„Deconstruction? Sounds exhausting. But this does not apply to the Austrian musician Michael Wedenig and his album “Stadt Land Fuzz” (Keto). Contemplative guitar sounds merge with field recordings and soft electronics resulting in an artistic and at the same time smoothly flowing instrumental music, which is perfect as soundtrack for a retreat on hot summer days. Wedenig combines original compositions and traditional Austrian tracks – for example “Is scho still uman See”, where you cannot tell the own and the folk parts apart. This is as relaxing as intellectual music can be!” – Gerhard Stöger, Falter
„Sound painting. The young Austrian musician elaborates soft guitar sound, electronic effects, noise and glimpses of Austrian folk music to a fascinating set of sounds, oscillating somewhere between jazz, minimal music and meditative sound. Awesome!” – Guido Tartarotti, Kurier
„The first few instants of listening say it all: Michael Wedenig’s music of his album “stadt | land | fuzz” cannot be categorised as only one genre. Among genres that influenced him, the guitarist himself mentions modern jazz, electronical music, minimal music and alternative elements. And yes, you can find traces of all these. But I’m talking of traces only. The Austrian musician does much more than implementing and repeating commonly known music formats and dogmatic principles, he rather creates his own sound cosmos by means of a variety of guitar sounds, field recordings, samples and loops and fills this generated space with his particular sound. You won’t find a single element in it you would call loud. Michael Wedenig approaches all of this in a calm, minimalistic and reduced manner.” – Michael Ternai, mica – music austria
“The eight partly manifold and atmospheric pieces remind of the romantic side of Krautrock; at the same time they are the complete opposite of an oasis of well-being. Again: interesting, interesting!” – Falter programme recommendation
