Wikipedia / Digital Hardcore Recordings
Wikipedia / Digital Hardcore Recordings
Digital Hardcore Recordings (DHR) is a record label set up in 1994 by Alec Empire, Joel Amaretto and Pete Lawton. Most of the music is recorded in Berlin, though the label is based in London where the records are mastered and manufactured. The funds for setting up the label came from the payment which Atari Teenage Riot received for their aborted record deal with the major UK record label Phonogram Records.
The label is acclaimed for its articulation of the digital hardcore style of music: "digital hardcore" is used not only to refer to the record label itself, but to the genre that its artists helped to create. Several artists to this day, though not affiliated with the DHR label, would classify themselves as digital hardcore, tangible proof of DHR's solid influence on the industrial/electronic scene as well as on the rock/metal-scene.
In 1995 DHR released its first album (they had previously only released a 12" in 1994) and a compilation, Harder Than The Rest. Digital Hardcore Festival events were held in several German cities, and the Suicide Club in Berlin, run by a friend of ATR, provided a platform to new bands such as EC8OR. The word about DHR spread to underground scenes in Japan, USA, Australia and Europe. BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel heard about DHR and invited Atari Teenage Riot to play in London.
In 1996 DHR made a distribution deal for the US on the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label then DHR toured there and South East Asia. Atari Teenage Riot toured in support of bands such as Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Beck, Rage Against the Machine and Wu-Tang Clan. In 1997 Atari Teenage Riot, Shizuo and Ec8or embarked on a Digital Hardcore tour of the United States.
In 1998 DHR established an office in New York City and its studios in Berlin. In the ensuing years Atari Teenage Riot came under a lot of pressure, amongst other reasons because of member Carl Crack's psychosis (and subsequent death). By 2000 the Berlin music scene in which DHR had found its place was declining, Atari Teenage Riot disbanded and no new groups or artists were being signed to DHR. At the end of that year Alec Empire decided to restructure DHR and began work on a new album.
In 2002 Empire released Intelligence and Sacrifice and played shows in the US. He became aware of the growing digital hardcore scene there, releasing a compilation of American bands on DHR entitled Don't Fuck With Us!
Although at present the label is seen as less influential than it was in the 1990s, DHR is nevertheless recognised for its role in the emergence of breakcore, as well as promoting music its artists believed in.
Discography
EPs, singles and videos
Cat No. | Title | Artist | Format | Year |
DHR 1 | Digital Hardcore EP | 1994 | ||
DHR 2 | Uzi Party EP | 1994 | ||
DHR 3 | Suburban Soundtracks Pt. 1 | 1994 | ||
DHR 4 | Death EP | Alec Empire | 1994 | |
DHR 5 | Turntable Terrorist EP | Sonic Subjunkies | 1995 | |
DHR 6DHR MCD 6 | Show EP | 1996 | ||
DHR 7 | Destroy Berlin! | 1996 | ||
DHR 8DHR MCD 8 | AK-78 | 1996 | ||
DHR 9DHR MCD 9 | Spex Is A Fat Bitch | EC8OR | 1996 | |
DHR 10DHR MCD 10 | 12"CD | 1995 | ||
DHR 11DHR MCD 11 | Atari Teenage Riot | 12"CD | 1995 | |
DHR 12DHR MCD 12 | Atari Teenage Riot | 12"CD | 1997 | |
DHR 14DHR MCD 14 | High On Emotion EP | 1996 | ||
DHR 15DHR MCD 15 | Atari Teenage Riot | 12"CD | 1997 | |
DHR 16DHR MCD 16 | Seven Up EP | 1997 | ||
DHR 17DHR MCD 17 | New Kick E.P. | Shizuo | 1997 | |
DHR MCD 18 | Until Everything Explodes | EC8OR | 1997 | |
DHR 19DHR MCD 19 | 1998 | |||
DHR 20 | Choice of the Righteous | Bomb 20 | 1996 | |
DHR 21DHR MCD 21 | Flip Burgers or Die!!!!! | Bomb 20 | 1998 | |
DHR 22DHR MCD 22 | White Heat | 1998 | ||
DHR 23 | Right Into A Kick For More | Cobra Killer | 1998 | |
DHR 24DHR MCD 24 | Atari Teenage Riot | 12"CD | 1999 | |
DHR 25DHR MCD 25 | In Flames EP | Hanin Elias | 1999 | |
DHR 26DHR MCD 26 | Atari Teenage Riot | 12"CD | 1999 | |
DHR 27DHR MCD 27 | Atari Teenage Riot | 12"CD | 2000 | |
DHR 28DHR MCD 28 | Hot Lips, Wet Pants/I Luv Speed | Lolita Storm | 1999 | |
DHR 29DHR MCD 29 | In Flames (Remix EP) | Hanin Elias | 2000 | |
DHR 30DHR MCD 30 | Red Hot Riding Hood | Lolita Storm | 2000 | |
DHR 31DHR MCD 31 | Dynamite | EC8OR | 2000 | |
DHR 32DHR MCD 32 | Rage | ATR | 12"CD | 2000 |
DHR MCD 33 | Sick Slits | Lolita Storm | 2001 | |
DHR MCD 34 | Kill Life | Fidel Villeneuve | 2001 | |
DHR MCD 35DHR MCD 35 P | Alec Empire and El-P | CD12" | 2001 | |
DHR 36 | Digital Hardcore Videos | various | 2001 | |
DHR MCD 38DHR MCD 38 CD2 | Addicted to You | Alec Empire | 2002 | |
DHR DVD 39 | Alec Empire | DVD | 2002 | |
DHR 40DHR MCD 40DHR MCD 40 CD2 | The Ride | Alec Empire | 2002 | |
DHR MCD 41 | Eat, Drink, Sleep, Think | 2004 | ||
DHR MCD 42 | Reach | Panic DHH | 2004 | |
DHR MCD 43 | Gotta Get Out! | Alec Empire | 2005 | |
DHR 44 ERDHR MCD 44 ER | Kiss Of Death | Alec Empire | 2005 |
Albums
Cat No. | Title | Artist | Format | Year |
DHR CD 1DHR LP 1 | CDLP | 1995 | ||
DHR CD 1 | Atari Teenage Riot | CD | 1995 | |
DHR CD 2DHR LP 2 | Harder Than The Rest | various | 1995 | |
DHR CD 3DHR LP 3 | EC8OR (CD/2xLP) | 1995 | ||
DHR CD 4DHR LP 4 | CD2xLP | 1996 | ||
DHR CD 5DHR LP 5 | The Horrible Plans Of Flex Busterman | The Horrible Plans Of Flex Busterman | 1997 | |
DHR CD 6DHR LP 6 | Atari Teenage Riot | CD2xLP | 1997 | |
DHR CD 7DHR LP 7 | Shizuo vs. Shizor | 1997 | ||
DHR CD 8DHR LP 8 | 1997 | |||
DHR CD 9DHR LP 9 | World Beaters | EC8OR | 1998 | |
DHR CD 10DHR LP 10 | Riot Zone | various | 1997 | |
DHR CD 11DHR LP 11 | Alec Empire | CD2xLP | 1997 | |
DHR CD 12DHR LP 12 | CD2xLP | 1998 | ||
DHR CD 14DHR LP 14 | Curse of the Golden Vampire | CD2xLP | 1998 | |
DHR CD 15DHR LP 15 | Field Manual | Bomb 20 | 1998 | |
DHR CD 16DHR LP 16 | The Destroyer | Alec Empire | CD2xLP | 1998 |
DHR CD 17 | You've Got The Fucking Power | various | 1998 | |
DHR CD 18DHR LP 18 | Cobra Killer | Cobra Killer | 1998 | |
DHR CD 19DHR LP 19 | Too Bad But True | Fever | 1998 | |
DHR CD 20DHR LP 20 | Atari Teenage Riot | CD2xLP | 1999 | |
DHR CD 2021DHR LP 2021 | 60 Second Wipe Out/Live in Philadelphia Dec. 1997 | Atari Teenage Riot | 2xCD3xLP | 1999 |
DHR CD 21DHR LP 21 | Live in Philadelphia Dec. 1997 | Atari Teenage Riot | CDLP | 1999 |
DHR CD 22DHR LP 22 | In Flames (1995–1999) | Hanin Elias | 1999 | |
DHR CD 23DHR LP 23 | Girls Fucking Shit Up | 2000 | ||
DHR LP 24 | Hitler2000 | Patric Catani | 2000 | |
DHR CD 25 | 60 Second Wipe Out | Atari Teenage Riot | Enhanced CD | 2000 |
DHR CD 26 | Attitude PC8 | Patric Catani | 2000 | |
DHR CD 27DHR LP 27 | The One and Only High and Low | EC8OR | 2000 | |
DHR CD 28 | Atari Teenage Riot | CDLP | 2000 | |
DHR CD 29 | Alec Empire | 2xCD | 2002 | |
DHR CD 30 | In Flames (1995–1999) | Hanin Elias | 2000 | |
DHR CD 31 | DIY-Fest | various | 2001 | |
DHR CD 33 | Don't F**k With Us | various | 2002 | |
DHR CD 34 | Atari Teenage Riot | CD | 2002 | |
DHR CD 38 | Atari Teenage Riot | CD | 2003 | |
DHR CD 39 | Panic Drives Human Herds | Panic DHH | 2004 | |
DHR CD 40 ER | Alec Empire | CD | 2005 | |
DHR CD 41 | Chrome Tape | 2004 | ||
DHR CD 42DHR LP 42 | Atari Teenage Riot | CD2xLP | 2006 | |
DHR CD 43 | Is This Hyperreal? | Atari Teenage Riot | CD | 2011 |
DHR CD 44 | Riot In Japan 2011 | Atari Teenage Riot | CD | 2012 |
DHR CD 45 | Atari Teenage Riot | CD | 2015 |
DHR Limited series
Cat No. | Title | Artist | Format | Year |
DHR LTD CD 001DHR LTD 001 | CDLP | 1997 | ||
DHR LTD MCD 002DHR LTD 002 | Alec Empire | CD12" | 1997 | |
DHR LTD MCD 003DHR LTD 003 | Snuff Out | Patric Catani | 1997 | |
DHR LTD MCD 004DHR LTD 004 | Fuck Step '98 | 1998 | ||
DHR LTD CD 005DHR LTD 005 | 1998 | |||
DHR LTD MCD 006DHR LTD 006 | 100 DPS | Patric Catani | 1998 | |
DHR LTD MCD 007DHR LTD 007 | Live at the Suicide Club 8-7-95 | Sonic Subjunkies | 1998 | |
DHR LTD CD 008DHR LTD 008 | CD2xLP | 1999 | ||
DHR LTD CD 009DHR LTD 009 | Alec Empire | CDLP | 1999 | |
DHR LTD 010 | Gimme Nyquil All Night Long/I Won't Pay | EC8OR | 2000 | |
DHR LTD 11 | Clear and Present Danger Vol. 1:Digital Hardcore Recordings vs Invisible Records | various | 2001 | |
DHR LTD CD 12 | DHR LTD12 CD | various | 2000 | |
DHR LTD CD 011 | Bleeding in Circles | Heartworm | 2002 | |
DHR LTD CD 012 | Alec Empire vs. Merzbow | CD | 2003 | |
DHR LTD CD 014 | Alec Empire | CD | 2003 | |
DHR LTD CD 015 | Introduction to Global Stupidity | 2005 |
DHR online shop exclusives
Cat No. | Title | Artist | Format | Year |
DHR MAIL 1 | Live At CBGB's New York City 4-11-98 | Alec Empire | 2004 | |
DHR MAIL 10 | The Destroyer Mix Tape #3/98 | Alec Empire | 2004 | |
DHR MAIL 11 | The Destroyer Mix Tape #4/04 | Alec Empire | 2004 | |
DHR MAIL 12 | Live At The Suicide Club 1995 | Alec Empire | 2006 |
DHR official tape series
Cat No. | Title | Artist | Format | Year |
DHR OTS 000001 | Atari Teenage Riot | cassette | 1996 | |
DHR OTS 000010 | Noise, Dropouts and No Music | Kill:Out Trash | 1996 | |
DHR OTS 000011 | Killed by Lies | Test Tube Kid | 1996 |
See also
References
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