Public live recording session at Amann Studios,  Saturday, 3rd of May

Concert cancelled

Christof Kurzmann/Steve Bates

Christof Kurzmann – popoll, rubber band, voice, saxophone, clarinet

Steve Bates – electronics, guitar

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Concert: 16th of April – doors 6 pm and start 7 pm

Location: Amann Studios, Neustiftgasse 68/23B – See map

Sonic Arts Ensemble and Atelier Avant Austria
Beginning as a series of Sonic Networked Art Performances (SNAP), encompassing free improvisation and real-time composition utilizing a mix of traditional and extended playing techniques with real-time computer processing, the ensemble connected continents via high-quality audio networks over the internet, creating rich and compelling soundscapes. Recording this soundscape together in a studio within three days is the ensemble’s goal for this project.
On the final day, an interested audience is invited to attend a live studio concert and experience a unique event.

The Sonic Arts Ensemble is global network of composers and performers who explore the extension of instruments and modes of performance into new, imaginative realms of action and interaction. They have an interest in the relationships between the concrete and the imagined, and the ways that the concrete can inform the imagined.

Performing artists:

Ann Stimson – flute (C and Alto) and extended flutes

Marc Ainger – realtime audio processing

Scott Deal – percussion

Se-Lien Chuang – piano, voice, mouth organ, bass recorder, interactive audiovisuals

Andreas Weixler – realtime audio processing, electric guitars

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Gramola 2024

Aufnahmen und Mischung (CD1, 1-8 und 12, CD2) und Mastering: Christoph Amann

Mitwirkende: Haumer/Kukelka/Trio Frizzante/Koehne Quartet u.v.a

Ad Libitum Quartet
Werner Zangerle – tenor sax
Villy Paraskevopoulos – piano
Vinicius Cajado – double bass
Mark Holub – drums

Ad Libitum Quartet

Das international besetzte Ad Libitum Quartet wurde 2021 auf Initiative des Pianisten Villy Paraskevopoulos ins Leben gerufen. Die Musik der Band bewegt sich stilistisch geschickt zwischen europäischer improvisierter Musik und amerikanischem Free Jazz. Ein deutlicher Schwerpunkt liegt auf der freien Improvisation und der gemeinsamen Entwicklung von Bögen und Strukturen.

Werner Zangerle – Saxophon

Werner Zangerle lebt als freischaffender Musiker, Komponist und Pädagoge in Wien. Nach seinem Studium in Linz, das der 2007 mit Auszeichnung abgeschlossen habe, zog er 2009 nach Wien. Während des Studiums verbrachte er zur Erweiterung des künstlerischen Horizonts ein Jahr in Berlin.

Seit mehr als 20 Jahren ist er als Solist aber auch als Ensemblemitglied in Besetzungen vom Duo bis zur Bigband tätig. Stilistisch spannt er einen weiten Bogen: Von Contemporary Jazz (Memplex, Little Rosies Kindergarten, Sweet & Lovely) über frei improvisierte und Neue Musik (singer zangerle, Wenzl Dnatek, Trio ZaVoCC) und Performance bis hin zum Einsatz von Electronics und Effektgeräten fühlt er sich zwischen den Stühlen sehr wohl.

Als Komponist und flexibler Musiker hat er sich mit der Zusammenarbeit mit Schriftstellern wie Felix Mitterer (Der Patriot) und Bodo Hell und bildenden Künstlern wie Götz Bury und Anton Thiel einen Namen gemacht.

Seine Konzerttätigkeit führte ihn ua. in die USA, nach Deutschland, Italien, Belgien, Holland, Lettland und Tschechien. Als Leader und Sideman ist er auf über 20 Tonträgern zu hören.

2012 initiierte er das Plattenlabel Listen Closely.
2013 initiierte er das “hoerthoert – Festival für Zuhörkultur”
2016 erhielt er das Startstipendium des Bundeskanzleramts.
2022 erhielt er das Jahresstipendium für Musik des Landes Salzburg.

Villy Paraskevopoulos – Piano

geboren 1980 in Athen, begann mit zehn Jahren in der Musikschule in Piräus Klavier zu spielen, hat bis 2001 in einer Privatuniversität in Athen Klavier (Klassik und Jazz) studiert, 2001 wurde er auf der Anton-Bruckner-Privatuniversität Linz aufgenommen, dort absolvierte er das Bachelorstudium IGP Jazzklavier, es folgt ein weiteres Studium (Master) auf dem Institut für Popularmusik mit

Schwerpunkt freiimprovisatorischer Musik an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien.

Seine Interessen liegen in Jazzmusik, experimenteller und freiimprovisatorischer Musik, zeitgenössischer Klassik und Avantgarde.

Die Zusammenarbeit in kleineren und größeren Ensembles mit Künstler wie Uli Winter, Fredi Pröll, Alessandro Vicard, Mark Holub, Vinicius Cajado, Werner Zangerle u.a. sind momentan seine Hauptanliegen und zeigen die Leidenschaft des Pianisten für außergewöhnliche Musik.

Teilnahme an diversen Festivals wie Artacts, Kaleidophon, Offene Ohren, Rara Festival etc Discographie:

Hypnotic Zone:Le Justice, les filles et l’eternité’, ’Listen closely,’ (mit Niki Dolp und Stefan Thaler) Paraskevopoulos/Winter/Pröll:Live at Artacts 2019, ́Creative Sources

Perlin Noise:John Eats Bacon with Francis in the Cage, ́Slam Records’ (mit Alessandro Vicard, Irene Kepl, Stephanie Schoisswohl, Mark Holub

Vinicius Cajado – Kontrabass

from São Paulo ,Brasil, his unique approach to the bass led him to win a jazz performance award with additional honors of most creative and unique playing at the International Society of Bassists competition, and in addition his debut solo record for double bass “Monu” was nominated as “Best of the year 2021” by “The New York City Jazz Record” . Vinicius has performed in many festivals and renowned venues including Saalfelden Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center NYC, The Kitchen NYC, Budapest House of Music, Via Funchal Sao Paulo. Jazz and the City Festival Salzburg , 20 Years of Curva Minore Palermo, Vienna Art week and also Theater week, Porgy & Bess Vienna, has been artist in residence in Leopold Museum Vienna and part of Kunstforum’s (Seven Rounds with Warhol/Basquiat) exhibition and etc…. And also to perform with artists such as Joelle Leandre (FR), Barre Phillips (US), Mark Dresser (US), Franz Hautzinger (AT), Nicole Glover (US), Lukas Koenig (AT), Martin Siewert (AT), Kenji Herbert (JP), Mauricio Takara (BRA), John Edwards (UK), Golnar Shahyar, (IRAN), Lucio Balduini (ARG), Kenneth Ishak (NOR), among many others from all over the world.

Besides touring and playing around the globe Vinicius is also co-founder of Urchin Records, a platform created to defy easy genre categorization, founded together with the Japanese/Austrian guitar player Kenji Herbert, in New York City

Vinicius’s playing, technique, tone and sound is a mixture between lots of different styles, and all of this extended by the immense color palette that is improvised music. The Bassist uses traditional and unconventional techniques, to make the tradition new, and also cut any borders that have been created in modern music in order to make the stage an organic space of interaction..

Mark Holub – Drums

Drummer, composer and bandleader originally from the US and now based in Vienna, he is most notably known as the bandleader and composer for Led Bib.

With Led Bib, he was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize 2009 (One of 12 albums of the year) and he was also a winner of the Peter Whittingham Jazz Award 2005. Led Bib have topped college

radio charts across the US and Canada and have played live across TV and radio in Europe including BBC 2, Channel 4(UK), WDR, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, ORF(Austria), XFM, Radio 1 (Prague), BBC Radio 3, Radio 6(NL) ,BBC Radio 4 and many more. They have released 8 albums and have toured to some of the highest profile festivals in Europe including North Sea Jazz Festival, Jazzfestival Berlin, London Jazz Festival, Saalfelden Jazz Festival and many others.

Holub is also active in other projects including leading a new band called Anthropods, who are releasing their debut album in January 2022, ‘Blueblut’ a power trio with Pamelia Kurstin – theremin and Chris Janka – guitar who have toured across Europe, Japan and South America and who’s third album was on the ‘bestenliste’ for the “Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik” , Falb/Holub/Satzinger a free jazz sax trio from Vienna, Perlin Noise, a contemporary classical/improv ensemble led by Sicilian composer and double bassist Alessandro Vicard, and he also features regularly on the improv scene with various collections of players including work with Colin Webster, Irene Kepl and many others.

Alongside all this, Mark works as a composer for dance and theatre doing various commissions for numerous companies. He also has worked extensively as a contemporary dance accompanist working regularly for London Contemporary Dance School and CAT at The Place, London Studio Centre, Impulstanz, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz(Munich) as well as freelancing with various companies including Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, English National Ballet, Michael Clark Company, Rambert Dance Company, and Richard Alston Dance Company.

Recently, Holub has been leading a number of masterclasses and workshops. These have included work with Royal Northern College of Music, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory(British Council), Aldeburgh Young Musicians, South West Music School and many others.

Thursday, 14.10.21
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Markus W. Schneider – Oberfläche

Markus W. Schneider – guitars, live-electronics, vocals
Christina Ruf – cello, e-cello, live-electronics
Valentin Duit – drums

C O V I D – 1 9 :
Die Veranstaltung findet unter Einhaltung der aktuell gültigen COVID-19-Maßnahmen statt.
(siehe: www.sozialministerium.at).
A valid vaccination, recovery or PCR test certificate (up to max. 48 hours after testing, NO antigen test allowed) is required.

Unkostenbeitrag: 8.-

Further information about the upcoming live concert:

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ptx 20&21 © 2020
produced by Uli soyka
PANTAU-X

Recordings: Reinhard Buchta, Christoph Amann, Alexander Yannilos

Mix/Mastering: Reinhard Buchta

Konzett – KKK4-10
– 2018 –
Galerie Konzett

DVD I: KKK4 – KKK6

DVD II: KKK7 – KKK9

DVD III: KKK10

Musikalische Leitung: Michael Mautner, Videoaufzeichnung und Bildschnitt: Camillo Cibulka,

Tonaufnahmen, Mix und Master: Christoph Amann

Verlag Neue Musik – kr10131

– 2019] –

Listen on Amazon Music

12 Stücke für Akkordeon und Harfe

Besetzung: Gabriela Mossyrsch (Harfe), Karl Huber (Akkordeon)

„Phloem“ zeigt 15 Kompositionen in einem Zyklus von 12 Sätzen für Akkordeon und Harfe. Auf die einzelnen Meditationen, die die Grundlage des Werkes bilden, folgen jeweils Interpolationen, die jede Meditation klanglich um eine weitere Dimension ergänzen.

Im Verlauf des Zyklus verändern sich dabei sowohl das Stimmungsverhältnis von Akkordeon und Harfe, als auch die interpretatorischen Anforderungen an die MusikerInnen. So bauen beide Instrumente im Zusammenspiel durch unterschiedliche Frequenzverhältnisse Dynamiken auf, in deren Rahmen komplementär angelegte Reaktionen der Instrumente und improvisatorische Elemente Raum finden. Daher ergeben sich unter anderem asymmetrische Rhythmen, die das Akkordeon mit neuen Spieltechniken präsentiert.

Die Werke von Hannes Kerschbaumer, der mehrfach mit Preisen und Stipendien ausgezeichnet wurde, werden bei bedeutenden Festivals uraufgeführt, zum Beispiel dem World Saxophone Congress, den Internationalen Ferienkursen für Neue Musik Darmstadt, dem Musikprotokoll im Steirischen Herbst, den Klangspuren Schwarz oder Wien Modern. Er arbeitet mit Ensembles wie dem Arditti Quartet, Klangforum Wien oder dem Haydn Orchestra zusammen.

Nach Karl Huber

Trost Records – TR192
– 2019 –
Trost Records

The recording was chosen as one of the 10 best records 2019 by the renowned All about Jazz magazine

Hermann Nitsch’s String Quartet No.2 in six movements for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello, transcribed by Michael Mautner and performed by the Viennese Koehne Quartet. Recorded during the exhibition NITSCH. Spaces of Color at the ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna on the 29th May 2019.

The Koehne Quartet: 
Joanna Lewis – 1. Violine
Anne Harvey-Nagl – 2. Violine
Lena Fankhauser – Viola
Mara Achleitner – Violoncello

Recording, mixing and Master: Christoph Amann, thanks to Michael Mautner for musical input

Catalogue No: TOCC0522

Release Date: 01.04.2019
Composer: Robert Schumann
Artists: Anssi Karttunen, Zebra Trio

Recorded on 10–12 May 2018 in the Amann Studios, Vienna Engineer: Christoph Amann Producer: Werner Herbers Digital editing: Anssi Karttunen Booklet texts: Elizabeth Green and Anssi Karttunen Cover design: David Baker (david@notneverknow.com) Typesetting and layout: Kerrypress, St Albans Executive Producer: Martin Anderson © Toccata Classics, London, 2019 ℗ Toccata Classics, London, 2019

Zebra Trio is the meeting of three musicians – Ernst Kovacic, Steven Dann and Anssi Karttunen – each bringing a vast experience in chamber music, in different styles and in working with living composers to the world of String Trio. The Zebra Trio has always wanted to unite known masterpieces with new works and transcriptions, combining all of these in creative ways in their concerts.

Kairos – 0015060KAI
– 2019 –
Kairos Musik

Kairos  – 0013352KAI
– 2015 –
Kairos Musik

Regie, Buch, Schnitt: Nina Kusturica
Darsteller/innen: Simonida Selimović, Sikavi Agbogbe, Nahoko Fort-Nishigami, Ayo Aloba, Zoran Šargić, Dioma Mar Dramè, Esmat Azimi, Rade Jovanović, Isabella Campestrini, Ratka Krstulović-Kusturica, Laura Selimović
Kamera: Michael Schindegger
Originalton: Andi Pils
Sounddesign: Gerhard Daurer, Andi Pils
Weitere Credits:
Casting: Nora Friedel
Produzent/innen: Nina Kusturica
Produktion: Nina Kusturica Projects

Musikaufnahmen: Amann Studios

Ciao-Chérie

Saturday, 08.04.2018
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video stream

P:Y:G
Robert Pockfuß – electric guitar, electronics
Alexander Yannilos – prepared drums
Ja Kop Gnigler – saxophone

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MORR 158CD
– 2018 –

Release date: 1st of February
morr music, b.fleischmann

instrumental recordings, cd/vinyl master:  Christoph Amann, Amann Studios

mix: Bernhard Fleischmann and Christoph Amann

Theater an der Josefstadt, Franui

Theatermusik zu “Totes Gebirge” von Thomas Arzt

“Totes Gebirge” – Theater in der Josefstadt

Für das Stück “Totes Gebirge” vom jungen oberösterreichischen Theaterautor Thomas Arzt komponieren Andreas Schett und Markus Kraler die “Puppenchöre” für die singenden Schauspieler.
Und in der tönenden Kulisse erklingen kleine, kammermusikalische Motive, eine verlorene, fremdartige Stubenmusik.

Premiere am 21. Jänner 2016, 19:30 Uhr
Theater in der Josefstadt

℗&© 2014 Trost
Made To Break

℗&© 2015 Trost 141

Made To Break

℗&© 2015 Don Rothenberg

Don’s vocals and guitars were recorded at Amann Studios Vienna

Additional recordings, mix and mastering and add. vocals/instruments by David Rosenthal at “On the Moon Studios” San Francisco, CA

Cover design: Craig Dillon

℗&© 2015 IN+OUT Records 

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Amann Studios

Vodnjansky – guitars, vocals, banjo, accordeon

Chris Sucherbauer – guitar, cajon, drums, vocals

Peter Pallierer – bass. vocals

Ulf Ryberg – guitar, vocals

Guest: Stefan Geissler – harp

© 2015, LC08129, Released by Free Idiots

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Amann Studios

Cover design: Schorsch Feierfeil

Free Idiots

Alex Loewenstein – Alto Sax

Markus W. Schneider – Guitar

Lukas Aichinger – Drums

https://free-idiots.com/

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Editions Mego – © 2013 – Innode

Recordings Steven Hess: Amann Studios

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LSD – dehypnotisation (2013)

A: the incantation of language / state of hypnosis / enchantment
B: coming to your senses / dehypnotisation
C: berlin
D: hamburg I / hamburg II

time: 78’52”

tracks on A+B recorded live at amann studios vienna, oct.2011
tracks on C+D recorded live in berlin & hamburg, jul.2011

LP1 mastered & recorded by christoph amann
LP2 mastered & recorded by daniel lercher
cover-artwork by roya annica

silkscreen black carton package + 2xLP 12″ + download

released on god records                                   reviews

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col legno © 2013 – 2014

19 new works by Platypus

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Amann Studios

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released by Irena Tomažin – © 2013

• Recorded At – Studio Radio Študent
• Recorded At – Amann Studios, Wien
• Mixed by – Christof Kurzmann

mikron cd 26 – © 2013 – Mikroton Recordings

Recording: Amann Studios

Mixed by Valerio Tricoli and Christoph Amann, Mastering: Wernder Dafeldecker

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listen closely 06 – © 2013 – listenclosely

Recording, Mix/Mastering: Amann Studios

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Recorded at Amann Studios and “Im Ersten” © Sylvia Bruckner 2013

Sylvia Bruckner – Piano/ Lyre/Zither, Susanna Gartmayer – Bass Clarinet (5,6,7,8),

Thomas Berghammer – Trumpet (5,6,7,8), John Ingle – Reeds (2,3,4), Didi Kern – Drums (11,12)

Potlach © 2013 – http://www.potlatch.fr

dafne vincente-sandoval – basson, klaus filip – sinewaves 

recorded at amann studios (live recording sessions) and at evangelische kirche nickelsdorf (noid)

mixed and mastered by amann studios

SHAKE 012
– 2011 –
http://www.morrmusic.com

Dromos 007
– 2011 –
http://dromosrecords.com

Recorded at Amann Studios

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CS 118 cd
– 2008 –
http://www.creativesourcesrec.com

morr 085
– 2008 –
morrmusic.com

Scala Z Media GmbH München

Eva Mattes, Koman Knizka, Nina Petri, Jaques Breuer, Anna Thalbach,

Udo Samel, Patrick O. Beck,

Hans-Peter Hallwachs, Manfred Zapatka	2007

Award Winner Deutscher Hörbuchpreis 2008

http://www.afrika-erzaehlt.de/Hoerbuecher_3_0_buch_2.html

Recorded at Amann Studios (Solos/Duette)

Mamadou Diabate (Mali/an der Kora)

Mamadou Diabate (Burkina Faso/am Balafon)