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We are happy to present the second album of KO-AX and welcome the band as a label newcomer at Listen Closely! KO-AX goes back to a term originating from geometry and describes a three-dimensional element that has a common axis … Continue reading →

“Memplex present their third album “Villains”. After almost 2 years of pandemic silence we needed to fill the void with fresh music. When we met up in the studio to record Villains we were as inspired as it gets. We … Continue reading →

We are very happy to present “Jeder gegen Jeden”, the second Release of the Viennese Collective Little Rosies Kindergarten. The CD is already available, the digital release will follow in the near future. There is a Livestream from Viennese Jazz … Continue reading →

„Oberian“ ist eine ungewöhnliche Band. Schon die Kombination von Kontrabass, Drums, Akkordeon und Trompete mit Liveelektronik verspricht neue Klangwelten. “Oberian” lehnen jegliche Zuschreibung ab. Jazz trifft Noise, Kammermusik, Rock, Improvisation, Ohrwürmer folgen auf verstörende Soundcollagen. Die speziell für diese Formation … Continue reading →

Listen Closely präsentiert: Das Debut-Album von ZINQ: “Burnt Jasmine” Die Musik von ZINQ ergänzt die Genres zwischen Kammermusik, Improvisation und Jazz, bis hin zu avantgardistischer Minimalmusic und Filmmusik. Die gute altbewährte Terzlerei und ein paar alpine Sexten, die auch in … Continue reading →

Listen Closely präsentiert: Klangzeug Orchester Debut “stuff” Dem wohl kleinsten Orchester der Welt gelingt es, die Vielseitigkeit und den Abwechslungsreichtum der unterschiedlichen Stücke in ein rundes Gesamtbild einzupassen, ohne dabei vor erfrischend Unerwartetem zurückzuschrecken und den roten Faden außer Acht … Continue reading →

Listen Closely proudly presents znap’s new album “homo digitalis”! The trio znap zaps through the history of Jazz – exciting, fresh and free of arbitrariness. Leonhard Skorupa – tenorsaxophone, clarinet Gregor Aufmesser-  double bass Lukas Aichinger – drums

We are very happy to welcome one of the most exciting Austrian large ensembles into the Listen Closely family! Heavy grooves and meditative sounds rapidly exchange with haunting themes or improvised drones….all of the band members do compose for the … Continue reading →

Listen Closely is happy to welcome the “Grammophon Acoustic Project” ! The Trio, consisting of Bernd Haas (Guitar, Live Electronics), Stefan Preyer (Double Bass, Live FX) und Flo Baumgartner (Drums) creates an exciting genre-mix, ranging from Jazz, (Art)Rock, Funk, Modern … Continue reading →

Listen Closely is happy to announce Memplex’ second Album release – Lawn of Love Since their debut album “Souvenir” (2012) a lot happened in the careers of the five guys of Memplex. All of them can look back at a … Continue reading →