As part of the WAVES VIENNA FESTIVAL & CONFERENCE, the XA-Export Award is presented annually. Out of six nominated Austrian acts, rapper BEX emerged as this year’s winner of the XA – Export Award 2023. With her hot performance at the venue … read more »
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WAVES VIENNA Conference 2023
From September 7th – 9th, 2023, the WAVES VIENNA CONFERENCE, organized by Waves Vienna, mica – music austria and Austrian Music Export, will take place for the 13th time at WEST Space (Augasse 2-6, 1090 Wien). As always, the festival will feature a wide … read more »
“WE GIVE EVERYTHING FOR THIS SOUND” – A PORTRAIT OF THE VIENNA DRUM’N’BASS SCENE
A portrait of the Vienna drum-and-bass scene
13TH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC BUSINESS RESEARCH DAYS: CALL FOR PAPERS
From October 18-20, 2022, the INTERNATIONAL MUSIC BUSINESS RESEARCH DAYS will take place for the thirteenth time at the UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS VIENNA (MDW). This year’s theme is “Parallel Worlds in the Music Industry”. Deadline for application is May … read more »
FM4 Soundpark Act of the Month: LUEK & Marco
The FM4 Soundpark is a web-platform, community, and radio show for Austrian musicians. Every month, one act is selected to be highlighted both online and on air: The FM4 Soundpark Act of the Month. This month the honor goes to LUEK & Marco. … read more »
Kareem: A Whole New World
Prior to the release of his new single “On To You”, Tonica Hunter sat down with the singer songwriter KAREEM ADETORO-IPAYE to recap on his musical journey so far, his artistic inspirations and why (world-) creation is so important for an artist … read more »
Avant Première Music + Media Market Vienna 2022
Avant Première Music + Media Market Vienna 2022 – the largest international trade fair for cultural TV and VOD content, presenting the latest music + dance film productions for worldwide transmission. Avant Première will take place from 14.-17. February 2022 online, offering a … read more »
Crossways in Contemporary Music – Nature II
As part of the project “Crossways in Contemporary Music”, Michael Franz Woels went in search of Austrian composers or composers living in Austria who create an individual approach to nature in their music. While Part 1 deals with new music and nature … read more »
“I just write the songs the way I feel” – XI
Vienna-based musician XI has only released four singles so far, but has already built up a considerable following (especially on Instagram with 16,0000 followers). Strong radio airplay, 1 million plays on YouTube and about 500,000 plays on audio streaming platforms speak for … read more »
“Sound is movement and movement is sound” – Melanie Maar & Christian Schroeder
Based in New York and Vienna, respectively, MELANIE MAAR and CHRISTIAN SCHROEDER have been working together for nearly a decade. Though one of these artists generally works with sound and the other with bodily movement, neither subscribes to categorization, staying in one’s … read more »