Heinz Riegler (born 11 August 1969) is an Austrian-born artist working between Australia and

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located enti ...

. First emerging as a songwriter and performer in the late 1980s, Riegler worked both as a solo artist and performer as well as frequent collaborator and contributor to a variety of projects. He was a founding mainstay of

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...

ers,

Not from There Not from There were an Australian indie rock trio, which formed in 1991 in London, England by Anthony Hills on bass guitar, Simon Lambert on drums and Heinz Riegler on lead guitar and vocals. They relocated to Brisbane in 1992. Their 1998 singl ...

(1991–2001), which won Best Alternative Release for their debut album, ''

Sand on Seven Sand On Seven is the debut of album of Australian indie band Not From There Not from There were an Australian indie rock trio, which formed in 1991 in London, England by Anthony Hills on bass guitar, Simon Lambert on drums and Heinz Riegler o ...

'' (November 1998), at the

ARIA Music Awards of 1999 The 13th Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as the ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) was held on 12 October 1999 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Hosted by Paul McDermott and Bob Downe, and pre ...

. Riegler was shortlisted twice for the Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship and is the co-founder of

minus20degree ''minus20degree'' (abbreviated to ''m20d'') is a contemporary art and architecture exhibition that takes place every 2 years in Flachau, Austria during winter. The exhibition lasts for 3 days in January. The biennale was founded by Theo Deutinger ...

, a biennial art and architecture festival located in the Austrian Alps. 1990s As founder, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter of the

ARIA Music Award The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austra ...

. The band released two albums in

Sand On Seven Sand On Seven is the debut of album of Australian indie band Not From There Not from There were an Australian indie rock trio, which formed in 1991 in London, England by Anthony Hills on bass guitar, Simon Lambert on drums and Heinz Riegler o ...

, Latvian Lovers, along with numerous EP's and singles, performing from 1991 through to 2000. 2000s Riegler went on to collaborate with

Lawrence English Lawrence English (born 1975/76) is an Australian composer, artist, and curator from Brisbane. His work is broadly concerned with the politics of perception, specifically he is interested in the nature of listening, and sounds' capability to oc ...

and Tam Patton ( Full Fathom Five) in the Brisbane-based experimental/improv group I/O3. The group released two limited edition LPs, Powerhouse Sessions and A Picturesque View, IgnoredPitchfork
I/O3, Toop, Scanner - ''A Picturesque View, Ignored'' - review on the Room40 label. As a member of I/O3, Riegler has collaborated with the likes of sound artists Mike Cooper,

David Toop David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician, author, curator, and Emeritus Professor. From 2013 to 2021 he was professor of audio culture and improvisation at the London College of Communication. He was a regular contributor to British m ...

Robin Rimbaud Robin Rimbaud is an electronic musician who works under the name Scanner due to his use of cell phone and police scanners in live performance. He is also a member of the band Githead with Wire's Colin Newman and Malka Spigel and Max Franken fr ...

(Scanner),

Ben Frost Ben Frost (born 1980) is an Australian-Icelandic musician, composer, record producer, sound designer, and director. Life Born in Melbourne, Australia, and based in Reykjavík, Iceland, since 2005, Frost composes minimalist, instrumental, a ...

and

DJ Olive DJ Olive (also known as The Audio Janitor; born Gregor Asch) is an American disc jockey and turntablist. He is known for producing music generally in the electronic genre, with strong influences of dub, and free improvisation styles. He is wide ...

. Around the beginning of the decade Riegler also contributed guitars to Lawrence English's Transit and Calm LPs as well as adding lyrics and vocals to

Adam Franklin Adam Franklin (born 7 October 1968) is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter who is the front-man of the alternative rock band Swervedriver (1989–99, 2007–present) as well as the main creative force behind Toshack Highway (1999–200 ...

’s solo debut project

Toshack Highway Toshack Highway is the musical group formed by the lead singer and guitarist from Swervedriver, Adam Franklin. The band name derives from merging the surnames of two Liverpool F.C. football players from the 1970s, John Toshack and Steve Heighway. ...

. Riegler formed the Brisbane-based group Nightstick in 2004 with Tam Patton and Martin Lee. A short-lived project, the group toured Australia frequently and released a self-titled EP on the

Dot Dash Dot Dash Recordings is a collaboration between the two companies - Remote Control Records which provides publicity, marketing and label management while Inertia Distribution looks after distribution and sales. Dot Dash Recordings was set up by ...

label. Following some time out from musical endeavours, Riegler has since returned to work on material for a solo album as well as performing live. Riegler has also curated an extensive season of improvised live scores for the

Queensland Gallery of Modern Art The Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) is an art museum located within the Queensland Cultural Centre in the South Bank precinct of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA. GOMA, which opened on 2 December 2006, is the larges ...

. The three-month season in late 2008, titled Out of The Shadows: German Expressionism And Beyond, saw Riegler hand-pick a selection of artists to perform live scores to silent films. During the season, Riegler also took on a number of improvised performances in solo mode. Twice shortlisted for the

Grant McLennan Grant William McLennan (12 February 19586 May 2006) was an Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter-guitarist. He co-founded the Go-Betweens with Robert Forster in Brisbane in 1977. In addition to his work with the Go-Betweens (1977–89, ...

Memorial Fellowship in 2008 and 2009, Riegler began to perform new material live in concert around the same time. Containing audio recordings from the previous ten years, Riegler released a limited edition of 60 audio cassettes in 2009. Titled Survey #1, the cassette contained demo songs, excerpts from The Shadows: German Expressionism And Beyond instrumental works, as well as other previously unreleased compositions and collaborations. 2009 also saw Riegler exhibit 'Five Frames,’ a debut collection of visual art works as part of a group exhibition at Brisbane’s Doggett Street Studios. 2010s In October 2010, Riegler released a limited edition 7-inch vinyl single titled "And The Lovers Make A Scene" / "Andy Looks Up At The Sky," collaborating with three visual artists (Bo Stahlman, Alex Gillies, Stephen Mok) to create three sets of artwork. The entire collection of 7-inch vinyl was then released as part of an exhibition at Brisbane's Doggett Street Studios gallery. To mark 10 years since Room40's release of A Picturesque View, Ignored LP in 2001, Riegler returned to perform with I/O3,

and Scanner (

) for the Open Frame Festival at London’s Cafe Oto. Riegler spent large parts of 2011 in his native Austria working on recording projects, as well as completing a single channel video piece titled Motion Portrait #1. This work was named winner at MICA TonBild 2011 in Vienna, Austria in November 2011 and two years later was selected for the inaugural Channels Festival and Ikono Festival, where it screened at the

Australian Centre for the Moving Image ACMI, formerly the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, is Australia's national museum of film, television, videogames, and art. ACMI was established in 2002 and is based at Federation Square in Melbourne, Victoria. During the 2014-15 finan ...

in September 2013. At the end of 2011 Riegler returned to perform at London’s Cafe Oto as part of Lawrence English’s Lonely Women’s Club and released of a number of online single channel video vignettes titled ’60 Seconds in Flachau’ and 'Keep that Heart Pumping'. Audio recordings made in Austria during an 80-day spell in an alpine mountain cabin were released titled Survey #2 (One Thousand Dreams I Never Had) on Room40’s new A Guide To Saints imprint in May 2012. An accompanying single channel video piece titled No Colour/No Sound, Part I was subsequently premiered on Australian music website Mess & Noise. A track titled ‘Morning’ formed the basis of the soundtrack to a Paul W Rankin short video piece titled BNE 6:07 AM.vimeo.com
BNE 6:07AM on Paul W Rankin vimeo.

References

External links

Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Riegler, Heinz Living people Australian rock musicians Australian people of Austrian descent Musicians from Vienna Musicians from Queensland Austrian emigrants to Australia 1969 births