Renowned Vienna-based keyboardist and producer Philipp Quehenberger is known for his improvisational approach to electronic music. With a history of notable releases on respected labels like Cheap Records and Editions Mego and his energetic live sets, Quehenberger has built a reputation for a distinctive sound. His latest release, the vinyl EP “Hot Water”, comes as the inaugural offering from the newly established label “other machines”.

Opening with “Emortal” a slowed down four on the floor beat is acompanied by a heavy bassriff and wobbly psychedelic synthlines, the record picks up speed but maintains its dark but catchy vibe with the house -like “Heaven” featuring strings and another wallshaking bassline. The B-side starts off with “Trytrance”, combining filtered melodic fragments with an acid infused synth bassline and a wonky but speedy disco beat. The title track “Hot Water” that sounds like from the inside of a steamroller, and the final track “Thirty Three” each escalate tempo and intensity into a pulsating wall of sound.

Quehenberger’s improvisational ethos shines throughout the EP, allowing for spontaneity and exploration while maintaining a cohesive sonic narrative, mirroring his live performance style, where moments of unpredictability often lead to surprising revelations.

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Philipp Quehenberger – “Emortal” (2025)

Album-Title: Hot Water
Year: 2025
Label: other machines / OM001
Album-release: 04.07.2025
All tracks written and produced by Philipp Quehenberger
Mixed by Patrick Pulsinger at Feedback Studio Vienna
Mastered by Dubplates & Mastering Berlin
Manufactured by AUSTROVINYL GmbH
Distributed by Triple Vision Record Distribution
For booking contact: info@philippquehenberger.com

Philipp Quehenberger’s music has existed as a consistent strain amongst the Austrian underground for the last 20 years. His output is a cracking combination of dance floor zeal and deep disco disorientation. A perpetually rotating sphere which blends genres whilst bending the body and mind.

Collaborations with Didi Kern, Marco Eneidi, Juini Booth, Marshall Allen, Dror Feiler, Jamaladeen Tacuma, TJ Hicks, Elin, Patrick Pulsinger, Ilpo Väisänen, Alexei Borisov, Mark Stewart, Elise Mory, Mayo Thompson, Aki Onda, Franz Hautzinger, Christoph Kurzmann, Susanna Gartmayer, Martin Siewert, Werner Dafeldaeker, Werner Möbius, Hans Falb, Helmut Neugebauer, Noid, Stefan Geissler, Mario Rechtern, Corey Wilkes, Lenny Kaye, Tex Rubinowitz, Gerhard Potuznik, Ivo Dimchev, Franz West, Sarah Lucas, Gelatin, AO & more

Member of Quehenberger/Kern, Kern/Quehenberger, Mäuse, Devil Duo, Church Of Carbon, Popular Disease, Voodoo Volt, Blast Of Silence.