WORLD-FAMOUS ALEC EMPIRE REMIXING POSR

Electronic music producer and performer Alec Empire, who is currently touring Europe with Nine Inch Nails, recently started remixing a song by Austin electro-punk band POSR.

POSR signed a record deal with Houston’s Tierra Studios in May and plans to release the single “Fantasy,” as well as Empire’s remix, in October. The single will give music fans a taste of the dark beats, raw bass and self-perceptive lyrics of POSR’s debut album, Known Unknown.

Jake Childs, the producer, songwriter and vocalist behind POSR, said he chose to approach Empire for a remix because of his work in the 1990s with Atari Teenage Riot. The innovative band is accredited with creating the digital hardcore subgenre, characterized by hard breakbeats, punk-influenced guitar riffs and ear-ripping noise.

“Alec Empire has been a huge influence on the electro-punk movement,” Childs said. “I feel very honored that he would remix ‘Fantasy.’ I can’t wait for this, and I know he’ll do a really good job, because he’s Alec Empire.”

In addition to Empire’s fame from touring the world with Atari Teenage Riot, he is an accomplished producer and solo performer under multiple monikers. He founded Digital Hardcore Recordings and Eat Your Heart Out Records, and has toured alongside world-renowned artists such as Wu-Tang Clan, Rage Against The Machine and Ministry. A prolific artist, Empire has released an album nearly every year since 1992, including the 2009-released album Shivers.

“I always look for new and exciting projects and bands because I love wrapping my mind around a musical idea. I create from there before it’s established everywhere,” Empire said. “I get sent a lot of remix requests, but I only do it when the music jumps at me and I feel that I can bring out another side of the artist. With POSR this was the case, no doubt.”

POSR’s music and lyrics are characterized by Childs’ explorations into the duality of self: good vs. evil, right vs. wrong, the conscious vs. the unconscious personalities that exist simultaneously in a sometimes schizophrenic-like state. Childs, who also enjoys a successful career touring the globe as a tech-house DJ, is joined in the electro-punk band by Illson on “dirty” bass and guitar, Chris Casual on “clean” bass, and Adam Warped playing keys and DJing a laptop loaded with original synths and drums that Childs produced.

POSR executive producer Traey Hatch of Tierra Studios said he views Alec Empire’s involvement as a tribute to electro-punk music’s history and a blessing from the artist who continues to innovate in the genre.

“Alec’s music has moved butts and assaulted crowds all over the globe, and we’re truly excited to hear what he has in store for POSR,” Hatch said. “This will give ‘Fantasy’ and the Known Unknown album some immediate recognition and credibility because it exposes POSR to people who have loved Alec’s music for a long time.”

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