Alec Empire (born
Alexander Wilke-Steinhof on 2 May 1972 in
Charlottenburg, West Berlin) is a German musician who is best known as a founding member of the band
Atari Teenage Riot. Also a prolific and distinguished solo artist, producer and DJ, he has released well over a hundred albums, EPs and singles and remixed over seventy tracks for various artists including
Björk. He was also the driving force behind the creation of the
digital hardcore subgenre and the record labels
Digital Hardcore Recordings and Eat Your Heart Out.