It’s that time of the year again. Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference is right around the corner. From 2nd till 4th of October Viennas finest clubs and concert venues will be hosting artist from all over the world. Since last year the Waves Festival is also taking place at various locations in Bratislava. The perfect chance to have cheap drinks and check out the coolest clubs. This years focus countries of the showcase festival are Croatia and the Netherlands. The thing we like most about this festival is that you can easily walk from location to location cause most of the venues are in the 2nd district of Vienna. Plus you can always discover a lot of hidden talent there with all this artists on the rise. For all the music industry professionals and people interested in the music industry there is also a conference part with pretty amazing speakers, like Peter Jenner (former manager of Pink Floyd) and interesting topics like “Can Musicians Still Make Money with Recordings?”. For the whole conference program click here.
Highlights for us are:
02.10:
- Flex - Die Nerven (DE) 22:00-22:45
- Flex Cafe - THE ANIMEN (CH) 22:45–23:30
- Brut - MANU DELAGO HANDMADE (AT) 01:45-02:45
03.10:
- Alte Post - MOUNT KIMBIE DJ-SET (UK) 01:00–02:45
04.10:
- Porgy & Bess - REDINHO (UK) 22:30–23:30
Yes Yes we know, these are not many names, but it’s a showcase festival, so we have to discover a lot of new artists too. So we might watch some bands just based on their name :)
Most promising Band Names are:
- EVERYHTING IS MADE IN CHINA (RU)
- YOUR GAY THOUGHTS (SI)
- CHILI AND THE WHALEKILLERS (IS)
- NIKKI LOUDER (SI)
To get an idea how they sounds, Waves Vienna festival has a Deezer Radio Channel for you:
We will be reporting live from the Festival with #Waves14 and tell you what we have discovered also after the festival. So stay tuned.
the full Waves Vienna 2014 Line-Up:
~ A Basement In Bloom (AT) ~ Abby Lee Tee (AT) ~ Adisdead (AT) ~ Aka Tell (AT) ~ Alcoholic Faith Mission (DK) ~ Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip) (UK) ~ Anything Maria (FR) ~ Atlanter (NO) ~ Bad Weed (AT) ~ Ballet School (DE) ~ Blaenavon (UK) ~ Carl Et Les Hommes-Boîtes ~ Carnival Youth (LV) ~ Charity Children (DE) ~ Cheaters (NL) ~ Cheveu (FR) ~ Chili And The Whalekillers (IS) ~ Chris Emray (AT) ~ Crazy Bitch In A Cave (AT) ~ David Douglas (NL) ~ Dawa (AT) ~ Die Nerven (DE) ~ Disco Demons (AT) ~ Electric Lady (CZ) ~ Electrosexual (DE) ~ Everything Is Made In China (RU) ~ Fesch (AT) ~ First Aid Kit (SE) ~ Freud (AT) ~ Fvlcrvm (SK) ~ Garden City Movement (IL) ~ Get Your Gun (DK) ~ Giantree (AT) ~ Girl Band (IE) ~ Go Go Berlin (DK) ~ Golden Parazyth (LT) ~ Houpací Koně (CZ) ~ Hunter & The Bear (UK) ~ Intergalactic Lovers (BE) ~ Irena Zilic (HR) ~ Jaakko Eino Kalevi (FI) ~ Jennie Abrahamson (SE) ~ Jet Flower (DK) ~ Jimmy Pé (SK) ~ Johann Sebastian Bass (AT) ~ Johannes Benz (CZ) ~ Jonathan (HR) ~ Julia Marcell (PL) ~ Kensington (NL) ~ Kids N Cats (AT) ~ Kommando Elefant (AT) ~ Koreless (UK) ~ Local Suicide (DE) ~ Lydmor (DK) ~ Manu Delago Handmade (AT) ~ Maur Due & Lichter (AT) ~ Mieko Suzuki (DE) ~ Mieze Medusa & Tenderboy (AT) ~ Mirel Wagner (FI) ~ Mlat (HR) ~ Mo Kenney (CA) ~ Modell Doo (AT) ~ Moogle (AT) ~ Mount Kimbie (DJ-Set) (UK) ~ Neonstream (AT) ~ Nihils (AT) ~ Nikki Louder (SI) ~ Noah Kin (FI) ~ Oknai (SI) ~ Palindrome (AT) ~ Pilot Jr. (AT) ~ Pional (ES) ~ Pomrad (BE) ~ Punčke (HR) ~ Repetitor (RS) ~ Ruth Koleva (BG) ~ Schmieds Puls (AT) ~ Scott Matthew (AU) ~ Snoww Crystal (AT) ~ Spaceman Spiff (DE) ~ Still Parade (DE) ~ Tante Elze (SK) ~ Tenfold Rabbit (EE) ~ The Animen (CH) ~ The Boys You Know (AT) ~ The Hidden Cameras (CA) ~ The Pixels (RO) ~ The Town Heroes (CA) ~ Thees Uhlmann & Band (DE) ~ Toulouse Lautrec (RO) ~ Us Lights (US) ~ Villalog (AT) ~ Vlasta Popić (HR) ~ Vvhile (RS) ~ Walter Schnitzelsson (SK) ~ We Invented Paris (CH) ~ Your Gay Thoughts (SI) ~ Zapaska (UA)