NEW
20.März 2026
“Greatest Little Hits II” features all original compositions from the second [koe:r] album “Susystems” (2012). Three of these tracks—“Walk,” “Farewell,” and “Where Do We Go”—were released as updated singles in 2024/25.
Featuring:
Peter Herbert: double bass
Florian Kmet: electric guitar
Alexander Lackner: double & electric bass
Gerald Preinfalk: bass clarinet
Wolfgang Puschnig: alto saxophone
Susanna Ridler: vocals, electronics, piano/keys
Guests:
Sabine Hasicka: tap dance on “Walk”
Rainer Deixler: drum samples on “Plastic Mutation”
NEW:
Sunday, 8 February 2026 (Gert Jonke would have turned 80 on this day)
RADIO JONKE (Sonata in 3 movements for voice, electronics, violin, and Gert Jonke)
Digital premiere and release of the third (and final) part of the comprehensive literary set
“GEOMETRY OF THE SOUL – A Musical Homage to the Poet Gert Jonke (1946–2009)”.
The CD was originally released in Austria in December 2020 but was “swallowed” by the lockdown, though it was nominated for the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.
Now it is being released digitally for the first time in three standalone parts:
I. Chlorophyllklang (Digital Release: 27.12.2024)
II. Der Sprachkomponist (Digital Release: 08.02.2025)
III. Radio Jonke (Digital Release: 08.02.2026)
Susanna Ridler: composition, voice, production
Gert Jonke: texts & voice from original recordings (1971–2008)
Anna Rebekka Ritter: violin
(Booklet will be available soon via electrolandrecords.com)
Further insights into the creation process of "Geometry of the Soul" you van find here:
Created in collaboration with the Gert Jonke-Gesellschaft.
With kind permission from © Jun- & Jung Verlag.
Aktuell:
“Greatest Little Hits I” is both a retrospective of the 2008 debut album [koe:r] by Susanna Ridler and an expansion of it.
The album brings together all original compositions from that recording and adds two previously unreleased pieces rediscovered in the archive from the same production period: “Aria Electrica” and “Time Goes By".
Eighteen years later, both tracks have been newly arranged and completed, and will be released in advance as a single.
“Aria Electrica,” recorded in 2007 with soprano Monika Bruck, combines operatic vocal lines with electronically transformed staccato voices and beats — a fascinating interplay between two worlds that today, in the age of AI-generated music, seems almost visionary.
“Time Goes By,” originally left unfinished, reflects on the subjective sensation of how quickly those eighteen years have passed.
The album [koe:r] was a contemporary exploration of electronics, pop, and jazz, shaped by a melancholic, downbeat aesthetic in the spirit of trip hop. Sampling, sonic transformation, and digital studio techniques met Ridler’s distinctive voice, which functioned both as a sonic signature and as the central carrier of the songs.
Interpretations of classics such as “Corcovado,” “Fever,” and “Summertime” were also elevated to an unexpectedly new level. The recording received wide media attention and was praised for its detailed electronica soundscapes and its distinctive fusion of emotional immediacy and conceptual depth.
The project [koe:r] emerged from Ridler’s search for an individual artistic language between tradition and modernity.
The sound was shaped by contributions from renowned figures of the Austrian jazz scene, including double bassist Peter Herbert, saxophonist Wolfgang Puschnig, trumpeter Thomas Gansch, guitarist Helmut Jasbar, and drummer Rainer Deixler.
With “Greatest Little Hits I,” [koe:r] becomes newly audible as a timeless document of a consistent artistic development.
On March 20th 2026 “Greatest Little Hits II” will follow, bringing together the original compositions from the second [koe:r] album “Susystems” (2012), and in April/May “Covers,” which collects all [koe:r] cover versions.
In addition, a reissue of a 2009 remix EP will follow, featuring remixes by I-Wolf (Sofa Surfers), LOWA (featuring Uwe Walkner), BRENDA (Honolulu), DIX (Heinz), and Ridler.
Release 8. Februar 2025
DER SPRACHKOMPONIST
Tondichtung in 20 Erzählungen
(für Jazz-Trio, artificial Orchestra, Vokalistin, electronics und die Stimme von Gert Jonke aus Tonbandaufnahmen 1971-2008)
(Release 8. Februar 2025 - Gert Jonke wäre an diesem Tag 79. Jahre geworden)
Digital premiere release & single from Part II of the large-scale literary music project
“GEOMETRY OF THE SOUL – A Musical Homage to the Poet Gert Jonke (1946–2009)”
in a newly revised digital version.
The CD was originally released in Austria in December 2020. However, its reception was largely overshadowed by the lockdown period, despite being nominated for the German Record Critics’ Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik).
It is now being released digitally for the first time in three standalone parts:
I. Chlorophyllklang (release date: 27 December 2024)
II. The Composer of Language (release date: 8 February 2025)
III. Radio Jonke (release date: 8 th of February 2026 – the day Gert Jonke would have turned 80)
Susanna Ridler – composition, voice, artificial orchestra, production
Gert Jonke – texts & voice from original recordings (1971–2008)
Peter Herbert – double bass
Wolfgang Puschnig – alto saxophone, flute
(Available on Apple Music / iTunes with an extensive booklet)
Created in cooperation with the Gert-Jonke-Gesellschaft.
Published with the kind permission of © Jung & Jung Verlag.
Releases 2024
Release 27. Dezember.2024
CHLOROPHYLLKLANG
Melodram in vier Sätzen nach Gert Jonke (für Stimme & artificial Orchestra)
EP
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Part I of the digital release from the CD
“GEOMETRY OF THE SOUL – Homage to the Poet GERT JONKE (1946–2009)”
The text set to music in “Chlorophyllklang” is a synthesis of published and previously unpublished writings by the poet Gert Jonke.
It may have faded somewhat from public memory: the “composer of language” Gert Jonke illuminated in his virtuosic texts—through grotesque, absurd, and sharply refined perspectives—the ways in which society absorbs and appropriates both human beings and nature.
In “Chlorophyllklang,” a government research officer investigates the music-producing abilities of plant musicians and discovers the unexpected.
Susanna Ridler – composition, voice, artificial orchestra, production
Gert Jonke – texts
Peter Herbert – double bass
Wolfgang Puschnig – alto saxophone, flute
Mix: Steve Cooper
Mastering: Christoph Amann
Artwork: Christian Hochmeister
Created in cooperation with the Gert-Jonke-Gesellschaft.
Published with the kind permission of © Jung & Jung Verlag.
Release 30.November.2024
PRAYER FOR DEMOCRACY
Single
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A choral piece as a musical homage to our form of society, currently under threat from many sides
Susanna Ridler – composition, voices
Mix: Oliver Brunbauer
Mastering: Christoph Amann
Artwork: Christian Hochmeister
Release 31. Oktober.2024
KEIN VIOLINKONZERT
Single
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A nostalgic violin melody
from which something greater might one day emerge —
though perhaps not a violin concerto.
Susanna Ridler – composition, voice
Anna Rebekka Ritter – violin
Mix & Mastering: Christoph Amann
Artwork: Christian Hochmeister
Release 27. Dezember.2024
where do we go
SINGLE
Revised release from the second [koe:r] album, “Susystems” (2012).
An uplifting jazz-rock composition featuring Florian Kmet (electric guitar), Gerald Preinfalk (bass clarinet), and Sabine Hasicka (tap dance beats).
Composition, voice: Susanna Ridler
Original Mix, 2012: Susanna Ridler & Conny Dix
Updated Mix & Mastering: Georg Tomandl
Artwork: Christian Hochmeister
Release 30. August 2024
FAREWELL
Vocal Edit 2024
SINGLE
Revised release from the second [koe:r] album, “Susystems” (2012).
An intimate ballad reflecting on the pain of farewell.
Susanna Ridler – composition, voice, keys
Florian Kmet – electric guitar
Original Mix, 2012: Susanna Ridler & Conny Dix
Updated Mix & Mastering: Georg Tomandl
Artwork: Christian Hochmeister
Release 2. August 2024
WALK
Vocal Edit 2024
SINGLE
A revised remix of the track “SusyteMix” from the second [koe:r] album, “Susystems” (2012), incorporating prominent melodies from across the entire album.
Susanna Ridler – composition, remix, keys, voice
Original Mix, 2012: Susanna Ridler & Conny Dix
Updated Mix & Mastering: Georg Tomandl
Artwork: Christian Hochmeister
