Alec Empire discography

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Alec Empire discography
Studio albums10
EPs18
Live albums2
Compilation albums5
Singles8
Video albums2
Music videos9
DJ mixes13

The following is a list of known recordings by or involving Alec Empire, excluding his work with Atari Teenage Riot.

Contents

Alec Empire

Studio albums

TitleRelease dateLabel
Generation Star Wars 1994 Mille Plateaux
Low on Ice (The Iceland Sessions) 1995Mille Plateaux
Hypermodern Jazz 2000.5 1996Mille Plateaux
The Destroyer 1996 DHR
Les Étoiles des Filles Mortes 1996Mille Plateaux
Miss Black America 1999DHR
Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley 1999El Turco Loco
Intelligence and Sacrifice 2001DHR
Futurist 2005DHR
The Golden Foretaste of Heaven 2007 Eat Your Heart Out Records

Compilations

TitleRelease dateLabel
Limited Editions 1990-94 1994Mille Plateaux
Terror Worldwide1996DHR Midiwar
Terror Worldwide Pt. 21996DHR Midiwar
Squeeze the Trigger 1997DHR
The Geist of Alec Empire 1997Geist Recordings
Bass Terror2008Eat Your Heart Out

Live albums

TitleRelease dateLabel
Alec Empire vs. Merzbow: Live CBGB's NYC 1998 2003DHR
The CD2 Sessions: Live in London 7-12-2002 2003DHR

EPs

TitleRelease dateLabel
Trip Men EP (with T.N.I.)1991 Force Inc.
Yobot EP1992Force Inc.
suEcide EP (Pt.1)1992Force Inc.
suEcide EP (Pt.2)1992Force Inc.
Das Duell EP (with Biochip C.)1993Force Inc.
Bass Terror EP1993Force Inc.
Limited Edition 1 EP1993Force Inc.
Limited Edition 2 EP1994Force Inc.
Digital Hardcore EP1994 DHR
Death EP1994DHR
Destroyer EP1994Riot Beats
Destroyer EP Part 21994Riot Beats
Pulse Code EP (with Ian Pooley)1994 Mille Plateaux
The Destroyer EP1996 Grand Royal
No Safety Pin Sex E.P. 1997DHR
Shards of Pol-Pottery: The 2001 Remixes EP (with El-P)2001DHR
New World Order EP 2001Beat Records
On Fire EP 2007Eat Your Heart Out
Shivers2009Eat Your Heart Out

Singles

TitleRelease dateLabel
"Together for Never" (featuring Lucy Devils) (split with "Raverbashing" by Atari Teenage Riot)1994Riot Beats
"The King Of The Street / Brothers Crush"1996Riot Beats
"Addicted to You"2002DHR
"The Ride"2002DHR
"Gotta Get Out"2005DHR
"Kiss of Death"2005DHR
"Monk Time" (featuring Gary Burger of The Monks) (split with "Higgle-dy Piggle-dy" by The Fall)2006Play Loud!
"Robot L.O.V.E."2007Eat Your Heart Out

Remix singles

TitleRelease dateLabel
"SuEcide" (Pluto Rmxs)1994 white
"SuEcide" (Wonka Remixes)1994Rare Grooves
"Hetzjagd Auf Nazis" (Panacea remix)1997Position Chrome

Live videos

TitleRelease dateLabel
Death Favours the Enemy: Live 2002 (DVD)2002DHR
Live at Fuji Rock 2001 (Tour exclusive) (DVDr)2005DHR
Sixteen Years of Video Material (with Atari Teenage Riot) (DVD)2008Monitorpop

DJ mixes

TitleRelease dateLabel
Cut the Pussies11995DHR Midiwar
DJ Spooky vs. Alec Empire (with DJ Spooky) (double cassette)1unknownDHR
Capitol Noise - Chapter 1: Noise And Politics1995Capitol Noise
Generation Star Wars Party (19.12.'95 Bunker)11995DHR
Live at CBGB's New York City 4-11-98 (CDr)12004DHR
The Destroyer Mix Tape #3/98 (CDr)12004DHR
The Destroyer Mix Tape #4/04 (CDr)12004DHR
Japanese Noise Pt. 1 & 2 & 3 (3CDr)22005DHR
Tribute to R. Mooog (2CDr)22005DHR
DJ Mix Sun Ra (CDr)22005DHR
Live at the Suicide Club 1995 (CDr)12006DHR
Satellite of Fear (CDr)22007DHR
Eat Your Heart Out Mix12008Eat Your Heart Out

1Mail order and online store exclusives
2Tour exclusives

Compilation appearances

SongAlbumDateLabel
"Yobots Around My Neck (Theme From Tekkno Boy)"Tekkno Boy1992Deutsche Schallplatten
"You Must Confront"Destroy Deutschland!1993Force Inc.
"Anti-Nazi-Soulfood"
"Forgive Not Mothafuckers! ('Cause it Doesn't Make it Alright!)"
"Naomi Campbell"Shocker: The Inferno Part II1994WEA, EastWest
"Alec's Blues"Tribute to the Blues - Evolve or Die1996P-Vine
"The 6 Wisdoms of Aspasia"The Spirit of Vampyros Lesbos1997Sideburn
"Alleged Accused Repeated Reused"
(with Matt Pizzolo, feat. Jello Biafra and Seth Tobocman)
DIY-Fest2001DHR
"Tribute To Coil (Short Version)" ...It Just Is 2005Nocharizma/Fulldozer
"Monk Time" (feat. Gary Burger of The Monks)Silver Monk Time: A Tribute to The Monks2006play loud!

Remixes

SongArtistAlbumDateLabel
"Dschungelfieber" (Alec Empire remix)Space Cube"Dschungelfieber" (Remixes) (single)1994Riot Beats
"31202" (remix)Ford PrefectNoise Love Unity - Love Parade '94 (compilation)1994D'vision
"Up Where We Belong" (FP23 mix)SilkyWay"Up Where We Belong"1994 Phonogram
"Imago" (Alec Empire remix) Air Liquide Abuse Your Illusions - Part 1.11995Harvest
"Harold" (Alec Empire mix)Sonic SubjunkiesSounds from the City of Quartz1995DHR
"Beautiful Day" (Digital Hardcore mix) Nicolette "Beautiful Day" (single)1995 Talkin' Loud
"Dactylo Rock" (Ausrufezeichen) Stereo Total "Dactylo Rock" (single)1996Peace 95
"Die Menschen Aus Kiel" (Digital Hardcore remix) Schorsch Kamerun "Die Menschen Aus Kiel" (Remixe) (single)1996L'Âge d'or
"Know Your Chicken" (Alec Empire remix) Cibo Matto "Know Your Chicken" (single)1996Blanco Y Negro
"MotorRazor" (Digital Hardcore remix) Think About Mutation "MotorRazor 96" (single)1996Dynamica
"No Government" (Alec Empire remix)Nicolette21st Century Soul (compilation)1997Talkin' Loud
"My Way" (Remix by Alec Empire) Audio Active Apollo Choco Remixed1997On-U Sound
"Bachelorette" (Hypermodern Jazz) Björk "Bachelorette" (single)1997 One Little Indian
"Bachelorette" (The Ice Princess & The Killer Whale)
"Jóga" (Empire State of Emergency)
Björk"Jóga" (single)1997One Little Indian
"Jóga" (The Destroyer)
"Mood of Mods Generation" (Alec Empire remix) Violent Onsen Geisha & DMBQ Digital Catastroph 1997 (compilation)1997ZK
"Papua" (Alec Empire remix)Surfers of Romantika
"The Garden" (The White Chair remix) Einstürzende Neubauten Ende Neu (Remixes)1997 PIAS
"Friss Scheisse" (Digital Hardcore remix) Schweisser "Friss Scheisse" (single)1997Bullet Proof
"Dr. Moog" (The Destroyer remix) Buffalo Daughter Socks, Drugs and Rock and Roll1997 Grand Royal
"Dance or Be Shot"Bottom 12"Dance or Be Shot" (single)1997unknown
"Consumed" (Digital Hardcore mix)Mark StewartConsumed - The Remix Wars1998 Mute
"Crash Pow" (Alec Empire remix) The Mad Capsule Markets Digidogheadlock 1998JVC
"Creature" (Digital Hardcore remix)
"Like Herod" (Face The Future Remix) Mogwai Kicking a Dead Pig: Mogwai Songs Remixed 1998Jetset
"R U Still in 2 It?" (Straight Demons remix)Mogwai"R U Still in 2 It?" (promo single)1998Eye Q
"Keep Trying the Old Number" (Alec Empire remix) Thurston Moore Root 1998Lo
"Atomic Buddha" (Version Alec Empire) Techno Animal Techno Animal Versus Reality1998City Slang
"Heat" (Alec Empire remix) R. L. Burnside Come On In1998Fat Possum
"Keep On Rockin'" (Alec Empire remix)Shonen KnifeUltramix1998MCA Victor Japan
"Trapped in Three Dimensions" (Alec Empire mix)Ice"Trapped In Three Dimensions" (single)1999Morpheus
"Godzilla March" (Digital Hardcore remix)Destroy the MonstersGodzilla 2000 Japan (soundtrack)2000Nippon Columbia
"Jet Virus" (Digital Hardcore remix)Guitar WolfRock n' Roll Etiquette2000Ki/Oon
"It's a Burning Hell" (remix) Brainbombs Cheap (EP)2001 Load
"Miss Lucifer" (Panther Girl) Primal Scream "Miss Lucifer" (single)2002Columbia
"Miss Lucifer" (Bone to Bone)
"Digital Hardcore" (Alec Empire mix) Merzbow Ikebana: Amlux Rebuilt, Reused and Recycled2003Important
"Skool Daze" (Alec Empire remix) Chris Vrenna "Skool Daze"/"Late Night Shopping" (single)2003Waxploitation
"Amerika" (Digital Hardcore mix) Rammstein "Amerika" (single)2004Universal
"Reach" (Alec Empire remix)Panic DHH"Reach" (single)2004DHR
"Mann Gegen Mann" (Futurist remix)Rammstein"Mann gegen Mann" (single)2006Universal
"Oxygen Debt" (Pandemic remix) Most Precious Blood Threat: Music That Inspired the Movie (compilation)2006Halo 8
"New York City" (Alec Empire remix) Emigrate "New York City" (single)2007Motor Music

Production credits

AlbumArtistTrack(s)RoleYearLabel
"Acid Head"/"L.S.D."Zen Faschisten"Acid Head"ProducerunknownChoose
Show EP Hanin Elias Producer1996DHR
Let No One Live Rent Free in Your HeadNicolette"Nervous", "Nightmare"Producer1996Talkin' Loud
Disco Sukkers EPKillout TrashMastering1997AIPR
ACME Jon Spencer Blues Explosion "Attack"Mixing1998Matador
So... How's Your Girl? Handsome Boy Modeling School "Megaton B-Boy" (with El-P)Mixing1999Tommy Boy
"Red Hot Riding Hood" (single) Lolita Storm Mixing2000DHR
No Games, No FunHanin Elias"You Suck"Producer2003Fatal
The Bachelor Patrick Wolf "Vulture", "Battle"Co-Producer, Co-Writer2009 Bloody Chamber Music

Other credits

AlbumArtistTrack(s)RoleYearLabel
Enough of ThisMartin Peter"Bypass"Vocals2005Angora Steel

Music videos

Curse of the Golden Vampire (with Techno Animal)

Death Funk

DJ 6666 feat. The Illegals

DJ Mowgly

Video

E.C.P

Jaguar

LX Empire

Production

Naomi Campbell

An edited version of the track "Naomi Campbell" from the Shocker compilation

Nero

Nintendo Teenage Robots

Video

P.J.P.

Richard Benson

Compilation appearances

Remix

Wipe Out

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