It has hardly ever been so easy to secure music and thus repeatedly play the same material the same way. These possibilities of contemporary music reproduction are exactly what Karlheinz Essl defies. This inherent feature demonstrated ever so often in his improvisational … read more »
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 … read more »
Last year the bass clarinetist Christoph Pepe Auer and hang player Manu Delago impressively demonstrated their understanding of reinventing music on their second album “Colouring Book”.
As the first cultural institution behind the Iron Curtain, the Austrian Cultural Forum in Warsaw / Austriackie Kultury Forum addresses its role as an open platform and hub for Polish arts and musicians, as well as for the Polish audience. Due to … read more »
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.
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.
This year the singer Tania Saedi presented an immensely diverse, complex and powerful piece of music with her debut album “Exhale” (Monoscope).
For the 19th time the Austrian Music Fund opened a call to apply for production funding, which 136 Austrian musicians, bands and ensembles followed. As a result, the December call has been the strongest round in the history of the Austrian Music … read more »
It is fair to say that it is currently fun and rewarding to see so many promising indie-pop releases coming from Austria.
Although the local club culture has become somewhat static, it still can surprise in the formal aspect. No project can illustrate this more vividly than Elektro Guzzi. Playing the idea of techno with the means of a classic line-up was first conceived … read more »