BOOKLET - GREATEST LITTLE HITS II

Musicians:
Peter Herbert: Doublebass
Florian Kmet: E-Guitar
Alexander Lackner: Double- & E-bass
Gerald Preinfalk: Bassclarinete
Wolfgang Puschnig: Alto Saxophone
Susanna Ridler: all Vocals, Electronics, Piano/Keys

Guests
Sabine Hasicka: Tapdance Steps on "Walk"
Rainer Deixler: Drum Sampels on "Plastic Mutation"

Premixed & produced by Susanna Ridler
Mixed by Conny Dix
Mastered by Mischa Janisch at Sunshine Mastering Vienna
Cover Photo by Helene Waldner (Tray-Photo 2012)
Artwork & Booklet Design 2026: Christian Hochmeister
© P 2026 Electroland Records Vienna
LC27990/ELRV0014

With “Greatest Little Hits II”, Susanna Ridler presents a condensed retrospective of a key phase of her [koe:r] project.
The album brings together all original compositions from the second [koe:r] release “Susystems” (2012) – a work that captures Ridler’s artistic development with particular clarity: more open, more fluid, yet increasingly precise in expression, more organic and deeper in sound.
Already in January 2026, “Greatest Little Hits I” was released, compiling the original compositions from the first [koe:r] album (2008).
Together, both releases trace an artistic evolution – from early, strongly electronic sound experiments towards a more open, layered musical language, as it unfolds on “Susystems”.

Three of the tracks – “Walk”, “Farewell” and “where do we go” – were released as reworked singles in 2024/25, now serving as newly envisioned entry points into this body of work. These reworkings reflect an evolving perspective on material that continues to resonate across time.

Since its first appearance in 2008, [koe:r] has stood for a distinctive musical language between electronica, jazz and pop. At its core lies an engagement with the aesthetics of late-1990s trip hop – slowed down, condensed, marked by a cool yet deeply emotional sonic signature. Self-recorded material was transformed in the studio: stretched, manipulated, re-layered. The computer became an instrument – and the voice itself an integral part of this multi-layered sonic architecture: not only a carrier of melody, but also texture, color and movement.

In shifting constellations with musicians from the Austrian jazz scene – including Peter Herbert, Wolfgang Puschnig, Thomas Gansch, Gerald Preinfalk, Helmut Jasbar, Florian Kmet and Rainer Deixler – a sonic space unfolds between contrasting poles.
What further unfolds on “Susystems” is a music that navigates between construction and intuition, between reduction and density, between intellect and emotion. The songs evolve in a kind of slow motion, where every detail remains audible.

A defining impulse for the characteristic sound originally came from double bassist Peter Herbert, whose warm, organic tone contrasts with the electronic textures – a tension that became central to the project.

Following early recognition – including being described as an “insider tip” for the remix project “Summertime” (Universal Music) – Ridler continued to develop [koe:r] as a distinct artistic statement. Media described her work as possessing a “deep-frozen soulfulness” (drawing comparisons to Sidsel Endresen and David Sylvian), highlighting her ability to weave voice and sound into a coherent yet multifaceted whole.

With “Greatest Little Hits II”, the compositional works from “Susystems” are now made accessible in a concentrated form – as a self-contained chapter within an ongoing artistic process.

Music that consistently resists categorization.

A complementary release, “Covers", collecting all [koe:r] cover-versions, will follow in spring 2026. 

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