Alternativer Austropop mit Kante

Markus Kranzler - Drums
Leo Taschner - Vox, Git
Ludwig Klossek - Bass, Vox
Matthias Kucera - Git

monkey. is a Vienna/Berlin based label, publishing house and communication agency dealing with innovative music ranging from pop/rock to electronica/avantgarde jazz. 

We do have a long experience in A&R consulting, production and promotion - for Universal Music, Zomba, Warner and BMG Germany, for instance - but decided to run our own company to be able to serve dedicated music lovers (like ourselves) in a more creative and flexible way. 

Having started in 2000, monkey. cooperates with companies like P&G (Hugo Boss), Austria Tabakwerke (Nil) or BMW (Mini).

We prepare agencies, film/advertising producers and professionals in any branch with premium indie sounds at affordable prizes. 

Our artist roster consists of Bauchklang, Ernst Molden, Son Of The Velvet Rat, When The Music's Over and some more upcoming bands and projects.

Besides, we're exploring new ways of business - i.e., we installed Austrias first "CD on demand" store at the "Museums Quartier" in Vienna. 


Leo Taschner, Sänger und Gitarrist aus Wien, schreibt seit den 90ern Songs auf Deutsch, Wienerisch und Englisch. Lindo Records veröffentlicht am 3.3.2017 sein Solo- Album "Weniger is nix". 

Seit 2011 betreibt er gemeinsam mit Jana Schulz (RU) und Ludwig Klossek (DE) das gut gekleidete Trio Jana & Die Piraten, die 2015 ihr Debut- Album LADE AUF vorstellten.

Kontakt: taleon[at]gmx.at

Website: https://heraldkmusic.com

Brand new album, 'Mythologies' out now! CD available here: https://www.hoanzl.at/mythologies.html

'Baudelairean flights through dimly lit urban landscapes 'round midnight... Ballads alluding to Ovid, Homer and Solomon... Lovers wrapt in the sultry bliss of a sunny summer morn... Wine, witchcraft, temptation… The quest for voices to trust amidst a world corrupt… These themes and motifs all weave into Herald K's oeuvre… Come in and eavesdrop...'

Photos on this page: (c) Christina Milassin

Martin Lubenov is one of the most unconventional accordionists of our time - a virtuoso, comedian and storyteller all in one. Coming from the Roma music of the southern Balkans and the most sophisticated Ethno-Jazz of Bulgaria, he has created his own musical language, a hybrid with an immense personal tinge, that breaks out of all conventional "Balkan music" clichés.

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