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Name: nick liberatore. Home Page: http://royb0t.livejournal.com/18834.html Member Since: Dec 08, 2005 Rank: 1951 Average Vote Received: Correct (3.90, 29 votes) last 10 days: Correct (3.71, 14 votes) Rated 958 releases, average: 4.22 Location: chicago, il, usa (previously phoenix, az, usa) Profile: royb0t - This Is My Profile Label: Not On Label Catalog#: none Format: Male, 74", Single, Limited Edition Country: US Released: 04 May 1983 Moderator Since: 08 Aug 2007 Genre: Electronic, Hip Hop, Pop, Rock Style: Ambient, Breakbeat, Breakcore, Comedy, Digital Hardcore, Downtempo, Drum 'N Bass, Experimental, Glitch, IDM, Indie Rock, Industrial, Jungle, Noise, Power Electronics, Psychadelic Rock, Synth-Pop, Technoir, Trip Hop Notes: Limited to 1 copy. Bootlegged versions should be considered counterfeit and destroyed upon discovery. © 1983-2008 Copyright Control. Manufactured and distributed by My Parents, Inc. My Parents, Inc., a division of Carbon Based Lifeforms. Made in the USA. Tracklisting: All-Time Favorite Artists A1 Nine Inch Nails A2 Alec Empire / Atari Teenage Riot A3 Skold / mdfmk A4 Venetian Snares A5 Cex A6 Squarepusher A7 Pop Will Eat Itself A8 Meat Beat Manifesto A9 Snog A10 Autechre All-Time Favorite Record Labels B1 Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) B2 Wax Trax! Records B3 Must Finish B4 Nothing Records B5 Warp Records B6 Ant-Zen B7 Planet Mu B8 Positron! Records B9 Ninja Tune B10 Hefty Records Chicago/Phoenix Local Favorites (Alphabetical) C1.1 ANgR. MgMT. C1.2 Bounte C1.3 Countdown, The C1.4 Emulsion (2) C1.5 Hardwire (2) C1.6 K-rAd C1.7 Modem (3) C1.8 Protman C1.9 Quantazelle C1.10 Room 101 (4) C1.11 Terminal 11 Artists To Submit As Complete Discographies I Can D1 Skold D2 Dr. Steel D3 Crunch-Ø-Matic D4 Pōvi D5 Countdown, The D6 Pitchshifter D7 Cex D8 Kidneythieves | |
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Alec Empire - 14-Dec-06 02:44 PM
To say Alec Empire's styles and releases are diverse is a vast understatement. Nevertheless all of his music is infused with so much energy that it sounds and feels more alive than any other artist I know of. Whether it's his aggressive punk roots, his raw, emotional soundscapes or his DIY/underground attitude (like a true rockstar), he makes music that you can physically feel.
From starting a record label that has defined a genre and subculture, to hardcore electro-punk that demands a revolution, to ambience so cold you can see your breath, to tackling new aural terrains every step along the way, each record and production is ground breaking in it's own right.
Some of his stuff isn't for everyone, but there's so many different styles Alec Empire takes on that you can't pigeon hole him. If you listen to one record and don't like it, try another. Sure he may be the godfather of digital hardcore and that will show up with greater frequency in the foreground or background, but jungle, acid, industrial, punk, techno, hip hop, ambient, noise, or even straight up rock 'n roll... he's been there and has done that too.
I can say with certainty that Alec Empire either has the shortest attention span for styles because once he's done them he's bored with it, or he is set to conquer ever genre that he can grasp and make his own. I'm inclined to think it's the latter, but i wouldn't be surprised if it's really a bit of both.
