There are more dates coming in. Alec Empire has agreed to write the film score for Phantomanie,
feat. Natalia Avelon, Bruno S. (yes, his first role since that Werner Herzog movie!) and many others…
More news soon
October 3rd – Hannover Alec Empire DJs at After Party /Film Premiere
October 11th – Alec Empire DJs Concorde Club /Potsdam
Lindenpark, [...]
October 2nd, 2008
Topic: alec empire, dance on the vulcan, on tour
Tags: alec empire, Berlin, Bruno S., Concorde Club, Dresden Scheune, electronic, Hannover, Maria Club, Natalia Avelon, Phantomanie, Staubgold, Werner Herzog
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(for english version please click on alternative blog article)
Alec Empire’s Label Eat Your Heart Out pr?sentiert eine exklusive Remix EP der Indie Band Landscape Izuma, dessen Tran Lap Vinh Georg aus Wien f?r Aufsehen sorgt!
Sein Debut Album “Kolorit” (ver?ffentlicht auf Robert Stadlober’s Label Siluh) wird als spannender Take auf die “Slowcore” Indie Bewegung gesehen.
Die Remixer [...]
September 27th, 2008
Topic: EYHO label, alec empire, artikel auf deutsch
Tags: alec empire, DJ, Eat Your Heart Out, Indie, Landscape Izuma, Remixes, Robert Stadlober, Siluh, Slowcore, Tran Lap Vinh Georg
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Another project which Alec has been getting ready is the remastered tracks from the
legendary Bass Terror era, the time before digital hard-core started and Empire and
his gang pretty much invented breakcore (yes, we are talking 1991-1993 here!).
A lot of unreleased music which was considered “too extreme” by former label Force Inc. Music Works.
Alec:” We [...]
September 26th, 2008
Topic: alec empire, digital hard-core
Tags: alec empire, Bass Terror Soundsystem, breakbeat, breakcore, darkness, digital hard-core, drum'n'bass, Force Inc Music Works, hardcore, jungle, Riot Beats
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ALEC EMPIRE TEAMS UP WITH AUSTRIAN DIRECTOR WILHELMER AND ACTOR ROBERT STADLOBER
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 [...]
September 26th, 2008
Topic: alec empire, caught on film, nic endo, the hellish vortex
Tags: alec empire, film, Franca Gelfort, Frederike Kempter, Miron Zownir, Natalia Avelon, nic endo, Richard Wilhelmer, Robert Stadlober, Suzan Anbeh
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Alec Empire was asked by German film director Tarek Ehlail to write the score for the film “Chaostage”.
(Chaosdays…Yes, it’s a story which is based on the riots in Hannover in the mid 90ties.
Atari Teenage Riot did also once play there.)
Many great German actors are involved….Stipe Erceg, Claude Oliver Rudolph, Martin Semmelrogge,
Henriette M?ller, Ralf Richter, Rolf [...]
September 26th, 2008
Topic: alec empire, atari teenage riot, caught on film, scans, surf the archive
Tags: alec empire, Chaostage, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Deutscher Film, Helge Schneider, Henriette Müller, Martin Semmelrogge, Punk, Ralf Richter, Rolf Zacher, Slime, Stipe Erceg, Tarek Ehlail
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Eat Your Heart Out Records, owned by DJ Alec Empire, presents an exclusive remix EP by indie band Landscape Izuma for their debut album “Kolorit” (released on Siluh Records) which is highly regarded as a unique take on the “slowcore” indie movement.
The remix EP takes the intimate soundscapes of the album out [...]
September 26th, 2008
Topic: EYHO label, alec empire
Tags: alec empire, DJ, Eat Your Heart Out Records, electro, Eric D Clark, Indie, Landscape Izuma, Remix, Robert Stadlober, Siluh Records
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KINOPREMIERE DES FILMS ?CHAOSTAGE – WE ARE PUNKS !”
03.10.08. / 19.30 Uhr- Apollokino Hannover
ab 22 Uhr Aftershowparty im Maritim Grand Hotel Hannover
ab 22:30 Uhr Pressekonferenz
Mit zahlreichen Gr??en des deutschen Films, wie Ralf Richter, Ben Becker, Helge Schneider Martin Semmelrogge, Stipe Erceg, Rolf Zacher, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Uwe Fellensiek, uvm..
?Fr?her fragte ich mich manchmal warum ich Punk [...]
September 25th, 2008
Topic: alec empire, artikel auf deutsch, caught on film, digital hard-core
Tags: alec empire, atari teenage riot, Ben Becker, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, film, film soundtrack, Helge Schneider, Martin Semmelrogge, Punk, Ralf Richter, riot, Rolf Zacher, Sex Pistols, Slime, Stipe Erceg
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Alec Empire’s Grown-Up Teenage Riot
“My thinking is way more radical than it used to be but I’m afraid that the next steps would involve getting weapons.”
Denying that he’s in any way mellowed with age, erstwhile Atari Teenage Riot (ATR) chief and Digital Hardcore guru Alec Empire admits he’s somewhat ambivalent about today’s world and the [...]
September 11th, 2008
Topic: EYHO label, alec empire, posts with digital audio, talking heads
Tags: alec empire, atari teenage riot, Jonty Skruff
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September 11th, 2008
Topic: alec empire, atari teenage riot, digital hard-core, talking heads
Tags: alec empire, atari teenage riot, Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor
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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!
September 5th, 2008
Topic: EYHO label, alec empire, the hellish vortex
Tags: alec empire, pluginmusic.com
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Alec Empire did a remix of German punk classic “Bullenschweine” from legendary band Slime for upcoming film “Chaostage”.
Alec:” I was really proud to do this mix because I listened to this band a lot when I was still in school. No other band from the German punk scene was more important to me. They combined [...]
September 1st, 2008
Topic: alec empire, caught on film
Tags: alec empire, atari teenage riot, Chaostage, Germany, index, Punk, punkrock, Slime
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Alec Empire has finished his soundtrack for Tadanobu Asano’s film 224466, to be released later this year.
Many might know Asano from movies like ‘Ichi The Killer’, ‘Electric Dragon’ and ‘Zatoichi’.
Alec Empire: “This film is totally out there.It is all about the famous Japanese motorway called 246 which connects many cities in Japan. It has [...]
August 6th, 2008
Topic: alec empire, caught on film
Tags: 224466, 246, alec empire, film, Ichi The Killer, japanese, Rock'n'Roll, sci-fi, Tadanobu Asano
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The double Atari Teenage Riot/Alec Empire DVD will be released on the 25th of July 2008!
This DVD will also be available as a special limited edition box set, including DVD, CD with previously un-released ATR Tracks, exclusive T-Shirt, stickers, poster and badges. This special edition package can only be purchased at The Hellish Vortex Online [...]
July 25th, 2008
Topic: EYHO label, alec empire, atari teenage riot, caught on film, digital hard-core, nic endo
Tags: alec empire, atari teenage riot, carl crack, digital hard-core, dvd, electro, geist records, hanin elias, mille plateaux, monitor pop, nic endo, noise, riot
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ALEC EMPIRE FEATURED IN ‘FUTURE MUSIC’ MAGAZINE
Make sure you check out the big Alec Empire special in ‘Future Music’ this month.
It has an inside view on Alec’s studio in Berlin. He is also talking about his philosophy on sound and mixing.
May 1st, 2008
Topic: alec empire, scans, surf the archive, studio gear, talking heads, the hellish vortex
Tags: alec empire, arp, electronic, Future Music, gear, metasonix, moog, studio, sun syn, technology, tr-909
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Alec Empire & The Monks included their song “Monk Time” in the “57 Songs: Musicians For Minneapolis” compilation.
Alongside Dick Dale, Fishbone, Faust, Helmet, Lee Scratch Perry & George Clinton,
Los Lobos, Stray Cats and many others.
100% of the proceeds raised through the sale of the CD will be donated to the
Minnesota Helps: Bridge Disaster Fund.
Please [...]
April 26th, 2008
Topic: alec empire, everything is politics
Tags: 57 Songs: Musicians For Minneapolis, alec empire, Dick Dale, Faust, Fishbone, George Clinton, Helmet, Lee Scratch Perry, Los Lobos, Stray Cats, The Monks
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artrocker interview out now
Artrocker interview click here
April 4th, 2008
Topic: alec empire, talking heads
Tags: alec empire, artrocker, cobra killer, interview
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ALEC EMPIRE & THE BIG PINK ON TOUR!
London-based band ?THE BIG PINK? will be supporting Alec Empire throughout the German tour.
To find out more about The Big Pink, click this link:
www.rocksellout.com
01.04. Stuttgart (GER) ? Die R?hre
02.04. M?nchen (GER) ? Ampere
03.04. N?rnberg (GER) ? Hirsch
04.04. K?ln (GER) ? Luxor
05.04. Hamburg (GER) ? ?bel & Gef?hrlich
06.04. Den [...]
March 27th, 2008
Topic: alec empire, dance on the vulcan, on tour
Tags: alec empire, Big Pink, Merok, tour, übel und gefährlich
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March 1st, 2008
Topic: alec empire, caught on film
Tags: alec empire, ARTE, Austria, documentary, Robert Stadlober, Vienna, Wien, Österreich
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check out the review from source uk !
“Legendary Rammstein guitarist Richard Z Kruspe releases ?New York City? as the first single to be taken from his new band project and album Emigrate. The original mix is the rockfest you would expect it to be from a member of one of the most influential rock bands [...]
June 3rd, 2007
Topic: alec empire, music articles, single reviews
Tags: alec empire, Emigrate, Rammstein, Richard Z Kruspe, source uk-clubbing-directory.co.uk
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April 5th, 2005
Topic: alec empire, scans, surf the archive
Tags: alec empire, Berlin, Punk, Stephen Dalton, techno, Times
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March 1st, 2005
Topic: alec empire, digital hard-core, scans, surf the archive
Tags: alec empire, Futurist, Kerrang, rock
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January 27th, 1995
Topic: alec empire, everything is politics, scans, surf the archive
Tags: alec empire, ATR, Berlin, breakbeat, breakcore, DHR, digital hard-core, DJ, gabba, gabber, noise, rave, techno
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