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Digital Hardcore Recordings 
Founded 1994 Founder Joel Amaretto
Alec Empire
Pete LawtonGenre Digital hardcore Country of origin United Kingdom Location London, England Official Website http://www.digitalhardcore.com Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) is a record label set up in 1994 by Alec Empire, Joel Amaretto and Pete Lawton. Most of the music is recorded in Berlin, though the label is based in London where the records are mastered and manufactured. The funds for setting up the label came from the payment which Atari Teenage Riot received for their aborted record deal with the major UK record label Phonogram Records.
The label is acclaimed for its articulation of the digital hardcore style of music - "Digital hardcore" is used not only to refer to the record label itself, but to the genre that its artists helped to create. Several artists to this day, though not affiliated with the DHR label, would classify themselves as digital hardcore, tangible proof of DHR's solid influence on the industrial/electronic scene.
In 1995 DHR released its first album (they had previously only released a 12" in 1994) and a compilation, Harder Than The Rest. Digital Hardcore Festival events were held in several German cities, and the Suicide Club in Berlin, run by a friend of ATR, provided a platform to new bands such as EC8OR. The word about DHR spread to underground scenes in Japan, USA, Australia and Europe. BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel heard about DHR and invited Atari Teenage Riot to play in London.
In 1996 DHR made a distribution deal for the US on the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label then DHR toured there and South East Asia. Atari Teenage Riot toured in support of bands such as Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Beck, Rage Against the Machine and Wu-Tang Clan. In 1997 Atari Teenage Riot, Shizuo and Ec8or embarked on a Digital Hardcore tour of the United States.
In 1998 DHR established an office in New York and its studios in Berlin. In the ensuing years Atari Teenage Riot came under a lot of pressure, amongst other reasons because of member Carl Crack's psychosis (and subsequent death). By 2000 the Berlin music scene in which DHR had found its place was declining, Atari Teenage Riot disbanded and no new groups or artists were being signed to DHR. At the end of that year Alec Empire decided to restructure DHR and began work on a new album.
In 2001 Empire released Intelligence and Sacrifice and played shows in the US. He became aware of the growing digital hardcore scene there, releasing a compilation of American bands on DHR entitled Don’t Fuck With Us!
Although at present the label is seen as less influential than it was in the 1990s, DHR is nevertheless recognised for its role in the emergence of breakcore, as well as promoting music its artists believed in.
Contents
Discography
EPs, singles and videos
Cat No. Title Artist Format Year DHR 1 Digital Hardcore EP Alec Empire 12" 1994 DHR 2 Uzi Party EP DJ Bleed 12" 1994 DHR 3 Suburban Soundtracks Pt. 1 Sonic Subjunkies 12" 1994 DHR 4 Death EP Alec Empire 12" 1994 DHR 5 Turntable Terrorist EP Sonic Subjunkies 12" 1995 DHR 6
DHR MCD 6Show EP Hanin Elias 12"
CD1996 DHR 7 Destroy Berlin! Christoph de Babalon 12" 1996 DHR 8
DHR MCD 8AK-78 EC8OR 12"
CD1996 DHR 9
DHR MCD 9Spex Is A Fat Bitch EC8OR 12"
CD1996 DHR 10
DHR MCD 10Speed/Midijunkies Atari Teenage Riot 12"
CD1995 DHR 11
DHR MCD 11Kids Are United E.P. Atari Teenage Riot 12"
CD1995 DHR 12
DHR MCD 12Sick to Death E.P. Atari Teenage Riot 12"
CD1997 DHR 14
DHR MCD 14High On Emotion EP Shizuo 12"
CD1996 DHR 15
DHR MCD 15Destroy 2000 Years of Culture Atari Teenage Riot 12"
CD1997 DHR 16
DHR MCD 16Seven Up EP Christoph de Babalon 12"
CD1997 DHR 17
DHR MCD 17New Kick E.P. Shizuo 12"
CD1997 DHR MCD 18 Until Everything Explodes EC8OR CD 1997 DHR 19
DHR MCD 19Human Distortion 16-17 12"
CD1998 DHR 20 Choice of the Righteous Bomb 20 12" 1996 DHR 21
DHR MCD 21Flip Burgers or Die!!!!! Bomb 20 12"
CD1998 DHR 22
DHR MCD 22White Heat Nic Endo 12"
CD1998 DHR 23 Right Into A Kick For More Cobra Killer 7" 1998 DHR 24
DHR MCD 24Revolution Action Atari Teenage Riot 12"
CD1999 DHR 25
DHR MCD 25In Flames EP Hanin Elias 12"
CD1999 DHR 26
DHR MCD 26Too Dead For Me EP Atari Teenage Riot 12"
CD1999 DHR 27
DHR MCD 27Rage E.P. Atari Teenage Riot 12"
CD2000 DHR 28
DHR MCD 28Hot Lips, Wet Pants/I Luv Speed Lolita Storm 7"
CD1999 DHR 29
DHR MCD 29In Flames (Remix EP) Hanin Elias 12"
CD2000 DHR 30
DHR MCD 30Red Hot Riding Hood Lolita Storm 7"
CD2000 DHR 31
DHR MCD 31Dynamite EC8OR 12"
CD2000 DHR 32
DHR MCD 32Rage ATR 12"
CD2000 DHR MCD 33 Sick Slits Lolita Storm CD 2001 DHR MCD 34 Kill Life Fidel Villeneuve CD 2001 DHR MCD 35
DHR MCD 35 PShards of Pol-Pottery: The 2001 Remixes Alec Empire and El-P CD
12"2001 DHR 36 Digital Hardcore Videos various VHS 2001 DHR MCD 38
DHR MCD 38 CD2Addicted to You Alec Empire CD1
CD22002 DHR DVD 39 Death Favours the Enemy: Live 2002 Alec Empire DVD 2002 DHR 40
DHR MCD 40
DHR MCD 40 CD2The Ride Alec Empire 12"
CD1
CD22002 DHR MCD 41 Eat, Drink, Sleep, Think Motormark CD 2004 DHR MCD 42 Reach Panic DHH CDr 2004 DHR MCD 43 Gotta Get Out! Alec Empire CD 2005 DHR 44 ER
DHR MCD 44 ERKiss Of Death Alec Empire 7"
CD2005 Albums
Cat No. Title Artist Format Year DHR CD 1
DHR LP 11995 Atari Teenage Riot CD
LP1995 DHR CD 1 Delete Yourself! Atari Teenage Riot CD 1995 DHR CD 2
DHR LP 2Harder Than The Rest various CD
2xLP1995 DHR CD 3
DHR LP 3EC8OR (CD/2xLP) EC8OR CD
2xLP1995 DHR CD 4
DHR LP 4The Destroyer Alec Empire CD
2xLP1996 DHR CD 5
DHR LP 5The Horrible Plans Of Flex Busterman The Horrible Plans Of Flex Busterman CD
2xLP1997 DHR CD 6
DHR LP 6The Future of War Atari Teenage Riot CD
2xLP1997 DHR CD 7
DHR LP 7Shizuo vs. Shizor Shizuo CD
2xLP1997 DHR CD 8
DHR LP 8If You're Into It, I'm Out Of It Christoph de Babalon CD
2xLP1997 DHR CD 9
DHR LP 9World Beaters EC8OR CD
LP1998 DHR CD 10
DHR LP 10Riot Zone various CD
2xLP1997 DHR CD 11
DHR LP 11Squeeze the Trigger Alec Empire CD
2xLP1997 DHR CD 12
DHR LP 12Death Breathing DJ 6666 featuring The Illegals CD
2xLP1998 DHR CD 14
DHR LP 14Curse of the Golden Vampire Curse of the Golden Vampire CD
2xLP1998 DHR CD 15
DHR LP 15Field Manual Bomb 20 CD
2xLP1998 DHR CD 16
DHR LP 16The Destroyer Alec Empire CD
2xLP1998 DHR CD 17 You've Got The Fucking Power various CD 1998 DHR CD 18
DHR LP 18Cobra Killer Cobra Killer CD
LP1998 DHR CD 19
DHR LP 19Too Bad But True Fever CD
LP1998 DHR CD 20
DHR LP 2060 Second Wipe Out Atari Teenage Riot CD
2xLP1999 DHR CD 2021
DHR LP 202160 Second Wipe Out/
Live in Philadelphia Dec. 1997Atari Teenage Riot 2xCD
3xLP1999 DHR CD 21
DHR LP 21Live in Philadelphia Dec. 1997 Atari Teenage Riot CD
LP1999 DHR CD 22
DHR LP 22In Flames (1995–1999) Hanin Elias CD
LP1999 DHR CD 23
DHR LP 23Girls Fucking Shit Up Lolita Storm CD
LP2000 DHR LP 24 Hitler2000 Patric Catani 2xLP 2000 DHR CD 25 60 Second Wipe Out Atari Teenage Riot Enhanced CD 2000 DHR CD 26 Attitude PC8 Patric Catani CD 2000 DHR CD 27
DHR LP 27The One and Only High and Low EC8OR CD
LP2000 DHR CD 28 Live at Brixton Academy Atari Teenage Riot CD
LP2000 DHR CD 29 Intelligence and Sacrifice Alec Empire 2xCD 2002 DHR CD 30 In Flames (1995–1999) Hanin Elias Enhanced CD 2000 DHR CD 31 DIY-Fest various CD 2001 DHR CD 33 Don't F**k With Us various 3xCD 2002 DHR CD 34 Redefine the Enemy! Atari Teenage Riot CD 2002 DHR CD 38 Burn, Berlin, Burn! Atari Teenage Riot CD 2003 DHR CD 39 Panic Drives Human Herds Panic DHH CD 2004 DHR CD 40 ER Futurist Alec Empire CD 2005 DHR CD 41 Chrome Tape Motormark CD 2004 DHR CD 42
DHR LP 42Atari Teenage Riot: 1992-2000 Atari Teenage Riot CD
2xLP2006 DHR Limited series
Cat No. Title Artist Format Year DHR LTD CD 001
DHR LTD 001Funk Riot Beat Death Funk CD
LP1997 DHR LTD MCD 002
DHR LTD 002No Safety Pin Sex E.P. Alec Empire CD
12"1997 DHR LTD MCD 003
DHR LTD 003Snuff Out Patric Catani CD
12"1997 DHR LTD MCD 004
DHR LTD 004Fuck Step '98 Shizuo CD
LP1998 DHR LTD CD 005
DHR LTD 005Black Ark Carl Crack CD
LP1998 DHR LTD MCD 006
DHR LTD 006100 DPS Patric Catani CD
LP1998 DHR LTD MCD 007
DHR LTD 007Live at the Suicide Club 8-7-95 Sonic Subjunkies CD
12"1998 DHR LTD CD 008
DHR LTD 008We Punk Einheit! Nintendo Teenage Robots CD
2xLP1999 DHR LTD CD 009
DHR LTD 009Miss Black America Alec Empire CD
LP1999 DHR LTD 010 Gimme Nyquil All Night Long/I Won't Pay EC8OR 7" 2000 DHR LTD 11 Clear and Present Danger Vol. 1:
Digital Hardcore Recordings vs Invisible Recordsvarious CD 2001 DHR LTD CD 12 DHR LTD12 CD various CD 2000 DHR LTD CD 011 Bleeding in Circles Heartworm CD 2002 DHR LTD CD 012 Live CBGB's NYC 1998 Alec Empire vs. Merzbow CD 2003 DHR LTD CD 014 The CD2 Sessions Alec Empire CD 2003 DHR LTD CD 015 Introduction to Global Stupidity Tuareg Geeks CDr 2005 DHR online shop exclusives
Cat No. Title Artist Format Year DHR MAIL 1 Live At CBGB's New York City 4-11-98 Alec Empire CDr 2004 DHR MAIL 10 The Destroyer Mix Tape #3/98 Alec Empire CDr 2004 DHR MAIL 11 The Destroyer Mix Tape #4/04 Alec Empire CDr 2004 DHR MAIL 12 Live At The Suicide Club 1995 Alec Empire CDr 2006 DHR official tape series
Cat No. Title Artist Format Year DHR OTS 000001 Live in Stuttgart (One-Off Shit Let's Go!) Atari Teenage Riot cassette 1996 DHR OTS 000010 Noise, Dropouts and No Music Kill:Out Trash cassette 1996 DHR OTS 000011 Killed by Lies Test Tube Kid cassette 1996 See also
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