death funk - funk riot beat

Death Funk is the alter ego of Alec Empire, the seminal electronic artist responsible for the often maligned but never ignored brand of Digital Hardcore. There's no more death in it than can be found in Destroyer or Intelligence and Sacrifice, though by Empire's standards, this shit is funky as hell. The album employs his characteristic breakcore sounds, with those trademark Destroyer beats clammering in increasingly manic directions, constantly flipped and turned and made even more chaotic by the brilliant man at their helm. Yet throughout the album you get the feeling that this isn't quite an Alec Empire record. It can only be described as an angry German anarchist's idea of funk. There's the same breakbeat sound, but there's more behind it this time around, a use of more heavy bass and prodding beats mixed in with Public Enemy and Wu-Tang samples. Any given track on this album has more musical depth to it than all of Destroyer--whether or not that's a good thing, I'm not sure. But in the end, no fan of early Alec Empire or Atari Teenage Riot can afford to pass this one up.