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New Releases February/March 2012
February 10th, 2012 | by doris brady | published in releases | Leave A Comment »
Austrian Music Box 2012
January 22nd, 2012 | by tatjana domany | published in feature, releases | Comments Off
„Austrian Music Box“ is an initiative of the Austrian Music Fund, the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, AKM and IFPI Austria. The box consists of 5 CDs – curated by music journalists, promoters and the likes – highlighting current Austrian music production. The CD collection will be [...]
Austrians listed in The Wire’s Top Releases of the Year 2011
December 13th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in releases | Comments Off
It is highly gratifying for us in Austria to see local musicians and bands being recognized by such prestigious magazines as the English avant-garde music magazine The Wire. This year quite a few Austrian musicians and bands are listed in The Wire’s Rewind Charts for 2011. For those who are not quite aware of what [...]
Letting The Light In With M185
December 13th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic, releases | Comments Off
They do exist. Austrian rock bands that pleasantly stand out from the otherwise ubiquitous monotony, creating their own unique musical vision far beyond the mainstream. With their third album “Let The Light In”, M185 once again demonstrates that there is truly promising talent in Austria and that it is possible to produce convincing original rock [...]
Saedi: “Exhale”
December 13th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic, releases | Comments Off
This year the singer Tania Saedi presented an immensely diverse, complex and powerful piece of music with her debut album “Exhale” (Monoscope). The Viennese singer with Persian roots bestowed us with eleven extremely strong, well thought out, atmospheric songs, wrapped in a wonderful sonic robe by the sound specialist Markus Kienzl from the Sofa Surfers, [...]
Effi: “Astronaut”
December 12th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic, releases | Comments Off
It is fair to say that it is currently fun and rewarding to see so many promising indie-pop releases coming from Austria. Another example of this most welcome development in the domestic pop scene is the debut album of the Styrian songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Thomas Petritsch, also known as “Effi”. “Astronaut” is the title of [...]
Elektro Guzzi release their new album ‘Parquet’
November 16th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic, releases, videos | Comments Off
Elektro Guzzi deliver one of the most thrilling live performance models for techno and an innovative leap in the art of band performance at the very same time. It’s almost the antithesis to what a band is supposed to be. While they use guitar, bass and drums only, they take the most unusual playing techniques [...]
Born Under Dark Skies: Ben Martin
November 15th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic, releases | Comments Off
For the 18th time, the Austrian Music Fund has invited local music acts to apply for financial support for their production. A total of 90 musicians applied, of which 25 were selected. One of these 25 musicians is Ben Martin, who is no stranger to experts on the local music scene. With his various ongoing [...]
Makossa & Megablast releasing their second album `Soy Como Soy`
November 7th, 2011 | by doris brady | published in pop / rock / electronic, releases | Comments Off
From the primordial drum beat of Africa, we have come far. The earliest origin of rhythmic drum objects and talking drums of the motherland, to the brand new long player from Vienna’s finest electronic drum ensemble Makossa and Megablast. Welcome to ‘Soy Como Soy’.