A portrait of the Vienna drum-and-bass scene
“WE GIVE EVERYTHING FOR THIS SOUND” – A PORTRAIT OF THE VIENNA DRUM’N’BASS SCENE
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STONER ROCK DOESN’T NEED A DESERT – A PORTRAIT OF THE AUSTRIAN STONER ROCK 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 New Era – Austro Rap 2006-2021
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 »
Copa Kagrana instead of the Copa Cabana – Latin-American Musicians in Vienna
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 »
From Interpreters of Strauss to Turkish Rap: Asian Musicians in Vienna
Asia is geographically the largest continent on the earth: it reaches from Siberia to India, from Lebanon to Japan. And as equally as diverse is the asian music scene in Vienna, almost the entire continent is represented in the city – a … read more »
Between Diaspora and Crossover – The African Music Scene in Vienna
Almost every day, the news headlines are full about people who are currently trying to get to Europe from Africa. However Africa does not only stand for refugees, hunger and war, but also for culture. This scene portrait by Jürgen Plank is … read more »
World Music in Austria
The cultivation of Austrian music is distinctly tied to its respective origins. Be it from here or from elsewhere. Some call it folk music, others world music. The music country Austria has a vast amount of old traditions. From Carinthian choirs to … read more »
Festivals in Austria
THEY DO IT UP ON THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS DOWN BY THE LAKES, BUT ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RURAL VINEYARDS OR GRAND HISTORIC BUILDINGS. AUSTRIANS LIKE TO CELEBRATE THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THEIR COUNTRY BY MEANS OF PUTTING ON FESTIVALS. … read more »
Contemporary Music in Austria
To become a second Tchaikovsky, to hear people whistling his melodies in the street, that’s what ARNOLD SCHÖNBERG dreamt of once upon a time. It doesn’t look as if the wish of this polarising composer, who led the way from atonality to … read more »
A SHORT PORTRAIT OF THE AUSTRIAN METAL SCENE
Visitors from abroad often take predominantly Catholic Austria for some idyllic mix of “The Sound Of Music”, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Wiener Schnitzel. But in the midst of those juicy green pastures, mighty mountain ranges and impressive lakes, this little patch of Central … read more »