Alec Empire Musical artist

Alec Empire (born Alexander Wilke-Steinhof on 2 May 1972 in Charlottenburg, West Berlin) is a German musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot. Also a prolific and distinguished solo artist, producer and DJ, he has released well over a hundred albums, EPs and singles and remixed over seventy tracks for various artists including Björk. He was also the driving force behind the creation of the digital hardcore subgenre and the record labels Digital Hardcore Recordings and Eat Your Heart Out.

Personal facts

Alec Empire
Alias (AKA)
Jaguar
Alexander Wilke
DJ 6666 feat. The Illegals
DJ Mowgly
Death Funk
E.C.P.
LX Empire
Naomi Campbell
Nero
Nintendo Teenage Robots
P.J.P.
Richard Benson
Wipe Out
Wilke-Steinhof Alexander (birth name); Wilke Alexander; LX Empire; Nero; Jaguar; DJ 6666; Death Funk; Campbell Naomi; DJ Bleed; Wipeout; PJP; Nintendo Teenage Robots; Benson Richard
Birth dateMay 02, 1972
Birth place
Berlin
Hometown
Berlin

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Musical artist

Career started1990
associated musical artist
Atari Teenage Riot
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Breakbeat
Electronica
Hardcore punk
Digital hardcore
Breakcore
Hardcore (electronic dance music genre)
Industrial hip hop
instrument
Guitar
Sampler (musical instrument)
Drum machine
Singing
Mixing console
Synthesizer
record label
Mille Plateaux
Digital Hardcore Recordings
Grand Royal
Phonogram Records
Eat Your Heart Out
Force Inc.
Geist Recordings
Riot Beats

Alec Empire on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.alec-empire.com
  2. http://www.digitalhardcore.com
  3. http://www.eat-your-heart-out.com
  4. http://www.eyho-blog.com
  5. http://www.myspace.com/alecempire
  6. http://www.the-hellish-vortex.com