In the 2000s, Abboud Hashem (a.k.a. Asifeh / Stormtrap) was a major figure in the first generation of Palestinian hip-hop; Firas Shehadeh, a native of Jordan, became part of the second. Hashem’s most recent release is a 2020 album of beats on … read more »
If we had to describe the Austrian jazz and global music scene in a word, we’d have to go with “rich, vibrant, kaleidoscopic…” Okay: it’s impossible to describe it in a single word, because there’s no single ‘Austrian sound’: it’s a prismatic … read more »
It’s no exaggeration to say that the Austrian jazz scene is experiencing something of a renaissance. Proof, if it were needed, can be found in the keen international interest in jazz from Austria, regardless of style. New generations of musicians are following … read more »
A portrait of the Vienna drum-and-bass scene
We are in a time in which rock music of any kind is more and more replaced by other forms of music. Those that you can record faster, alone in a home studio and, to some extent, require fewer instrumental skills. However, … read more »
A slightly overlapping sequel to this “Telling of stories without claiming completeness” from 2013 by Stefan „Trishes“ Trischler (Radio FM4) When the noughties turned into the tens, hip hop in Austria still sounded largely like the so-called “Golden Era” ideal that producers … read more »
Pushing boundaries: towards new horizons Composers require performers to make their art heard. As trivial as this observation might seem at first, there were not always lots of performers available. In the initial decades following World War II, composers were confronted with … read more »
The thing that sets the Austrian jazz scene apart these days, that for which it is known and valued even beyond it’s borders, is the immense musical diversity present here. Whether in the traditional formats, the large or small ensembles, the experimental … read more »
Wunderkind? Wether ironically meant or not, it is a label the Lower Austrian beat producer WANDL has to live with thanks to his collaborations with German language rappers like CRACK IGNAZ and YUNG HURN. Lukas Wandl grew up near the big city, … read more »
The Latin-American music scene in Vienna is as varied as the continent they come from: singers and instrumentalists from everywhere have ended up in Vienna – from Brazil and Mexico as well as from the Dominican Republic and Argentina. What was the … read more »