Alec Empire (born Alexander Wilke-Steinhof on 2 May 1972 in Charlottenburg, West Berlin) is a German experimental electronic musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot, as well as a prolific and distinguished solo artist, producer and DJ. He has released many albums, EPs and singles, some under aliases, and remixed over seventy tracks for various artists including Björk. He was also the driving force behind the creation of the digital hardcore genre, and founded the record labels Digital Hardcore Recordings and Eat Your Heart Out.
Links to Peel[]
Peel seemed to have discovered Alec Empire along with work with Atari Teenage Riot in 1994, including inviting him to do a session for his show in 1995. Alec also praised Britain and John Peel for giving the band their first major break on the Factmag website:
"Britain always played an important role in Atari Teenage Riot’s history. We had our first record deal there and the support from John Peel gave us our first major break. We started our label DHR there as Germany was dead to new music then."[1]
Sessions[]
1. Recorded: 1995-09-01. Broadcast: 03 November 1995
- Don't Lie White Girl / Firebombing / I Just Wanna Destroy / Not Your Business
Other Shows Played[]
- 14 October 1994: Destroyer (Pt. 2) (12" - Digital Hardcore EP) Digital Hardcore
- 22 October 1994 (BFBS): Destroyer (Pt. 2) (12" - Digital Hardcore EP) Digital Hardcore
- 29 October 1994: Pleasure Is Our Business (12 inch - Digital Hardcore EP )’ Digital Hardcore
- 05 November 1994: Nightmare (12" - Destroyer Part 2) Riot Beats
- 03 December 1994: Nightmare (12" - The Destroyer Part 2) Riot Beats
- 24 March 1995: 'Suicide (12 inch EP-Death )' (Digital Hardcore)
- 22 September 1996: Fire Bombing (LP - The Destroyer) Digital Hardcore
- 22 April 1997: The Weakest Shit For E (v/a album - Electric Ladyland IV) Mille Plateaux
- 23 September 1998 (& Thurston Moore): Keep Trying The Old Number (CD - Root) Lo
- 12 November 1998: The Peak (DE - The Destroyer) Digital Hardcore
- Jaguar
- 27 January 1996 (& Ian Pooley): ‘Two Space Age Cowboys On A Bad Trip (12 inch )’ Force Inc . Music Works
- 03 February 1996 (BFBS) (& Ian Pooley): 'Track A (Untitled) (12"-Two Space Cowboys On A Bad Trip)' (Force Inc. Music Works)
- 12 May 1996 (& Ian Pooley): Two Space Cowboys On A Bad Trip (12") Force Inc.
- 18 May 1996 (BFBS) (& Ian Pooley): 'Untitled (12"-Two Space Cowboys On A Bad Trip)' (Force Inc. Music Works)
- ECP / Slaughter Of Acid
- 05 January 1997: ‘Streets of Gold (12 inch – Squeeze The Trigger)’ Riot Beats
- 11 January 1997: Squeeze The Trigger (12") Riot Beats
- January 1997 (FSK): Squeeze The Trigger (12") Riot Beats