GermanyAlec Empire is a Hardstyle act from Germany, ranked #2990 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 15,100 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #229 in Germany and #269 in Hardstyle among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 1% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 15K to 15.1K. Their tracked peak was 15,400 in Aug 24, 2026. They have 23,962 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 26/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Addicted to You”.
Who 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
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
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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How many monthly Spotify listeners does Alec Empire have?
Alec Empire has 15,100 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Alec Empire's world ranking?
Alec Empire is ranked #2990 of 4408 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 #229 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, industrial, musique concrète.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.