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HVOB
HVOB performing in 2013
HVOB performing in 2013
Background information
Also known asHer Voice Over Boys
OriginVienna, Austria
GenresElectronica
Years active2012–present
LabelStil vor Talent
MembersAnna Müller
Paul Wallner

HVOB (for Her Voice Over Boys[1]) is an Austrian electronic duo founded in Vienna by Anna Müller and Paul Wallner.[2]

Biography

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Anna Müller and Paul Wallner, formerly members of the Austrian band Herbstrock, formed HVOB in 2012.[3]. The duo focuses on "restrained and minimalist" electronica with the use of vocals. After releasing music on SoundCloud they were discovered by Oliver Koletzki, a German dance and house music producer. Koletzki contracted the duo and they later appeared at the Melt! Festival. Their first EP Dogs was released in 2012.[4]

In 2013, the band released its first album HVOB. Their second album Trialog released in 2015 was said by American Thump magazine "as a contender for an 'Album of the Year' award".[5][6]

In 2015, the duo toured India and went to various cities including Bangalore.[7] The duo has been "voted as one of the best live acts in the world".[8]

In 2017, the group released their third album, Silk, with collaborator Winston Marshall.[9] Jamie McNamara of BeatRoute describe the first track on the album as "moody atmosphere and guitar-led dance music".[10] In 2018 the group performed a sold-out show at the Mezzanine in San Francisco.[11]

In 2019, the group released their fourth album, Rocco.

HVOB released their fifth studio album, TOO, in 2022 through Play It Again Sam Records.[12]

In 2025, HVOB composed the soundtrack for the documentary To Close Your Eyes and See Fire.[13] At the 2025 Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, HVOB and the directors received the award for Best Music in a Documentary Film.[14]

Discography

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  • HVOB (2013)
  • Trialog (2015)
  • Silk (2017)
  • Rocco (2019)
  • TOO (2022)
  • To Close Your Eyes And See Fire (OST) (2025)

References

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  1. ↑ "In Conversation With HVOB (Her Voice Over Boys)". 5 May 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "New Noise: HBOV". Wonderland Magazine. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Niederwieser, Stefan (28 June 2019). "HVOB im mica-Porträt". Music Austria (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Tanja Brüggemann-Stepien (8 April 2013). "Her Voice Over Boys Start Through". music austria. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "HVOB's 'Trialog' is an Album of the Year Contender and Nobody in America Knows it Yet". vice.com. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "HVOB – Austrian Music Export". musicexport.at. 26 February 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Lakhani, Somya (19 March 2015). "Austrian band Her Voice Over Boys: We are trying to bring back real music". The Indian Express. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  8. ↑ Gupta, Radhapriya (19 March 2015). "Austrian Electro Group HVOB in India This Week". Rolling Stone India. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Tailored Communication".
  10. ↑ McNamara, Jamie (16 March 2017). "HVOB & Winston Marshall – Silk". BeatRoute Magazine. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  11. ↑ Smith II, Geoffrey (5 February 2018). "HVOB at Mezzanine, February 2nd, 2018". SF Weekly. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "HVOB zwischen Unsicherheiten und Explosionen im Kopf". FM4 (in German). ORF. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Die feine Kunst des Soundtracks: HVOB & ihre preisgekrönte Musik zur Doku "To Close Your Eyes And See Fire"". FM4 (in German). ORF. 3 September 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Die Preisträger:innen 2025". Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis (in German). Retrieved 28 August 2026.
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