Alec Empire - The Destroyer
Label:
Catalog#:
DHR CD 4
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
1996
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Breakbeat,
Hardcore,
Drum n Bass,
Breakcore
Tracklist
| 1 | Untitled | 0:21 | ||
| 2 | We All Die! | 7:07 | X | |
| 3 | Suicide | 4:54 | X | |
| 4 | Bang Your Head! | 5:37 | X | |
| 5 | Don't Lie, White Girl! | 4:35 | X | |
| 6 | Fire Bombing | 4:17 | X | |
| 7 | I Just Wanna Destroy… | 4:51 | X | |
| 8 | Bonus Beats | 4:03 | X | |
| 9 | Nobody Gets Out Alive! | 5:34 | X | |
| 10 | My Body Cannot Die | 4:25 | X | |
| 11 | The Peak | 3:54 | X | |
| 12 | Heartbeat That Isn't There | 3:08 | X | |
| 13 | I Don't Care What Happens | 5:11 | X | |
| 14 | My Face Would Crack | 6:46 | X | |
| 15 | Pleasure Is Our Business (Live!) | 7:48 | X | |
| 16 | Untitled | 0:07 |
Credits
Artwork By [Cover] -
Henni Hell
Photography - Philipp Reichenheim
Written-By, Producer - Alec Empire
Photography - Philipp Reichenheim
Written-By, Producer - Alec Empire
Notes
Track 1 is an uncredited intro, track 16 an uncredited outro to the album.
Tracks 2 through 4 are taken from the Death EP.
Tracks 5 through 7 were written for the John Peel Show and re-recorded for this album.
Track 15 was recorded live at the 'Underground' club in Cologne, 12.2.1994.
Message from the inlay (in caps):
"I hate people who romanticise death - this is not what it s all about! At the end of all this we all gonna die and that s it! Not more and not less! You fucking religious idiots stupid like shit"
Tracks 2 through 4 are taken from the Death EP.
Tracks 5 through 7 were written for the John Peel Show and re-recorded for this album.
Track 15 was recorded live at the 'Underground' club in Cologne, 12.2.1994.
Message from the inlay (in caps):
"I hate people who romanticise death - this is not what it s all about! At the end of all this we all gonna die and that s it! Not more and not less! You fucking religious idiots stupid like shit"
Recommendations
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Atari Teenage Riot - The Future Of War (CD, Album)
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Alec Empire - Squeeze The Trigger (CD, Album, Comp)
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Alec Empire - Intelligence And Sacrifice (2xCD, Album, Sli)
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Atari Teenage Riot - Delete Yourself! (CD, Album, RE)
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Alec Empire - Generation Star Wars (CD, Album)
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Reviews & Discussion
An absolutely raw and groundbreaking release. Such an uncompromisingly intense album must have been revolutionary in its day. Works rather well because of its minimalism and primitivism, a real punk jungle album. As intense as any modern "powernoize" album with the wreckage of rave/jungle culture to give it a tasteful edge. Alec always appears more focused and balanced when working solo as opposed to his ATR outings, especially before ATR's demise (when his sound took many of ATR's pretensions), and this is the most shining album I've seen from him.