The MaMA Festival features more than 100 showcases in 3 days, in 12 venues from 150 to 1400 cap in the lively Pigalle-Montmartre Parisian neighborhood. (La Cigale, La Boule Noire, Les Trois Baudets, Le Bus Palladium, Backstage by the mill, La Machine … read more »
LEYYA: “ANYONE LOOKING FOR SUBSTANCE WILL FIND IT WITH US”
In 2016 LEYYA released their debut album “Spanish Disco”. It brought them success well beyond the borders of Austria. The single “Superego” landed at the top of the FM4 charts and they reached the pinnacle of the alternative Olympus with the FM4 … read more »
“THE LOOP MACHINE REPLACES NARRATION” – AN INTERVIEW WITH BERNHARD LANG
The Upper Austrian composer Bernhard Lang, who made his international breakthrough with his piece “Theater der Wiederholungen”, has written the music and libretto for a new “Parsifal” on behalf of the WIENER FESTWOCHEN. JONATHAN MEESE, SIMONE YOUNG, the KLANGFORUM WIEN and the … read more »
INDIREKT FESTIVAL – June 1-4, Umag
For the fifth year in a row, Indirekt Festival in Umag, Croatia, gathers the local and regional independent scene and stages some of the best kept musical secrets in Europe. The team behind Indirekt Music & Art Festival started in 2013 and … read more »
AN INTERVIEW WITH LEON LEDER (ASFAST)
LEON LEDER aka ASFAST is one of the most promising new discoveries of the Austrian club scene. The experimental electronic producer from Graz has been exciting audiences with reduced, concise tracks that combine elements of diverse progressive club genres from grime to … read more »
ARAMBOA – “MEREON MATRIX”
Evocative, groovy, deep: the Salzburg band ARAMBOA released their debut album on May 18th. It’s not just a first work, it’s a masterpiece. Cover “Mereon Matrix” Originally going by the name Black Lotus Experiment, they eventually changed their name to Aramboa. The … read more »
THE REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL NYC EDITION 2017 feat. LEYYA
At the beginning of June 2017, experimental/electronic-pop formation Leyya will be heading to New York City together with six other European bands and a host of representatives from the European music business as part of the Reeperbahn Festival’s NYC Edition. For the … read more »
NIHILS – PERSPECTIVES
Good things come to those who wait. And although the members of NIHILS have known each other for twenty years, the really good things are coming to those who have been waiting the longest. Their fans. Because after breaking out onto the … read more »
GUDRUN VON LAXENBURG – “PANIC!”
Energy, energy, energy. That would be the only possible short review of the debut album from GUDRUN VON LAXENBURG. The trio, which has been making danceable alternative techno for years now, have finally released their debut album “PANIC!” on Skint/BMG. If there … read more »
MOLLY – A PROMISE FOR THE FUTURE
This band still qualifies as an insiders-tip, but probably not for long: MOLLY have all that it takes for greatness. The duo’s music offers a wonderfully timeless dreampop-sound with that certain addictive something, creating those moments that you can just fall into. … read more »