The Elevate Festival is an annual 5-day interdisciplinary festival in Graz focusing on cultural, political, and society issues. Its unique program of concerts, performances, lectures, and other events connects political discourse with art, avant-garde electronic music, and audiovisual experiment; the festival will … read more »
So much of the music we hear now is condensed into bite-size packets, with the catchy bits front-loaded to catch people’s attention before they scroll to the next thing. Thus, it’s incredibly pleasant to listen to music that is emphatically not in … read more »
Radian are considered pioneers of the Viennese electronic scene. For two decades this trio has dedicated themselves to the research and development of new electronic soundscapes. Radian is Martin Brandlmayr (drums, electronics), John Norman (bass), and Martin Siewert (guitars, electronics), who have been influenced … read more »
The Austrian formations FEDERSPIEL and RADIAN received a very special honour this year. Both acts were featured on the best-of list for January 2017 from the Prize os the German Record Critics. The young seven member brass ensemble from Lower Austria has … read more »
RADIAN are considered pioneers of the Viennese electronic scene. For two decades this trio has dedicated themselves to the research and development of new electronic soundscapes. Now, just in time for their 20th anniversary, they have released a new album, “On dark … read more »
The joint project between the Austrian experimental formation Radian and the American country rocker Howe Gelb is an unexpected musical collaboration, with the resulting album “Radian verses Howe Gelb” (Radian Releases/Trost) being a fine example of what happens when complete opposites collide. … 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 »