After a period of fairly humane weather, Mother Nature has turned on the broiler, and everything and everyone is moving a little more s l o w l y around here..but the Austrian music scene waits for no one! Hot (and we … read more »
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Austrian Music Highlights – June 2024
June is bustin’ out all over! And so, it must be said, is Austrian music. The official beginning of summer brings with it early summer tours, new releases, and much, much more. Take a deep breath of humid, pollen-filled air, and rejoice: … read more »
Songs of the Sea: Zanshin on his New Album “Ok Ocean”
Zanshin’s music has always been on the dense side: the last thing one would have expected from him is a full-on detour into ambient music – but that’s what Ok Ocean (out now on Affine Records) turned out to be. The bombast … read more »
Austrian Music Highlights: May 2024
May! A month on the cusp of spring and summer, where the mornings are still cool and the year still seems full of promise (even though we’re already coming up on the halfway point). The headline this month is a slew (from … read more »
Compassion, Memory, Commitment: Ingrid Schmoliner’s “MNEEM”
At the Wien Modern festival in 2019, the Vienna Konzerthaus was treated to a one-hour tour de force from pianist Ingrid Schmoliner. Now, the performance is available as a meticulously designed physical release on Ventil Records. Christoph Benkeser recently spoke to Schmoliner … read more »
FM4 Soundpark Act of the Month: Jon Gravy
Vienna producer Jon Gravy has just released his third album, 21 Dreams. The songs on the record are equally well suited to headphones and to the dance floor, and have made him the FM4 Soundpark Act for March. A visit to his … read more »
Honesty and Serendipity: Simon Raab On His New Solo Album
Simon Raab is known primarily as the leader of the band Purple Is The Color. Now, the album those things falling (Edition Ö1) features the pianist for the first time as a solo artist – in the truest sense of the word: … read more »
Austrian Music Highlights: November 2023
The feel of the wind slapping you in the face…the smell of burnt chestnuts…feeling your “transition coat” gradually soak through because the fashion gods have dictated that, for some unfathomable reason, fall outerwear does not need to be waterproof: it’s November in … read more »
She Hopes You’re Watching: Viji is the FM4 Soundpark Act in November
So Vanilla is the debut album by FM4’s Soundpark Act of the Month, Austrian-Brazilian musician Viji: twelve songs about living with – and next to – one another. Viji’s debut album doesn’t make you wait long. There’s no intro, just a chord … read more »
The Pursuit of Ecstasy: Lukas Kranzelbinder & Shake Stew
Lukas Kranzelbinder wasn’t planning on releasing an album with Shake Stew this year, but some things are just meant to be. Lila, the band’s sixth LP, was released on October 13th – and what an album it is, combining the band’s familiar … read more »