MAIIJA - What if
„What if“
– is the question that stands at the beginning of every story. In her new album, MAIIJA explores different facets of being human. What connects us? It is our feelings, our fears – not the moments in which we want to show strength, but those in which we allow ourselves to show weakness. Because that takes courage: enduring, looking closely, understanding.
It is Marilies Jagsch’s voice that oscillates between strength and vulnerability; she takes us by the hand, whispers in our ear, crawls under our skin, all while tentatively exploring these territories. Musically, electronic elements blend with organic sounds.
The drums either drive powerfully or deliberately hold back. Voice and guitar often come to the forefront, creating a touching clarity. Jagsch has lived for years with the chronic illness endometriosis and allows us, in a raw and poetic way, to share in her personal experiences, which she compellingly links to collective losses in our uncertain present.
As with her previous album, producer Peter Paul Aufreiter was involved this time as well. Together with drummer Gernot Scheithauer, cellist Lukas Lauermann and guests such as The Zew, Oskar Mayböck, and Paul Szelegowitz, they create music unafraid of being vulnerable, music that connects and, in all its shimmering melancholy, comforts. What remains is a truth we all too easily forget: whatever comes, we are in it together. (Jessica Lind)
Bio MAIIJA:
MAIIJA is the project of Austrian musician and composer Marilies Jagsch, whose voice has shaped the Vienna music scene for over 15 years. After two early solo albums, she opened a new chapter in 2023: under the name MAIIJA, she creates songs together with producer Peter Paul Aufreiter (Hearts Hearts) that weave experimental pop, intimate songwriting, and electronic textures into a unique sound world. In 2023, the debut I AM (Noise Appeal Records) was released, and in 2026, the album WHAT IF will follow, telling touching personal stories of vulnerability and strength, of illness and hope, of stagnation and departure – always linked to the question of collective responsibility in an uncertain present.
Photo: Michael Poetschko
Admission: 30 min before the event starts.
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