Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley

Infobox Album | Name = Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley
Type = Album
Artist = Alec Empire


Released = 1999
Recorded = 1998
Genre = Digital hardcore
Length = 31:07
Label = El Turco Loco
Producer = Alec Empire
Reviews =
* "NME" (8/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/alec-empire/1789 link]
Last album = "Miss Black America"
(1999)
This album = "Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley"
(1999)
Next album = "Intelligence and Sacrifice"
(2001) |

"Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley" is a recording by Alec Empire which incorporates Elvis Presley samples.

The recording

Empire recorded "vs. Elvis" in 1998 after returning home to Berlin from a tour of the United States with his band Atari Teenage Riot. As a method of escape from the digital hardcore sound he became interested in Elvis, watching all of his movies. Inspired, he collected two hours worth of samples and mixed them in his own particular style, the result of which caused his girlfriend at the time to leave him. [http://www.nme.com/reviews/alec-empire/1789 Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley: Review] , "NME", January 22 2000, last accessed 2006-12-26.]

The release

Originally intended for release on his DHR Limited label, [http://www.discogs.com/release/20736 Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley] , Discogs, retrieved 2007-07-23.] Empire ran into problems when attempting to release the album as the Elvis samples were used without permission from the Presley Foundation. Concerned at the prospect of legal action Empire decided not to release "vs. Elvis" on DHR, and instead pressed a few copies for friends and DJs. In a record store in New York in 1999, Empire to his surprise discovered a vinyl copy of the recording that had been pressed by El Turco Loco ("The Mad Turk"), an obscure label owned by former Matador Records artist Khan. [http://www.discogs.com/label/El+Turco+Loco El Turco Loco] , Discogs, retrieved 2007-01-29.]

The album is long out of print, but copies have occasionally been sold on eBay, as well as exchanged in MP3 format on p2p networks. Since the release is a bootleg, the tracklisting of the recording seems to in the incorrect order (ie the song "Last Message From The Soul" seems to be a introduction track) and back cover claims to be "recorded in the highest quality" but the sound is very poor.

A video was made for the track "You Ain't Nothing" by Empire's friend and collaborator Philipp "Virus" Reichenheim (" [http://www.alecempirefansite.com/videos/alec_vs_elvis.rm link] ").

Track listing

Notes

External links

* [http://www.discogs.com/release/20736 "Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley" LP] at Discogs