DE/SEMBLE Festival

DE/SEMBLE is a Vienna-based festival dedicated to expanding and redefining jazz and adventurous music. Renowned for its diverse lineup, the festival brings together both internationally established artists and emerging voices. Its mission is to break away from traditional connotations of jazz, cultivating an inclusive and forward-looking musical landscape.
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Cleo Reed
Reed’s 2025 LP CUNTRY is a sprawling folk-electronic offering exploring the rage that comes from grappling with the grips of labor — both on the body and in the American workplace. A double LP, Side A pulls influence from the canon of American work songs — blues, soul, folk, and country. Side B, sonically dystopian and electronic forward, references the format with a more rap-centric approach. The dueling sides symbolize the binary, and the opposing forces represented in Reed’s NYC upbringing vs. their family’s southern lineage.
CUNTRY was named a top album of 2025 from Pitchfork, Stereogum, That Good Sh*t, and NPR Music. Reed was included in Dazed magazine’s iconic Dazed 100 list
Cleo Reed – guitar & vocals
Matthew Jamal – cello
other:M:other
other:M:other create a rhythmic symbiotic blend of sound. Acoustic and electronic sounds merge seamlessly, giving rise to intricate networks of percussive impulses that draw their inspiration equally from experimental music and beat-driven club music.
With an unconventional lineup, extended playing techniques, and a free improvisational approach, they explore the boundaries of musical genres and masterfully translate their own sonic language into a wide variety of stage settings, concert formats, and stylistic contexts.
Arthur Fussy: modular synthesizer
Jul Dillier: prepared piano
Judith Schwarz: extended drumset
Hermeneia (DJ)
Hermeneia is a Warsaw-based DJ and vocalist, and the founder of Radio Lola and FURDA event series – platforms devoted to underground sound system culture. Her sets weave together old-school dancehall, dub, contemporary halftime heavy-hitters, and hazy illbient textures, crafting a hybrid that goes hard but doesn’t take itself too seriously.
With regular shows on LYL and Noods Radio, Hermeneia has made appearances on Boiler Room, NTS, Edwin and Kiosk Radio, and released a mixtape on Acetone, steadily building her presence across the European scene. She jumped on the mic for a guest vocal spot on the 2023 compilation ALWAYS + FOREVER from do you have peace? – joining a dreamy lineup with Zaumne, HTRK, YL Hooi and Jabu.
