For four days this coming October, the international music industry will once again convene in the cities of Vienna and Bratislava to attend one of the world’s most cutting-edge industry get-togethers and networking events: the Waves Music Festival & Conference. The festival’s showcase concerts provide ample opportunity to discover exciting new performers from around the world. From September 30 – October 4, 2015, tons of concerts will take place at various venues throughout the city of Vienna, with an additional plethora of acts performing in the neighboring capital of Slovakia, Bratislava. Among the countless international newcomers at this year’s festival installment are plenty of outstanding Austrian acts that are not be missed – just to name a few: Mynth, We Walk Walls, Namby Pamby Boy, Ankathie Koi, Mother’s Cake, and many more!
Find below a compiled list with details on all Austrian acts performing in Vienna:
Performing Thursday, October 1, 2015
Performing Friday, October 2, 2015
Performing Saturday, October 3, 2015
WAVES Vienna Location Map
Austrian Acts Performing in Bratislava
WAVES Festival Link: http://www.wavescentraleurope.com/
WAVES Vienna Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wavesvienna
PERFORMING THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2015
HREN
Venue: Heuer (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 7:00 PM > 7:45 PM
Since their debut album in 2015, Wælder form an essential part of the electronic scene. Moritz Nahold’s solo project Hren is built on Wælder’s sound, however his brute basses and experimental fragmentats lead even deeper into the abyss of electronic noise music.
soundcloud.com/waelder
LIAN
Venue: Ottakringer Stage @ Porgy & Bess (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 8:00 PM > 8:40 PM
How does a new band best catch people’s attention? Exactly – by releasing teaser clips which look like adverts for denim jackets (Gebrüder Stitch). Only the last video of the series solved the mystery: there is indeed a new rock band in Austria.
Gasmac Gilmore
Venue: Alte Post Festival Centre (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 8:15 PM > 9:00 PM
With a mix of polka, sinister sounds, and rough heavy metal riffs, Gasmac Gilmore build a bridge between Eat and West. They are currently working on their new album, which will be presented at Waves Vienna.
www.gasmacgilmore.com
THE UNUSED WORD
Venue: Heuer (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 8:15 PM > 9:00 PM
Singer and songwriter Anna Schauberger aka The Unused Word has quite an impressive life career. The Styrian is a multi-instrumentalis, a solo-pianist, the founder of a choir, just to mention a few… Her music is a blend of different genres, reflecting the impacts of her numerous journeys throughout the world. www.facebook.com/The.unused.word
HEARTS HEARTS
Venue: Badeschiff (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 8:30 PM > 9:15 PM
Hearts Hearts, formerly known as Ford Madox Ford, recorded their debut album ,Young’ on their own initiative. They found their final place in the field of indie-electronica after a long quest for their musical indentity. They describe their debut album as a result of ,musical diversity and asthetic self-will’.
www.soundcloud.com/ford-madox-ford
GRANADA
Venue: Ottakringer Stage @ Porgy & Bess (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 9:00 PM > 9:40 PM
You won’t find much about Granada even in the deep of darkweb. Reportedely the Austrian Effi is involved in “Palmen am Balkon”, a buoyant song about those who stay at home during summer, preferring their own balconies to Jesolo.
www.facebook.com/granadamusik
UCIEL – DJ Set
Venue: Rave Tram (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 9:00 PM > 10:30 PM
Whenever Uciel aka Jürgen Höglinger is DJing, he immediately mesmerizes his audience. For more than 15 years, the guy from Upper Austria has known how to celebrate the dancefloor bringing out the proper flow.
https://soundcloud.com/uciel-houztekk-records
ANT ANTIC
Venue: Alte Post Festival Centre (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 9:45 PM > 10:30 PM
Marco Kleebauer had actually only been looking for a singer for his solo project when he found Tobias Koett. The final result is the band Ant Antic. The duo released their first EP “Blood Sugar” earlier this year, which features songs that fluctuate between ambient, electronic, and contemporary R&B.
www.soundcloud.com/antantic
MAXIMILIAN MEINDL – DJ Set
Venue: Rave Tram (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 10:30 PM > 12:00 AM
Maximilian Meindl aka M-Fx uses sound to tell stories. He travels through the musical universe and creates strong emotions. Heis a passionate DJ, producer and founding member of Houztekk Records. As a curator he is responsible for numerous international and national projects in the field of electronic music.
https://soundcloud.com/m-fx
MOTHER’S CAKE
Venue: Badeschiff (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 11:00 PM > 12:00 PM
Newcomer Award 2013, support for international acts, performances at the biggest clubs, venues, and festivals in Austria, their first single a hit on YouTube – these are just a few of the achievement of the local progressive rock trio Mother’s Cake.
www.motherscake.com
ROBB
Venue: Schwarzberg/Ost Klub (VIE)
[instead of canceled venue Haus der Musik Foyer]
Thu, October 1, 11:15 PM > 12:00 PM
The band Robb are five young men who know only too well how to relief from momotony. Their debut EP “Clay” is the proof, providing a mixture of funk and R&B. https://www.facebook.com/officialrobb
MYNTH
Venue: Ottakringer Stage @ Porgy & Bess (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 12:00 AM > 12:40 AM
The electro pop duo Mynth consists of the twins Giovanna and Mario, who travelled all he way to Norway for the recording of their first EP “Polar Night”. Up north, they tried to capture the melancholic mood of the never-ending nights in their music. The outcome are halting beats, ambient synth sounds, and soft voices.
www.facebook.com/mynthmusic
NICOLE JAEY
Venue: Alte Post Festival Centre (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 12:30 AM > 1:15 AM
On her most recent LP “Jaeyn”, singer and producer Nicole Jaey collaborates with producer Harry Jen. The record merges soup, pop, house, and future garage to a grand piece of music in which the singer tells stories of love.
www.jaey.at
NUTRASWEET – DJ Set
Venue: Rave Tram (VIE)
Thu, October 1, 1:00 AM > 3:00 AM
Originally a child of the rock’n’roll, the native born Upper Austrian was infected by the electronic music scene in the mid nineties. Nowadays Nutrasweet’s DJ sets are danceable and deep. His sound is driving but never brute. The perfect symbiosis for head and feet.
https://soundcloud.com/nutrasweet
PERFORMING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2015
LE TOY
Venue: Haymarket (VIE)
Fri, October 2, 6:15 PM > 7:00 PM
Vienna-based Le Toy love scabious basses, cracking guitars, full sythesizers, and silky female vocals, so they intermingled all those elements to create disco metal. However, they hate to be pigeonholed, they rather seize all of the pigeon cot.
www.facebook.com/letoy.music
LYLIT
Venue: Haymarket (VIE)
Fri, October 2, 7:45 PM > 8:30 PM
The energy Lylit’s radiating is breathtaking. Her music is condensing gospel, jazz, classical and, of course, soul. Moreover, she’s an excellent pianist and most probably one of the most gifted musicians Austria currently can offer.
www.lylit.com
ANJA CHIARA
Venue: KiP (Kunst im Prückl) (VIE)
Fri, October 2, 8:00 PM > 8:45 PM
The young Viennese musician Anja Chiara makes music which reflects various situations in her life. Her song “Solitude”, for instance, is about the journey of discovering what life is all about and what one needs to be happy.
www.facebook.com/anjachiaramusic
LEA SANTEE
Venue: Alte Post Festival Centre (VIE)
Fri, October 2, 8:15 PM > 9:00 PM
Lea Stöger and Manuel Hosp are the electro-pop/R&B duo Lea Santee. They’ve been writing and producing songs together since 2013 and their first EP “Set This Fire” will be released later this year. The song “Hopeless” is already available via SoundCloud and was played 30,000 times in just a few days.
www.soundcloud.com/lea-santee
WE WALK WALLS
Canceled concert
We walk Walls are four young artists from Austria, who recorded their first album within only ten days. However, they succeeded to stick to their sound without being repetitive. Their subtle arrangements come across like having been knocked out.
www.wewalkwalls.com
NEUSCHNEE
Venue: Künstlerhaus Passage (VIE)
Fri, October 2, 9:00 PM > 10:00 PM
Hans Wagner’s voice and his incorruptibly honest poetry embedded in the verve of an eloborately arranged string quartet are the animating spirit of Neuschnee’s music. While the quartet is taking the musical lead, drums, bass-synth and electronic sounds join in. Their musical influences span the range from the music of the renaissance to as far as grunge, their songs range from artsy to raw, from fragile to vehement.
www.neuschneemusik.org
PORTHA
Venue: Xpedit Lager (VIE)
Fri, October 2, 9:15 PM > 10:00 PM
Portha is a freshly founded music collective, based in Vienna. Evolving from indie/noise-pop group Human Shout that has been roving around Vienna’s underground music scene for over a decade, half of its original formation is now turning to new frontiers. They will be playing their very first live show at Waves Vienna, 2015.
http://soundcloud.com/portha
ANKATHIE KOI
Venue: Alte Post Festival Centre (VIE)
Fri, October 2, 9:30 PM > 10:15 PM
Ankathie Koi is one half of the successful Austrian pop duo Fijuka. The musician’s debut record, which doesn’t diverge much from the Fijuka sound (pop, disco, and a pinch of 80’s), has just been released and instantly created a stir in the local music scene.
www.ankathiekoi.com
TOJU KAE
Venue: Heuer (VIE)
Fri, October 2, 9:30 PM > 10:15 PM
Toju Kae is a minimalist with a rascal clinging on his neck. On his new album “Unfold” Toju Kae summarises the dominant hymnal and repetitive vibes of his previous productions, but adds a sense of rawness and the atmosphere of departure.
www.tojukae.com
ELSA TOOTSIE & THE MINI BAND
Canceled concert
After the breakup of his band BeefcakeSuckers and some problems with his studio, Elsa Tootsie is trying to digest his worries in acoustic songs. It’s thanks to his friends that he’s back on stage today, armed with his voice and a guitar and accompanied by his Mini Band.
www.elsatootsie.bandcamp.com
KONEA RA
Venue: Künstlerhaus Basement (VIE)
Fri, October 2, 10:15 PM > 11:00 PM
The interplay of Stephanie Zamagna’s soulful voice and the sound of multi-instrumentalist Matthias Cermak culminate to the very unique, urban, and luscious electro pop of Konea Ra. Moreover, they definitely know how to interlink electronic music with the soundscape of R’n’B.
koneara.com
PURPLE SOULS
Venue: Heuer (VIE)
Fri, October 2, 10:45 PM > 11:30 PM
Salzburg-based band Purple Souls know perfectly how to move masterly between alternative and guitar-heavy pop. Having performed several gigs and also shows as a support act for artists like Awolnation, Crystal Fighters, or recently AC/DC, they currently are producing their debut album.
www.purplesouls.com
PERFORMING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2015
LEHNEN
Venue: Red Bull Brandwagen (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 7:00 PM > 7:45 PM
Their latest album “Reaching Over Ice And Waves” is dealing with the effects of continous travelling to person’s life and progress. Lehnen usually spare the lyrics, totally concentrating on the sounds of rock and post-rock music.
www.lehnenmusic.com
LIKE ELEPHANTS
Venue: Künstlerhaus Basement (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 8:00 PM > 8:45 PM
The five guys of Like Elephants, an indie-pop band, write versatile lyrics leaving much room to imaginaton and interpretation. Also, their lyrics send a clear message to society. The song “Don’t Forget to Breathe” deals with our dependency to technologies and modern media.
likeelephantsmusic.bandpage.com
SCHMUSECHOR
Venue: KiP (Kunst im Prückl) (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 8:00 PM > 8:45 PM
The Schmusechor seems to brim over with (their) scenic talent and overwhelms with newly arranged songs from Kanye West, Robyn and Beethoven. Their target? To similarly spread singing and canoodling – two, sexy, intimate, and inalienable connected activities.
www.facebook.com/schmusechor
AVEC
Canceled concert
Music giving you the creeps thoroughly combined with profound, deep words—that’s Avec. Her throaty, soft voice is irridiating an amazing degree of maturity, actually grooving her appearance. Avec’s debut album will be released end of 2015.
www.facebook.com/officialAVEC
FILAMENT
Venue: Ottakringer Stage @ Porgy & Bess (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 8:30 PM > 9:15 PM
Filament are vocalist Mimu Merz and cellist Lukas Lauermann. Lauermann’s instrument, some electronic and Merz’s voice, going to and fro from between spoken word and carol, crate acoustic landscapes stretching from walls of sound to fragile noise.
CARDIOCHAOS
Venue: Künstlerhaus Passage (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 8:45 PM > 9:30 PM
Cardiochaos is the solo project of the electronic singer Peter Brunner. He describes his debut album “DDNOS” as a doorway to a world full of lucid dreams, semi-conscious states, and pseudo-hallucinations. The musician’s second album “TWFHW” will be released in October 2015.
Cardio Chaos (Facebook)
NAMBY PAMBY BOY
Venue: Xpedit Lager (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 9:15 PM > 10:00 PM
Burning guitars, steel-made basses, a steam-powered saxophone – that’s the stuff concerning a real Namby Pamby Boy. They say they are an indie band with an educational mandate and thus Namby Pamby Boy redefine the term ‘garage band’ making even young people who are totally ignorant of jazz dance to their eclectic compositions.
www.nambypambyboy.com
INNER TONGUE
Venue: Künstlerhaus Basement (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 9:15 PM > 10:00 PM
Inner Tongue is sort of enigmatic, not even telling his real name. However, it’s well known that even problems with his vocal chords could kjeep him from writing texts and tunes. As soon as the Viennese regained his ability to speak, he took up singing again, and produced his EP ,Tz, Ka’ right away. ,Tz, Ka’ is all about his comeback, nicely highlighted by electronic sounds.
www.facebook.com/innertongue
COLOSTRUM
Venue: Heuer (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 9:30 PM > 10:15 PM
Colostrum is new electronic Music from Austria. The guy behind Colostrum has been one of the most productive musicians of the local music scene for years. When he had to quit his career as a jazz drummer due to a hand injury, he made the best of it and has built up a studio.
www.soundcloud.com/colostrum
POLA RIOT
Venue: Badeschiff (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 9:45 PM > 10:30 PM
Pola-Riot have been part of the Viennese club scene for quite a while now. They produce remixes for others and regularly play at the hottest festivals in Austria and abroad. Their sound is made up of electro, future techno, and house and can be heard on their forth and most recent EP “Rubicon”, released in 2014.
www.facebook.com/polariot
AKJELA
Venue: Badeschiff (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 11:00 PM > 11:45 PM
It doesn’t happen very often that an Austrian band singing in the vernacular makes one dance. Akjela easily manage to do so with cool, urban drum loops and the souly voice of singer Anji Hinke. On their album “Lauf”, which will be released in September, Akjela tell of grand emotions and stories from every life.
www.akjela.com
AUSTRIAN APPAREL
Venue: Künstlerhaus Basement (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 11:30 AM > 0:30 AM
Dominik Traun and Sebastian Wasner are inspired by outer space, infinite distances, and alien galaxies. Their kind of techno is a dense mist made of spheric synthie planes, futuristic beats, and cool melancholy. Beside club music they create sound designs for the theatre.
www.facebook.com/austrianapparel
CLARA BLUME
Venue: Alte Post Festival Centre (VIE)
Sat, October 3, 00:30 AM > 01:30 AM
Clara Blume is not just a singer and entertainer with all her heart; with her “Singer Songwriter Circus” she also supports young Austrian musicians. On her debut album “Here Comes Everything”, she blends her warm voice with pop-rock, indie, and jazz elements to create a sublime record full of interesting stories.
www.clarablume.com