DATE
10/04/2012 – 10/07/2012
TICKETS
Available at www.wavesvienna.com
- Festival Pass: € 56
- Day Pass: € 28
- Pro Pass (festival + conference): € 125
- Music Conference (conference only): € 80
- Music Conference Day Pass (conference only, Thursday or Friday): € 50
VENUES
- MS Schlögen
The cruise vessel of the DDSG will be transformed into an additional venue during Waves Vienna. While bands are performing on the weather-proof main deck, you can relax and enjoy a few drinks on the sun deck.
- Flex
Welcome to the institution of Viennese club culture! Since the 1990s, the Flex is known for its sound system which is supposed to be the best in Europe. The Flex is hosting all kinds of different clubs with musical styles ranging from alternative to techno. In addition to the main hall, the expanded Flex Café offers a second dance floor.
- Clubschiff
Large parts of the DDS Johann Strauss have been in full use for many years now. The ship was built on the hull of the DS Carl Ludwig (year of construction: 1853!) and put together with parts of other ships. Since it was decommissioned, it serves as a party location. During Waves Vienna, the steamer will become the FM4 Riverboat. It moreover accommodates the festival centre, the ticket office, and of course a live stage.
- Badeschiff
The Badeschiff is docked at the Danube Canal. The restaurant Holy Moly invites you to take some snacks on the main deck before, in the evenings, the concerts of Waves Vienna start in the cargo hold of the Badeschiff.
- Odeon
The main hall of Vienna’s corn exchange was destroyed by a fire during the last days of the war in 1945, but its structure survived. In that state, it was not usable for 42 years. While preserving the building stock protected as a historical monument, the Serapions Ensemble adapted the hall as an event venue from their own resources and named it Odeon.
- Hotel Stefanie & Hotel City Central
The two hotels of the Schick family located in close proximity to the Odeon theatre will serve as the homestead of the Waves Music Conference on October 4th and 5th. Apart from panels and workshops, there will also be receptions and showcases at the two hotels with long-standing traditions.
- Café Dogenhof
Venetian palazzo splendour and Viennese coffeehouse culture: the Café Dogenhof is truly an original amongst Vienna’s coffeehouses – just like the lady of the house, Ms. Eli. The most charming of the cafés in Leopoldstadt will provide a singer-songwriter stage for Waves Vienna which captivates with its originality and atmosphere.
- Red Bull Brandwagen
Probably the most beautiful tour bus in the world – the Red Bull Brandwagen. To be precise, it is a brand-new Mercedes Vario 816D. 7.1 meters long, 3.3 meters high, and 2.2 meters wide, it rolls around town, provides enough stowage space for a backline and merchandise, and turns into an open-air stage in next to no time.
- Fluc & Fluc Wanne
When talking about the progress of Vienna’s 2nd district, the Fluc is one of the main forces which needs to be mentioned. After having been located in an old canteen, a former pedestrian subway was transformed into the Fluc Wanne right above which young architects had created the Fluc. Located near the amusement park Prater, the club helped to make the area more interesting for younger people.
- Pratersauna
With the Pratersauna taking 2nd place in the category “Best Club 2010” of De:Bug’s readers’ poll, some people already predicted Vienna’s becoming the new Berlin. And without a doubt the former sauna in Vienna’s Prater has become the most significant location in town. The architectural heritage of the 1960s has been remixed with a modern design and the best of electronic music you can imagine.
- Heineken Music Train
Ring ring, all aboard! A tramway of the Vienna Public Transport will be transformed into the Heineken Music Train during the festival. From Thursday to Saturday between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m., the train will run around the Ringstraße.
ARTISTS (in alphabetical order)
- 1984 (fr)
- Anna Aaron (ch)
- Abby Lee Tee (DJ) (at)
- Absynthe Minded (be)
- Mehmet Acuma (DJ) (at)
- Aeromaschine (ro)
- Agent Side Grinder (se)
- And the Golden Choir (de)
- Alex Augustin (DJ) (at)
- The Bianca Story (ch)
- Birgit Bidder (se)
- Florian Blauensteiner (DJ) (at)
- Bloom (sk)
- Botibol (fr)
- Bottled in England (dk)
- Oh-Sophia Brown (DJ) (de)
- Didi Bruckmayr & Mussurunga (at)
- Bunny Lake (at)
- Sera Cahoone (us)
- Charlie Straight (cz)
- Cher Monsieur (DJ) (it)
- Colt Silvers (fr)
- Concrete Knives (fr)
- Curley Sue (DJ) (at)
- Dillon (de)
- Dorn (at)
- Dust Covered Carpet (at)
- DZA (ru)
- Electric Suicide Club (fr)
- Eloui (at)
- Stefan Elsbacher (DJ) (at)
- Esteban’s (at)
- Felix da Houserat (DJ) (at)
- Fenster (de)
- B. Fleischmann (at)
- Friedrich & Ludwig (at)
- Frostfelt (fo)
- Christian Fuchs (DJ) (at)
- Ghostpoet (uk)
- Gold Panda (uk)
- Got Blue Balls (sk)
- Gravenhurst (uk)
- Hal Flavin (lu)
- Franz Hergovich (DJ) (at)
- Housse de Racket (fr)
- HVOB (Her Voice over Boys) (at)
- Inborn (lu)
- Jakobin & Domino (DJ) (at)
- Juveniles (fr)
- Kamp! (pl)
- Kavinsky (fr)
- Kidcat Lo-fi (at)
- Rainer Klang (DJ) (at)
- Björn Kleinhenz (se)
- Koe (DJ) (at)
- Philipp L’heritier (DJ) (at)
- Simon LeBon (DJ) (at)
- LeSale (DJ) (at)
- Lucy Rose (uk)
- Luise Pop (at)
- M-Fx (DJ) (at)
- Mario & Vidis (lt)
- Mike McDonald (DJ) (uk)
- Me and My Drummer (de)
- Mieux (at)
- Mile Me Deaf (at)
- Milk+ (at)
- Miloopa (pl)
- MKID (at)
- Mopedrock (at)
- Thomas Morr (DJ) (de)
- La Mort de Darius (fr)
- Mujuice (ru)
- Murmansk (fi)
- Neodisco (at)
- Nerd Bird (DJ) (at)
- Scout Niblett (us)
- Nive Nielsen & The Deer Children (dk)
- Nova Heart (cn)
- Novika + Lex (pl)
- Nutrasweet (DJ) (at)
- Odd (DJ) (at)
- Orka + Budam (fo)
- Öszibarack (pl)
- Violetta Parisini solo (at)
- Paula & Karol (pl)
- The Pharmacy (us)
- Plus Guest (fr)
- Poétique Électronique (de)
- Mike Polarny (DJ) (pl)
- Professor Leopard (cz)
- Pyjamas (DJ) (at)
- Rahdan (DJ) (at)
- Rak3te (DJ) (at)
- Rangleklods (ak)
- Beda Ranks (DJ) (at)
- Rats on Rafts (nl)
- Roman Rauch (DJ) (at)
- The Raw Men Empire (il)
- Rocketnumbernine (uk)
- Rue Royale (uk)
- Rustie (uk)
- Sagl Fantasy (DJ) (at)
- Sakaris (fo)
- Se.Vero (DJ) (at)
- Sea & Air (de)
- Katharina Seidler (DJ) (at)
- Sex Jams (at)
- SLG (pl)
- Slow Down Molasses (ca)
- Sound:frame Festival presents: Konea Ra × DJ Phekt × Luma.Launisch (at)
- The Soundtrack of Our Lives (se)
- Hans Staudinger (DJ) (at)
- Stereoface (at)
- Lee Stevens (DJ) (at)
- Stranded Horse (fr)
- Einar Stray (no)
- The Suicide of Western Culture (es)
- Sun Glitters (lu)
- Jasmin Swan (DJ) (uk)
- Swearing at Motorists (us)
- Talking to Turtles (de)
- Team Me (no)
- Thomalla & Martin Riegelnegg (de)
- Too Tangled (be)
- Toy (uk)
- Tu Fawning (us)
- Twilite (pl)
- U-Turn & Stu (DJ) (at)
- Uciel (DJ) (at)
- UMA (de)
- Vierkanttretlager (de)
- Vinnie Who (dk)
- Pinie Wang (DJ) (at)
- The Wave Pictures (uk)
- The Wedding Present (uk)
- Willfling (DJ) (at)
- Wolfram (at)
- Wrongkong (de)
- Zebra Dots (si)
CONFERENCE SPEAKERS (in alphabetical order)
- Adam Ryan (Mean Fiddler/UK)
- Alexey Shcherbina (Migz Festival/RUS)
- András Berta (Sziget Festival/HU)
- Anna Kopaniarz (Tauron/PL)
- Arek Marczyński (Antena Krzyku/PL)
- Astrid Exner (Walzerkönig/AT)
- Aziliz Benech (MaMa Event/F)
- Benjamin-Zsolt Zombori (Musician/Bensh/AT)
- Bernd Jungmair (Cosmix/AT)
- Bernhard Fleischmann (Musician/Morr Music/AT)
- Bernhard Kern (Siluh Records/AT)
- Cécile Martin (Les Editions Greencopper/FR)
- Christof Ellinghaus (City Slang/D)
- Daniel Winkel (bureau export/FR)
- Dave Dempsey (FM4/AT)
- David Gedges (Musician/Wedding Present/UK)
- Deniz Blazeg (SAE/AT)
- Dietmar Dokalik (Musician/Judge/Ministry of Justice/AT)
- Dominik Schmid (Live-Beats/CH)
- Ebbot Lundberg (Musician/The Soundtrack of Our Lives/S)
- Edo Plovanic (Musika.hr/HR)
- Elisabeth Pacher (Cultural Contact Point Austria Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur/AT)
- Elke Kuhlen (2Bild/D)
- Emmanuel Legrand (Legrand Network/FR)
- Eva Maria Stöckler (Musicologist/Donau-Universität Krems/AT)
- Fadi Dorninger (Musician/Dorn/Wipeout/AT)
- Franz Hergovich (mica – music austria/AT)
- Guillaume Benfeghoul (Daka Tour/FR)
- Hanka Vojtechova (Indies Production/CZ)
- Hannes Tschürtz (Ink Music/ntry/AT)
- Herwig Bauer (Poolbar/AT)
- Ian Smith (Frusion/UK/AT)
- Ilias Dahimène (Seayou Records/AT)
- Ivan Milivojev (Exit/RS)
- James Minor (SXSW/US)
- Jarek Szubrycht (Electronic Beats Festival/Trzecie Ucho/PL)
- Joshua Hercher (SAE/AT)
- Klaus Kühnhammer (ntry/AT)
- Krzysztof Bialkowski (independent music marketing specialist/PL)
- Laura Gaetano (The 405/Art-Star/I/AT)
- Lisa Humann (Swimming Pool/AT)
- Lisa Stadler (Der Standard/AT)
- Magdalena Jensen (European Music Fair/PL/US)
- Malgorzata Halber (Journalist/PL)
- Markus Landl (Houztekk/AT)
- Markus Winterer (Agentur Winterer/AT)
- Martin Elbourne (Great Escape/UK)
- Martin Riedl (The Gap/AT)
- Mat Schulz (Unsound/PL)
- Mateja Koren (Slovenian Music Week/SLO)
- Matthias Leihs (They Shoot Music Don’t They/AT)
- Maximilian Meindl (Houztekk Records/AT)
- Michal Brzozowski (1500m²/Roxy FM/PL)
- Michal Hajduk (Adam Mickiewicz Institute /PL)
- Mirko Whitfield (SXSW/US)
- Moritz Gayard (Electronic Beats/D)
- Nick Hobbs (Charmenko/UK)
- Nuri Nurbachsch (Brand Manager Warner Music Austria/AT)
- Olivier Toth (Rockhal/LUX)
- Patrick Printz (Wallonie Bruxelles Musiques/B)
- Paul Cheetham (NMO (New Music Office)/SSC Management/D)
- Paul Debnam (PSI Music/AT)
- Paula Bialski (Musician/Paula & Karol/PL/CAN)
- Peter Balon (netzonfire/AT)
- Peter Jenner (Sincere Management/UK)
- Peter Smidt (Eurosonic/NL)
- Philipp Grefer (FakeMusicMedia/CN/D)
- Rainer Praschak (mica – music austria/AT)
- Ralph Christoph (c/o pop/D)
- Richtie Pettauer (datenschmutz.net/AT)
- Robert Klembas (REBEAT Digital GmbH/AT)
- Simone Mathys-Parnreiter (wienXtra-soundbase/AT)
- Stef Coninx (Flanders Music Centre/B)
- Stefan Reichmann (Haldern Pop/D)
- Stefan Trischler (a.k.a. Trishes/FM4/AT)
- Stephan Thanscheid (Southside/Hurricane Festival/D)
- Susanne Liechtenecker (New Communications Agentur Liechtenecker/AT)
- Susi Ondrusova (FM4/AT)
- Tatjana Domany (OMF/AME/AT)
- Thomas Heher (Waves Vienna/AT)
- Thomas Morr (Morr Music/D)
- Thomas Zsifkovits (Nova Music/AT)
- Tibor Holoda (Wilsonic/SK)
- Tomasz Szpaderski (Musician/Kamp!/PL)
- Walter Gröbchen (monkey music/AT)
- Wolfgang Schlögl (Musician/I-Wolf/Sofa Surfers/AT)
- Wolfgang Zeglovits (datenwerk/AT)
- Zebo Adam (Musician/AT)
MEDIA
- Waves festival planner
The festival planner functions as a printed, portable Waves Vienna info centre. The booklet,
which consists of around 160 pages and will be published in September, includes the most
important facts and figures concerning the festival as well as artist biographies and information
about the venues.
- Waves Daily
The festival newspaper will report about Waves Vienna on a daily basis from Thursday
to Sunday. Waves Daily supplies you with background information, short interviews, and
pictures from the festival.
- Waves Magazine
The broadsheet magazine written in English documents the activities around Waves Vienna and
Wavesnet, the cooperation network for exchange within Central European music markets.
- Waves Mobile App
As of September, all information concerning the festival is available via the Waves Mobile
app for iPhone and Android.
ORGANISERS
The Waves Vienna Festival is organised by the Comrades GmbH. In the various areas Comrades works collaboratively with different companies and institutions; the conference is co-organised with MICA (Music Information Center Austria), concerning booking and concept development Monopol cooperates with Ink Music, a music agency, label, and publisher founded in 2001.
MAIN SPONSOR
- Heineken
This year, the main sponsor Heineken will again be present at the festival in the form of
a rolling venue: the Heineken Music Train. The tram of the Wiener Linien, Vienna’s public
transport operator, will run along Vienna’s Ringstraße during the festival from Thursday
to Saturday, always between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m.
SPONSORS
- Opel
The stage at the Odeon theatre will be transformed into the Opel Mokka stage in the course of the festival. At the Opel Mokka Lounge located at the festival centre on the Clubschiff you can get free coffee.
- Wiener Linien
Wiener Linien – Vienna’s public transport operator and mobility partner of the festival – will get the festival visitors going: on the one hand, with the Heineken Music Train which runs along Vienna’s Ringstraße and, on the other hand, with a Wiener Linien DJ floor at the festival centre.
- Eristoff
As the host of Pratersauna, Eristoff provides for select electronic sounds. In addition, Eristoff Tracks workshops will take place on Saturday evening.
- Jack Daniel’s
Jack Daniel’s will be the host of Fluc Wanne throughout Waves Vienna.
- Red Bull Music Academy
On Friday, the Red Bull Music Academy Night will take place at Pratersauna. The Red Bull Brandwagen will furthermore be employed as an additional festival stage on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday afternoon this mobile venue will host the Waves Vienna Martinée from 2 to 6 p.m., where bands form the regular festival line-up will play concerts for free.
- Austrian Airlines
The Austrian Airlines are the official festival carrier.
PUBLIC SPONSORS
- Wien Kultur
The city of Vienna financially supports Waves Vienna’s conference with regard to the invitation of international partners.
- SKE – Soziale und kulturelle Einrichtungen der austro mechana SKE supports the music conference held in the course of Waves Vienna.
- FAF
The professional association of audio-vision and film industry secures Austria as a location for film and music companies.
- Austrian Music Fund
The Austrian Music Fund supports Waves Vienna in the organisation of the conference and of showcases of Austrian artists.
- Departure
The creative agency of the city of Vienna is co-host of the Waves Music Conference.
MEDIA PARTNERS
- FM4
During the festival, the local youth radio station FM4 transforms the Clubschiff into the FM4 Riverboat and contributes its own DJ line every night starting at midnight.
- The Gap
The magazine for glamour and discourse presents Saturday’s programme at Pratersauna.
- Der Standard
Der Standard is our exclusive media partner in the daily newspaper segment.
- Play.fm
In cooperation with Play.fm, the Austrian streaming platform for electronic music, Waves Vienna organises an international DJ contest. The contest starts on September 3rd 2012 and can be found at www.play.fm/wavesdjcontest.
- Visions
The German music magazine presents Thursday’s evening programme at Flex.
PARTNERS
Waves Vienna is glad to be able to welcome a number of international music export organisations
and cultural institutes as partners. In the course of the festival, they will host
conference showcases and receptions.
- Bureau Export
This French non-profit organisation and network founded in 1993 helps French and international
music professionals to work together in order to distribute French-produced
music around the world and to promote professional exchange between France and other
territories.
- Institut Français d’Autriche
The Institut Français d’Autriche, founded in 1926, provides room for cultural exchange between
France and Austria. The five main goals of the institute are teaching French as a foreign
language, promoting contemporary French culture, informing about France, organising
discussions and exhibitions, and supporting scientific and university cooperation.
- SACEM
SACEM is a private non-trading company run by authors, composers and publishers. The
chief duty of SACEM is to collect royalties and to redistribute them to the original authors,
composers, and publishers. It also supports live performances and helps young authors,
composers, and performing artists to be trained to professional standards.
- Institut Adam Mickiewicz Poland
The Adam Mickiewicz Institute was established in March 2000. The institute is a government
institution with the objective to promote Polish culture abroad and initiate international
cultural cooperation. The institute presents both the heritage and contemporary
achievements of Polish culture.
- Polnisches Institut Wien
The Polish Institute is a non-profit institution which promotes Polish culture, science,
history, and knowledge about contemporary Poland and its society in Austria. Its objective
is to encourage the cooperation between Austrian and Polish cultural institutions, opinionforming
circles, and artists.
- Berlin Music Commission
The network of the Berlin Music Commission represents the interests of small and mediumsized
companies of Berlin’s music industry and brings local and international business
partners together.
- Deutsche Initiative Musik
The Initiative Musik GmbH was founded in October 2007 with the objective to support musicians,
people with migration backgrounds, and music companies in the genres rock, pop,
and jazz as well as to promote popular German music abroad. It is a funding institution for
the German music industry.
- music:LX – Luxembourg Export Office
music:LX is a non-profit organisation founded in 2009 with the aim to support music of all
genres from Luxembourg around the world and to promote professional exchange between
Luxembourg and other territories. music:LX supports bands from Luxembourg, informs
about the local market and industry, does networking and promotes music from Luxembourg
around the world.
- Swiss Music Export
Since 2003, Swiss Music Export has been supporting Swiss artists and bands who fall in the
category “pop” in its widest sense and who want to venture abroad. The focus is mainly on
the European music markets, especially on German- and French-speaking ones.
- Music Export Denmark
Music Export Denmark was founded in January 2004 in order to create a more effective
exposure of Danish music abroad. The objectives of Music Export Denmark are to support
the export of Danish music and to promote Danish professional, popular music abroad –
both commercially and culturally.
- Austrian Music Export
Austrian Music Export is a joint initiative of MICA and the Austrian Music Fund in close cooperation
with the organisers of Austrian booths at international music fairs. Its aim is to be a
service and resource centre for exporters of contemporary Austrian music in all genres.
- Daka Tour
Daka Tour presents a showcase on the MS Schlögl on Saturday and an after-show party
DJ-line in the Heineken Music Train.
- Deaf Rock Records
Deaf Rock Records presents showcases at the Badeschiff on Thursday. Afterwards,
the Deaf Rock Records party will take place.
- Donau Universität
The degree course music management of the Danube University in Krems aranges a panel
in the course of the Waves Music Conference.
- Earcandy Entertainment
The Viennese music agency is responsible for showcases and a DJ-line at Fluc on Thursday.
- Houztekk
On Friday, a Houztekk showcase will take place in the Heineken Music Train.
- Morr Music
Morr Music showcases will take place at Fluc Wanne on Friday. A Morr Music DJ-set at
Fluc follows around midnight.
- Raw
The after party at Fluc Wanne starting at midnight will be hosted by Club Raw.
- SAE
SAE organises a number of workshops in the course of the Waves Music Conference.
- Siluh Records
The Viennese label presents showcases and a DJ-line at Fluc on Saturday.
- Sound:frame Festival
The Sound:frame Festival presents the opening concert of the festival – an audiovisual
live show with Konea Ra, DJ Phekt, and Luma.Launisch.
- Vienna Songwriting Association
Friday’s programme at the Odeon will be presented by the Vienna Songwriting Association.
- WienXtra
WienXtra organises a number of workshops in the course of the Waves Music Conference.
FURTHER PARTNERS
- Monopol Medien
Monopol Medien is Austria’s leading publishing house for pop journalism (in print as well as
the web and social media), campaigning, and target group events. Monopol is involved in the
development and realisation of Waves Vienna.
- MICA – Music Information Centre Austria
The conference of Waves Vienna is organised by the Music Information Center Austria,
short MICA. MICA is the professional partner for musicians in Austria. Its area of responsibility
ranges from the distribution of local music by means of promotion in Austria as well
as abroad and the provision of information about the Austrian music scene to supporting
contemporary musicians based in Austria with information and consultation.
- Ink Music
Ink Music is a music agency, label, as well as publisher founded in 2001 and is an important
booking partner of Waves Vienna.
- Super-Fi
Super-Fi is responsible for the design of all communication media of the festival.
- Sonic Bids
Band applications for the festival are being coordinated in cooperation with the internet
platform Sonic Bids.
- Direct Marketing
Direct Marketing supports the festival in the area of outdoor advertising.
PARTNER FESTIVALS
- European Music Fair
- Exit
- Glimps
- The Great Escape
- Popfest
- Reeperbahn
- Sonic Visions
- Spot Festival
- SXSW Festival
- Tauron
- Wilsonic