Archives: Artists

PLEASE MADAME are no strangers in the Austrian music scene. Besides several headline shows in Austria and Germany, they played festivals such as FM4 Frequency Festival, Nova Rock or Szene Open Air and shared stages with bands such as Foals, Hurts, Milky … read more »

PNEUMA are Jakob Gnigler, Robert Pockfuß, Christine Gnigler and Bernhard Höchtel. Each member is involved in different musical projects. In Pneuma the four musicians are focussing on contemporary composition and improvised music. Coming from baroque music, free jazz, noise, a capella and … read more »

The band is no longer active under this name. Here are links to their current projects: Laurenz:     Loneley Inc. Polkov have been the big surprise of the Austrian music year 2014 and are now out there to find the “Promised … read more »

The quartet Polwechsel, founded by Werner Dafeldecker and Michael Moser – and after some changes in the line-up now since 2004 include Burkhard Beins and Martin Brandlmayr – is said to be one of the most stringent and radical ensembles at the … read more »

Vienna based producer/singer/songwriter PRESSYES has been working on his music in quiet for an extended period. Hidden away from the public’s eyes and ears, sheltered in his studio behind a stash of analog synthesizers, he worked on turning his vision of summery … read more »

“In spite of all the wild things that are in a flow here, this music always has that calming clarity that otherwise only happens when listening to Bach’s cello suites, but which is also immensely warm.” – Victoriah Szirmai, JAZZTHETIK (DE) It … read more »

Blues, honky tonk, and melancholic country is what the audience can expect when Chris Comper hits the stage as PRINZ GRIZZLEY. It is a mix of Austrian alpine culture expressed through the sounds of Americana. Heartbreak, loneliness, and melancholy are universal experiences … read more »

Jazz music of a tremendously elegant quality, the kind that does not linger in the classical realm, but rather unfolds many interesting interconnections to other styles. Purple is the Color sets sail to special musical shores, to shores on which the dignified … read more »

Purple Muscle Car has been on the road since the end of 2022, taking their audiences on musical journeys. These often take them to the urban regions of the world, where the sounds of jazz cafés, hip hop, indie and EDM clubs … read more »

Jonny Kölbl (Styrian harmonica & percussion), Leo Waltersdorfer (vibraphone & percussion) and Hannes Schöggl (marimba & percussion) from the trio Quetsch `n’ Vibes prove in an impressive way that folk music does not always have to sound the same, but can also … read more »