| 2. Popkomm 2010 - "Austria sounds great" |
Austrian acts at the Popkomm Showcase Festival
Ogris Debris - 09.09.2010, Eckstück
Ogris Debris, the Viennese electronic duo, is conquering the dance floors of international clubs with their somewhat unconventional, but very distinctive and fresh mix of techno and house music. Even though they have not produced an album yet, the two have already been on tour in Japan, have had their hit "Mitzekatze" played by BBC DJ Gilles Peterson and the popular Austrian radio station FM4 on heavy rotation and have the electronic music pioneer Peter Kruder as one of their first fans. They were nominated for the Austrian music award, the Amadeus Award, in the category Electronic/Dance, and according to these modest musicians, the trophy should have already been standing in their villa for a long time, next to their various other prizes, but there was just not enough space.
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Tanzbaby - 08.09.2010 La Vie En Rose, Airport Tempelhof / Eckstück
Tanz Baby! are David & Mu, the "Great Pretenders" of Vienna's music scene.
Using instruments such as a 1970s electronic organ, with its typical groove patterns, and a 1980s vintage drum, Tanz Baby! create a unique atmosphere of otherworldly artificial retro pop.
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Trouble Over Tokyo - 08.09.2010 Eckstück / 09.09.2010 SchwuZ Club (Karrera Klub Night)
The British-born Christopher Taylor, a.k.a. Trouble Over Tokyo, brought attention to himself in spring 2007, as a support artist for the local indie-pop band Garish. The question is, why would he choose the Alpine republic as a playground for his indie-soul-electro-pop music? By chance, a visitor from the Styrian city Graz met the English musician in a London pub a few years ago and invited him to play a few concerts in Styria. The rest is history and Trouble Over Tokyo is here to stay.
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WIENMACHINE - 08.09.2010, Maria am Ostbahnhof
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“And the worst is over” the choir is chanting in the second
singleAmnesiacstaken from the forthcoming album In The Woods. And
admittedly, one could see and feel the band’s relief after they had
completed their latest piece of work. Recording the new album no
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Ginga
The fact that Ginga is a band with big potential is something that has already been known in Austria for quite some time, but was not fully recognized. After their brilliant and outstanding performance at the Popfest in Vienna this year, there was no question that Ginga is probably the most promising band of the local pop scene. With their debut album "They Should Have Told Us", the four-member band first called attention to themselves in 2008. Songs like "Cinnamon" and "Fashion" were played at Austria's radio station FM4 in permanent rotation. Especially beyond Austrian borders, fans were enthusiastic about these wonderful pop songs.
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Bilderbuch
Bilderbuch´s first release already caused quite a stir - the debut "Nelken & Schillinge" is full of surreal lyrics, playful monologues, great stories full of absurd metaphors and exciting Rock and Roll. The singles "Calypso" and "Kopf Ab" as well as the corresponding videos enjoyed insistent demand in the radio, on TV and the web - both titles even topped the charts of Austrian video channel GoTV for several weeks. All this and last but not least the phenomenal live qualities of the band led to their nomination for the "FM4 Award" at the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards. Eventually word of mouth cut across the borders - at the opening of Pop Up Leipzig, Motor Club (Berlin) and numerous club shows the band attracted a great deal of attention in Germany.
A remix EP transfering Bilderbuch to the dance floor will be released in September: hip producer Dirty Disco Youth, Berlin newcomers I Heart Sharks, Austrian House heroes AG Trio, The Integrals and many others cut up and rearranged "Nelken & Schillinge". In the meantime, the band once again retreated to the studio to record album #2 - scheduled to be released in February 2011.
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M 185 - 11.09.2010, Arena Fuhrpark
M 185 is guitar music between acoustic feedback and repetition, simple beauty, and sometimes charmingly circumstantial complexity whic meets great storytelling of wonderfully detached stories.
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Austrian companies present at Popkomm 2010:
Allround Music Musikverlag, AMAN – Austrian Music Ambassador Network, Arts & Media Marketing, Bassrunner Productions, Etage Noir Publishing, Etage Noir Recordings, Etage Noir Special, Fachverband der Film- und Musikindustrie, GLP Georg Leitner Productions, Hoanzl, Inandout, ink Music, Jazz Fest Wien, KDG Mediatech, MICA, monkey., Natural Songs, Ordis, Österreichischer Musikrat, Pate Records, Prime Music Services, Projekt Pop / Österreichischer Musikfonds, Rebeat Digital, Rola Music, Rudi Schedler Musikverlage, Schönwetter Schallplatten, Swimming Pool, Sync Rights.com, Violet Noise Records.
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