Donaukanal is the southern side arm of the river Danube in Vienna. Although the 17 kilometres long canal is quite narrow it is far more connected to the city than the actual Danube, passing the Inner City including all the nightlife hotspots around Schwedenplatz as well as the popular recreation area Prater. The vicinity to the city center may as well be the reason that the canal is particularly appealing to joggers, bikers and walkers. In the past two decades local politicians often discussed chances to integrate the Donaukanal even more in the city’s life by supporting the spread of clubs and bars like the old-established Flex or the newly created Badeschiff and making it a reasonable choice to spend your night out enjoying yourself on the concrete banks of the canal. What is now the canal was the main river until medieval times. Repeated floods frequently relocated the riverbed north- or southwards and – together with extensive river training measures – changed the hierarchy. Since around 1700 the side arm is known as Donaukanal.

Recent Session(s) at this location

• Camera Obscura A blogger that recommends the official video clip of French Navy – Camera Obscura’s latest single – described in an amusing note the band’s singer Traycanne Campbell as a hardly-ever smiling person. Indeed French Navy’s cheerful light-hearted melody is opposite to what Tracyanne is heavy-hearted singing about (so no smiling in this official video clip). Nonetheless Tracyanne can be caught far less gloomy, but contagiously mellow th... more ... December 2nd, 2009 - (7 Comments)

• Abe Vigoda „Abe Vigoda is alive“, says the Abe Vigoda status page. The American actor – who played a part in The Godfather – has not only inspired some internet humorists, but obviously also four guys from Inland Empire city Chino, California, who named their band after him. Abe Vigoda belong to the thriving scene around the L.A. music venue The Smell, which is famous for its creative and experimental DIY-approach that Abe Vigoda easily translate to a re... more ... September 27th, 2009 - (0 Comments)

• The Mae Shi It took Jon Gray – like every member of The Mae-Shi singing and playing various instruments – quite a lot of effort to climb into the empty container that they had chosen for their performance, just to realise that there was an open door making the access far more easy for his three band mates. Still, Jon didn’t waste too much energy on sporty exercises as the stomping and frenetic rendition of “Nickel Arcade” sho... more ... July 21st, 2008 - (2 Comments)

• Look See Proof It is just a few days till the release of their debut album “Between Here and There”, when Look See Proof gather at the pool floating on the Danube Canal on a mild Friday evening to play an acoustic version of “Casualty”. The four young Englishman do not get spotted as the hot Newcomer band that will play the basement the same night. While laid-back David Sells (singer and bassist) scuffs out of the venue with his flip-flops in casual shorts a... more ... June 30th, 2008 - (2 Comments)

• Get Well Soon Konstantin Gropper has studied popular music in Mannheim, Germany. That is what almost every article on the songwriter and his band Get Well Soon mentions and comments. Indeed his upbringing and education might be uncommon for pop musicians as the son of two teachers is classically trained on several instruments and therefore was able to record his sophisticated debut album all by himself. But the music of Get Well Soon is certainly not define... more ... June 2nd, 2008 - (2 Comments)

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