Lukas Aichinger

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header foto

© Veronika Sterrer

06.09.2024

Autumn Update

With the beginning of autumn comes some exciting concerts and projects: we are releasing the third studio album with AHL6 on September 19th, 2024 called "What happened to Eternity?" via Waschsalon Records (cover see below) and play an album release concert at Porgy&Bess Vienna the day before! A week later, the Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra continues into the new season, which runs until shortly before Christmas (dates: visit LIVE). In October we will once again perform "extended" with znap with reinforcements from Silke Eberhard, Lorenz Raab and Martin Bayer. I'm really looking forward to all of this and hope you'll be there at one or two concerts!

What happened to Eternity Cover

© Ju Aichinger


25.03.2024

Spring Update

A lot has already happened since the beginning of this year. In February there was a great tour with Aufmessers Schneide that took us to Hagenberg, Passau and Salzburg. Afterwards we recorded the third studio album with AHL6 - more on that soon. There was also the homage to the ORF Big Band with the Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestar and the Ö1 Radio Session with Enfleurage. Both turned out to be cool and you can listen to them on Ö1. As some of you have noticed, I am no longer part of the band INTRA. After 8 years of intensive collaboration, I decided to leave the band. On April 19th, 2024 I join them to play a few songs in Arena Vienna and say goodbye to the band as well as hand over the sticks to the new drummer Leon.


04.12.2023

Winter Update

Wow, now the year is coming to an end again. There are still some cool concerts before Christmas. This week again the Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra at Little Stage Vienna. Next week the last of three concerts with the Flipside Collective in the Alte Schmiede Vienna, the Waschsalon Records "Universal-Waschgang" in the Ateliertheater Vienna and the conclusion of the AHL6 autumn tour (sponsored by the bmkoes, thank you!) in Verein Innenhofkultur Klagenfurt. I'm really looking forward to it! Find all dates here: LIVE

Universal-Waschgang Plakat

© Ju Aichinger


21.09.2023

Autumn Update

Autumn is already here, so the music scene is coming back from the summer break. My first concerts are "Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra" at Porgy&Bess Vienna and the premiere of a new project called "The Flipside Collective" led by Anna Reisigl (photo). Looking forward to both! The "Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra" is then going to play every Wednesday at Little Stage Vienna from October on. The "Flipside Collective" will play further concerts in November and December. Find all dates here: LIVE

Flipside Collective

© Viktoria Hofmarcher


10.04.2023

znap April Tour

Znap is back on the road again in Vienna and Germany soon. Looking forward!

znap April Tour Poster

© Theresa Pewal, Gregor Aufmesser


19.02.2023

AHL6 March Tour

Very soon AHL6 is back on tour in Austria - very looking forward! Kindly supported by Stadt Wien Kultur - thank you!

AHL6 March Tour Poster

© Lucija Novak


26.01.2023

February 23

Wow, 2023 starts with a lot of different stuff. First I´ll be playing some standards with the great Peter O´Mara and my friends Philipp Wallner and Federico Perinelli at good old Smaragd Linz. Then I´m gonna play all of my "too-sweet-for-the-other-bands-tunes" with some great musicians (Stepan Flagar, Katarina Kochetova & Anna Reisigl) at zwe Vienna - very rare occasion; might not happen again! And then I´m gonna continue with some Big Band gigs with the recently founded "Wednesday Night Prayer Orchestra" at Little Stage Vienna.
Would be very happy to see you guys out there! ;)


02.11.2022

znap Tour November

Very looking forward to some gigs with Aufmessers Schneide and znap in November! Did this little poster for the znap tour :)

znap Tour Poster

© Lukas Aichinger


04.10.2022

Waschsalon Records Label Night

Hey, long time no news, but now back in the game - a couple of concerts in autumn...and finallly the first Waschsalon Records Label Night taking place at Ateliertheater Wien! Looking forward to all the concerts. Hope to see you there!

Poster Label Night

© Ju Aichinger


27.05.2022

AHL6 - If Life Were A Liquid Release

AHL6´s second album "If Life Were A Liquid" is finally out! Thanks to everyone involved: Robert Pavlecka - Recording, Markus Wallner - Mix & Mastering, Ju Aichinger - Cover Artwork and Ceramic Objects!
Thanks aswell to SKE Fonds for their huge support!


24.05.2022

AHL6 - If Life Were A Liquid

AHL6´s second album "If Life Were A Liquid" is going to be released on Waschsalon Records coming friday! I´m really happy about this release.
The amazing cover was created by Ju Aichinger :) - thank you so much!

If Life Were A Liquid Cover

© Ju Aichinger


07.05.2022

Enfleurage - Around its Tail

Enfleurage - "Around its Tail" is now available on all music platforms! Thanks to everyone who worked on this album with us, especially: Mazi Vafaei, Martin Siewert, Elham Fakouri & Ju Aichinger. Thank you SKE Fond and Land Kärnten for the financial support. CDs can be ordered via Waschsalon Records Bandcamp.

Around its Tail Cover

© Elham Fakouri, Ju Aichinger


29.04.2022

Enfleurage - Wren´s Nest Music video

As preview to the album "Around its Tail" (which will be released next week) here is the music video for the track "Wren´s Nest" made by Elham Fakouri! Thank you


20.03.2022

AHl6 - New Video and Ö1 Radio session

As AHL6´s second album is coming soon we recently released the video to track 1 called "Melting Stones" created by wonderful Sophia Mara Egger-Karlegger - you can listen to a live version of it at today´s Ö1 radio session hosted by Klaus Wienerroither at 19:34. Afterwards the session is available 7 days on demand.
Here is the link: Ö1 Radio Session AHL6


07.03.2022

New Project: Enfleurage

"Enfleurage" is a new bandproject with gorgeous musicians Anna Anderluh and David Gratzer!
We did a spontaneous recording session in one of the previous lockdowns - without compositions or any plan. After all we liked the recorded improvisations so much that we decided to make an album out of it. Watch this performance video for the track "Desio Park" to see/hear what we are doing in this project.
Thanks to Maz Vafaei, Martin Siewert and Cosma Bailalo! Further info coming soon :)


04.03.2022

Aufmessers Schneide - Stereo Friction

Aufmessers Schneide - "Stereo Friction" has been released on Jazzwerkstatt Records in the meantime! Very happy to contribute my drumming to Gregor´s music. The album is available on most digital platforms; physical copies can be ordered via the Jazzwerkstatt Shop.

Stereo friction

© Theresa Pewal, Ju Aichinger


03.02.2022

Happy 22 Update

Hallo 2022! Finally it´s time to bring in the harvest of last year´s work ;)
These productions are going to be released soon: the second studio album of Aufmessers Schneide called "Stereo Friction", the second studio album of AHL6 named "If Life Were A Liquid", the debut album of a still secret trio and an EP of Kaufhaus Kiu!
You can already listen to Aufmessers Schneide - "Tes Demons" and Kaufhaus Kiu - "Die Wurst" - just follow the links.


28.11.2021

Radio Jazzclub - FRS Salzkammergut

Recently the latest edition of "Radio Jazzclub" was broadcasted. This is Emilian Tantana´s (head of Jazzfreunde Bad Ischl) program on "Freies Radio Salzkammergut". He presented three exciting live recordings from AHL6´s concert at PKS Villa Bad Ischl from end of July 21 and an interview with me!
Thank you Emilian! Here is the link to the program: Radio Jazzclub on 22.11.2021


06.11.2021

Busy autumn is over!

Hey there, a pretty busy period has come to an end now and I´m very happy that all of those concerts could have happened! Thanks to AHL6, Criss-Cross, Anna Anderluh, INTRA and znap for the amazing shows! You can rewatch AHL6´s concert at blue tomato on youtube now - thanks to haslauer.tv


21.09.2021

AHL6 Autumn Tour

AHL6´s autumn tour starts this friday in Linz. I´m really looking forward to!
Come by and bring some friends ;)

AHL6 Herbsttour Plakat

© Ju Aichinger


23.08.2021

August Update

Time for a short news update - lots of things happened since the last post: I´ve been recording the second album of my sextett AHL6 , some more singles with INTRA and played great concerts with AHL6 at Jazzfreunde Bad Ischl and Jazzfestival Saalfelden! Autumn starts off with some more gigs and studio recordings. Besides an album by an newly founded trio is in the starting blocks - stay tuned for details ;)

studio rkh

© Tobias Pöcksteiner


09.06.2021

Boa Boa on Ö1 Rein-gehört

On Sunday the 13rd of June znap - Boa Boa is going to be featured in the Ö1 program "Rein-gehört" among other interesting topics! Looking forward to that :)
It starts at 22h05. Here´s the link: Ö1 Rein-gehört

26.04.2021

5 Millionen Pesos Spezial

On May 3rd radio Ö1 hosts a concert with all jazz-scholarship winners of the last three years. Every one is going to play with his/her own band, so I´m really looking forward to sharing the stage with these brilliant colleagues! Hopefully one of the last concerts without an audience for a while ;)
Further info and video stream --> RKH Online stream

07.04.2021

Drummer of the month: backbeat music magazine

I had a very nice interview with the music magazine backbeat. They made me drummer of the month April, wow! Follow this link to read the whole interview: Backbeat Interview
I also got the chance to play a bit for them. Here´s the video - a short demonstration of the drum part of znap´s tune "Lukas' Pausenbrot".


19.03.2021

znap - Boa Boa: Release

Here is znap´s second album "Boa Boa"! I´m really happy about it. A big thank you to everyone who contributed to the release of this record!
Weitere Infos --> znap.at


21.02.2021

znap - Boa Boa: Album #2

On 19th of March 21 znap´s second studio album "Boa Boa" is finally going to be released!
Check znap.at or waschsalonrecords.com to buy the record.

Boa Boa album cover

© Ju Aichinger


06.01.2021

Happy New Year!

I wish you a good start into 2021 and hope it´s gonna be a better year than the one before. Recently lots of things happended in the background. Looking forward to share new releases with you soon!

studio portrait

© Lukas Andrej Grossl


16.11.2020

News update

Wow! Long time since I updated the news section....I was lucky enough to play a couple of concerts with znap and Aufmessers Schneide before lock downs in Italy, Germany and Austria came in. Picture: znap playing at Kühlspot, Berlin.
And finally znap recorded the second studio album! Very excited about the final outcome. Should be released in spring 21. Now back to practicing and preparing stuff for some future projects - hope I can play some more concerts this year!

znap at kuehlspot

© Regina Camara


06.09.2020

AHL6 Release Concert: 21.09.20

On 21st of September AHL6´s release concert on "Thinker Try To Dance" finally takes place! I´m really looking forward to this concert so I would be very happy if you join us!
further details, ticket purchase, reservation: Porgy&Bess

Konzertposter AHL6

© Ju & Lukas Aichinger


26.08.2020

Ö1 Radio Session: Charlie Parker

I had the pleasure to record a spontaneous radio session with Astrid & Beate Wiesinger, Philipp Jagschitz und Klaus Wienerroither before summer. This session features tunes of the legendary Charlie Parker who would have turned 100 in a couple of days. Listen to it live on Ö1 on coming Sunday at 19:33 or find it 7 days online afterwards. Enjoy!
Ö1 Kunstsonntag: Radio Session
Listen back to the whole program on 7 Days Ö1


06.07.2020

Ö1 Spielräume Portrait

A lot of music I participated in is featured in the program Ö1 Spielräume next Sunday, 17h10! Big pleasure, thank you Klaus Wienerroither and Ö1!
Ö1 Spielräume: Porträt des Musikers Lukas Aichinger
Listen back to the whole program on 7 Days Ö1


29.05.2020

AHL6 - Thinker Try To Dance: Release

Finally the album is out! I am really happy. A big thank you to my gorgeous band, Martin Siewert, Ju Aichinger, Laura Strobl, my family, SKE Fonds and to everybody else you helped making that music happen!
Further Info --> AHL6


26.05.2020

Jazzdination Radioshow

The fabulous Jazzdination Radioshow invited me to talk about AHL6 - "Thinker Try To Dance". Follow the link below to listen to the whole thing.
Soundcloud - Link


30.04.2020

Album Release

AHL6 - Thinker Try To Dance is going to be released on May 29, 2020!
I am really looking forward to sharing this music with you.
Thinker Try To Dance Cover

© Ju Aichinger


03.04.2020

Waschsalon Records

Together with Michael Tiefenbacher, Tobias Vedovelli and Leonhard Skorupa I founded the label Waschsalon Records. The first release is going to be AHL6 - Thinker Try To Dance.
Find out more by following the links below!
Waschsalon Records - Homepage
Video: Introducing Waschsalon Records


21.03.2020

Ö1 Jazznacht Interview

I am very happy to be interviewed in tonight´s Jazznacht (starting 23:25 CET) by Andreas Felber. Music from the past 5 years will be presented as well as some additional information about me and my ensembles.
Ö1 Jazznacht
Interview on 7 Days Ö1