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EYHOCD001 - CD
690261200129
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BRAND NEW ALBUM FROM ALEC EMPIRE, ON HIS NEW LABEL (HIS OWN IMPRINT) HIS ENERGY, POLITICAL SAVVY, AND EVEN AGGRESSION ARE ALL STILL THERE, AS ARE THE INDUSTRIAL SOUNDS, THE BARRAGE OF ELECTRONIC DISTORTION, AND THE THROBBING BEATS. BUT ALSO THROWN IN 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 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.
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.... 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.
Tracks
1. NEW MAN
2. IF YOU LIVE OR DIE
3. ICE (AS IF SHE COULD STEAL A PIECE OF MY GLAMOUR)
4. 1000 EYES
5. DOWN SATAN DOWN (DUB)
6. ON FIRE (THE HELLISH VORTEX SESSIONS)
7. ROBOT L.O.V.E
8. DEATH TRAP IN 3D
9. BUG ON MY WINDSHIELD
10. NO/WHY/NEW YORK
Press
REVIEWS IN KERRANG, MOJO, ROCKSOUND, TERRORIZER, NME, MORE TBC.
FEATURES TBC