Georg Viktor Emmanuel


Portrait and important references

Artist name: Georg Viktor Emmanuel  

Genre: livelooping dub-rock --> stirring beats and elements of electro-, dubstep-,
d'n'b, rock- and indie pop melting into songs from another world in a spheric way
Instrumentes: Vocals and loopstation
Studies: Jazz vocals at Schubertkonservatorium, Wien
References: Boss Looper World Championship-Finalist 2011 + 2012 | invited by ROLAND Music to perform at the Grand Opening of the new company headquarter in Germany | several appearances on TV in several european countries | Hundreds of gigs in 13 countries (incl. Donauinselfest in Vienna, Museumsuferfest in Frankfurt, STAMP-Festival in Hamburg and many more) | Invitation to the presentation of the new sound system in Amsterdam by Electro Voice | Winner of Kultband Band Battle, a.s.o

 

 

 What’s livelooping dub-rock?

Georg Viktor Emmanuel produces all the sounds, including drums, keyboards, trumpets, sound effects and orchestral guitar sounds with the help of his voice, while recording it gradually on a loop station in real – time. The recording is reproduced in an infinite loop. In order to influence the sound, the artist operates numerous effects with his feet, and in this way produces songs from another world. This kind of making music is creating an extraordinary tension among the audience. GVE improvises a lot as well as he encloses the listeners into his show. His musical genre contains dubstep-, d'n'b, indie pop and rock elements, which are melting into each other in an inimitable way. 

 Music and actionism as an inseparable unit

Georg Viktor Emmanuel doesn’t acquit himself to conventional forms of music business. So the artist is planning a studio album not before 2013, because he priorly places emphasis on his extraordinary live track and further confronts people with his music, when they least expect it.

At the beginning of his solo project, for example, he approaches totally unknown people in the video COMFORT ME and surprises them with a hug which caused grandios reactions. For the music video DIG IT he organized a flashmob in the city of Vienna, which led to an orgiastic ecstasy on the Stephansplatz.

With his new livelooping performance he played without any permission on balconies, from hotel windows, on rooftops and driving cars in several countries in Europe. You can see all of this in the cinema documentary LOOPING EARTH - a roadmovie about the Looping Earth Tour 2012 - which will come to selected theatres in 2013. 



 

    








 




Biography

  • 1988 – 1995: At the age of 11 Georg Viktor Emmanuel discovers his affection to music by dancing. In terms of Michael Jackson imitations, the artist already had numerous appearances on the stage, which laid the foundation stone to his further career.
  • 1995 – 2007: Singer in several rock bands, studies of Jazz vocals at the Schubert Konservatorium, hundreds of gigs with different formations. At the same time GVE acquires knowledge in sound technology. As a consequence, he produces several CDs for rock bands, and Airplay in Austrian radio stations. In 2007 the artist breaks up his former band and pauses for a year. That’s the time when the basic idea for his solo project develops.
  • 2008-Nov-05: Appearance of the first single of his solo project COMFORT ME on the Internet.
  • 2009-Sep-17: Release of the single DIG IT (song&video).Official start of the solo project named “Georg Viktor Emmanuel”
  • 2010-Jan-16: Winner in the “Volksbank band battle” by using a loop station for the first time.
  • 2010-March-01: The idea of the new style “livelloping dub-rock" has been born. Georg starts to learn beatboxing and to use the loop station in a professional way.
  • 2010-Aug-28: Premiere of the new show on the “Gürtelwalk Vienna” with more than 1000 listeners.
  • 2010-Oct-25: Georg Viktor Emmanuel goes to Amsterdam to carry his performance out into the streets for the first time. This adventure is a kind of preparation for the Looping Earth Tour, which will come up in 2012. 
  • 2010-Nov-07: Release of the first live looping single „Slip into my world of music“ (song & video)
  • 2010-Dec-31: „Slip into my world of music“ gets published on the “Porjekt Pop – Sampler”
  • 2011-Jan-31: Invitation to the presentation of the new sound system in Amsterdam by Electro Voice (at former presentations artists like Steve Lukather (Toto) were invited)
  • 2011-Feb till 2011-Oct: several gigs in many european countries
  • 2011-Nov-15: Finalist oft the „Boss Loop World Championship“
  • 2012-May-03: Release of the livelooping song&video ZERO
  • 2012-Oct-18: Release of the liveloopign song&video Pop n Roll (The Hotel Window Show)
  • 2012-May-11 - 2012-Dec 21st:  LOOPING EARTH Tour 2012, hundreds of concerts in 13. european countries 
              CLICK FOR THE EXCLUSIVE LOOPING EARTH Tour 2012 - Review
 

 Upcoming

- Release of the cinema documentary LOOPING EARTH, a roadmovie about the LOOPING EARTH Tour 2012
- Release of my debute album, working titel: "Beat Bomb"
- Shows in Canada, Austria, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Slovenia, Belgium.... and more countries. tba soon!
- more 'public performance art' livelooping videos. One of them will be shot in Paris. Videos in other cities will follow...

 
London, Trafalgar Square

Copyright Georg Viktor Emmanuel 2013