Formats
EYHO002 - CD EP
690261210227
Details
SUPER LIMITED EDITION 10 TRACK CD EP, ON FIRE FROM THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM (JANUARY 2008), WITH 6 REMIXES OF ON FIRE, PLUS THE TRACKS FROM THE 12" ONLY (ROBOT LOVE) RELEASE FROM EARLIER IN THE YEAR. NOW AS 2007 IS FAST BECOMING A DISTANT MEMORY, ALEC TURNS THE SPOTLIGHT BACK ONTO HIS NATIVE BERLIN; A CITY HE IS CONFIDENT WILL BE EUROPE'S MAIN MUSICAL PLAYGROUND AS 2008 REARS ITS HEAD. MENTION BERLIN TO ANYONE AND AT LEAST ONE STRONG IMAGE WILL LEAP TO MIND, WHETHER IT BE THE FRENZIED, COKE-FUELLED JAZZ SCENE OF THE 1920S OR A CAREFREE CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD LOAFING AROUND WITH THE VIVACIOUS SALLY BOWLS IN THE 1930S, THE WAR-TORN RUIN OF THE POST-WAR PERIOD OR THE NEW ECONOMIC BOOM TOWN OF THE 1950S. BERLIN WAS A CITY DIVIDED THROUGHOUT THE COLD WAR AND WHICH IS STILL, TO THIS DAY, FINDING ITS FEET AFTER REUNIFICATION. IT'S A CITY WHICH MUCH TO OFFER BUT STILL STRUGGLING TO FIND A NEW IDENTITY SINCE THE SHADOW OF ITS FORMER TECHNO DAYS STILL LOOMS LARGE. LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THAT NEW IDENTITY IS ALEC HIMSELF. EAT YOUR HEART OUT RECORDS IS AS MUCH A CONCEPT AS IT IS A LABEL; PART LABEL, PART PROMOTER, PART BOOKING AGENT, A SUPPORTER OF THE MORE ESTABLISHED FACES IN MUSIC BUT ALSO A HELPING HAND FOR NEW AND UPCOMING TALENT IN THE CITY. IF THE FIRST, FRESH NEW RELEASES FROM EYHO ARE ANYTHING TO GO BY THEN THE FUTURE FOR THE LABEL LOOKS BRIGHT. THE ENERGY, THE POLITICAL SAVVY, EVEN THE AGGRESSION ARE ALL STILL THERE, AS ARE THE INDUSTRIAL SOUNDS, THE BARRAGE OF ELECTRONIC DISTORTION AND THE THROBBING BEATS. BUT ALSO THROWN INTO THE MIX IS A MELODIC QUALITY, AN AWARENESS THAT THE YOUTH OF TODAY DISCOVER MORE ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR WORLD ON THE DANCEFLOOR THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. THE TRACKS ON THIS EP ARE HEADED STRAIGHT FOR DECKS NEAR YOU FOR THE NEW BERLIN BREED WHO CAN THINK AS WELL AS FREAK OUT. IT'S STARTING HERE BUT IT'S SPREADING ALREADY. THE PACE OF LIFE ACCELERATES WITH NO SIGN OF SLOWING DOWN. THERE IS NO TIME TO GO ALL MISTY-EYED AND NOSTALGIC FOR THE "GOLDEN PERIODS" OF THE CITY'S PAST: THE PUNK CRAZE OF THE 70S IS OVER, LIKEWISE THE NU-WAVE SCENE OF THE EARLY 80S...EVEN THE 90S BOOM IN TECHNO IS A DISTANT MEMORY NOW. NOW IT'S TIME FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT. NOW IT'S TIME TO REFLECT THE TIMES, THE TASTES AND THE SOUNDS OF NEW BERLIN. BERLIN IN 2008. ONLY 500 BEING MADE, PACAKED IN NON CD FORAMT, IN A 7" SILVERED BAG, IT WILL NOT FIT IN CD RACKS, A DELUXE PACKAGE.
ALEC EMPIRE, IN ADDITION TO BEING AN OUTSTANDING MUSICIAN WHO HAS MADE A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO THE EVOLUTION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC, IS ALSO AN EXCEPTIONAL RECORD PRODUCER, REMIXER AND DJ. IN A TIME WHEN OVER-HYPED BANDS ARE DROPPING LIKE FLIES BARELY ONE RECORD INTO THEIR CAREERS, ALEC TRAVELS HIS OWN PATH WITH A DETERMINATION AND A SONIC VISION RARELY SEEN AMONGST TODAY?S MUSICIANS. A FEW YEARS AGO HE PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON HIS BIRTHPLACE BERLIN WITH HIS BAND ATARI TEENAGE RIOT, THE REVOLUTIONARY OUTFIT WITH THEIR CHARGED POLITICAL STATEMENTS. WHILE THE MEDIA FOCUSED ON THE SLOGANS AND THE INSANE LIVE SHOWS, THEY SOMETIMES FORGOT THAT ALEC HAS WORKED WITH AN ASTONISHING VARIETY OF MUSICIANS INCLUDING THE LIKES OF BJ?RK, EINST?RZENDE NEUBAUTEN, JON SPENCER, RAMMSTEIN, SLAYER AND MANY MORE...HE?S TOURED WITH NINE INCH NAILS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, BECK, MOBY...HE?S TICKED MOST BOXES ON THE ACHIEVEMENTS LIST; TOURED THE WORLD, RECEIVED A KERRANG AWARD, HAD HIS MUSIC IN BLOCKBUSTER HOLLYWOOD FILMS....
Tracks
1. ON FIRE (RADIO EDIT)*
2. ON FIRE (HELLISH VORTEX CLUB REMIX)*
3. BUG ON MY WINDSHIELD (BERLIN C.O.C REMIX)
4. ON FIRE (BERLIN ELECTRO REMIX)*
5. ON FIRE (HELLISH VORTEX CLUB REMIX ALT VERSION)
6. BUG ON MY WINDSHIELD (BERLIN C.O.C. REMIX DUB)
7. ON FIRE (BERLIN ELECTRO REMIX DUB)**
8. ROBOT L.O.V.E
9. ICE (DUB)
10. NAGINITA
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