Hardly any other record company has been associated with the big Viennese electronic music hype of the nineties as much as the independent label G-Stone Recordings, founded in 1994 by the two music producers and DJs Richard Dorfmeister and Peter Kruder. At … read more »
If one were to describe Martin Reiter with just a few words, the most fitting would be multitudinous, innovative, and virtuoso. The native-born Viennese musician is a musical free spirit, considered essentially an instrumental composer who is not afraid to perpetually cross … read more »
Heinz Riegler can lay claim to a very successful alternative music career, albeit in Australia. In the meantime he has garnered foothold in Austria, where he moves between elegiac sound landscapes and video art, which we find an example of on his … read more »
The color palette of musical styles has never been as widespread as it is today. The spectrum ranges from classical music, jazz, world music, pop, rock and electronic music in all its varieties, but at the same time this is not necessarily … read more »
Competition open to composers of any nationalities, without limit of age.
After the successful launch in 2011, the club and showcase festival Waves Vienna will be entering its second round this fall from the 4th – 7th of October 2012. To enhance the anticipation, the festival director Thomas Heher and Austrian Music Exporteur … read more »
City Showcase: Spotlight London has announced its 10th Anniversary event taking place from the 9th-13th of October 2012 in Central London and is now open for registration.
As part of the Popfest Vienna’s program taking place from the 26th – 29th of July, the two-day conference will focus on the conditions of the current pop music scene and the economic aspects of new (local) pop music. Aesthetic dimensions, economic …
July 9, 2012
festivals, local news
Jelena Popržan and Rina Kaçinari are the perfect example of how one, without problem, breaks boundaries and freely traverses borders; not only musically, but having both been raised in conflict-laden countries, the one from Serbia, and the other from Kosovo-Albania respectively, have … read more »
Electronic pop music that is a little more out of the ordinary and more of an art claim than fit for the mass appeal – this is how the duo UMA confronts its listeners on the debut album “Drop Your Soul” (Seayou … read more »