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Heinz Riegler
Riegler performing at the Cafe Oto in 2013
Riegler performing at the Cafe Oto in 2013
Background information
Born(1969-08-11)August 11, 1969
Vienna, Austria
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, vocalist, artist
Instrument(s)guitar, voice, electronics
Years active1988 -
LabelsMushroom Records, Kool Arrow, Dot Dash, Infectious Records, Room40, A Guide To Saints,
WebsiteOfficial website

Heinz Riegler (born 11 August 1969) is an Austrian-born artist. He began gaining popularity from his performances and songwriting in the late 1980s.[1][2] Riegler worked both as a solo artist and a performer. He was a member of the indie rock band Not from There.[3] Riegler was shortlisted twice for the Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship, and he is the co-founder of minus20degree.[4]

Career

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1990s

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As the founder, vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter of Australian indie band Not From There, Rielgler was successful at the ARIA Music Awards in 1999.[5] The band released two albums, Sand On Seven[6] and Latvian Lovers, along with numerous EP's and singles, performing from 1991 through to 2000.

2000s

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Riegler went on to collaborate with Lawrence English and Tam Patton (Full Fathom Five) in the Brisbane-based experimental/improv group I/O3. The group released two limited edition LPs, Powerhouse Sessions and A Picturesque View, Ignored on the Room40 label. As a member of I/O3, Riegler has collaborated with sound artists Mike Cooper, David Toop, Robin Rimbaud (Scanner), Ben Frost and DJ Olive. Near the beginning of the decade, Riegler also contributed guitar work to Lawrence English's Transit[7] and Calm[8][9] LPs, as well as adding lyrics and vocals to Adam Franklin’s solo debut project Toshack Highway.[10]

Following some time out from musical endeavors, Riegler has since returned to work on material for a solo album, as well as performing live. Riegler has also curated an extensive season of improvised live scores for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art. The three-month season in late 2008, titled Out of The Shadows: German Expressionism And Beyond, saw Riegler hand-pick a selection of artists to perform live scores to silent films. During the season, Riegler also took on a number of improvised performances in solo mode.[11]

Twice shortlisted for the Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship[12] in 2008[13] and 2009,[14] Riegler began to perform new material live in concert around the same time.[15][16] Compiling selected audio recordings from the previous ten years, Riegler released a limited edition of 60 audio cassettes in 2009. Titled "Survey #1," the cassette contained demo songs, excerpts from The Shadows: German Expressionism And Beyond instrumental works, as well as other previously unreleased compositions and collaborations.[17]

2009 also saw Riegler's exhibit "Five Frames," a debut collection of visual artworks as part of a group exhibition at Brisbane’s Doggett Street Studios.[18]

2010s

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In October 2010, Riegler released a limited edition 7-inch vinyl single titled "And The Lovers Make A Scene" / "Andy Looks Up At The Sky,"[19] collaborating with three visual artists (Bo Stahlman, Alex Gillies, Stephen Mok) to create three sets of artwork. The entire collection of 7-inch vinyl was then released as part of an exhibition at Brisbane's Doggett Street Studios gallery.[20]

To mark 10 years since Room40's release of A Picturesque View, Ignored LP in 2001, Riegler returned to perform with I/O3, David Toop and Scanner (Robin Rimbaud)[21] for the Open Frame Festival at London’s Cafe Oto.[22]

Riegler spent large parts of 2011 in his native Austria working on recording projects, as well as completing a single-channel video piece titled Motion Portrait #1. This work was named winner at MICA TonBild 2011 in Vienna, Austria, in November 2011 and two years later was selected for the inaugural Channels Festival[23] and the Ikono Festival,[24] where it screened at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in September 2013.[25]

Audio recordings made in Austria during an 80-day spell in an alpine mountain cabin[26] were released titled Survey #2 (One Thousand Dreams I Never Had) on Room40’s new A Guide To Saints imprint in May 2012.[27][28][29][30] An accompanying single channel video piece titled No Colour/No Sound, Part I, was subsequently premiered on the Australian music website Mess & Noise.[31]

References

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  1. ^ Dowsett, David. "Sunken Houses exhibition reflects Bundaberg's record flood". ABC Australia. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Sunken Houses Exhibition". Bundaberg Regional Gallery.
  3. ^ "ARIA Awards – History: Winners by Year 1999". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  4. ^ "minus20degree art and architecture biennale". minus20degree. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
  5. ^ ARIA Awards 1999
  6. ^ "In Music We Trust - Not From There: Sand on Seven". www.inmusicwetrust.com. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  7. ^ "Transit - Lawrence English". Discogs. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  8. ^ "I/O - Calm". Discogs.
  9. ^ "I/O, Tam Patton, Heinz Reigler - Sunday Nights (Original Mix)". Soundeo. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Toshack Highway - Toshack Highway". Discogs. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Out of The Shadows: German Expressionism And Beyond, Silent film accompaniment". Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA). Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2008.
  12. ^ "Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship". Arts Queensland. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  13. ^ "Winner of 2008 Grant McLennan Fellowship announced". Queensland Government. Retrieved 23 July 2008.
  14. ^ "Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship 2009 announced". Queensland Government. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  15. ^ Condon, Dan. "Sick Tunes". theMusic.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  16. ^ "Music News, Views And All The Latest From Junkee". Junkee. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Music News, Views And All The Latest From Junkee". Junkee. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  18. ^ www.doggett.com.au http://www.doggett.com.au/ExhibitionFrame.aspx?ExhibitionId=962. Retrieved 25 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  19. ^ "Songs about Brisbane – 16: Heinz Riegler". COLLAPSE BOARD. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  20. ^ Noel Mengel - The Courier Mail, 'Vinyl Revival Verges On Artform'; 8 October 2010, p 20.
  21. ^ modisti.com Video excerpt of I/O3 performance for Open Frame Festival at Cafe Oto.
  22. ^ Hobart, Mike (8 November 2010). "Open Frame 2010". Financial Times.
  23. ^ "Land the Perfect Home". Channels Festival. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  24. ^ Harapan4d. "usurped title". www.jonzazula.com (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 15 October 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2023. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  25. ^ "Channels: The Australian Video Art Festival, Video Visions". Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  26. ^ Baker Fish, Bob (14 May 2012). "Fragmented Frequencies".
  27. ^ "Lawrence English starts cassette label A Guide To Saints - The Wire". The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  28. ^ Yates, Chris. "Album Review: Heinz Riegler - Survey #2 (One Thousand Dreams I Never had)". themusic.com.au. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  29. ^ "838". www.vitalweekly.net. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  30. ^ "Beat Magazine". Beat Magazine. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  31. ^ "Music News, Views And All The Latest From Junkee". Junkee. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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