GermanyWho Alec Empire is
Alec Empire (born Alexander Wilke-Steinhof on 2 May 1972) is a German experimental electronic musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot, as well as a solo artist, producer and DJ. He has released many albums, EPs and singles, some under aliases, and remixed over seventy tracks for various artists including Björk. He was also the driving force behind the creation of the digital hardcore genre, and founded the record labels Digital Hardcore Recordings and Eat Your Heart Out Records.
Biography from the Alec Empire article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Alec Empire, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
Addicted to YouIntelligence & Sacrifice · 2001262
SuicideThe Destroyer · 1996253The RideIntelligence & Sacrifice · 2001224We All DieThe Destroyer · 1996215The PeakThe Destroyer · 1996206
Amerika - Digital Hardcore Mix By Alec EmpireAmerika · 2004177Everything Starts With a FuckIntelligence & Sacrifice · 2001198
Bass Terror - 2008 RemasterBass Terror · 2009199
The Destroyer and MerzbowLive CBGB's NYC · 20031910Bang Your HeadThe Destroyer · 199618Latest releases
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Volt (Original Soundtrack)2017 · album
Shivers2009 · albumBass Terror2009 · album
The Golden Foretaste of Heaven2008 · album
On Fire2007 · single
Robot L.O.V.E.2007 · single
Futurist2005 · albumLive CBGB's NYC2003 · album
The CD2 Sessions Live in London2003 · album
Hypermodern Jazz 2000.52001 · album
Les Etoiles Des Filles Mortes2001 · album
Limited Editions 1990-19942001 · albumPost this ranking
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Alec Empire in numbers
How many monthly Spotify listeners does Alec Empire have?
Alec Empire has 15,000 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Alec Empire's world ranking?
Alec Empire is ranked #1081 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Alec Empire from?
Alec Empire is from Germany, where they rank #115 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Alec Empire make?
Alec Empire is categorised as Hardstyle and Techno in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as breakcore, idm, musique concrète, industrial.
Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.