“5 Million Pesos” is a monthly concert and radio broadcast series of young jazz in and from Austria – presented by Radiokulturhaus Vienna and the Ö1 jazz department.
Anja Om Plus
Anja Obermayer – vocals, piano, guitar, loop
Also on board: Veronika Sterrer, Ricarda Oberneder, Mira Perusich, Lucia Karning. (vocals, piano, drum, synth bass)
In 2022, singer and composer Anja Obermayer aka Anja Om caused quite a stir with her debut album “Egocentric Vision”: Artful polyphonic songs, fed by jazz, pop and soul influences, recorded using a loop station, mostly by the singer herself, who cloned herself into a vocal ensemble and also took on the piano part.
The formation Anja Om Plus with “analog” background voices was the logical consequence – here Obermayer has her vocals framed by the vocals of proven colleagues, such as Ursula Reicher and Lucia Leena, who have also emerged as composers and bandleaders themselves.
The result is a velvety-soft, luxurious ensemble sound in which distinctive songs are wrapped that thematically revolve around individuality and emotionality and – as Anja Obermayer’s homepage puts it – tell “stories of being human”.
In collaboration with the Ö1 jazz editorial team.
Concert: January 10th, 8 p.m. @ Studio 3 at Radiokulturhaus Vienna
Broadcast: Katharina Osztovics presents the concert and interviews Anja Obermayer – Night of Jan. 18 (Jan. 19, 00:05)