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Karl Möstl

For 35 years, he has been driven by his tireless creativity and has made a name for himself as a musician, video producer, graphic designer and online marketer. As a technology nerd and art early adopter, he used new computer technologies for the creative process decades ago and is considered one of the pioneers in working with programmes such as Photoshop or the production of animated graphics.

The innovative creative director and unapologetic idea generator

He was able to realise his full potential in advertising and founded his own multimedia agency moestlstudios 25 years ago. In the field of social media and online marketing, he finds a colourful and lively playground where he constantly continues his education and completes various courses of study. He has already worked with numerous renowned advertising agencies and marketing management companies.

At the beginning of 2023, he was given responsibility for managing video production and video marketing at the renowned trade publisher x-technik. In this context, he is responsible for the customers of the in-house magazines ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, AUTOMATION, SHEET TECHNOLOGY and MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY.

The visionary music pioneer

With a broad musical palette ranging from punk and indie to alternative rock and crossover, he has steadily evolved and now devoted himself more and more to electronic music. Already in 1999, he gained international renown as a futuristic music pioneer and producer of Walkner.Moestl under the label of Kruder&Dorfmeister. Without social media, he managed to achieve worldwide success as a solo artist – a fact he only learned years later through MySpace, the forerunner of Facebook, where he gained several tens of thousands of fans at the time. He has done hundreds of DJ gigs in Europe and his productions are still played on radio stations.

At casual locations and interesting events, you can still see him playing as a professional DJ and ensuring the best possible atmosphere with fresh beats and modern danceable music.

In addition, he produces music and sound logos for advertising, films and major brands. He regularly releases fresh electronic music because it simply comes naturally to him. As an Austrian pioneer in the field of sound branding, he develops sounds and music for large and small companies to strengthen their brands. In 2020, he founded a music platform for the B2B sector where his music can be licensed and downloaded for videos and other projects. The library now comprises over 500 in-house productions.

The spiritual atheist merchant’s son

“Before enlightenment the mountain is a mountain, during enlightenment the mountain is no longer a mountain and after enlightenment the mountain is a mountain again” (Zen Buddhism).

As an artist, he searched for the meaning of life at a young age and came to the conclusion that there can be no God. But at the same time he was fascinated by life and the origin of the universe. Thus he immersed himself in the study of both scientific and spiritual writings. In the process, he became an advocate of silence and meditation. In this silence and from this pure consciousness a spark – a force – a creativity arises that creates matter from itself. He devoted a long time to meditation, coaching for artists and creatives and developing new creative & consciousness techniques.