Julia Just. Now. Sonic quantums for a post-democracy Julia Just has been exploring, generating and manipulating electronic frequency spectra for some time now, but she has only been performing live under this name at local and national experimental events for around three years. Her long overdue debut “Analogy of the Unspoken” (TM014/WSMTML67) is therefore razor Read the full article… »»»»
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Jukebox Utopia w/ Hylut x PΞB @ Small Forms – November 16 2024 – Chateau Rouge Wien
smallforms w/ Hylut x PΞB x Jukebox Utopia Sa, 16. November 2024 | doors: 19:30 Music: 20:30 Uhr Chateau Rouge | Schönbrunner Schlossstraße 17 | Wien ★ HYLUT is a solo project by Lithuanian artist and composer Marija Jociūtė. In her sound work she uses pre-existing content, such as scientific data as part of her Read the full article… »»»»
My conversation with Evicshen /Victoria Shen in online now via Struma+Iodine
I am happy to let you know, that the conversation I had with Victoria Shen for Struma+Iodine in May, is finally online after her awsome gig at Westbahnstudios at Unsafe+Sounds festival in September. Here is a little teaser, in case you do not know her yet: “It is like sculpting experiences” – A conversation with Read the full article… »»»»
September 13-22, 2024 Wienwoche Opening & Soundride – in solidarity with Riders Collective and for a change in traffic policy
With Rad Performance, we support the Food Delivery Workers and their Riders Collective with a bike demonstration on Friday, September 20, 2024, where we will then join the monthly Critical Mass. If you don’t just want to talk about activism, but actually do something, you can take shifts for the food delivery workers so that Read the full article… »»»»
Hope for the hopeless – an interview with RENT now online via music austria
This interview is only available in German. Switch to German icon to read it or here: https://www.musicaustria.at/hoffnung-fuer-die-hoffnungslosen-ein-gespraech-mit-rent/ More info & sound: RENT (bandcamp) RENT (Soundcloud) Ventil Records »»»»
31st of May 2024: Jukebox Utopia @ Zunder kein Wunder, Innsbruck AT
The wonderful people from Verschub Innsbruck have been planning and working for months on their first festival “Zunder Kein Wunder”, which will materialize on the weekend of May 31st and June 1st 2024 in cooperation with Inseminoid. In the (relatively new location) Hall 6 of the SKNT BRLTM (near Sillschlucht). After work & early shows Read the full article… »»»»
23rd of March 2024 – Extinction @ 1BM Vienna w/ Jukebox Dystopia
🧨Dear lovers of heavy frequencies and speedy dance tunes🧨 Please join us for another👟 extinction hardcore dance event 👟 ☠️speedcore-doomcore-gabber☠️ are awaiting you THIS SATURDAY at 1bm, Vienna. You know the place! Due to the problems of our neighbour – the venster 99 venue, there will be a password to enter 1bm, which is “möbelblues” Read the full article… »»»»
10th of February 2024: Female Pioneers of Electronic Music – lecture @ Folkartmuseum Vienna
This Info is only available in German… please switch to German language More Info: http://www.musikausstrom.at/programm/ »»»»
18th-21st January 2024: T Fuckhead & Friends w/ Jukebox Utopia @ Theater am Werk, Wien
ATTENTION ATTENTION! ….we have been lost to the world…. With a 75-hour performance from 🧷18-21 January at the Theater am Werk 🧷, FUCKHEAD will once again manifest their will to 🧨💣⚡️noise and riot,⚡️💣🧨 who also like to immerse themselves in theatrical stage choreographies to explore the limits with the audience. 🍄🌪💨🚀 This epic performance, inspired Read the full article… »»»»
Extinction III @ 1BM – 2nd December 2023
Dear all, on 2nd December 2023 – starting at 22h we continue at Einbaumöbel and join forces for some Doomcore, Gabber & Co with the Extinction Series part III. Einbaumöbel, Stadtbahnbögen 97, 1090 Wien More Infos: https://www.ausgefinkelt.com/extinction-III/ ♾♾Tired Purple (live) ☠️☠️unkn_wn ⚡️⚡️Seiler Moon 🧨🧨Rites 💣💣Relatic 💄💄Katana 👟👟Jukebox Dystopia 🌪🌪✨Dance, dance, dance – against the cold Read the full article… »»»»
BRAV Magazin Release Party @ 1BM – 30th November 2023
We have been waiting for this. Finally another edition of the wonderful 🛹🛹🛹BRAV Magazin 🛼🛼🛼 will be released. After the concerts we will serve you music with dead media: I will bring records and the CD-Player crew CDs with playlists just burned for your joy. 🍿BRAV vol.2 Release❤️🔥 Einbaumöbel, Stadtbahnbögen 97, 1090 Wien 19:00 open Read the full article… »»»»
Lecture at the symposium ‘Reclaim! Club Nights, Housing Struggle and Urban Open Spaces’ – June 28th 2023, Linz @ STWST
I am happy to be part of the symposium Reclaim! Clubnächte, Häuserkampf und urbane Freiräume. Organized by Moritz Pisk, Lukas Jakob Löcker and the great Mika Egal. Wed, June 28, 2023, starting at 5pm Stadtwerkstatt Donaulände and STWS. Lectures with: Eugenia Seriakov: No Future on the Dancefloor – Free Tekno as Antithesis to Club Culture. Read the full article… »»»»
9th of June 2023: Hart Lab presents a night of hard techno & hardcore @ rrr Vienna
I am happy to join forces with the Hart Lab Crew for a night of DJing at rrr. There will be techno, hard techno, dark techno, schranz & hardcore techno for you. Come and join us on the dance floor! The bar opens at 21pm, music starts 23pm! Admission: 7€ »»»»
May 13th 2023 – Jukebox Utopia @ 11 Jahre KUNSTKANAL Wien
I am super happy to join kunstkanals birthday event and spin some records. Come an join us! :::: kunstkanal 11 Birthday Line-Up :::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: SA, 13. MAI 2023 ::: 11 k u n s t k a n a l ::: LINE-UP 16:00 – Saft Opening (Kidsfun) 18:00 – Gulasch à la Spiess 20:00 – Read the full article… »»»»
April 28th 2023 – Lecture/ Workshop: Facilitating a Queer Counter Club Culture, Frankfurt Main
In this lecture on queer counter cultures in music and clubbing I will outline discourses and concepts on music, collectivity and sonic bodies or feminist and post-colonial debates in academia and electronic music scenes (1). Early queer-diasporic clubbing in NYC in the 70s & 80s, Free-Tek in the 90s and Anti-Parades in the 2000s are Read the full article… »»»»
April 22nd 2023: Jukebox Utopia @ Popu Stress Club, Kapu Linz
For all comic lovers – come to the Popu Stress Club Zine Fair!! I look very forward to come with my records to KAPU and play with DJ Shinsekai. Our Mantra will be hard & fast :–>>>)) https://www.kapu.or.at COMING SOON: 13.5. Wiseup Radio @ Radio Orange 94,0, 21-22Uhr: report from the dancefloor @ KAPU Tune Read the full article… »»»»
Interview with Artist and Bicycle activist Conny Zenk for Music Austria – out now
This article is only available in German, but here is a teaser in English: “With each soundride a collective body of sound is created” At the interface between DIY and establishment, the artist CONNY ZENK works with a wide variety of media forms and expressions which she links. In addition to visuals, films, circus artistry, Read the full article… »»»»
BOEM presents: Uschi Ultra & Jukebox Utopia – 18. Nov. 2022 Vienna
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October 20th MEK Berlin – artist talk with dancer & choreographer Kadir [amigo] Memiş
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Unsafe+Sounds Festival Vienna: Politics of Immediacy, September 23rd-October 1st 2022
UNSAFE+SOUNDS IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE VIRAL FEELING OF INSECURITY AND FOCUSES ON ARTISTIC POSITIONS THAT CONFRONT OUR REALITY. WE WANT TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND SEARCH FOR AGENCY, FOR APPROPRIATE SOUNDS FOR OUR TAINTED FUTURE AND OUR BEWILDERING EXISTENCE. TAINTED FUTURES – AGENCY OF IMMEDIACY Every day, the Read the full article… »»»»
Review 25 Years of Fuckparade – Berlin September 3rd 2022
Fuckparade – 25 years protest from below Against displacement, commercialization and senseless highway construction! Against the commercialization of techno Against the closing of clubs, bars and neighborhood shops Against the sellout of the city Against Nazis On September 3rd 2022 the 25th Fuckparade took place in Berlin. Meeting point was at 14Uhr near subway Alt-Tempelhof. Read the full article… »»»»
Warmup Unsafe+Sounds Festival Vienna: September 1st 2022 @ Rhiz – DeForrest Brown, Blaq Hammer and more
First Struma+Iodine gig after the summer break comes as a co-production with Unsafe+Sounds Festival, that will happen this year from 23.9.-1.10.2022 at Werk and Zacherlfabrik in Vienna! For the first time Unsafe+Sounds will have a discourse program and I had the pleasure of curating it. More infos coming soon! More infos on the warmup event Read the full article… »»»»
Publication online, Keep it Simple – Make it Fast // The sonic experience of experimental electronics
The proceedings of last years KISMIF (Keep it Simple – Make it Fast) conference are now online here The virtual book was editied by Paula Guerra and Sofia Sousa. The topic for 2021 was DIY Cultures and Global Challenges but only some of the inputs dealt with this topic, most related to the over all Read the full article… »»»»
Interview with DJ Warzone online// strumandiodine.com
One of Viennas finest music event series “struma + iodine” finally has a proper home in the virtual world as well. Here host and organizer Shilla Strelka has curated writers, photographers, artists, musicians and other professionals for her wonderful homepage. As part of the team I got to interview DJ Warzone, and you can read Read the full article… »»»»
New Mixes and Radioshows online
Hello world, there are some new 2022 mixes, edits and cutupshows online waiting their listens: extended mixdown (60min): original mix (15min): extended version (107min): radio version (60min): »»»»
Rhizom Festival Zurich, CH – 4th-6th of June 2022 : WORKING BEYOND AND ACROSS DISCIPLINES
RHIZOM is a transdisciplinary festival that has developed out of VAZEM collective dedicated to cultivating alternative electronic music and arts. It commits itself to uniqueness, character, innovation, passion and DIY-spirit. During the festival, alternative electronic music and uncompromising club-culture will be experienced. The social responsibility of culture and its consumers will be discussed and envisioned Read the full article… »»»»
Exhibition Transmedia Festivals running until 31st of May 2022 @ echoraum Vienna
The accompanying photo exhibition to the April event Transmedia Festivals – Between Experiment and Economisation, Reverberation #1 can be seen until the end of May during the opening hours of the echoraum. “Ars Electronica, Hyperreality, Heart of Noise, CTM Festival, Berlin Atonal or Ultrahang… These are some names of events that Bianca Ludewig examines in Read the full article… »»»»
Input Affective Communities @ Rewire Festival, The Hague (NL) – April 7th-10th,
Lecture/ Talk 9th of April – ‘Affective Communities’ at Korzo Club. “In my research I approach different urban scenes that come together through music as audio social communities. Audio social communities are in most cases affective communities. This is true for most of the scenes linked to electronic music, club culture or experimental sound practices. Read the full article… »»»»
AUzine – Vienna Underground Fanzine feat. Subcultures Under Pr€$$ur€ is Out Now!
After two years it is finally done, the AUzine is printed. It documents seven years of Viennese subculture at the AU Vienna, a club located at Brunnenmarkt in the 16th district, which was something like a living room for me in my early days in Vienna. It was also there that I organised the event Read the full article… »»»»
Interview with Viennese Duo EsRap online at Music Austria
“Tschuschistan is everywhere where the diaspora is at home” – says ESRAP in mica (Music Austria) interview After a felt eternity, countless appearances, several mixtapes and digital releases, the debut album “Tschuschistan” (Springstoff) by ESRAP was released on 28 June 2019. The siblings ESRA and ENES ÖZMEN break as a duo not only with gender Read the full article… »»»»
Experimental music festivals in Austria – Part I: DONAUFESTIVAL , Krems 27.4.- 6.5.2018
In Austria there are plenty of festivals that showcase experimental and (post-)club music. Plus something else. In the following series I will discuss three of them. They happen in springtime: donaufestival, hyperreality and the heart of noise festival. This will happen at different platforms. Part I is published on the blog of the shituationist institute: Read the full article… »»»»
Superbooth, 3.-5. Mai 2018 @ Berlin FEZ Wuhlheide
Sorry this article is only available in German language. But you can find english infos, programme and past press articles about superbooth here: https://www.superbooth.com »»»»
Best of WiseUp 2018 #2: Rerun 3/2005 – Mike Patton
We continue the Rerun-issues 2018 with a show that was done long ago in March 2005 and transmitted via the free radio station in Hamburg FSK, where wiseup-radio started. It features an interview with Mike Patton about his album with the turntablists X-Ecutioners which was released back then, and it also features a short Read the full article… »»»»
Wiseup 12/2017 END OF THE YEAR REVIEW: Releases & Festivals 2017
In this Review Wiseup looks at the releases of the past year and plays its selection. Also Wiseup will review 2017 by looking back briefly at the visited festivals of the past year, which have been exactly 12, so I per month at average, starting in January with CTM Berlin and ending in December Read the full article… »»»»
Hardcore Territories, feature by bauhaus.fm
Feature by the experimental radio of Bauhaus University Weimar on our Input at Cynetart Festival: The lecture is in German. Vortrag „Hardcore Territories“ »»»»
Simon Reynolds Discussion @ HU Berlin 3.12. & Book Launch @ HAU 4.12.2017
Simon Reynolds is visisting Berlin to present his recent book and discuss writing about popular music at the Humboldt University Berlin. Paneldiscussion „Writing as Performing Pop“ with Simon Reynolds, Sonja Eismann and Bodo Mrozek Medientheater of HU Berlin, Georgenstr. 47, 10117 Berlin// 19h// Free entrance Glam. Glitter Rock and Art Pop in the 1970s and Read the full article… »»»»
WiseUp 10/2017 female:pressure – Monika Werkstatt – Baba Vanga @ Mixcloud
End of August the network female:pressure presented their new facts counting on female presence in electronic music festivals at Pop-Kultur Festival Berlin. WiseUp cut-up some excerpts on the outcome of the survey. In October WiseUp made a trip to UH Festival in Budapest, a festival for adventurous music, where Monika Werkstatt played the opening concert Read the full article… »»»»