“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

www.eyho-blog.com

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

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

Visionaries & Voices art studio event for artists with disabilities, autism, etc.

Many of you know that for the last five years I?ve been involved with an art studio for artists with disabilities called Visionaries & Voices.
Many of the artists have autism or various challenges and the art studio lets them be seen as an artist first without the other labels that have been placed on them throughout their lives. In the studio, and in the gallery exhibits of their work, they are seen for what they can do, rather than for
what people think they cannot do.

There is a section about the studio and the artists there on the documentary film about my work called The Alchemy of Art.

At the link below is a photo from a recent gallery opening last month featuring the artist Antonio Adams. The photo at the link below shows Antonio Adams and I in front of an amazing mural he painted.
Make sure you click on the image of the mural so it will enlarge and you can see how amazing the detail is in it.

http://davidmackguide.com/news/2008/10/30.shtml

Take a good look at the photo, because while that gallery show was happening, at the very time the photo was taken, a fire broke out in Antonio Adam?s apartment building and burnt it down.

The good news is that Antonio and his family were at the gallery show of his art, so that saved their life and they were not in the building. The bad news, is that they lost everything in the fire.

This week there will be some benefit fundraisers to help Antonio and his family survive until they can get a new place to live.
There will be auctions of his art and art from other artists of Visionaries & Voices. I will be donating a variety of work, books, and prints as well to help raise money for the event.

I will not be at the Thursday fundraiser because I?ll be in NY, but I plan to attend the Saturday Fundraiser at Shake It records. Anyone is welcome to attend in person, or contribute on line at the Visonaries & Voices website here:

http://www.visionariesandvoices.com

Learn more about V&V at that link. And learn the details about the fundraisers here:

http://www.visionariesandvoices.com/Whats-Hot.htm

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Alchemy Gallery show & lecture in Austin TX @ St. Edward?s University

Everyone is welcome to attend the gallery show and lecture at the
university.

St. Edward’s University
The Alchemy Gallery Show

Lecture: Nov. 14, 2008 from 5?6 pm
Reception: Nov. 14, 2008 at 6?8 pm
Show Dates: Nov. 14 ? Dec. 10, 2008

Arts Building
St. Edward’s University
3001 S. Congress
Austin, TX

AND:

Signing at Austin Comics and Books on Nov. 12. My first signing in Austin.

Link to the University info for the Gallery here:

http://www.stedwards.edu/hum/art/student/index.html click here

The Gallery show will have ALL OF THE ARTWORK from THE ALCHEMY Kabuki story. And more!
A huge show of my work. Maybe around 300 pieces.

There will be a reception, discussion, signing lecture, etc. I think it is all FREE.

Bring a friend, bring a date. Have wine and cheese. Bring your books and I’ll sign them.

By the way- I sent all the art to the University to set up in their gallery. Here is what I sent for the show:

ALL of The Alchemy.
All nine issues. Around 234 pages of the complete story of The Alchemy of the full size original art work.

And an additional 100 artworks of various paintings and drawings, including Daredevil and Alias covers and many many personal works.

SO- Up to 334 artworks depending on how many the gallery can fit in their space.

www.davidmackguide.com
www.davidmackguide.com

EXPERIENCE DAVID MACK’S WORK LIKE NEVER BEFORE IN

KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY hardcover!

Eisner-nominated superstar writer/artist David Mack presents a
groundbreaking collection of his acclaimed work in Kabuki: The Alchemy HC.
Collecting all nine issues of the critically-lauded, Eisner Award-nominated
KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY series from Marvel’s creator-owned Icon imprint ? for
the first time ever! — this is an unprecedented look at Mack’s work!

This hardcover is chock full of bonus material including original scripts, a
“best of fan letters” section, never before seen art and new story pages,
including updated versions of previously published scenes! If that’s not
enough, acclaimed Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk provides a powerful
introduction to one of comics’ most acclaimed series and a special afterword
from Mack himself!

“At 320 pages this is the largest collection of any of my work, and I think
the most diverse and best example of my work in comics,” explained Mack.
“The Alchemy is my favorite of the Kabuki volumes so far and my most evolved
work as both writer and artist.”‘

Plus, don’t miss the Kabuki: The Alchemy Limited Edition HC, packaged with a
signed and numbered original brush & ink sketch on parchment paper! Both
Kabuki: The Alchemy HC and The Kabuki: Alchemy Limited Edition HC feature an
embossed cover and spine; watermark design on the interior pages; and a
special bookmark!

KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY HC (APR082337)
Written by DAVID MACK
Penciled by DAVID MACK
Cover by DAVID MACK
Rated T+ … $29.99
FOC — 9/25/08, On-Sale — 10/29/08

KABUKI: THE ALCHEMY HC LIMITED EDITION (APR082338)
Written by DAVID MACK
Penciled by DAVID MACK
Cover by DAVID MACK
Rated T+… $59.99
FOC — 9/25/08, On-Sale — 10/29/08

http://www.davidmack.com/