Lärmletter

experimental, pioneering, and/or good musics in vienna and beyond

Lärmletter is an effort to round up interesting music events in Vienna twice a month, directly inspired by London Sound Index and nyc noise. It’s non-exhaustive by design, meaning we don’t aim to cover everything and that we also know we can’t even cover everything fulfilling any set of criteria. We try to focus especially on left-field and DIY music that’s not over-commercialised within different genres/scenes according to our knowledge, experience, and personal preferences. So some types of music we don’t feature a lot because we’re not so familiar with them. If you feel like we’re missing out on stuff you care about, reach out to us at viennalaerm@fastmail.com and let us know! We’re an open collective and very happy to welcome new contributors!

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1-16 November

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vienna is serving us a remarkably rich musical program in the upcoming fortnight, so let’s enjoy some of these autumnal sound waves! see you there and have a spooky one, xx ✩₊˚.⋆🕸️⋆⁺₊✧

Just Announced

26 November (Thu)

Mara Never EP release show w/ Mursal Rashad-Mehri, Ku-Ro, sophia zdes + Verschrin

Westbahnstudios 📶
1150
€15 doors
Am I biased? Yes, is it gonna be some of the most poignant improv(-adjacent) stuff you can hear in Vienna this month? Maybe also yes

28 June 2027 (Mon)

Osees w/ Brigid Dawson

Arena (Große Halle) ☑️
1030
€ 39.90
yayy, thee oh sees are coming to vienna again, their last show here absolutely ripped; this time they are joined by long-time associate Brigid Dawson who was part of some of their best release imo (reminder that OCS made some incredible freak folk music!)

Next two weeks

1 November (Sun)

Jozef Van Wissem

Das LOT ✅
1100
22€ VVK; 25 AK
20:00; lutenist; collaborated with Jim Jarmush for his films (notably Only Lovers Left Alive); dark atmospheric lute playing

2 November (Mon)

Black Page Orchestra: Sie machen’s alle (Wien Modern)

Musikverein Gläserner Saal ✅
1010
€ 31 (€ 15.50 < 30; € 5 with Wien Modern festival pass)
pretty wild evening of contemporary compositions, some drawing from Jelinek texts

Augend&Addend: Joshua Chuquimia Crampton + Ina Aloisia Ebenberger & Amar Priganica

Flucc Wanne ✅
1020
€20, community available upon need
modern spiritual guitar priest (our words, not his) from the Pakajaqi nation of the Aymara people of South America and local harp + ??? duo that last time one of us heard it was pretty droney and very beautiful.

[via klingt.org] Monday Improv Edition1000: Reona + Sofía Escamilla + Arnold Noid Haberl

Celeste ⏳
1050
free
the 1000st monday improv session. Cello by Mexican guest Escamilla; Industrial Tapdance by Japanese guest Reona; another Cello by local Noid. Afterwards free session led by all the hosts of monday improv session

3 November (Tue)

Liza Lim: Tree of Codes (Neue Oper x Wien Modern)

Reaktor ✅
1170
€ 45 (€ 22.50 < 26; € 20 with Wien Modern festival pass)
opera about heritage and memory by a pretty interesting contemporary composer; also on the 5th, 6th, and 8th

Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow

Porgy & Bess ☑️
1010
€ 30
renowned jazz/psych/dub/funk improv trio from NYC perform together with the legendary Georgia Anne Muldrow; surely one of the best things Porgy has put on this year!

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frederic D. Oberland + Jessica Moss + Asifeh 🇵🇸

Rhiz ♿️
1080
€15-20 as you can (doors)
great experimental, emotional lineup, circling around the black hole of the genocide of the Palestinian people

4 November (Wed)

OTTO

echoraum 📶,🅰️
1150
€ 10/7 (reduced)
Bulgarian percussion trio (on the tapan + gong and bronze plate), expect polyrhythms!

punctum collective

Haus Wittgenstein ⏳
1030
€ 16/12 (reduced)
cool young ensemble, first performing throughout Haus Wittgenstein (with the audience blindfolded i think?), then playing a concert; there will also be film screenings

Die Buben im Pelz

Chelsea ⏳
1080
€20 PS/€24 BO
Dialect Rock showing off their first album of original songs after doing an acclaimed Velvet Underground Cover Thing

Trace Polly

Akademie der bildenen Künste - Lehargasse (Prospekthof) ♿️
1060
free
Concert performance for Master in critical studies. Trace Polly plays string instruments with objects like sex toys sewing machines etc

5 November (Thu)

Svetlost + Hothouse

Das LOT ✅
1100
€ 17 PS/€ 25 BO
macedonian contemporary (dark, psychedelic) jazz trio + post punk from prague

Party Modern: sch:cht: Kasho Chualan + Parajekt + THAO (dj) (Wien Modern)

Flucc Deck ✅
1020
€ 12 PS/€ 15 BO (€ 5 with Wien Modern festival pass)
very solid combination of experimental (piano/electronics, electronics/noise) and club music

Kim Salmon’s Smoked Salmon

Chelsea ⏳
1080
€27 PS/€30 BO
So apparently grunge was born in Australia and this guy is who made it up. Doesn’t necessarily do grunge anymore? But good weird rock music

[via klingt.org] Free Music St. Johann & Franz Hautzinger

Porgy & Bess (Strenge Kammer) ☑️
1010
Pay as you wish
Tyrolean improv orchestra + local experimental trumpet master. Also see the next two days for other collaborators with the St Johann ppl

6 November (Fri)

Shaki Tavi + Manic Youth + Trauma Glow

Das LOT ✅
1100
€ 15 PS/€ 18 BO
US and local post rock/shoegaze

Unbounded Sounds: Ourania Lampropoulou + Sofia Labropoulou + Martin Mallaun

Radiokulturhaus ⏳
1040
€ 24
zither instrument concerts (santouri, zither, qanun)

NEXUS (live) + k means + SAMI + DJ Fred + zey

Flucc Deck ✅
1020
€ 11 PS (limited)/ € 14 BO
Bestand up/or night with a duo bringing metal/punk/dubstep/trap together in politically radical expressions that apparently have been ravingly received live, and amazing experimental djs - this is an event!

The Pau + GRUBI

kv.r. ⏳
1170
?
one-woman post punk show from poland plus really cool local post punk support

Jean-Luc Hervé: Un Monde Peuplé (Wien Modern)

Zacherlfabrik ⏳
1190
€ 28 (€ 14 < 30; € 5 with Wien Modern festival pass)
percussion and electronics performance inspired by the venue: Zacherlfabrik used to be a place where insecticides were produced, now bees live in the garden there; also on the 7th and 8th

PLÜSCH: MJANE + Miyra Lim + Cristinho + Florian No

Tagada 📶
1160
?
house music all night; having witnessed sets by both MJANE and Miyra Lim I would guess that this one’s going to be good!

21 Years HC4L: Escalate + Alive Inside + Dream World + Hometown Crew + Limited Options

Venster99 ♿️
1090
pay as you wish
two-day Hardcore For The Losers fest celebrating their 21st anniversary; featuring a packed line up of local and international hardcore acts!

le_mol + Our Ceasing Voice + The Zew

B72 ✅
1080
€17 pre-sale, 22€ doors
Austrian post-rock bands + “cyborg folk” ugh why have I still not checked out the zew live

[via klingt.org] Free Music St. Johann & Isabella Forciniti

Porgy & Bess (Strenge Kammer) ☑️
1010
pay as you wish
Tyrolean improv orchestra + local synth sorceress

[via klingt.org] Der Verlorene Faden & H.Flora & Emerge

koje ⏳
1170
?
bass/electronics/modular synth/… improv weirdstuff

Café Mondo invites Mama Demba

Funkhaus ✅
1040
12€
Vape Verdean-via-Lisbon DJ with a huge collection of African music comes to Vienna

7 November (Sat)

21 Years HC4L: Silver + Compete + Influence + Exception + No Laughing Matter

Venster99 ♿️
1090
pay as you wish
two-day Hardcore For The Losers fest celebrating their 21st anniversary; featuring a packed line up of local and international hardcore acts!

Nikola Vukovic + Luka Zabric

Vekks ☑️
1120
free
Luk i strela is a duo Project with prepared alto-saxophone and prepared trumpets

Park It Here: Lamsi + Cherches + keeo.fm + Cobra

PRST Club Praterstrasse ⏳
1020
€ 15 (currently)
UK garage

MONTAHA + Xavier Weydert (oboskop) + tba

Das LOT ✅
1100
€ 8 PS/€ 10 BO/€ 5 if needed
afternoon til early night listening session to inaugurate LOT’s custom-designed new sound system (by Philipp Hovorka / Tiefklang)

Klangforum Wien: Anima Mundi (Wien Modern)

Konzerthaus (Großer Saal) ☑️
1030
€ 34 (€ 17 < 30; free with Wien Modern festival pass)
compositions by Unsuk Chin (great contemporary composer), Michael Finnissy, and Liza Lim (thinking about ecology in contemporary classical music)

Hallraum: Observer + hiff + Shyborg + DJ Odd

Tagada 📶
1160
?
event series dedicated to dub techno welcoming four great local djs/producers

Camilla George

Porgy & Bess ☑️
1010
€ 25
nigerian-born sax player and key figure of the london jazz scene is bringing her blend of jazz grooves to vienna

UFO Club

Cafe Derwisch 📶
1160
free before 11 PM / 8€ afterwards
1960s/1970s psych/krautrock, soul, funk and pop DJ sets with analogue visuals; expect wholesome obscure hippy vibes

Kriegsbilder: Chloe Landau + Lino Camilo + Chaosy + who i why (dj) 💸

Kollektiv Kaorle ⏳
1140
€ 15
probably great lineup ranging from “hypnagogic pop, noise, grunge” to “distorted chaotic remixes”; 50% of proceeds go to a Ukrainian volunteer unit supporting the resistance efforts

Klub Halal pres. Klub Palestine: Rakans (dj) + Modi (tabla) + Mah Mood (dj) + Sherine Falasteen (drag) + Sanadrilla (dj) 🇵🇸💸

Flucc Wanne ✅
1020
€17, community tickets upon request
All-Palestinian Lineup. Collecting Donations for Queer/Trans Palestinian refugees in Egypt

Invitation: Armin Schmelz + Marc Græbnør + Annie High b2b ADHS Lene

Celeste ⏳
1050
?
amazing dj lineup for this b-day celebration of local dj Ciao Ciao; i would expect eclectic selections, deep cuts and rarities across a wide range of styles from boogie, disco and proto-house to wave, dub and post punk; in any case it’s going to be fun!

[via klingt.org] Free Music St. Johann & Angélica Castelló

Porgy & Bess (Strenge Kammer) ☑️
1010
pay as you wish
Tyrolean improv orchestra + local reeds and recorder G

[via RA / Lucia K] served w/ Harmony Rec. + hereandthere: anxxxious_t + Ayū + Georgia Bird + MELIMEKO + Menal Batti + Pink Concrete + saschka + Yan

secret location ⏳
?
tba
Lucia K: “SERVED brings two multidimensional labels from Prague and local favourites to a secret location for live sets and underground heat.”

Fuelized: Minor Forms + Chrome

Club Lucia ⏳
1080
€15
dnb

8 November (Sun)

Noise of War (Wien Modern)

Ruprechtskirche ☑️
1010
free donation
interactive installation and performance centring organ pipes and how they changed during war periods (because pipes were melted to produce ammunition)

Vioflesh + Touch by Touch

Das LOT ✅
1100
€ 18 PS/€ 20 BO
darkwave/neo-coldwave duo from chile + synthpop/darkwave/post-punk duo

Sonntag’sdisco: The Res (live) + Drehli Robnik (dj)

Flucc Deck ✅
1020
€10 doors
Theresa Strohmer of local indie mainstays Topsy Turvy and Laundromat Chicks doing her solo project debut (“Tweeish Pop”) with band, + yapping boomer nerd DJ spinning before and after, recommend

9 November (Mon)

Sofía Escamilla, Paula Sánchez, Sandra Muciño, Emilio Gordoa

Vekks ☑️
1120
free
free improv of two cellos, a bassoon and percussions

Moor Mother + Rojin Sharafi

Flucc Deck ✅
1020
25€ VVK; 30€ AK
Moor Mother is touring for the 10 year anniversary of her debut album Fetish Bones; some of the best experimental music out there and having seen her two times now I can very much recommend seeing her at this show as they are always a magical experience; Moor Mother is being supported by the Vienna-based Iranian sound artist and composer Rojin Sharafi, electroacoustic music, noise, and experimental electronics;

Every Song Ever IV (Wien Modern)

echoraum 📶,🅰️
1150
€ 22 (€ 10 < 30; € 5 with Wien Modern festival pass)
musical interpretation of a book about music, this time with a reading and discussion with the author, Ben Ratliff

Monday Improv: Paul Skrepek & Wolfgang Mitterer

Celeste ⏳
1050
free
drums + keys improv gig and afterwards free session

10 November (Tue)

Bobby Sparks II Quartet

Porgy & Bess ☑️
1010
€30 / €35
if you like 1970s keyboards and The RH Factor, this one is for you

11 November (Wed)

Clan of Xymox + Sundl

Chelsea ⏳
1080
25
local goth-house producer Sundl is supporting the darkwave pioneers Clan of Xymox

Tonarium Wien: Dia-/Trialoge

Alte Schmiede ♿️
1010
free
mostly short new compositions for clarinet, violin, piano

Mamadou Diabaté + Kimyan

Radiokulturhaus ⏳
1040
€ 24
balafon virtuoso and young producer doing solo concerts before playing together

Aleksandra Bajde: Slow Down (Wien Modern)

Reaktor ✅
1170
€ 25 (€ 12.50 < 30; € 5 with Wien Modern festival pass)
collective listening while lying down to slow down

12 November (Thu)

Bestand: re_late

Coco Bar 📶
1080
free
line-up tba

s c h w e b e n: Philipp Otterbach (live) + Adina Camhy (live) + Andrea Ida (dj)

kv.r. ⏳
1170
€15 (regular) / €10 (soli)
sama recordings invites three amazing artists: renowned berlin-based dj and producer whose ambient post music style is described as “deconstructed entertainment for hopeless romantics”; vienna-based noise/ambient/drone/field recording improv artist; and one of this author’s favorite djs that always plays the most interesting selections

Hirsch Fisch + guests

Flucc Deck ✅
1020
€25 pre-sale
Austrian “urban meta-folk”, weird dialect stuff, I could fuck with this

Dave Rempis & Jason Adasiewicz & Chris Corsano

Celeste ⏳
1050
€15 i believe
i know that Chris Corsano is a sick drummer and believe it will probably be a very good free jazz experience

King No-One + MaxFinn

Club Lucia ⏳
1080
€28
indie rock

13 November (Fri)

Midwife + Devin Shaffer

Ateliertheater ♿️
1070
25
self described “heaven metal” by midwife; ambient, experimental, shoegazy at times, experimental pop; field recordings, ambient (occasionally drone) folk from Devin Shaffer, very ethereal;

Juke Mushino + Ternoy, Cruz, Orins

Vekks ☑️
1120
free
improvisational music with frettess bass, effect pedals; very industrial; TOC: Ternoy, Orins, Cruz; piano, guitar, drums;

Sixscore + Caloris Impact + Backyard

Venster99 ♿️
1090
pay as you wish
political grindcore, hardcore and powerviolence from vienna and graz

Circuit Fantôme S6 Ep14: petites formes 2026

Vronihof ⏳
1170
pay as you wish
octophonic listening session presenting the winning pieces submitted to the petites formes acousmatic composition competition

50Herz: Sodomland + Kilroy + Gush Valley + Darina + Djinn Sylva + Xavior™

Kollektiv Kaorle ⏳
1140
€18 (regular) / €15 (soli)
electro/dance-punk/EDM duo from berlin with cross-genre local support

Neuer Wiener Diwan / Orcestra Reusónica Trio

Brunnenpassage ♿️
1160
fere donation
trash instrument building workshop & concert (incl. iberic, mediterranean & south american music)

DESOLAT + Anna Grob (Solo) + Orange Skies

Club Lucia ⏳
1080
€16,50
Grunge, Post-Punk and fuzzy Indie

14 November (Sat)

Disco Traurig: Selofan + Zack Zack Zack + Ivu + DJs: Plasmatic & Legion + DJ Dust + Mrs. Pinkeyes + Maija & Nymphe

Das LOT ✅
1100
€ 30 currently
intl dark wavey club night

Wooli Duo + Cora Leli Hausch + Ravenna Escaleira + Frederic Stritter

kv.r. ⏳
1170
?
more infos tba but this one features a taiwanese/norwegian avant-garde folk duo and some free improv business; sounds really intriguing to me!

Ulla Suspekt + Monsterheart

Kollektiv Kaorle ⏳
1140
€15 (regular) / €10 (soli)
indie pop on the softer side of things

Raqsouna: Gaouta + Qamareen + Abu Naima

Club Lucia ⏳
1080
€10/€12/€15
raqsouna invites moroccan artist gaouta who apparently makes a blend of post-punk, new wave, ’80s sounds, and Darija

Once in a Blue Moon: Amina + Gawdesque + Malounadou + Bellavie

Funkhaus ✅
1040
from €13
Afterparty to a Kiki ball

Electric Indigo (Live) + MPU101 (Live) + Kobermann (DJ)

Westbahnstudios 📶
1150
15€ doors
noise/electroacoustic/techno/analog synth/

15 November (Sun)

Great Area + Pillbert

Rhiz ♿️
1080
€ 24
filling in for Dagmar Zuniga who had to cancel for family reasons: london-based solo act making interesting melancholic tunes rooted in sample manipulation, check out her releases on Relaxin Records! supported by alt pop singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist influenced by outsider music

Callshop Radio X Spumante live radio show

Flucc Deck ✅
1020
free
lineup tba - free DJ afternoon!

16 November (Mon)

Imperial Triumphant + Knoll

Arena ☑️
1030
27,75
Imperial Triumphant released an Album last year that ended on many critics “Albums of the year list”. Blackened Avant-garde metal; they also released a piano solo album but I feel like most of the concert will be more focused on the Goldstar release; Knoll in turn is going to up the noise and blast your eardrums with grindcore, deathmetal stuffs;

rsn & N

Vekks ☑️
1120
free
https://n1511n.bandcamp.com/album/shift-1 - album with both artists; two drone/ambient musicians collaborating; for live performances N uses a guitar, two amps, and a bunch of effect devices; rsn uses a bass with effect devices as well as field recordings and synthesizers