Editing Atari Teenage Riot (section)

===Reformation===
[[File:W0768-Hellfest2013 AtariTeenageRiot 72287.JPG|thumb|A.T.R., {{in lang|fr}} [[:fr:Hellfest#Édition 2013|Hellfest 2013]].]]
In October 2009, Elias contacted Empire to play some concerts together, but had to refrain because of her voice.<ref>[http://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/pop/fuer-immer-stoerenfried/1920476.html Interview with Alec Empire in the German newspaper "Der Tagesspiegel" on 7 September 2010]</ref> When it became clear that Elias would not show up to the first show, the band published a statement 30 minutes before show time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://riotnews.tumblr.com/post/4978040387/riot-news-com-may-2010 |title=riot-news |publisher=Riotnews.tumblr.com |access-date=25 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318061603/http://riotnews.tumblr.com/post/4978040387/riot-news-com-may-2010 |archive-date=18 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2010, it was announced ATR would reunite for a few live shows in Europe.<ref name="gigwise.com"/> Later in the year, they announced additional shows in Europe, North America and Asia. In early March 2010, Empire released the new ATR track "Activate" via [[SoundCloud]], which is the first song featuring their new MC, CX KiDTRONiK. "Activate" was recorded on 3 March 2010 in Berlin at the Hellish Vortex Studios. Female vocals were provided by Endo.

The band played most major festivals throughout Europe in 2010, including Reading and Leeds, and headlined the Fusion Festival in front of approximately 20,000 people. In the same year, ATR headlined a stage at Japan's Summersonic Festival, returning the following year to play at Fuji Rock Festival.<ref name="timeouttokyo">{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/5216/Atari-Teenage-Riot-the-interview |title=Atari Teenage Riot: The Interview |access-date=28 September 2012 |last=Hadfield |first=James |date=12 November 2011 |work=Time Out Tokyo |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522115105/http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/5216/Atari-Teenage-Riot-the-interview |archive-date=22 May 2013}}</ref> The band had the headline slot on the electronic stage at the Berlin Festival, which is held at an old military airport in the centre of the city. Enthused, the band decided to add more dates. The live line-up of ATR, {{As of|2011|06|lc=yes}}, consisted of Empire, Endo and CX KiDTRONiK.<ref>{{Cite web |last=natalye |date=2011-10-30 |title=Interview: Atari Teenage Riot |url=https://berlinbeat.org/2011/10/30/interview-atari-teenage-riot/ |access-date=2023-08-05 |website=berlinbeat |language=en}}</ref>

On 12 October 2010, [[Steve Aoki]] and [[Dim Mak Records]] announced the release of Atari Teenage Riot's new single "Activate", with the full-length album ''[[Is This Hyperreal?]]'' released in 2011. While the record was described as "redundant" by [[Pitchfork Media]],<ref>{{cite web |url= http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15610-is-this-hyperreal/ |title= Is This Hyperreal? |access-date= 28 September 2012 |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date= 7 July 2011 |work=[[Pitchfork Media]] }}</ref> in what Empire called "probably one of the dumbest reviews I've ever read about any record.",<ref name="timeouttokyo" /> other magazines gave it great reviews. ''[[New Musical Express]]'' wrote: "Few bands have ever detonated as powerfully in the underground as Atari Teenage Riot. Put simply, they were the conscience of electronic music. They were a band that sounded the way you always wanted [[The Prodigy]] to sound. A band akin to Black Flag if that outfit had existed in an age where every home had a computer. And their influence burned big and bright". [[Artrocker]] Magazine put them on the cover in their May 2011 issue and wrote: "Make no mistake, 'Activate' is the most exhilarating, futuristic and punk rock single of the month. (...) ATR aren't like any other band. They're the only group that could have cut a record with Rage Against the Machine and have it be their meekest recording. They're the only group that iTunes have censored on the grounds that their music could create riots! Ten years and several line-up changes makes no difference to tonight's immediate onslaught of rave, punk, screaming and pounding gabba. The finale consists of the fiercest white noise squall of the evening, and the audience's reaction (moshing, screaming, crowdsurfing, shoes flying through the air) seems to indicate they don't care either".{{Citation needed|date=June 2013}} That month the band headlined the [[Bang Face]] Weekender festival in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hyponik.com/features/bang-face-weekender-2011-the-verdict/|title=Bang Face Weekender 2011: The Verdict|publisher=Hyponik.com|date=4 December 2013|access-date=2 May 2019}}</ref>

Their album ''Is This Hyperreal?'' was celebrated as "the ultimate protest album of the google age," dealing with WikiLeaks, [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]], hackers, the freedom the internet brought to the suppressed, censorship, the surveillance state, cyber terrorism and digital decay, a term which describes the disaffected masses abandoning the internet when they realised that it was not free but infested with government controls.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/2012/07/atari-teenage-riot-anonymous/ | title=Atari Teenage Riot Goes for the Lulz with Anonymous | magazine=Wired | last1=Norton | first1=Quinn }}</ref> The campaign for ''Is This Hyperreal?'' took a turn when the "Black Flags" viral video was taken up by Anonymous whose members and supporters sent in clips from the [[Occupy Wall Street]] protests last autumn. Remixes, mash ups and alternate versions created by fans to represent their own dissatisfaction proliferated and captured the mood so accurately it was played in a [[CNN]] broadcast to summarise the zeitgeist behind Anonymous' cyber attacks.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Norton |first=Quinn |title=Atari Teenage Riot Goes for the Lulz With Anonymous |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/2012/07/atari-teenage-riot-anonymous/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |issn=1059-1028}}</ref> [[Dangerous Minds]] were calling it the first anthem of the Occupy movement: "While personally I would have thought it would be a new act to break through representing a new generation, no-one can doubt ATR’s credentials when it comes to this kind of thing. In fact, maybe in this age of ultra-commodified music it would HAVE to take a more veteran, established act to represent OWS and Anonymous so as to avoid claims of false appropriation? You have to hand it to ATR though; "Black Flags" is a pretty great tune. I'd say it's one of their most accessible yet while retaining all that dark techno-punk scuzzy energy we know and love."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-11-03 |title=Atari Teenage Riot 'Black Flags' - the first OWS anthem? |url=https://dangerousminds.net/comments/atari_teenage_riot_black_flags_-_the_first_ows_anthem |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=DangerousMinds}}</ref>

In Spring 2012 the music video for "Black Flags" was nominated for the [[MTV]] O Music Awards in the US in the category "Best Protest Song of the Year".{{cn|date=October 2022}}

In advance of a December 2016 concert in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]], ATR used [[Facebook]] to declare their opposition to the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] movement, calling it "a support mechanism for Palestinian terrorist groups in their efforts to de-legitimize and ultimately destroy Israel", accusing [[Seeds of Peace]] of promoting "anti-Israel activities", and proposing that "working together is the best way to create a better future."<ref>{{cite web |title=Atari Teenage Riot comes to Israel! 29th of December 2016 Tel Aviv, are you ready to riot? |url=https://www.facebook.com/Atari.Teenage.Riot.ACTIVATE/photos/atari-teenage-riot-comes-to-israel-29th-of-december-2016-tel-aviv-are-you-ready-/1439110022767219/  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/127269097284658/1439110022767219 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|website=www.facebook.com |publisher=Atari Teenage Riot / Facebook |access-date=14 September 2021 |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref>