quoted 1 line anyone have suggestions about alec empire's material?> anyone have suggestions about alec empire's material?
If you like the ATR sound, go for his albums "The Destroyer" and also
his first stuff in that vein, "Squeeze The Trigger". "The Destroyer" was
composed on a bet/dare with a friend, who wanted to see if Alec was up
to composing an entire album, listenable as such, that was breakbeat
hardcore, and functions surprisingly well as a complete listen. The
prototype IMO of the whole DHR sound as a label is to be found here.
"Squeeze The Trigger" is basically a collection of singles from an
earlier period and while there's good stuff to be found a lot of it is
homogenized, 12" one-off stuff and not as well mastered as "Destroyer".
Plus "Destroyer" takes a lot of the ideas/structures and advances them
quite a bit.
For other more 'cerebral' stuff there's, well, quite a bit. Alec was on
Mille Plateaux for quite a while before he went and got his own imprint.
For my taste I prefer "Generation Star Wars" and "Limited Editions
1990-94" which is pretty forward in its own right. "Hypermodern Jazz"
and the "Iceland Sessions" are OK but not particularly super in my book-
both are kind of concept records, ventures into fruity electronic jazz
and slow, pan sonicesque minimalism, respectively.
He also has a 3CD box set, the first release on DHR's IDM sublabel
Geist, which features highlights from all his MP releases before he
split with them. It's pretty good, but good luck finding one. I bought a
copy for my college radio station, now I kind of wish I'd hung onto it.
Last but not least are his contributions to the "Electric Ladyland"
series on MP, sort of the plodding German answer to Ninjatune's
"Earthrise" comps I guess, breakbeats and such with all manner of
weirdness on top and underneath, something I thought was pretty exciting
but apparently nobody else did, otherwise they might still be releasing
new additions...
Tom
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