Fri, 19 January 2024, 8.30 pm ///
Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle, Waldeggstraße 116, Linz ///

Join us at Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle for an extraordinary evening of experimental music featuring Flora Yin-Wong, the London-based artist renowned for her unique blend of ancient instruments and modern technology. Alongside her, experience two more live sets by mʊdʌki, a new media artist from Belarus known for her immersive sound designs and ronit amon, producer of merging deep techno with melodic rhythms. The night will be closed with a DJ-set by I‑ID (I minus ID) from qujOchÖ. This lineup of avant-garde electronic artists promises a night filled with captivating sonic explorations.

Tickets: pre-sale 12 Euros / box office 15 Euros / pre-sale via KUPFticket.com

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Flora Yin-Wong is an experimental artist and writer from London whose work incorporates field recordings and early instruments such as singing bowls, yangqin and kemence, processed through pedals, Max/MSP, as well as text-based storytelling and abstraction. She cites early musical influences from the city’s diverse sub-cultures from UK garage to underground DIY bands, having grown up on council estates in Camden, to underage clubbing in Soho and Mayfair.

In October 2020, her debut album was released on Modern Love records as a double LP vinyl. Prior to that, she released on Berlin label PAN on the ambient “mono no aware” compilation which she worked on conceptualizing. Her debut EP “City God” was a tape on New York imprint PTP, was inspired by the Daoist tradition of tutelary deities and the afterlife.

She has performed at institutions and galleries like MACRO Roma, Volksbühne Theatre Berlin, Palais de Tokyo, V&A Museum, Fondation Beyeler Basel, Somerset House, Triennale Milano, King’s Place, The Jazz Cafe, and Cafe OTO London, as well as clubs like Berghain, Printworks London, Razzmatazz Barcelona, SOTO and Metro in Kyoto, and on Festivals like Atonal and 3HD Festivals in Berlin, Semibreve Portugal, FIBER Festival Amsterdam, Wiener Festwochen in Vienna and MUTEK Peru.
 
She regularly guests on radio shows like Rinse FM, NTS, Know Wave, The Lot Radio, and Boiler Room, with a trimestrial residency on LYL Radio. This year she launched her record label Doyenne feat. artists like Susu Laroche, Lisa Lerkenfeldt, Martyna Basta, and YL Hooi. Her second album is due this September on Modern Love, and her multi-channel composition for Paris institute’s INA GRM will be released as a split EP next year following a residency for their iconic 48-channel diffusion system. She is currently working on remixes for Ale Hop on Nyege Nyege Tapes, for the duo Animistic Beliefs and Tokyo producer Ena.

Her first book “Liturgy” was released in July 2021 on New York’s Primary Information — exploring abstract fiction and non-fiction, interlinking themes like religion, modern mythology, paradoxes, and delusions.

https://florayinwong.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/floraytw
https://www.instagram.com/floraytw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7f55Yb7rRQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8HD3R51HJU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgB77KYSxqg

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mʊdʌki aka Polina Khatsenka is a new media artist from Belarus, currently based in Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic. Currently she is studying time-based media in Linz. She works as sound designer, recordist, editor, music producer and sonic curator. A dominant part of her artworks is based on a wide variety of aspects of sound, such as sonic environment, field recordings, electroacoustic music and spatial sound. In her work she attempts to go for intuition together with constant development of her skills, trying to keep distance from fast-changing leading movements.

https://www.works.io/polina-khatsenka/curriculum-vitae
https://mudaki.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/mudaki
https://vimeo.com/phononcrew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlL6gU_JjCw

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ronit amon lives and works in linz, where she is active in the self-organized and socially bound rental house project habiTAT and the associated house project Willy*Fred, among others. She has been DJing regularly since 2008 and has also been working as a producer since 2020. She is currently working with Bitwig Studio on a new set on the schwarzmarkt label, which combines rave and pumping deep, melodic and acid techno.

https://ronitamon.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/ronit_amon
https://www.instagram.com/__r.o.n.i.t__

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I‑ID (I minus ID) is an interdisciplinary artist, painter, DJ and sound-artist from Tehran, currently studying Time-based Media at University of Arts Linz. The work is characterized by a wide variety of art forms into digital arts, experimenting with sound and the relationship between them. I‑ID has recently been active in the field of sounding projects, curating and event organization, and is a member of the Linz based art collective qujOchÖ.

https://i‑minus-id.com
https://soundcloud.com/iminusid
https://www.instagram.com/iminusid

Tickets: pre-sale 8 Euros (via KUPFticket.com), box office 10 Euros
Free special drink for après-ski outfits!

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NORDRA’s masterful ability to deconstruct musical structure in a language of industrial music and noise, alongside the alchemy of her live performance has led to her sharing the stage with artists of a psychotropic nature like beak>, Demdike Stare, SUMAC, Anthony Braxton, Yves Tumor, and OXBOW. The mostly devastating and always transcendental works of musician and sound artist Monika Khot have within them an almost orchestral dimension, with the appearance of each element having its place and purpose. The results give rise to an emotional and adventurous quality wielding her apparent dub, techno, and musique-concrète influences.

Born in 1992 in Virginia US to immigrants of the Karnataka region of India, Khot’s mêlé of sonic exploration began with classical guitar study, computer music, and death metal. Deciding to relocate to Seattle WA US in 2014 she began avant-psych duo Zen Mother, which gave rise to harnessing her songwriting capabilities. In 2016, she began making music as Nordra, releasing all of her works to date on Aaron Turner and Faith Coloccia’s label SIGE.

Nordra has performed her works at Donaufestival, Skaņu Mežs (Sound Forest) Festival, Timezones Festival, Pioneer Works, and more.

Khot has been recruited to play live with other artists including Daughters, Zola Jesus, Marissa Nadler, and Cassandra Jenkins.

http://www.nordra.net
https://nordra.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/nordra

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GUNSHIP COLLIDER is the solo project of Dominik Morishita-Leitner, formerly known as a member of the band “Postman”. It’s all about post-punk, wave, elektro, pop, made with open source software, break beats, keyboards, and lyrics based on necessity.

https://dominikmorishitaleitner.tumblr.com
https://www.instagram.com/postmoderntalking

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Millennials & Gen Z can only read in lists, so we’re gonna do “5 reasons why you will love LERNPLANET”:

1. Best bandname ever
2. Sounds a bit like old Beak>, Battles and this kind of weird shit
3. FUN lyrics (the good funny, not the cringe)
4. You’re gonna be the first to see them (cool to mention it to others who see them after you)
5. You can do cool things with their name, like Germplanet, Herrenplanet, Sternplanet or Fernplanet

[Fractalnights Vienna]

LERNPLANET is a band from Linz with drums, bass, synths, two voices, strange lyrics, kinda (very) mesmerising and live love life around Georg, Paul, Jeff, Bill and Elon.

https://lernplanet.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/flubber-3d‑2
https://www.instagram.com/lernplanet666

Fr, 24 November 2023, 8.30 pm ///
Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle, Waldeggstraße 116, Linz ///_

This evening it’s all about the right amount of BumBum. Sometimes, as with Hüma Utku, this BumBum comes across as a complex structure to enable an archetypal experience in C. G. Jung’s sense, which transforms field recordings, acoustic instruments and atmospheric ambience into transcendent harmonic noise and raw ritual rhythms. Other times the BumBum booms through the room as Julia Just mixes haunting drones with pulsating, creaking and reverberating noise to hammer her musical style between post-industrial, dark ambient and electro-acoustic music into the souls of the auditorium. And then there’s this BumBum, with which Captain Mändy & Containa from Hydra transform the dance floor into a slide in best (club) manner, because the sweat flows in streams. Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle is the place to experience it all on 24 November — embedded in the d*sign week 2023 organized by Potato Publishing and servus.at, which takes place from 21 to 26 November (programme at dsignweek.servus.at).

Tickets: pre-sale 12 Euros / box office 15 Euros / pre-sale via KUPFticket.com

humautku.com
soundcloud.com/jul_just
holyhydra.at

Hailing from Istanbul, the Berlin based electronic music composer and sound artist HÜMA UTKU explores the possibilities of how sound textures and rhythm can be used to evoke a sense of ancient within advanced electronic music. With an overall disregard for genres she fuses field recordings, acoustic instruments, atmospheric ambience into harmonious noise and harsh ritualistic rhythms as means to utilize sound and music as tools for storytelling. Combining her practice of music with her studies in psychology Utku’s works draw inspiration from human condition, mysticism and folklore.

In August 2018 “Şeb‑i Yelda” was released by Karl Records, which presented Utku (as R.A.N.) with an evolved sound and strong theme to a wide audience. Following the international success of her EP, she released her debut full-length album under her own name Gnosis in July 2019 via the same label. This release gained Utku recognition for her unique approach of creating sonic story plots by merging concepts with experiments in electronic music. Her sophomore album “The Psychologist” was released on Editions Mego in May 2022. This album has been cited as Utku’s most ambitious, authentic and complex work yet in which her background in psychology and her current practice as a conceptual music composer are intertwined.

Since 2016, Utku has presented her work in festivals and institutions including Berlin Atonal, CTM Club Transmediale Festival Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, Radialsystem in Berlin, Salon IKSV in Istanbul, Donaufestival in Krems, Musikprotokoll in Graz, Sonic Acts Biennale in Amsterdam, Lunchmeat Festival in Prague, Insomnia Festival in Tromsø and many others. Her work has received notable press from platforms such as The Wire, Noisey, Rolling Stone, Redbull Music, Groove Mag, Gonzo Circus, BantMag, Scene Noise among others, as well as getting broadcasted by seminal radio station and platforms such as BBC Radio 3, ORF, TRT, NTS radio, RAI 3, Resonance FM, YLE and Sveriges Radio. In 2021, Utku was selected as a SHAPE artist (Sound, Heterogeneous Art and Performance in Europe).—

Julia Just’s work explores the idiosyncratic electronic soundworld of haunted drones, pulses, creaks, and reverberations. The Vienna-based artist deploys field recordings alongside granular synthesis and various digital FX chains via a modular setup – but the result is consistently surprising and mired in a deep sense of darkness. Abstract journeys from the intersection of post-industrial, dark-ambient and electroacoustic music.
Her latest appearances include Unsafe+Sounds Festival, Sonic Territories Festival, Venster99, l i c c h t and Château Rouge (all in Vienna).—

Lorena Höllrigl and Amanda Augustin are part of the Linz-based art & cultural initiative Hydra. The many-headed creature fights day and night for the subculture in Linz and all over the world. Hydra’s homebase is at Raumteiler Linz and once a year the collective is curating and programming an event called Holy Hydra at a church in Linz. As Captain Mändy & Containa, the two deliver DJ sets between spherical sounds and hard beats, always with a dignified level of bumbum.

Fri, 10 November 2023, 8:30 pm ///
Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle, Waldeggstraße 116, Linz ///

Noise at the highest level. On November 10, the Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle will host three artists who are constantly on the lookout for new musical connections between experimental electronical, industrial, metal and noise music. qujOchÖ is pleased to announce that Yuko Araki will be making a stop in Linz on her extensive European tour. She will be supported on this evening with a live set by Stefan Tiefengraber and a DJ set by Moritz Morast, both of whom have been connected to the Linz music scene for many years through many corners (including Tresor Linz, Mit Händen und Füßen, …).

Tickets pre-sale: 10 Euro (–> pre-sale via KUPFticket.com)
Tickets box office: 13 Euro

YUKO ARAKI is one of a number of young female artists emerging from Japan that are redefining the outer boundaries of noise, post-industrial techno and experimental electronics. Raised as a pianist, Araki’s teenage obsession with metal opened a gateway towards various types of intense sonics. Exploring a diverse range music projects over the past decade (KUUNATIC, Concierto de la Familia), her solo work resolved in 2019 after she developed an approach to analog freeform analog noise, releasing her first EP “I” (Gerpfast Collective) and her debut album “II” (Commando Vanessa). Working with a reductive set of tools, her methodology was to create work that created a sense of timbral intensity and complexity through a weaving together of competing elements.

These days her new album “IV” is released on Room40, on which Araki creates a wholly more bludgeoning sound world. Working at the nexus of ritual, noise, sub sonics and crushing rhythms, her latest recording is resolutely embodied, smothering the listener in undulating pressure waves. She also summons an altogether otherworldly approach to voice, which operates as fugitive spirits within their caustic, post-industrial sound spaces she composes. This interest in voice is accentuated with special contributions from guests including Endon’s Taichi Nagura.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4Y3w3k8CHE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vicMJfloks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkQFWw0bk7w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4haKiAYkhI

STEFAN TIEFENGRABER’S work ranges from kinetic sound installations to audio-video noise performances. He experiments with the modification of devices, which are originally manufactured for different purposes. Combined with the perception of the audience, this experimental attempt of exploring old and new materials leads him to new and unpredictable results. For example, in the noise performance DOWM he uses three walkmans, three effect pedals, two mixers, a mini-synthesizer, microphones and several feedback loops to create a noise-scape that ends in silence and emptiness. In this project, Tiefengraber refers to his artistic method of working, which he implements not only in performances but also in his installation projects. He extends the predefined functions of the used devices by experimenting with them and using unconventional applications. With this way he achieves new and unpredictable results.

Tiefengraber’s work has been exhibited at Japan Media Arts Festival 2021 (Tokyo/Japan), Galerie gerken (Berlin/Germany), Ars Electronica Festival (Linz/Austria), TodaysArt 2014 (Den Haag/Netherlands), New Media Gallery (Vancouver/Canada), 16th Media Art Biennale WRO 2015 (Wroclaw/Poland), Blaues Rauschen (Bochum/Germany) and many more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qgzjaWHiM0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEABdNrcPSA

MORITZ MORAST is a musician and artist currently residing in Vienna, Austria. In his works he explores musical systems through improvisational immediacy and playful spontaneity, unraveling their idiosyncrasies and self-organizing properties, organizing raw sounds into a fluid form of motion. He works solo, as well as in different formations, ranging from free improvisation, extreme metal, and avant-rock, to experimental electronics.

Morast also composes for dance, theater, films and virtual reality. His musical work has been showcased on Festivals like Ars Electronica (Austria), Donaufestival Krems (Austria), Ars Musica (Belgium) and Meme Festival (Spain).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsYKeGIOt0w
https://soundcloud.com/morastism

Sat, 23 September 2023, 6 pm ///
Schießhalle, Waldeggstraße 116, Linz ///

Filmscreening x PoetryClub x QueerCulture x Concerto x Disco

Screening: Just Gorgeous. Beauty for Dead People
Readings & Performances: Charlotta Öberg, Georg Rauber, Lady Nutjob, Veza Fernandez
Hard Dancy Liveshow: AAAHHHNNNDDDIII
Moderation: Alexandru Cosarca

Sat, 12 August 2023, 6 pm ///
Sat, 19 August 2023, 6 pm ///
Sat, 26 August 2023, 2 pm ///
zur Schiassn (former Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle), Waldeggstraße 116, Linz ///

qujOchÖ invites you to its summer program in the shady guest garden at Schiassn (former Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle at Waldeggstraße 116, one minute from the Untergaumberg tramway stop).

On three Saturdays in August there will be fine live acts and film screenings, and on the last Saturday there will also be a workshop with Noiselab Linz. In addition, every time served: Jaus’n, beer, G’spritzter, juices & more! Pay as you wish!

Sat 12 August 2023, from 6 pm
Live: Andaka / soundcloud.com/andaka
Screening: What We Do in the Shadows (2014, 86 Min.) / imdb.com/title/tt3416742

Sat 19 August 2023, from 6 pm
Live: Andre Zogholy / zogholy.net
Screening: Greener Grass (2019, 95 Min.) / imdb.com/title/tt7422822

Sat 26 August 2023, from 2 pm
Workshop “Einfache Synthesizer Löten” with Mascha Illich (Course fee 30 Euro, incl. soldering kit) / cargocollective.com/noiselab
Live: RGBastler / rgbastler.wordpress.com
Screening: Sisters with Transistors (2020, 86 Min.) / imdb.com/title/tt6744250

Sat, 17 June 2023, from 15:00 to open end ///
former Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle, Waldeggstraße 116, Linz ///

The former Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle opens its doors after months of renovation — with a line-up that equals a one-day festival, workshops on riso and matrix printing, coffee & cake, raffle and much more.

From 6 to 11 June 2023, LINZ FMR, the biennial festival for art in digital contexts and public spaces, will take place for the third time. After the first edition in March 2019 alongside the Danube river and the second edition in June 2021 around the train station Mühlkreisbahnhof, this time FMR 23 will transform the southern harbour area into a freely accessible art space by numerous artists.

Opening

The opening will take place on Tuesday, 6 June 2023 at 6 pm at the clubhouse of Kleingartenverein Linz-Ost – one of the festival’s venues alongside hello yellow Velodrom & Pumptrack, Linzer Stadtalm or Klimaoase Linz-Lustenau.

FMR 23, Southern Harbour Area, Linz, Austria
Tuesday, 6 June – Sunday, 11 June 2023

Opening:
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 6 pm
Kleingartenverein Linz-Ost, Prinz-Eugen-Straße 40
followed by Opening Tours and Opening Night

Arrival and accommodation

Linz is located in the geographical heart of Europe and is quick and easy to reach by water, land and air thanks to a good network of motorways and the Linz Airport. Find out here how to get to Linz.

Several hotels are located within walking distance from the festival area, as well as the city centre of Linz. Hotel offers can be found on the website of the city of Linz, where you can also inform yourself about the Linz card, that gives you free admission to Linz museums and the public transport. For any personal inquiries, questions or information about Linz, the Tourist Information Linz is happy to help.

Program

FMR 23 brings to Linz a large exhibition centered around venues such as Kleingartenverein Linz-Ost, hello yellow Velodrom & Pumptrack, Klimaoase Linz-Lustenau, Linzer Stadtalm and vacancy of former Quelle/Woolworth/NORMA store in Industriezeile. On display will be works by artists from the fields of media art, digital art and Internet art:

✭ !Mediengruppe Bitnik (DE/CH/CR)
✭ Anne Fehres & Luke Conroy (NL/AU)
✭ Clemens Stöttinger (AT)
✭ Clusterduck (IT/FR/DE)
✭ Constant Dullaart (NL)
✭ Dennis de Bel & Anton Linus Jehle (NL/DE)
✭ Julian Oliver & Gordan Savičić (NZ/AT/CH)
✭ Julian Stadon (AU)
✭ Justin Tyler Tate (CA)
✭ Marie-Luce Nadal (FR)
✭ Marisa Olson (US)
✭ Mitra Azar (IT)
✭ raumarbeiterinnen (DE/AT)
✭ S.Myselle (AT)
✭ S()fia Braga (IT)
✭ Studer / van den Berg (CH)
✭ Students from the Department of Media Design at University of Arts Linz (AT)
✭ Swaeny Nina Kersaan (NL)
✭ TinTin Patrone (DE)
✭ ViaOral (NL)

The program also includes lectures and artist talks on topics such as ephemeral circuits, wild computing, detoxing digitality and chromatic fermentation. Performances from the field of electronic music will be offered in addition to the Opening Night at a Concert Night on Friday, 9 June, with Stefano D’Alessio (IT), Crystn Hunt Akron feat. Tofa (Modulux) (AT), Floating Spectrum feat. Abe Pazos (TW/DE/FI), SØS Gunver Ryberg (DK), Francesco Luzzana & Sofia Casprini (IT), Antenes (US), Sturmherta (AT), Mermaid & Seafruit (PL/AT) & Antonia XM (AT). In addition, there will be daily performances by the participating artists on the festival grounds as well as guided tours with art educators and curators.

Organisation

Responsible for the festival is the association „LINZ FMR – art in digital contexts and public spaces“. It was founded by the two art and cultural initiatives qujOchÖ and servus.at, Atelierhaus Salzamt of the City of Linz, University of Arts Linz and Sturm und Drang Galerie. Their representatives have been involved in the conception, organization and curation of the festival since its first edition in March 2019.

FMR 23 is supported by the City of Linz as UNESCO City of Media Arts, the State of Upper Austria and the Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport, as well as numerous organizations and companies, including our main sponsors LINZ AG and Gutenberg-Werbering, our co-sponsors Plasser & Theurer, Datapress, Christian Schepe Fineartprinting, Schachermayer, ARCOTEL Nike Linz, Austria Classic Hotel Wolfinger, Das Landhof, arte Hotel Linz, TIER, city bike Linz, MOTORMOBIL Autohaus Dornach, Freistädter Bier, brotsüchtig, connect724, USP, Gebrüder Weiss, Schuller Eh’Klar and our further partners & supporters Linz Tourismus, Innovationshauptplatz Linz, younion Oberösterreich, Kleingartenverein Linz-Ost, Klimaoase Linz-Lustenau, hello yellow Velodrom & Pumptrack by Schachermayer, Linzer Stadtalm, Radio FRO, DORF TV and DIE REFERENTIN.

More info → linzfmr.at

Opening

Posters and magazine

Festival office

Exhibition

Tours

Talks

Concerts

THE FOREST SIRENS (AT) ///
COUSINES LIKE SHIT (AT) ///
CAORLI (AT) ///

Thu, December 15 2022, 20:00 ///
former Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle, Waldeggstraße 116, Linz ///

qujOchÖ invites to an extraordinary xmas-party. Expect art, music and drinks that will make you cry and laugh at the same time. Dead raccoons meet forest sirens, Cousines like Shit eat trippy licorice and Caorli serves the best cheese strips in the Universe.

cousines-like-sh.it
youtube.com/watch?v=LSYOM5KUnVw
youtube.com/watch?v=zAKA14MtDrE

Fri, December 2 2022, 20:15 ///
former Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle, Waldeggstraße 116, Linz ///

qujOchÖ restarts its concert machine after moving from Untere Donaulände to the former Wirtshaus zur Schießhalle in Waldeggstraße (close to the train station, only about 12 minutes by tram line 3 or 4 from Hauptplatz to Untergaumberg stop). In the still raw atmosphere of the renovation, the first act to perform will be industrial gabber and new school hardcore by ASTRID GNOSIS (ES/GB), who has been seen in recent years at Hyperreality 2019 at the Sophienalpe in Vienna, at Club Transmediale Festival 2020 in Berlin or at the Unsafe+Sounds 2022 at Werk in Vienna. Afterwards, the global local support act LYNNMAYYA (SY/AT), whose fine minimal deep techno sets have been haunting the clubs in Linz for some time now, will perform.

“Astrid Gnosis is one of those rare, one-of-a-kind artists whose work leaves a lasting impression on your mind. She throws you into a deeply unsettling universe, both uncomfortably perturbing yet weirdly engrossing. Colombian/Spanish-born and London-based, Gnosis is a multi-media artist who weaves dystopian soundscapes, blunt lyricism and brutal imagery to challenge human perception. When it comes to Gnosis’ hybrid hardcore sound, there’s no sugar-coating and no pretentious nonsense, only progressive and uncompromising electronica with a socio-political tinge, designed to rip out humanity’s obliviousness to the world one beat at a time.” (Silvija Daniunaite, subbacultcha.be)

“LynnMayya is a Syrian experimental visualist and sound artist who kicked started her career as a bassist in a rock band called Karma and they performed in Syria as the first female rock band in the country. Now she is based in Austria where she performs as a Techno DJ & Electronic Producer. In her DJ and live sets she plays lots of tracks, combining groovy minimal with dark-psy twist. As producer she is distinguished by using raw and playful synths and other digital and analog instruments.”

astridgnosis.com
astridgnosis.bandcamp.com
soundcloud.com/astridgnosis
instagram.com/astridgnosis
youtube.com/ASTRIDGNOSIS

soundcloud.com/lynnmayya
instagram.com/lynnmayya