New tote bags with lyrics-quotes from Ken Hayakawa feat. Julian & der Fux are available.

It’s getting cold outside so we think it’s time for an end of summer/begin of autumn update, which contains compilations-contributions by MOTSA and Ken Hayakawa and also some Julian & der Fux relatetd news are included.

Ken Hayakawa hat sich für seine neue EP „Über den Dächern“ Unterstützung vom Duo Julian & der Fux geholt. Gemeinsam definieren sie ein weiteres Werk im frischen „Wiener Sound“. Das sommerliche Arrangement mit seinen mitreißenden Piano- und Gitarrenparts, sowie auch dem scharfsinnigen und selbstironischen Text, lädt zum Entspannen, Aufsteigen und Abheben ein.

After his debut EP “Taken By Surprise” a few weeks ago here on j.hruza records, MOTSA releases with his buddy Emil Berliner a new EP titled “Various Pearls” on Schönbrunner Perlen. The release contains besides the both A-side tracks remixes by Ken Hayakawa, Thomas Stieler and Radio Diffusion.

Austrian/Canadian singer/songwriter and FM4′s Sunny Side Up-host John Megill releases after a long pregnancy his first full length album. In addition to the 12 fantastic songs of the album, both Karl Moestl and j.hruza records-headhoncho Julian Hruza have remixed one track of the album.

Valerio Dittrich aka MOTSA grew up in the Scottish highlands surrounded by various styles of British electronic music. This period of his life, and a lust for soulful music from any country or continent, has clearly left marks in his production style today. Through the years he has collaborated and experimented in various genres to keep his output versatile. His current sound is somewhere between glitchy yet dance floor oriented beats and bass driven electronica.

On Saturday, 22nd of June, the releaseparty of MOTSA’s debut EP “Taken By Surprise” takes place at Das Werk. The line up at the Salopp! party features besides  MOTSA himself, remixer Roman Rauch and the residents Lupo and Davi dB.

We are happy to announce to our duo Julian & der Fux are playing Graz at Springfestival on the 29th May @ PPC; at the Vienna Independent Shorts party @ Brut on the 1st June and in Greifenstein at the Ton am Strom Festival on the Outdoor Stage on the 29th June. Grab your tickets! Also gigs in July are scheduled.

Springfestival
Vienna Independent Shorts
Ton am Strom

More:
29.06.13 @ Ton am Strom – GREIFENSTEIN (+Band)
26.07.13 @ Conrad Sohm – DORNBIRN
24.08.13 @ Grelle Forelle – WIEN
07.09.13 @ Sodaclub – SALZBURG
21.09.13 @ Ritter Butzke – BERLIN
05.10.13 @ Waves Vienna – WIEN (+Band)

Number one Austrian blogger Disco Demons featured the newest release of Julian & der Fux “Mischwald Kapitel Eins” on his blog and mixed “Der letzte Tanz” in his latest mixtape, which is called “Sleepless”. Also litheart.de posted a review about “Mischwald” alongside with the blog-post from German blog-flagship trndmusik.de.

Disco Demons on Mischwald
Disco Demons Sleepless mix
litheart.de on Mischwald
trndmusik.de on Mischwald

After a total run of 6 weeks in the Austrian FM4 charts, the song “Altes Ego” by Julian & der Fux left the charts, peaking highest on number 3 at the 9th Febuary.
Meanwhile their video for “Speckbrot” is nominated at the Vienna Independent Shorts for the Österreichischen Musikvideo Preis.