Artist applications for Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) 2022 are now open. The festival takes place Jan 19-22, 2022 and you can submit your application until September 1st, 2021. ESNS is the key exchange and networking platform for European music, with a proven track record … read more »
Founded 20 years ago, the INTERSTELLAR RECORDS label is one of the most active and multifaceted hubs of experimental music between noise, free jazz, ambient, post-rock, electronica and whatever else is “on the edge” and permanently in process. The label also stands … read more »
For all of music history, composers have been inspired by related art forms, scientific disciplines, the wonder of nature or the supernatural. In order to open up new perspectives and listening experiences, they are continuously breaking new ground. They calculate constellations, observe … read more »
CHRISTIAN REINER is this year’s Artist in Residence at the 41st INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL SAALFELDEN (August 16th-22nd, 2021). In light of this, Arianna Fleur spoke with CHRISTIAN REINER about his heavy metal days, his love for handicraft, the suffocation of expectation, who … read more »
The FM4 Soundpark is a web-platform, community, and radio show for Austrian musicians. Every month, one act is selected to be highlighted both online and on air: The FM4 Soundpark Act of the Month. The Viennese rapper from Mariahilf (7th district) is currently … read more »
This year, for the fifth time, the XA MUSIC EXPORT AWARD will be presented as part of WAVES VIENNA 2021. The aim of the award is to support Austrian musicians at an early stage of their career. A special focus is on … read more »
EMX’s Canadian Export Hip-Hop & Rap Lab: Open Call for European participants to join digital trade mission to Canada, planned for Nov/Dec 2021. Application deadline is September 13th, 2021. In a Nutshell As part of the EMX project, we’re looking for: 15 … read more »
BRENK SINATRA delivers smooth beats all over the world. For his latest album, which has the greatest dose of a summer feeling to date, he and his team have started a label. As part of the series on Austrian producers, Stefan Niederwieser … read more »
“I owe him so much. So do many of us.” Thus arrived the news of Peter Rehberg’s passing, via an Instagram post on 22 July 2021 by François Bonnet, collaborator, friend, and artistic director of French electroacoustic institution GRM. “Safe travels Peter … read more »
For seven years now, the UNSAFE+SOUNDS FESTIVAL has been presenting trend-setting musical positions of a contemporary culture that resists the prescriptions of the mainstream, and critically and reflectively depicts the reality that surrounds us, sometimes with radical results. What unites the participating … read more »