Avantgarde-pop formation 5K HD are one out of eight acts to win the Music Moves Europe Talent Award 2020! All winners were revealed during a vibrant award ceremony hosted by the glamorous Austrian singer Tom Neuwirth aka Conchita WURST in the Stadsschouwburg … read more »
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6 Austrian Acts at Eurosonic Noorderslag 2020
Eurosonic Noorderslag 2020 will be the first official gathering of the music industry in the upcoming year. Taking place from January 15-18 in Groningen, the Dutch festival features Europe’s most promising up-and-coming artists and gathers the most important stakeholders of the music … read more »
Music Moves Europe Talent Awards: Nominees 2020
The Music Moves Europe Talent Awards (MMETA) are the new European Union Prize for popular and contemporary music. The MMETA is celebrating European music and rewards eight outstanding emerging artists every year at Eurosonic Norderslaag (ESNS). The award recognizes the artists’ international … read more »
Austrian artists at Reeperbahn Festival 2019
From 18 – 21 September 2019, the Reeperbahn Festival will again present more than 900 events spanning a range of genres in locations around Hamburg’s Reeperbahn. In addition to some 600 concerts by international artists held in a wide variety of venues, … read more »
Manu Mayr: Messenger of a new generation
As the bass player in KOMPOST 3 and 5K HD, MANU MAYR moves between jazz and pop. His solo works are dedicated to sound research, and this Viennese man’s versatility is very well illustrated by projects such as SCHTUM and GABBEH. In … read more »
Austrian Acts at Haldern Pop 2019
Haldern Pop is an annual open air music festival, first held in 1984 in Germany. From August 8-10, 2019 the small village Haldern welcomes the Haldern Pop festival and its diverse guests. From Austria Soap&Skin and Elektro Guzzi, up-and-comers 5K HD, singer songwriter Felix Kramer, and Thirsty Eyes … read more »
United Colors of Primavera Sound
It may have been the best PRIMAVERA SOUND ever, 5K HD have contributed to that. Stefan Niederwieser takes a look back at Primavera Sound 2019 and the Austrian supergroup 5K HD performing at the unique festival. colorful facets of the whole world There … read more »
Austrian artists at Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige
Since 1982, the Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige has presented hundreds of jazz artists throughout the whole of South Tyrol and beyond. The festival not only relies on well-known names and famous ensembles. Young musicians and unusual collaborations can be experienced on the … read more »
An interview with Mira Lu Kovacs
There are cracks in the space-time continuum, there must be, how else is MIRA LU KOVACS supposed to cope with: curating a medium-heavy festival, play in three full-fledged bands (5K HD, Schmieds Puls, My Ugly Clementine) performing at the festival PRIMAVERA SOUND … read more »
Focus Acts 2019 – an international springboard for local bands
FOCUS ACTS 2019: 5K HD, CHRISTOPH PEPE AUER, CARI CARI, DIVES, PETROL GIRLS, SINFONIA DE CARNAVAL and YUKNO receive top funding from the Federal Chancellery. For the fifth time now, Austrian Music Export and the Austrian Federal Chancellery award the FOCUS ACTS … read more »