Louie Austen (born Alois Luef on 19 September 1946) is an Austrian classically trained bar and jazz
crooner
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who has been active in the
electronic music
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scene.
Biography
Austen was born on 19 September 1946 in
Vienna
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, Austria.
Austen, among other cultural and musical activities, played a part in an adaption of
Johann Nestroy
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's play "Höllenangst" at the Viennese
Burgtheater
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and is regularly still performing every Saturday at the Cascade Bar of the Marriott hotel in Vienna.
Since 1999, Louie Austen also is a performer in electronic music and has released many albums and singles in this genre he refers to as electrocrooning. His last album ''Iguana'' has been released on Klein Records in 2006 and his new double album "Last Man Crooning / Electrotaining You!" got released in 2010 along with two singles and is his 7th studio album on his own label LA Music – Louie Austen Music he had founded back in 2007 as a home for his musical releases.
Austen has a cameo as gambler in
Stefan Ruzowitzky
Stefan Ruzowitzky (born 25 December 1961) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter.
Early life
Ruzowitzky was born in Vienna. He studied drama and history at the University of Vienna and started directing music videos, for example for 'N ...
´s ''
The Counterfeiters'' movie, which won in the category best foreign movie at the
2008 Oscars.
IMDB entry for Louie Austen
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Discography
Albums
* ''Consequences'' (1999 album)
* ''Only Tonight'' (2001 album)
* ''Easy Love'' (2003 album)
* ''Heaven's Floor'' (2005 EP)
* ''Hear my Song: The Best Of Louie Austen'' (2006 album)
* ''Iguana'' (2006 album)
* ''Summer Love EP'' (2007)
* ''Dreams Are My Reality EP'' (2007)
* ''Too Good To Last EP'' (2008)
* "Myamy EP" (2009, Digital)
* "Coconut Girl Remixes" (2009, Digital)
* "Take your time" Ada Fijal
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. Louie Austen
* "Endless Love" Phonique feat. Louie Austen. Track from album "Kissing Strangers" label Dessous (2010)
* "Estate" (2010) ep track for Rodion
* "Make Your Move Ruede Hagelstein Rmx" (2010, Vinyl)
* "Paris / Make Your Move Remixes" (2010, Digital-Single)
* "Last Man Crooning / Electrotaining You!" (2010, Double album – 2CD)
* "I Wander / Now Or Never Remixes" (2010, Digital-Single)
* "What a Comeback!" (2012, Digital-Single)
Singles
* "Amore" (2001)
* "Hoping" (2001)
* "Grab My Shaft
"Grab My Shaft" is a single by Louie Austen featuring Canadian electronic musician Peaches.
Critical reception
Charlie Amter of ''East Bay Express'' that the duet with Peaches results in a "sick triple-X South Beach dance floor anthem that man ...
" (feat. Peaches
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) (2003) No. 117 UK
* "Open Up Your Heart" (with Korsakow
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) (2005)
* "More" (2005)
* "Disco Dancer" (2006)
* "Glamour Girl" (2006)
* "Der Kreislauf"- with Remute (2011)
References
External links
Official website
Louie Austen
on Discogs
a video of Louie
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1946 births
Kitty-Yo artists
Living people
Austrian male musicians
Musicians from Vienna