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Louie Austen

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  • Genre: Electro / Glam / Showtunes

    Location Vienna, Wien, Au

    Profile Views: 252199

    Last Login: 8/1/2011

    Member Since 12/14/2005

    Website www.louieausten.com

    Record Label LA Music (Louie Austen Music)

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    <strong>Louie Austen has been around for longer than you may realise. Over 10 years earlier, Louie has leaped from thriving as an enigmatic night club crooner to one of the most exhilarating performers electronic music has to offer and this being in his 60ies!<br /><br /> „Art must be a matter of life and death – otherwise it’s not art“ is Louie's sincere conviction. Just like "I'll never retire, I'll probably die on stage but I don't give a fuck!" One thing the Viennese Electro-crooner doesn’t go for is doing things by half. Whatever he does is done with his fullest commitment – and often regardless of the consequences. Admittedly, this reckless attitude has gotten him into serious trouble time and again. And yet it also made him what he is today: a man who finds himself an upcoming and sought-after artist whose career hasn’t yet reached its climax.<br /><br /> Part of Louie Austen’s appeal lies in the fact that he has not entirely discarded the entertainer in this metamorphosis. He brought many things along for the ride, and his know-how of how to entertain with verve and how to put on a great show, his charm and charisma, the style & vocabulary of the urbane entertainer he had cultivated so long serve him equally well in the electronic underground.<br /><br /> He is a mediator who mixes various genres, some of which were previously regarded as incompatible. For several years now he has managed to resolve alleged contradictions and break down prejudices – jazz and dance beats, advanced age and youth culture, smart style and underground. “In a way I stand for a kind of reconciliation“, he describes his unique position, “a bridge between old and new or between young and old.“<br /><br /> And indeed, Louie Austen does have a talent for bridging differences, which makes his role in the music business all the more important. And that’s not all – Louie even has the ability to dispel existential angst. “Now that I’ve seen you“, so many young people tell him after a show, “I’m no longer afraid of growing old.“ It’s hard to think of a better compliment.<br /><br /> There’s a hell of a lot going on in the life of Louie: Early 2007 he even founded his own label LA Music – Louie Austen Music – which has first given birth tothe "Summer Love EP” record & the "(Dreams Are My) Reality" Richard Sanderson cover feat. Senor Coconut & His Orchestra. In the summer of 2008 also a coop with Commercial Breakup from Berlin, former keys-man of Blumfeld as on the “Too Good To Last EP”. With the cool cats of Senor Coconut Louie's been touring on their “Around The World” tour and was featured on their album by the same name.<br /><br /> 2009 Louie came up with a love confession to Amy Winehouse – the Parov Stelar production “My Amy EP” released on Stelar's label Etage Noir. The guys of Tjumy / Whare did a couple of remixes of Louie's “Coconut Girl” which got released on a remix EP, with “Take Your Time” Louie recorded a duet with Polish singer and actress Ada Fijal. Also he was on board for the remix cruise of Australia's Bag Raiders for their “Turbo Love Remixes” and he crooned over “Deep Time Thunderstorm” by Kontor's Coco Fay.<br /><br /> June 2010 marked the release of the new Phonique album “Kissing Strangers” on Dessous with Louie delivering the vocals for the highly romantic “Endless Love” & the new Rodion EP “Rodion Forever” on Gomma featuring Louie on a cover of Bruno Martino's 50s classic song beauty “Estate”. In Winter 2010 Remute unleashed the socialcritic "Der Gute Mensch EP" with Louie lamenting in German on what it takes to be a good human being in the rotten society.<br /><br /> September 2010 foresaw Louie's single-omen (“Paris / Make Your Move Remixes”) for the longawaited album follow-up to 2006's “Iguana”: Yes, in late October 2010 the new studio album of Louie got released on his own label LA MUSIC and it's no ordinary album but a double album – album & remixalbum 2CD digipack goodness by the name of “Last Man Crooning / Electrotaining You!” And shortly before Xmas the second single ("I Wander / Now Or Never Remixes") was published. Excitement excitement!<br /><br /> 2011 Louie'll appear on a new Eric D'Clark EP and on the upcoming Maertini Broes. album "Moved By Mountains", also new Sozi-House goodness with Remute on its way: "Der Kreislauf"! Of course that's way not all - other numerous muzical coops are planned to avoid boredom in the Austen stables.<br /><br /> Alas Louie's not only involved in music, he likes the moving images and fine art of theatre, too – at the Viennese "Burgtheater" he had a part in an adaption of Johann Nestroy's play "Höllenangst" which even was taken back into programme Summer 2009 as it's been so popular with people. Also he's got his fingers in the film bizness - "The Counterfeiters / Die Fälscher" of Stefan Ruzowitzky got an OSCAR for best foreign movie and includes a cameo of Louie as a casino gambler. Louie also appeared as Karl in the Austrian short movie „Lounge“, an hommage to the film noir movies of the 1940s directed by Armin Bointner of Progressive Pictures.<br /><br /> On top of this all Mr. Austen is of course regularly swooning and crooning in clubs worldwide & has a weekly residence at the Cascade Bar of the Marriott hotel in Vienna by the name of “Louie's Saturday” with various programmes, including Best of Ratpack songs. Every Saturday there except for the summer break in July, August & September is a Louie's Saturday. Drop by, have a drink!<br /><br /> <img src="http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d171/Carinabambina82/Louie%20Austen/mM_4143vc.jpg" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket“ width=" /><br /><br /><br /> But moment, how did this man get started? Time for a flashback: In 1999, the bustling Viennese Electro scene gives birth to a new and surprising idea. A Viennese electronic producer contrasts his experimental electronic tracks with the velvety voice of Louie Austen. He had run into the classic jazz crooner in a studio and immediately proposed a collaboration. <br /><br /> Austen, then 53 years old, had already led an eventful life in various parts of the world and could look back on an equally eventful performing career. After immigrating to South Africa and Australia he had performed in clubs and on stages in New York, Pittsburgh and Las Vegas during the 70s. After his return to Vienna, the crooner entertained the guests at the Klimt-Bar of the Vienna Hilton before he took over the entire entertainment for the Marriott Hotel. A safe job and well paid, too. Additionally, Austen wrote and produced shows like “Viva Las Vegas“ or “American Superstars“, played parts in several movies and toured both Europe and the USA with show programmes.<br /><br /> Yet Austen is intrigued by the electronic beats and sounds of the young generation. When the first album “Consequences“ (1999) is well received in the club scene and the first concerts turn out promising, Louie makes a courageous decision. “I decided there and then to resign from all other jobs and to completely dedicate myself to this new project for a period of two years“, he recalls. “I reflected that, if I’d find myself in the street after those two years, I’d have to go back to my old jobs. But I wanted to try out this new direction under all circumstances – I simply had to.“<br /><br /> It was a decision that was true to the nature of a man who sees himself as always searching and filled with a childlike curiosity. Who is always ready to accept new challenges and gladly accepts the fact that not all of them can pay off. But Austen simply abhors routines and artistic stagnation. “To try something new every single day – that’s what keeps me alert and on the ball, young and active.“ <br /><br /> Naturally Austen wasn’t prepared to terminate the experiment after two years. Instead he collaborated with Viennese electronics pioneers on two more albums, “Only Tonight“ (2001) and “Easy Love“ (2003). Austen appreciates that his involvement with electronic music was a stroke of luck for him. “A very special phase of my career began when I was 53“, he gratefully acknowledges, “from which my life has enormously benefited over the last years, since I can perform my own songs and find an audience for them.” His new music allows Austen a transformation from a pure entertainer, who assumes the roles of those he pays tribute to, into an artist in his own right, no less. “I’m quite grateful for having followed my instincts back then, despite the fact that some of my friends tried to dissuade me“, he says retrospectively. Part of Louie Austen’s appeal lies in the fact that he has not entirely discarded the entertainer in this metamorphosis. He brought many things along for the ride, and his know-how of how to entertain with verve and how to put on a great show, his charm and charisma, and the style of the urbane entertainer he had cultivated so long serve him equally well in the electronic underground. He is a mediator who mixes various genres, some of which were previously regarded as incompatible. For several years now he has managed to resolve alleged contradictions and break down prejudices – jazz and dance beats, advanced age and youth culture, smart style and underground. “In a way I stand for a kind of reconciliation“, he describes his unique position, “a bridge between old and new or between young and old.“<br /><br /> And indeed, Louie Austen does have a talent for bridging differences, which makes his role in the music business all the more important. And that’s not all – Louie Austen even has the ability to dispel existential angst. “Now that I’ve seen you“, so many young people tell him after a show, “I’m no longer afraid of growing old.“ It’s hard indeed to imagine a better compliment than that. <br /><br /><br /> ..DISCOGRAPHY:.. .... .."CONSEQUENCES".. (album, Cheap 1999).. .."ONLY TONIGHT"..(album, Cheap/Kitty-Yo 2001).. .."AMORE".. (Single; Cheap/Kitty-Yo 2001).. .."HOPING".. (Single; Cheap/Kitty-Yo 2002).. .."EASY LOVE".. (album, Cheap/Kitty-Yo 2003).. ..KORSAKOW FEATURING LOUIE AUSTEN "OPEN UP YOUR HEART"..(Single; Komfort 2005).. .."MORE".. (Single; Universal 2005).. .."HEAVEN'S FLOOR".. (8 Track EP; Universal 2005).. .."HEAR MY SONG: THE BEST OF LOUIE AUSTEN".. (album, Tirk Records/UK, 2006).. .."IGUANA".. (album, klein records, 2006).. .."DISCO DANCER".. Remixes (12inch klein records, 2006).. .."SUMMER LOVE EP".. (EP LA Music, 2007).. .."REALITY EP" feat. Senor Coconut & His Orchestra .. (EP LA Music, 2007).. .."TOO GOOD TO LAST EP" produced by Commercial Breakup .. (EP LA Music, 2008).. .."MYAMY / FLYING AWAY EP“ produced by Parov Stelar .. (Digital EP Etage Noir Recordings, 2009).. .."TAKE YOUR TIME REMIXES“ Ada Fijal feat. Louie Austen .. (Digital EP PatPong Records, 2009).. .."COCONUT GIRL REMIXES" (Digital EP Soundlab, 2009).. .. "LOUIE AUSTEN MAKE YOUR MOVE RUEDE HAGELSTEIN REMIX VINYL".. (Limited Edition OneSided White Label Vinyl; for release 06.08.10, Lebensfreude Berlin).. .."PARIS / MAKE YOUR MOVE REMIXES".. (Digital Single; LA Music, lam004 - 2010).. .."LAST MAN CROONING / ELECTROTAINING YOU!".. (2CD digipack album; LA Music, lam005 - 2010) ."I WANDER / NOW OR NEVER REMIXES".. (Digital Single; LA Music, lam006 - 2010).. ........ ..PRESS QUOTES:.. .... Lounge wizard Louie Austen resembles nothing less than your devilishly dashing bachelor uncle. His English is straight out of a Sinatra comedy and his conversation is littered with 50s showbiz expressions. ..DAZED & CONFUSED.. .... Louie Austen could brag about having the most contrasting musical career of all - he has a voice and lounge panache that could give even Sinatra a run for his limo. ..CLASH...... Think Dave Graney on speed with the flair of Tenacious Ds Jack Black. Yeah baby! ..SCENE.. .... Only Tonight is The All-Seeing Is fanciful fiction made flesh. .. NME.. .... Only Tonight is one of those twisted unions kitsch and cool that inevitably conjures horrifying images-like Falko having a four- way with Jack Jonses and Basement Jaxx. ..TIME OUT NYC...... Hail the birth of Croonwave! Enjoyed best with a great deal of alcohol, a mirror ball, many (drunk) friends, and ladies. You'll want to pack an extra pair of panties to throw on stage. Yeah, Louie's that hot. Just ask Peaches. ..PROPERLYCHILLED...... ..FOR LA MUSIC LABEL & LOUIE AUSTEN BIZNESS MATTERS, LICENSING, PROMOTIONAL & PRESS INQUIRIES ETC. PLEASE CONTACT .... THE ASSISTANT & PROMOTER OF LOUIE - CARINA / LA MUSIC ..IN CHARGE OF BOOKING (ex-germany) ARE ....MIOOOW!....; GERMAN BOOKING AGENCY = ....INTERACT BOOKING .... .... ..WHY NOT CHECK THE LUSCIOUS HOMEPAGE LIVING QUARTERS? .. LOUIEAUSTEN.COM .. AND ALSO DROP BY AT THE GENERAL MYSPACE PROFILE OF LOUIE ..WWW.MYSPACE.COM/LOUIEAUSTEN........

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    Anything from oldies such as my old pal Sinatra and Dean Martin through to the gambling slots of Las Vegas to the Scissor Sisters, Prince, Edith Piaf, Barry White, Gonzales, Peaches, Senor Coconut and Black Strobe!

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Whats new pussycats? Eat this, Louie is working on several coops to come and has finally recorded the follow-up of 2006s "Iguana": A new double album, album & remixalbum by the name of "Last Man Crooning / Electrotaining You!" for release on LA Music (Louie Austen Music) October 22nd 2010 & digital single "Paris / Make Your Move remixes" out August 30th 2010, all distributed by WAS Word&Sound and Hoanzl (Austria) -- of course besides he is still training on becoming a tennis pro. So you better watch out Wimbledon!

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Louie Austen has been around for longer than you may realise. In his early 60ies by now, Louie has leaped from thriving as an enigmatic night club crooner to one of the most exhilarating performers dance music currently has to offer. Four albums and one Best Of down the line, one thing the Viennese Electro-crooner still doesnt go for is doing things by half: „Art must be a matter of life and death – otherwise its not art“ is Louies sincere conviction. And so is "I will never retire, I will probably die on stage but I dont give a fuck!" Whatever he does is done with his fullest commitment – and often regardless of the consequences. Admittedly, this reckless attitude has given him some serious trouble time and again. And yet it also made him what he is today: a man who finds himself an upcoming and sought-after artist whose career hasn’t yet reached its climax.

His music allows Louie a transformation from a pure entertainer, who assumes the roles of those he pays tribute to, into an artist in his own right, no less. Part of his appeal lies in the fact that he has not entirely discarded the entertainer in this metamorphosis. He brought many things along for the ride, and his know-how of how to entertain with verve and how to put on a great show, his charm and charisma, and the style of the urbane entertainer he had cultivated so long serve him equally well in the electronic underground. He is a mediator who mixes various genres, some of which were previously regarded as incompatible. For several years now he has managed to resolve alleged contradictions and break down prejudices jazz and dance beats, advanced age and youth culture, smart style and underground. In a way I stand for a kind of reconciliation, he describes his unique position, a bridge between old and new or between young and old.

These days next to staying physically fit with playing tennis, Louie is occupied with oh so many things. Early 2007 he even founded his own label LA Music – Louie Austen Music – which has given birth to three EP releases thus far; the "Summer Love” record, the "(Dreams Are My) Reality" Richard Sanderson cover feat. Senor Coconut & His Orchestra and in the summer of 2008 a coop with Commercial Breakup from Berlin, former keys-man of Blumfeld as on the “Too Good To Last EP”. With the cool cats of Senor Coconut Louie had been joining them on their “Around The World” tour and was featured on their album by the same name.

At the Viennese "Burgtheater" he had a part in an adaption of Johann Nestroys play "Höllenangst" which is to be taken back into programme in summer 2009 as it has been so popular with people. Louie also has his fingers in the movie bizness - "The Counterfeiters / Die Fälscher" of Stefan Ruzowitzky won an OSCAR for best foreign movie in 2008 and includes a cameo of Louie as a casino gambler. Louie also appeared as Karl in the Austrian short movie „Lounge“, an hommage to the film noir movies of the 1940s directed by Armin Bointner of Progressive Pictures.

On top of this all Mr. Austen is of course regularly swooning and crooning in clubs worldwide & has a weekly residence at the Cascade Bar of the Marriott hotel in Vienna by the name of “Louies Saturday” with various programmes, including Best of Ratpack songs.

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DISCOGRAPHY:

"CONSEQUENCES" (album, Cheap 1999)
"ONLY TONIGHT"(album, Cheap/Kitty-Yo 2001)
"AMORE" (Single; Cheap/Kitty-Yo 2001)
"HOPING" (Single; Cheap/Kitty-Yo 2002)
"EASY LOVE" (album, Cheap/Kitty-Yo 2003)
KORSAKOW FEATURING LOUIE AUSTEN "OPEN UP YOUR HEART"(Single; Komfort 2005)
"MORE" (Single; Universal 2005)
"HEAVEN'S FLOOR" (8 Track EP; Universal 2005)
"HEAR MY SONG: THE BEST OF LOUIE AUSTEN" (album, Tirk Records/UK, 2006)
"IGUANA" (album, klein records, 2006)
"DISCO DANCER" Remixes (12inch klein records, 2006)
"SUMMER LOVE EP" (EP LA Music, 2007)
"REALITY EP" feat. Senor Coconut & His Orchestra (EP LA Music, 2007)
"TOO GOOD TO LAST EP" produced by Commercial Breakup (EP LA Music, 2008)
"MYAMY / FLYING AWAY EP“ produced by Parov Stelar (Digital EP Etage Noir Recordings, 2009)
"TAKE YOUR TIME REMIXES“ Ada Fijal feat. Louie Austen (Digital EP PatPong Records, 2009)


OUT SOON:

"LOUIE AUSTEN MAKE YOUR MOVE RUEDE HAGELSTEIN REMIX VINYL" (Limited Edition OneSided White Label Vinyl; for release 06.08.10, Lebensfreude Berlin)
"PARIS / MAKE YOUR MOVE REMIXES" (Digital Single; for release 30.08.10, LA Music, lam004)
"LAST MAN CROONING / ELECTROTAINING YOU!" (2CD album; for release 22.10.10, LA Music, lam005)


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PRESS QUOTES:

Lounge wizard Louie Austen resembles nothing less than your devilishly dashing bachelor uncle. His English is straight out of a Sinatra comedy and his conversation is littered with 50s showbiz expressions. DAZED & CONFUSED

Louie Austen could brag about having the most contrasting musical career of all - he has a voice and lounge panache that could give even Sinatra a run for his limo. CLASH

Think Dave Graney on speed with the flair of Tenacious Ds Jack Black. Yeah baby! SCENE

Only Tonight is The All-Seeing Is fanciful fiction made flesh. NME

Only Tonight is one of those twisted unions kitsch and cool that inevitably conjures horrifying images-like Falko having a four- way with Jack Jonses and Basement Jaxx. TIME OUT NYC

Hail the birth of Croonwave! Enjoyed best with a great deal of alcohol, a mirror ball, many (drunk) friends, and ladies. You'll want to pack an extra pair of panties to throw on stage. Yeah, Louie's that hot. Just ask Peaches. PROPERLYCHILLED


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FOR LA MUSIC LABEL & LOUIE AUSTEN BIZNESS MATTERS, LICENSING, PROMOTIONAL & PRESS INQUIRIES ETC. PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSISTANT & PROMOTER OF LOUIE - CARINA / LA MUSIC

IN CHARGE OF BOOKING (ex-germany) ARE MIOOOW!; GERMAN BOOKING AGENCY = INTERACT BOOKING

WHY NOT CHECK THE LUSCIOUS HOMEPAGE LIVING QUARTERS? LOUIEAUSTEN.COM AND ALSO DROP BY AT THE GENERAL MYSPACE PROFILE OF LOUIE WWW.MYSPACE.COM/LOUIEAUSTEN






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LOUIE AUSTEN "MAKE YOUR MOVE RUEDE HAGELSTEIN REMIX" VIDEO BY LEBENSFREUDE

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Influences:

Anything from oldies such as my old pal Sinatra and Dean Martin through to the gambling slots of Las Vegas to the Scissor Sisters, Prince, Edith Piaf, Barry White, Gonzales, Peaches, Senor Coconut and Black Strobe!

Sounds Like:

Dean Martin kidnapped Giorgio Moroder and got very drunk with him in the studio before running away with his wife.


Record Label:

LA Music (Louie Austen Music)

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