Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley
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| Alec Empire Vs. Elvis Presley | ||
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| Studio album by Alec Empire | ||
| Released | 1999 | |
| Recorded | 1998 | |
| Genre | Digital hardcore | |
| Length | 31:07 | |
| Label | El Turco Loco | |
| Producer(s) | Alec Empire | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Alec Empire chronology | ||
| Miss Black America (1999) |
Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley (1999) |
Intelligence and Sacrifice (2001) |
Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley is a recording by Alec Empire which incorporates Elvis Presley samples.
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.[1]
Empire ran into problems when attempting to release the album, mainly due to the fact that 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 his DHR label, 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 [2].
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.
A video was made for the track "You Ain't Nothing" by Empire's friend and collaborator Philipp "Virus" Reichenheimer [1].
[edit] Track listing
| # | Title | Length | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Jailhouse Cock Rocks The Most" | 3:32 | remake of "Jailhouse Rock", with added Elvis soundbites |
| 2 | "You Ain't Nothing" | 3:00 | remake of "Hound Dog" |
| 3 | "Something For The Pain" | 4:16 | remake of "Maybellene" |
| 4 | "Take Away" | 2:59 | remake of "They Remind Me Too Much of You" |
| 5 | "Come On, Fight You Punk!" "I am Going Insane Without Your Love" "He's Dead, That's the Way It Is" |
10:55 | includes clips of the Elvis: That's the Way it Is trailer, and a song for which Empire does main vocals |
| 6 | "Last Message From The Soul" | 2:00 | an interlude with a female vocalist talking over a Gameboy song |
| 7 | "Fuck the Majors" | 0:46 | an interlude sampled from the film Jailhouse Rock |
| 8 | "Blue Moon" | 3:56 | remake of "Blue Moon of Kentucky" |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Alec Empire vs. Elvis Presley: Review, NME, last accessed 2006-12-26
- ^ El Turco Loco, Discogs, accessed 2007-01-29
