Let me tell you something in confidence. Despite many years of interviewing everyone from sandwich makers to filmmakers, there are still people the show affords me the opportunity to talk to who reduce me to a gibbering fanboy.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s guest is Alec Empire<\/a> so as you might have guessed, he\u2019s one of those guys that it takes, on my part, a sheer act of will not to be reduced to uttering Chris Farley-like lines like \u201cUh, you\u2019re so cool.\u201d<\/p>\n But, c\u2019mon, this is Alec Empire we\u2019re talking about! This is the guy who, alongside with Hanin Elias<\/a> and MC Carl Crack<\/a> formed Atari Teenage Riot<\/a>. This is the guy who co-founded Digital Hardcore Recordings<\/a>. This guy has recorded with and remixed the likes of Bj\u00f6rk<\/a>, Justin Broadrick<\/a> and Coil<\/a>. I think I can be forgiven any fanboy tendencies. I just have to keep telling myself what Dan Le Sac<\/a> always says \u201c\u2026just a band.\u201d<\/p>\n Fortunately, Alec makes things very easy for me. He\u2019s got the gift of the gab and has such great stories to tell. The plan was to have a quick chat with Alec and then play Atari Teenage Riot\u2019s \u201cfinal\u201d Brixton Academy<\/a> show, but Alec was very generous with his time and the interview went long, so we\u2019ll only hear it in the background. But Alec was also kind enough to send a bootleg recording of Atari Teenage Riot at the Hultsfred Festival<\/a> from earlier in 1999 and we\u2019ll hear that later on today\u2019s show.<\/p>\n Before you leap into today\u2019s show you should know that I had to edit down my interview with Alec. It pained me to do so and it was especially painful because three of the questions came from @s_w_u<\/a> and @Spartz<\/a> on Twitter. Rather than leave those segments on the virtual cutting room floor I\u2019ve decided to make it available as bonus material, which you can download here<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you enjoy this week\u2019s show then why not dig into the archives and listen to my interview<\/a> with Alec about Digital Hardcore Recordings and hear some classics from his label.<\/p>\n Speaking of label, join us again next week when we\u2019ll showcase<\/a> Diffrent Music<\/a>.<\/p>\n See you then!<\/p>\n Photo Credit: \u00a9Kmeron<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n