“NO ARTISTIC APPROACH? I‘D BEG TO DIFFER ON THAT!” With his label MINIMALSOUL RECORDINGS, founded in 2003, followed by MSR DISTRO distribution, TJ HICKS aka ALTROY has been promoting the visibility of Austrian techno for a long time, both at home and … read more »
The interdisciplinary festival for electronic music, art, and politics will be taking place between the 1-5th of March in Graz. For the first time in its 13 year history the festival will be taking place at the beginning of the year, kicking … read more »
Expressive, explosive and the most beautiful mullet around: ANKATHIE KOI let’s it really rip. Her new album “I Hate the Way You Chew” is set for release in April, but she has offered a taste of things to come with her single … read more »
The Sónar music festival (16-18 June 2016, Barcelona) has developed into a cultural behemoth since it’s inception in 1994. What started as a collaboration between a music journalist and two musicians/visual artists has grown to become a global brand showcasing both emerging … read more »
“Electronic music on vacation” Lanterna Island, Porec/Croatia, May 25-29, 2016 For the 4th time, the Lighthouse Festival will open its doors in Porec, Croatia this weekend. The underground electronic music festival was created by the former Pratersauna Vienna crew, with an international … read more »
Zajedno Zusammen, Belgrade/Serbia Various Locations June 19 – July 15, 2014 On the 19th of June, the Serbian capital of Belgrade will commence the first festival highlighting current music from Austria under the title “Zajedno Zusammen”. The festival will present exciting projects … read more »
Austrian Heartbeats Arktis/Air | Fijuka | Mimu | Wandl # 01 selected by Patrick Pulsinger Austrian Heartbeats is a new CD series launched by mica – music austria and col legno to provide an unusual listening experience by featuring the music of … read more »
Popfest Wien, Vienna July 25th – 28th 2013 Today heralds the long awaited festival start of the Popfest Wien! After a series of hot, sweat dripping summer days in the city, the weather forecast for today predicts a storm. Indeed, a storm … read more »
In the years since 2000 Austrian electronic musicians were not as omnipresent as in the previous decade. However there were still a lot of exciting approaches and developments. A brief overview by Sebastian Fasthuber. You could probably write a whole book about … read more »
Houztekk Recordsis a label that cannot be pigeonholed into any particular music genre. Right from the start the three label heads Maximilian Meindl, Jürgen Höglinger und Thomas Kronlachner never surrendered to any conventional practices in terms of their artist selection.