Alec Empire (born May 2, 1972) is a German musician. Born in West Berlin as Alexander Wilke, Empire is most known for his time as frontman of Atari Teenage Riot, but has also generated respect for his solo work. May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation). ... Atari Teenage Riot is a German hardcore techno group formed in Berlin in 1992. ...

Alec Empire

Empire started making punk music in the early 1980s. When he discovered techno, he immediately developed an affinity for it and abandoned punk at once, though some elements of it were transplanted into his new style of music-making. When he saw after a few years that most of his friends were only concerned with partying all night and did not care about events in the world (which is something that Empire expected his friends to do since they lived in a separated Berlin), his music, which always had an anarchism-influenced edge to it, began to develop in a new way dubbed digital hardcore. Alec Empire File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. ... An interpersonal relationship is some relationship or connection between two people. ... Anarchism derives from the Greek αναρχία (without archons (ruler, chief, king)). Thus anarchism, in its most general meaning, is the belief that rulers are unnecessary and should be abolished. ... Digital Hardcore is a music genre or style that was first defined by Alec Empire. ...

He gathered two of his acquaintances, Carl Crack and Hanin Elias, and set up the band Atari Teenage Riot. When they received a contract offer from a record company that gave them a high advance payment, they accepted it. After their relationship with the record company went sour, using the advance money, Alec Empire set up Digital Hardcore Recordings, which has, to date, released a number of records. Digital Hardcore Recordings has included artists such as Hanin Elias (solo), Alec Empire (solo), Nic Endo (solo), Heartworm, Bomb 20, Shizuo, Lolita Storm, EC80R, DJ Scud, Christoph De Babalon, DJ 6666, and Cobra Killers. A fourth member, Nic Endo, joined the band whilst Atari Teenage Riot was on tour. Carl Crack ( - September 6, German Berlin based techno artist whose real name was Carl Böhm. ... Hanin Elias (born 1972) is a German industrial/techno artist. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... Atari Teenage Riot is a German hardcore techno group formed in Berlin in 1992. ... Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) is a record label set up in 1994 by Alec Empire. ... Cold Metal Perfection album cover Nic Endo was born in Texas, Jannuary 7th 1976. ...

At the same time, Alec Empire recorded several abstract solo records under the label Mille Plateaux. After the death of Carl Crack by overdose, Atari Teenage Riot was put on hold and later disbanded in 2000. Alec Empire went solo, and Hanin started her own label, Fatal Records. After much solo work on Mille Plateaux and Digital Hardcore Recordings (including the infamous illegal bootleg Alec Empire Vs. Elvis Presley album in 1999) the Alec Empire 'band' started in 2001, releasing his long awaited Intelligence and Sacrifice album; enlisted on synths was former ATR member Nic Endo, and on live guitars future DHR sign-up Robbie Furze. The album recieved largely positive reviews from, and after playing the Fuji Rock Festival with all-star line-up on instruments, Alec released an album composed of his live work with Merzbow, later in the year. In 2005, and after the death of longtime ATR fan John Peel, Alec released his follow-up to Intelligence and Sacrifce, titled Futurist, a less electronic and "heavier" album. This article is about the concept of abstraction in general. ... Atari Teenage Riot is a German hardcore techno group formed in Berlin in 1992. ... Alec Empire Vs. ... Merzbow is the name used by Japanese musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美 Akita Masami) (born 1956) for most of his experimental noise records. ... (Auto)biography John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was a British disc jockey, radio presenter, and journalist. ...

Triva

• Alec Empire is straight edge and has never taken a drug or tasted alcohol
• The Nine Inch Nails song Starfuckers, Inc. was inspired by Atari Teenage Riot
• Alec Empire has released music under the pseudonyms: LX Empire, Nero, DJ6666, Naomi Campbell, Richard Benson, Jaguar and many more
• Former calloboraters in Alec Empire Has included: Masami Akita, Charlie Clouser, Gabe Serbian from The Locust , Dave Witte from Burnt By The Sun Zan Lyons, Nick from The Orb and Rick and Luke from Amen.

for more Triva, click here: http://www.alecempirefansite.com/diduknow/diduknow.html For the drawing or cutting tool, see Straightedge. ... Merzbow is the name used by Japanese musician Masami Akita (秋田 昌美 Akita Masami) (born 1956) for most of his experimental noise records. ... Charles Alexander Clouser (born June 28, 1963 in Hanover, New Hampshire) is a musician whose activities include playing keyboard and drums, programming, engineering, and mixing. ... The Locust is a band from San Diego, California. ... The Orb is a British electronic music band known for pioneering the genre of ambient house. ... The word Amen (Tiberian Hebrew אמן ’ĀmÄ“n So be it; truly, Standard Hebrew אמן Amen, Arabic آمين ’ĀmÄ«n) is a declaration of affirmation found in the Hebrew Bible and in the Quran. ...

External link

• [1] Alec Empire's fansite
• Empire's biography at Digitalhardcore.com
• Empire's discography at Digitalhardcore.com