite its attackers who stand just out of reach, watching…

Hopefully by now, the majority of people have understood that doing nothing is the most powerful and damaging action they can take these days. Not buying a car, not buying music, not voting. Years ago I went on what most would call a ‘date’ and the girl didn’t know anything, she looked good, but that night I realized I was bored with that shiny surface of everything in our society. When I first heard John Coltrane I knew instantly that there was so much more than I could understand on the first listen. Music can store information and emotions that words and images fail to describe.
watch John Coltrane here

With most music that came out during the ‘Bush Era’ you could dig and dig and discover absolutely nothing. The past nine years have been a black hole – we can admit it now that this era is coming to an end. Musicians were scared, scared of not selling, of not being ‘accepted’. The social networks reflect that perfectly. Become popular at all costs. Lie, fake your profile (I am not talking about making it look the best it can be, but pretending you are someone else), use bots to get that snowball rolling, survive the download madness. If you are reading this and don’t know what I am talking about, compare the past few years with the 40′s or 50′s.

The music scene has been doing the same as the financial world; the exact same. Investing in non-existent capital, trying to create ‘value’ out of thin air. And most people have been busy making sure that they are on the ‘right’ side of things, where most people gather, than listening to their inner voice. Because being alone or out of step seemed to be the worst thing that could happen.

It was safer to quote others. Just don’t take the risk to be the first to try something that you might regret later. That is the worst environment for true creativity.

It has become obvious that capitalism has not brought us what it promised. Short term thinking, maximizing profits only works for a little while and then the whole system collapses.

I am fascinated how the game industry tricked kids into buying Guitar Hero. Do you want to play the guitar? Press this button. Pop Idol (American Idol) – it’s the same thing. Get to the top without skills and do it fast. The real pleasure of playing an instrument is the learning process, and then applying it. To then face your judge: the mob, the audience, the crowd.
click here for free Guitar Hero excitement in the real world

I learned everything I know about music in the ‘underground’ scene. This is where people helped each other. If there is a great musician, who is so innovative that non musicians fail to see it, then everyone helps pushing, giving credits until it is understood (The Crystal Castles hypocritical slogan on the NME cover last year ‘we get sounds that nobody else gets’ while stealing them without crediting couldn’t describe better what I am trying to say here).
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In the past, major record labels couldn’t live without the Indies, because they were unable to discover the new talent which had the potential to shape the future of music. It strikes me they have learned to love each other. Shrinking sales have made majors adapt marketing techniques which were first explored by the Indies, and the lines have been blurred so much sometimes it’s difficult to tell them apart. It’s like a boxing match where both contesters are just hugging each other. Boring to watch. No tension.

This is about to end now. I love how blogs challenge the traditional music press. The information is going up so fast, you are forced to think! Is that really true? Is that some bullshit hype? Who paid for that???

New music pops up here and there and by the time the machinery wants to grab it to package it and sell its tiny little soul, it’s already gone.

Philosopher Gilles Deleuze comes to mind… Imagine a tree with Red Hot Chilli Peppers sitting on top, Metallica and all the other mega bands just below. In the past every band wanted to climb that tree and take their place, like the monkey chief. In the future there won’t be any trees, friends, there will be only grass. And a lot of it. Fifteen minutes of fame reduced further to the length of a mouse click. In a globalised world, pop music like we used to define it, has no future.

What an exciting opportunity this holds!

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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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ALEC EMPIRE
EAT YOUR HEART OUT website
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YOUTUBE
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check out live footage when Alec Empire & Nic Endo brought Patrick Wolf on stage for their London show May 1st! click here to watch
AND THEN THEY EVEN PLAY ATARI TEENAGE RIOT classic 1st time after 10 years!!! together!

click here & see Alec do the New World Order Jesus Christ Pose Crowd Surf::::: click here

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CLICK HERE FOR EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE!!!!!!

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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buy the print issue while it’s out!

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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

This morning I woke up and finished my first piano ballad which will make it onto new release “Shivers” out in May! Life is different now. Another track I have done for it is called “Baby Skulls” and it’s perhaps one of the most direct political songs I have ever written…

awesome review of Alec Empire Staubgold DJ Mix album click here

thanks for all your amazing feedback on the Patrick Wolf collaboration. “Vultures” is a blast and we had a great time recording it. Yes, that bassline is a Minimoog through a Metasonix pedal…some of you guessed right! and yes, live or played over a big soundsystem it shines in its true evil

Got the files for another track of him called “Hard Times” and I’ll remix it in the coming days. We’ll send out a long newsletter before the weekend.

By the way I wear sunglasses to block out all the bullshit which is thrown at us every day…not to block out the sun (I live at night anyway)…

everybody wants to sell you stuff, cheaper and cheaper. This hassle is the real nightmare of the crisis.

Sometimes when I attend some family dinner or something and a relative brought some banker friend asshole and then there is always this recurring discussion about why I have the political opinion that I have, then I can only say to that standard phrase “oh but Alec, communism has killed so many people”, well the capitalists have been so busy lately killing people and destroying lives and careers, that you can only keep sunglasses on…like a rebel, age 15…

and then get the f*+* out of there as fast as you can…some of these people think they have got it all figured out….thank satan that these things are only once a year, and I always try to play shows then….

(Photo was taken by Nic Endo, part of a series…) – we’ll post a few videos soon…documenting the recording of the new record.

And before I forget , the setlist for the May shows is not completed yet…so comment & mention your favorite songs (Alec & ATR).

how anyone could have Dizzee Rascal on their stereo after that more than stupid Obama comment on BBC is beyond my understanding…(Dizzee, just take that salty eel out of your mouth… )

when you visit the new website www.alec-empire.com , make sure you actually click on many of the buttons…there are loads of little things…infos, videos, tracks, pics…. more will follow…

got to back to recording….

make sure you don’t let anyone live rent free in your head!

later,

Alec

www.alec-empire.com
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LATE NIGHT MYSPACE EXCLUSIVE : PATRICK WOLF NEW VIDEO ?VULTURE?

The video for Patrick Wolf?s new single ?Vulture? will be shown as a late night exclusive on MySpace UK:

this Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th March, 9pm-4am.

this Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th March, 9pm-4am.

this Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th March, 9pm-4am.

Deemed too provocative for even late night TV, MySpace are promoting the video as an exclusive post watershed in the late night hours, due to its graphic content.

Filmed in black & white, photographic style, it shows an enraptured, semi naked Patrick writhing in a full S&M, bondage outfit. The controversial scenes are intercut with those of Patrick as the leather clad ?Vulture? and as an unmasked icon. Inspired by experiences Patrick gained and suffered on the American leg of the 2007 ‘Magic Position’ tour, the video perfectly depicts these experiences, which Patrick describes as ?getting involved in some dodgy satanic sex games and exploring the many dark sides of Los Angeles?.

Get ready to get hot under the (dog) collar…

The video was directed by Patrick himself in collaboration with Rory Broadfoot, a groundbreaking Director of Photography who works regularly with legendary Photographer Rankin.

The beautiful leather and bondage wear was provided by the visionary avant garde designers ?Fleet Ilya? and the sculptural vulture cape was commissioned especially by Patrick as part of ?The Bachelor? wardrobe from acclaimed up and coming designer ?Ada Zanditon?

Go to www.myspace.com <http://www.myspace.com/> at 9pm on Wednesday to be the first to see the video.

?Vulture? is released on April 20th 2009 on download and 7?.

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TRACK LISTING:

1. IRMLER/REUBER: Kintopp Lifelike (Alec Empire Remix)
originals on staubgold 44/staubgold 48 cd/lp

2. GROENLAND ORCHESTER: Haudura
staubgold 7 12″ / staubgold 10 cd

3. KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF: Lichterloh (N?ze Remix)
staubgold 63 12″ / staubgold 70 cd

4. MAPSTATION: When You Collide
staubgold 29 cd/lp

5. SCHWABINGGRAD BALLETT: ICE Bertolt Brecht (A.E. Dub)
original on staubgold 61 cd/lp

6. ORGAN EYE: Tema #2
staubgold 74 cd/lp

7. THE LOOP ORCHESTRA: Radiophony
quecksilber 5 cd

8. AUTISTIC DAUGHTERS: Hotel Exeter Dining Room
staubgold 81 cd/lp

9. FAUST: Stretch Over All Times
staubgold 37 cd/lp

10. FAUST: A Seventies Event
staubgold 37 cd/lp

11. HARALD SACK ZIEGLER: Gross Genug
staubgold 59 cd

12. DIE WELTTRAUMFORSCHER: Liebe Lilli
staubgold 57 2cd/lp

13. HEAVEN AND FEAT. ALEXANDER HACKE: Scarlet Woman (A.E. Dub)
original on staubgold 87 cd/lp

14. KLANGWART: Zweitoneins (A.E. Remix)
original on klangstelle 5 lp / staubgold 84 cd/lp

15. BETA ERKO: Zaspiam (A.E. Dub)
original on quecksilber 9 cd

16. PAUL WIRKUS: Blask
quecksilber 4 cd

17. MAPSTATION: More People Than Two (A.E. Dub)
original on staubgold 29 cd/lp

18. ALEC EMPIRE: Outro

EAT YOUR HEART OUT BLOG

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 films. Why has it taken so long?

Zownir: “I had already written screenplays in the 80?s in New York and L.A. that anticipated several things that Tarantino then realized in the 90′s.
But my then producer Chosei Funahara insisted on doing a flic in the Philippines first because he hoped to be able to raise a larger budget for our film that way.

Unfortunately that film turned out to be a flop as I had expected and Funahara never recovered.
We had been preparing my film ‘The Contender’ for three years. We had a great cast lined up ? Peter Fonda, David Terriffick and Richard Edson (Stranger than Paradise).

When I got word that the Philipino film killed our project, I threw my videorecorder and television set out of the closed window and was arrested, tied up and almost killed by a fascist LAPD deathsquad.
After that my screenplay ?The Loser? was rejected by ?Das kleine Fernsehspiel?, claiming that the German audience could not be confronted with such violence and obscenities.
Even the support of internationally acclaimed actors couldn?t eleviate the fear of the financiers that my films would pass the boundaries of the tolerable.

What is ‘Phantomanie’ about?

Zownir: “I believe that today’s materialistic hegemony, the blind faith in progress and the uncontrollable globalisation of power and economy paired with the idolatry of fame and an anachronistic monotheism triggers our primal fears.

Who am I? How or based on who can orientate myself. Who can I still trust? How can I survive without becoming part of the inhuman machinery? How can I protect my emotions and individuality when everything can be duplicated and replaced.

Perhaps those are not the fears of the majority but much rather the fears of those who refuse to conform. But that?s probably the target audience I want to connect with and that I identify with.”

Natalia Avelon plays a prostitute in Phantomanie.

That doesn’t sound like entertainment.

Zownir: “My films are an amalgamation of entertainment and pain. You can laugh and cry about the helplessness, confusion and anger that my characters experience. But the mere fact that they fight back and have to find a way through the chaos of their psychotic dreams and illusions makes them rebels of sorts. Even if they fail, they have more in common with one of Crumb’s comic heroes than a good looking Hollywood loser.

They’re overdriven, distorted and far from the norms of mass production, designed on the drawing boards, that everyone wants to supposedly see. None the less they are realer than the common media puppets that the German televison networks force upon their audience.“

There is a particular passage in your collection of short stories ‘Parasites of Helplessness’, in wich a journalist tells a director: ‘you make films for lunatics, sadists and pilgrims on their way to hell. In how far does that apply to you?

Zownir: (laughs) “Everyone should see my films. I have no reservations or fear of contact.”

Bruno S. performed in his first feature film in thirty years. How did you convince him?

Zownir: “I had already made a documentary about him and he trusts me. He plays a mixture of a moronic bum and an all knowing philosopher, a character that mediates between dreams and reality ? he does the same for himself in real life.”

Bruno is known as an icon of amateur acting, who no one wanted to touch after he made films with Herzog.

Zownir: “I freed him from that Herzog corsette, which is really limited to the poor, ridiculed outsider.
The scene in which Bruno becomes the werewolf-like strangler will most likely not please most of his fans. But Bruno is more than merely part of the Herzog mythology and I gave him the opportunity to prove that.”

What was your collaboration with Alec Empire like? He is known to be eccentric not unlike yourself.

Zownir: “When working with me every genius eccentric has a jester’s license’let’s say within the boundaries of what I am trying to say. With Alec I had to make no compromises because he understood the film better than I did (laughs). Our collaboration could not have been better.”

Your photographs, novels, stories and films are hard to digest for most people. Could one refer to you as an iconoclast?

Zownir: “I believe on your way to self-realization, you must first tear down all barriers before you know where it is that you want to go. As soon as I encounter taboos, I feel provoked, I get uncomfortable and try to question them. Looking at it from this angle, I haven’t learned all that much within the past thirty years (laughs). Call it what you will, but I believe what distinguishes me is the courage of the uncensored word or image.
The moral imperative of post-war Germany is hard to digest or to accept because their moral ambassadors, as we well known are the biggest opportunists and cowards.”

One of your lead actors Frederic Geay died during the post production of Phantomanie due to an asthmatic attack. In his part he continuously talks about death. Do you see a connection?

Zownir: “Freddy was a good friend of mine and I knew he was asthmatic. In a way he played himself and he addressed fears that tortured him his entire life. Yet at the same time he was optimistic, enjoyed life and defied it all with humor and charme. Freddy’s death was a shock to us all. Everyone that worked with him liked and respected him. I would have made many more films with him.”

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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

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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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As of today, we are offering various releases as high quality MP3 DOWNLOADS (some of them include full digital booklet artwork) in the THV online shop. …Starting with the following releases:

Eat Your Heart Out mix Vol.1 – DJ Alec Empire
We Punk Einheit – Nintendo Teenage Robots
Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley – Alec Empire
Satellite Of Fear mix – DJ Alec Empire
The Golden Foretaste Of Heaven – Alec Empire
The Curse Of The Golden Vampire – Alec Empire + Techno Animal
The Destroyer – Alec Empire
GEIST mix – DJ Alec Empire
Japanese Noise mix- DJ Alec Empire
Kolorit Remix EP – Landscape Izuma
Black Ark – Carl Crack
At The Apple Store Shibuya – DJ Alec Empire
Needle Injection mix – DJ Alec Empire

Keep checking for up-dates on new mp3 downloads in the store, as we will be gradually put up more download releases in the next couple of weeks!

(Please note, that customers paying by bank transfer (money order) can access the downloads in their shop account after receipt of payment. They will get notified in a separate email.)
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What’s more: we do now have following GEIST & DHR CD releases back in stock again:

Low On Ice – Alec Empire
Generation Starwars – Alec Empire
Les Etoiles Des Filles Mortes – Alec Empire
Hypermodern Jazz – Alec Empire
Death Favors The Enemy DVD – Alec Empire
Futurist – Alec Empire
Intelligence & Sacrifice – Alec Empire
Riot Zone – Various artists
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Look forward to Alec Empire’s “BASS TERROR EDITION” and a new range of Atari Teenage Riot T-Shirts to be released in 2-3 weeks from now!

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Alec Empire delivers his latest DJ Mix – EYHO Berlin style!

Using turntables and his whole analogue weapon arsenal:

ARP 2600, Metasonix Wretchmachine, Korg MS20, Moogs, Sherman Filterbanks, Vostok and a lot more….When Alec spins he blurs the line between a DJ set and a real recording session.

After his night at legendary Tresor Club in Berlin a few weeks ago, he stayed awake and made this.

Alec: “It was great because I had the record players running into my mixer, had all my gear there, and it felt like surfing or something…keep the beats going and going, do abstract brain stuff on top of it. You know every mix I do is different, and at the moment I love this style…but this can change next weekend…as a DJ you have to stay in motion all the time. I had “Stalker” playing from VHS while I did this…”

Strictly limited edition!

2xCD RELEASE NOW AVAILABLE IN THE HELLISH VORTEX ONLINE STORE!

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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!”

Alec Empire was recently interviewed by American website Plug In music…

he talks about the past (Release of 2x DVD “Atari Teenage Riot/ Alec Empire”), the present (his band The Hellish Vortex) and the future!

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.