Hypermodern Jazz 2000.5

Hypermodern Jazz 2000.5
Studio album by Alec Empire
Released	April 1, 1996
Genre	Experimental, easy listening, Nu jazz
Label	Mille Plateaux
Producer	Alec Empire
Alec Empire chronology
Low on Ice (1995) Hypermodern Jazz (1996) The Destroyer (1996)

Hypermodern Jazz 2000.5 (usually shortened to Hypermodern Jazz) is a studio album by German musician Alec Empire. It was released in 1996.

Background

Hypermodern Jazz 2000.5 was Empire's fourth full album, his fourth for the Mille Plateaux label, and the first of three he released in the same year. The Destroyer was released on DHR the following June and Les Étoiles des Filles Mortes, also for MP, in November.

As its title suggests, the record exhibits an experimental approach to jazz, utilising electronics and synthesizers.

Track listing

1. "Walk the Apocalypse - 5:12
2. "God Told Me How to Kiss" - 6:55
3. "Get Some" - 5:40
4. "I'm Gonna Die If I Fall Asleep Again" - 5:22
5. "The Unknown Stepdancer" - 1:32
6. "Chilling Through the Lives" - 5:01
7. "Many Bars and No Money" - 6:01
8. "My Funk is Useless" - 5:43
9. "Slowly Falling in Love" - 4:20
10. "Dreaming is a Form of Astrotravel" - 4:17

External links

• Hypermodern Jazz CD at Discogs
• Hypermodern Jazz LP at Discogs
• Hypermodern Jazz Geist reissue CD at Discogs
• Official Alec Empire fansite