Line-Up | WAVES FESTIVAL

Since 2018, the 25-year-old singer/songwriter has been processing mostly very personal things in her melancholy-influenced indie pop. In her debut...

Ava Vegas (DE)

Ava Vegas' music sounds like a convertible ride through a movie set. Back seat, night, neon lights. Perhaps the open-air...

Aygyul (AT) – QM&A

Aygyul is a Vienna-based and Russian-born DIY multi-talent and ex-opera singer straight outta Floridsdorf who is by now producing electronic...

Aze (AT)

Apart from each other they are Beyza and Ezgi, together they form Aze. They grew up together and have been...

Baiba (AT)

Sorry, not sorry! BAIBA plays self-produced electro-pop and courageously conquers the stage all by herself. In her lyrics she is...

Barton Hartshorn (FR)

Day 3 France

Barton Hartshorn is a singer-songwriter currently living in Paris. He, first and foremost, has a great voice that takes us...

Burkini Beach (DE)

Austria Day 1 XA Nominees

"With a sound somewhere between artists like Girls in Hawaii, Death Cab For Cutie or Sufjan Stevens, the musician manages...

CANCELLED – Meskerem Mees (BE) – ETEP

Belgium Day 1 ETEP

Armed with nothing but her intriguing voice, her acoustic guitar and the cello of her buddy Febe, she transforms her...

Casper Clausen (DK) – ETEP

Day 1 Denmark ETEP

"Clausen channels moods and sounds with a sense of unbridled freedom, optimism and inquisitive liberty, touching on elements of krautrock,...

Cloud Cloud (AT)

Cloud Cloud is a dreamy guitar pop duo from Kiel (DE) and Vienna (AT), which writes songs via E-mail and...

Cosmos in Buzunar (MD)

Day 2 Moldavia

Cosmos in Buzunar is a Moldavian Synth Wave Electronic musical band in the field of synth pop, later IDM, progressive...

Crowdfunding: Ukraine @ Waves Festival

Festival Ukraine

In order not to let the Ukrainian music scene down in these difficult times, the Waves Festival wants to offer...

Dacid Go8lin (AT) – QM&A

Dafina Sylejmani aka Dacid Go8lin aka Duff Daddy: Queer, Non-Binary, Rapper, Producer, Songwriter, Promoter, Model, Artists.Dacid is the founder of...

Dino Brandão (CH)

Day 2 Switzerland

Identity does not mean being one and the same, but several at the same time. Angola and Switzerland at the...

Discovery Zone (DE) – ETEP

Day 1 ETEP Germany

Discovery Zone is the moniker of musician and multi-media artist JJ Weihl who is also a founding member of the...

Don’t Go (AT)

Austria Day 2 XA Nominees

Nina Jukić from Zagreb and Alexander Forstner from Graz are a multi-instrumental electropop duo: she besides vocals on piano and...

Donna Blue (NL)

Day 3 ETEP Netherlands

Each other's muse, lover and band member. The creative duo behind Donna Blue plays sultry indie pop, under the influence...

Downers & Milk (AT)

Downers & Milk are refuge in music – a darkly radiant comfort zone where stories of failure and moving on,...

Earl Mobley (AT)

Austria Day 3 XA Nominees

Early Mobley combines indie rock with influences from jazz, neo-soul and funk on the debut. The songs reflect his unique...

Elena Rud (DE)

Genres are a waste of time and attitude. You count it as indie or synth wave - I'd rather list...

Eli Preiss (AT)

Day 3 INES#talent Slovenia

Mom I Made It! This slogan applies to no one better than Eli Preiss. The 22-year-old singer-songwriter is the latest...

Etceteral (SI) – INES#talent

Etceteral are a trio featuring saxophonist Boštjan Simon, drummer Marek Fakuč and visual artist Lina Rica. It is a vehicle...

Faux Real (FR) – ETEP

Day 1 ETEP France

In the spring of 2018, Franco-American brothers Elliott and Virgile Arndt invoked the union of their inner gene genies and...

Filiah (AT)

Austria Day 2 XA Nominees

With her music Filiah tells her own story openly and bluntly, processes her feelings and thus tries to understand them...

Florence Arman (AT)

Florence Arman is an established singer/songwriter who is now launching her career as a solo artist. She is no stranger...

Francis of Delirium (LU) – INES#talent

Day 3 INES#talent Luxembourg

Born out of a bedroom, the project Francis of Delirium was created by solo artist Jana Bahrich (Vancouver, CA) who...

freekind. (SI)

Day 3 Slovenia

freekind. is a new musical neo-soul chapter written by Croatian pianist and vocalist Sara Ester Gredelj and Slovenian drummer Nina...

Gaisma (DE)

Day 3 Germany

Born in Latvia, in childhood used to be a part of a Latvian national dance ensemble. After seeing ballet for...

Giudi (CZ) – INES#talent

Czech Republic Day 3 INES#talent

Czech Republic singer Giudi is an artist who blends music with fashion and art. Working with some of the coolest...

GØRL (AT)

When a 12 year old girl stuffs socks down her trousersin order to pass as a male rock singer in...

Gran Bankrott (AT)

Gran is dead! Long live Gran Bankrott! After one EP and two LPs, DIY-jack-of-all-trades Florian Tremmel says goodbye to his...

Greyshadow (AT)

Greyshadow is singer-songwriter Gregor Wessely. His music is about contrasts: leaning on guitar-driven indie artists from the Britrock-Era his music...

Hearts Hearts (AT)

Day 3 Germany INES#talent

Hearts Hearts were formed in Vienna by David Österle, Daniel Hämmerle, Johannes Mandorfer and Peter Paul Aufreiter in 2012. Their...

Ivan Grobenski (HR)

Croatia Day 3

In the strange year of 2020, the prolific Croatian singer-songwriter finally decided to make music in his native tongue Kajkavian,...

jazzbois (HU)

Day 2 Hungary

Jazzbois is a jazz-hiphop fusion trio from Budapest, Hungary. Their debut album "Jazzbois Goes Blunt" had a strong impact on...

Johnny Mafia (FR)

Day 1 France

Hailling from Sens, in the countryside of Burgundy, France, Johnny Mafia have played a major part in the recent explosion...

June Cocó (DE) – INES#talent

First of all, she’s got style. Her own style, to say it precisely. Put June Cocó behind a Piano and...

Jungle Jade (AT) – QM&A

Jungle Jade delves into the fluctuating mental states that come with trying to create roots in a new space. Crossing...

Keshavara (DE)

"KESHAVARA makes songs that sound like the shimmering mirage of a flâneur through an Indian metropolis ... A music hybrid,...

Kety Fusco (CH)

Day 3 Switzerland

Switzerland-based Kety Fusco has developed a unique sound through the vision of a new harp, searching for non-traditional sounds you...

Kids in Cages (LI)

Day 3 Liechtenstein

Autumn 2019. Kickstart. The kids lock themselves in their DIY studio with the aimof finally giving their pent-up drive a...

Krekhaus (BG)

Bulgaria Day 2

Krekhaus is a four-piece alternative rock band based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Founded in 2016, the band has played at some...

Kya Kyani (DE)

Kya Kyani, is a Berlin-based music artist. Being born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and having Surinamese roots. Kya grew up as...

Laikka (AT)

Day 3 INES#talent Slovenia

Formed in early 2020, Laikka deal with the great topics of our time, both musically and textually. A deep, melancholic...

Lelee (SI) – INES#talent

"Lelee’s music is a kind of imaginary Adriatic indie rock that is emotive, sincere and straightforward, tailored for alternative as...

Liener (AT)

Massively dirty electro-pop in a not too difficult to decipher context of German-language pop music from Vienna. "Matthias LIENER comes...

LIONLION (DE)

LIONLION is an indie rock band around the identical twin brothers Michael & Matthias Rückert. Their sound world reminds in...

Löwelöwe (AT)

With his band Löwelöwe, singer and multi-instrumentalist Christian Hummer enters absolutely new territory in the German-language musical cosmos. The playful...

Mariybu (DE)

Dudes get scared when Hamburg rapper Mariybu unpacks the mic - and the stage is on fire and the stage...

Mira Mann (DE)

Mira Mann is a writer and musician. She is a founding member of the postpunk band Candelilla (2001-2017), with whom...

Modecenter (AT)

"In any case, a band that would have earned the live stage with good noise already with their first single...

Mordái (HU)

Day 3 Hungary

MORDÁI is a Hungarian folk rock group that draws upon the repertoire of the experimental folk movements of the 60s...

Mulay (DE)

Day 3 Germany

Mulay is a Berlin-based alternative/R&B singer-songwriter, producer and artist. She started her first band projects as a jazz and pop...

Murman Tsuladze (GE)

Day 2 Georgia

Hardheaded force of nature, bushy eyebrows and large shoulders, Murman is a singular artist, charming poet, but also flying carpet...

Oska (AT)

Growing up in a small village in Lower Austria, OSKA moved to Vienna at 18 to study her first love;...

Oxford Drama (PL)

Day 3 Poland

Oxford Drama is known on their homeland music scene for being consistent in creating their own musical language, and not...

Oxyjane (AT)

Oxyjane’s pop-grunge is recalling early Nineties power chords, no-frills, solid beat-keeping drums and cat screaming guitar parts. Photo © Oxyjane...

Pippa (AT)

Based in her native Vienna, so far Pippa has released two critically acclaimed albums: 2019’s “Superland” that she followed up...

Rahel (AT)

Hooks that stay in your ear, a breathy voice and echoing guitars that seem to come from another world: That's...

Ro Bergman (AT)

The indie underground is his base and the contemporary pop song his format. Ro Bergman's musical path is a border...

Ruhmer (AT)

Ruhmer was born in a suburb of Linz and began his musical career as a drummer. Working as a sound...

Salò (AT)

SALÒ lives in Vienna and, according to his own statement, makes music for dog petting,people who refuse to work and...

Saya Noé (HU)

Day 3 Hungary

Mimi Kőrös, Budapest-based singer-songwriter-producer and Twitch streamer grew up in Malaysia in a musician family – her stage name ’Saya...

Schorl3 (DE)

Founded in 2020, SCHORL3 is a brand new project that has already taken off its children's shoes. The band consists...

sinks (CZ)

Czech Republic Day 1

The Brno noiserock three-piece sinks is characterized by a raw, straightforward musical approach and unforgettable energetic live performances. The band’s...

Sir Simon (DE)

"Unagitated songs, brimming with euphoria, even though they are so quiet. Songwriter pop, with a persuasiveness that makes you raise...

Sirens of Lesbos (CH)

Day 2 Switzerland

Sirens of Lesbos are a group of singers, lyricists, instrumentalists and creatives who are about to revive and modernize the Worldbeat...

Sluff (AT)

Day 1 Germany INES#talent

"Sluff's indie rock knows shoegaze and dream-pop like the back of its hand, but always has enough direction and dynamics...

Sparkling (DE) – INES#talent

Sparkling released their long-awaited debut album 'I Want to See Everything' in August 2019 and it has been making huge...

SUN (FR)

Day 3 France

SUN is a Franco-German singer, songwriter, guitarist and actress. Her first EP Brutal Pop stunned the press and the public...

Takeshi’s Cashew (AT)

Austria Day 1 XA Nominees

Takeshi's Cashew (Laut & Luise, Berlin) are a newly formed psych-funk group that explore the boundaries of club culture, world...

The Rodeo (FR)

Day 3 France

The Rodeo is the anagram of Dorothee, a sassy Parisian musician and singer. She discovered music at the age of...

The Unsleeping (UA)

Day 1 Ukraine

The Unsleeping is an Ukrainian alternative rock band originally from Uman. Since 2013 they have released two mini-albums, a dozen...

Vaovao (DE)

Day 3 Germany

Vaovao - Six letters of a journey through synthesizer sounds and sound collages, supported by fragmentary violins, driving beats and...

Vereter (AT) – QM&A

Austria Day 2 XA Nominees

Dark folk songwriting: melancholic, playful, brutally honest. Songs about penguins and toast, fire salamanders and pot faces. Songs about holding...

Warner Music Austria presents Lisa Pac (AT)

Since making her debut in 2017, Lisa Pac has amassed several million Spotify streams with just a string of singles...

Wolfgang Pérez (DE)

"Who cares who cares" is the debut album of Wolfgang Pérez. In recent years, he has been busy mainly as...

Zbaraski (UA)

Day 1 Ukraine

Zbaraski is a musician and sound producer who lives and works in Lviv. His music uses R'n'B, Soul and Hip-Hop...

Zimmer90 (DE)

Their sound is infused with atmospheric synth waves paired with groovy baselines and catchy drum beats refined by organic percussion...

Zinn (AT)