A bit of movement on the updated Coachella poster puts Atari Teenage Riot next up for review.
Speaking of movement, ATR has had a consistently changing lineup of muscians, the original lineup of Alec Empire, Hanin Elias, and MC Carl Crack came to a tragic end with the death of Crack in 2001. Formed in Berlin in 1992, the group was active throughout the 90s, releasing 4 albums and 7 EPs, before Crack's death in 2001. There is a lot of politics in their music ranging from Anarchist to Anti-Fascist to Anti-Nazi, and more recently against human trafficking. The group gained a lot of momentum and support after their very memorable SxSW performance in 1997, the live band consisting of Alex Empire, MC Carl Crack, and Nic Endo, a female Japanese-German-American soundscape artist. From 1996 on, Nic Endo has contributed a lot to the band, and has stepped in anytime Hanin Elias has ducked out.
A fusion of punk, techno, and hardcore, ATR basically created the genre of digital hardcore and has inspired and influenced a lot of bands, including Crystal Castles, Sleigh Bells, MIA, Le Tigre, and more. A little hard to access, their first album in 10 years, Is This Hyperreal? was released on Dim Mak Records in June of 2011. Previously, most of their records were released under the Digital Hardcore Recordings label co-rounded by Alec Empire in 1994.
The current touring lineup is Alec Empire (Vocals, synths, drummachines), Nic Endo (Vocals, samplers, noise fx) and MC KidtroniK (Vocals, machines).
This exemplifies the group:
More accessible material:
http://youtu.be/GR_kjdr7e0Y
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