Archives: Artists

Austria’s most innovative Gypsy – Balkan band detonates like an avalanche in the ears and dancing legs of their listeners. The virtuoso instrumentalists play their way through all conceivable styles of music in exquisite arrangements and deliver a concert evening that makes … read more »

The Band is no longer active under this name. Follow some of the former members under the pseudonym Mickey. One should be careful with superlatives, but there are a lot of good things to be said when it comes to the band GIN … read more »

“Schwarz’s compositions are thoughtful and clever, making good use of stylistic range by highlighting the timbral strengths of different sections of the ensemble!” Downbeat, USA, May 2020 Jazz bassist and composer Gina Schwarz studied jazz-bass and accordeon at the Jazz Conservatory Vienna, … read more »

GISCHT aka Ursula Winterauer lives and works as a musician, producer and curator in Vienna. She co-founded the label Ventil Records in 2014 and works on the distribution and realization of artistic projects in the field of soundart and advanced electronic music ever … read more »

After their album Nietzsche in Love (2014, Pumpkin Records)  Gitarren der Liebe released “How I Failed To Trick My Destiny” in 2015 –  a 12“ album that comes in a DIY-silk-screen-sweing-sweatshop-sleeve. Attached download comes unexcited. Epic Bernd Heinrauch (Melvins, Chicks On Speed, Mark Deutrum and Hella Comet) … read more »

On their debut album “I’m a Stranger”, the members of Global Groove Lab skillfully break all stylistic rules. Experimenting with sounds, rhythms, and harmonies in their lab and expressing different authentic cultural experiences, the musicians blend traditional with modern influences and grooves. … read more »

Where will the journey go for GODS, the elusive band and art collective based between Berlin, Germany and Cardiff, UK? The band’s self titled debut record, released earlier this year on Viennese label Wohnzimmer records, delivers a thematic blend of sex, war, … read more »

GOHAR’s journey into music wasn’t exactly conventional. Born in Armenia and now based in Austria, she graduated from the prestigious Mozarteum in Salzburg as a rising opera star. But the world of Aria and Overtures began to feel like a gilded cage, … read more »

Golnar & Mahan’s debut album “Derakht” (Lotus Records) is a musical experience that gently and beautifully transports you to another distant dimension. One in which Golnar &  Mahan  create world music of dignified beauty, one that captivates from the very first second. … read more »

Golnar Shahyar is an Iranian–Canadian vocalist, composer, poet, producer, educator, and cultural advocate based in Vienna whose music braids improvisation, storytelling, and activism. Her debut album *Tear Drop* earned a German Jazz Prize nomination (2023), cited by the jury for its “outstanding … read more »