"As producer, songwriter, arranger and highly accomplished musician, Victor Gangl seems to take music production across the full range of genres in his stride. Whether it be rock, classical, hip-hop, jazz, popular hits - and you could happily spin out this list indefinitely - Victor Gangl is a producer who knows no limits. However if (as modern journalists like to do) you want to pigeon-hole him, then POP would almost certainly be the label to stick on him. Just like here - in really big, fat letters. Victory, as the 27-year-old Viennese producer is known to his label-collaborator and musician friends, is not so easily satisfied. He is a perfectionist with staying power, a polisher who revels in the detail. A man who knows exactly when his goal has been reached, and how the final product has to sound. You have to earn the "y" in "Victory", of course. No half-measures, no cheap fiddles - at that point it's better just to go for a whole orchestra.
As a multi-instrumentalist Victor Gangl quickly feels his way into his musicians' world. He speaks their language, which is another key aspect of preparing music products for launch and helping them to gain lasting success. His strength as a producer lies in his ability to pick up with his artists from the point they have reached with their music. Through his skills as a songwriter and arranger he is able to get himself involved with the widest variety of musical genres, and always manages to recognise the essence of a piece of music and to bring it out and embellish it. Victor Gangl knows that the music will only win you over when you have the right blend of a good song's key cornerstones. For this you need to get the perfect blend, as we Viennese are fond of saying. This producer has the hit recipe and, to transform a piece of coal into a diamond, toils like one possessed. As well as this, Victor Gangl has made it his task to accompany and support artists on their creative path. As a successful music producer he actively dedicates himself to A&R and in doing so makes a key contribution to breaking fresh talent.
In recent years this Viennese producer has quickly succeeded in establishing himself in ths Viennese producer has quickly succeeded in establishing himself in the Austrian music market and in making a name for himself as a producer and guarantor of results. His very first production led to a amjor label record contract, and he did not have to wait long for more. In the course of his career to date, Victor Gangl has been given the opportunity to work with internationally respected musicians and artists again and again, and in recent years he has primarily specialised in the German and British music markets. Besides his independent sound and production style, which Victor Gangl has been able to continually refine over the course of his many productions, this sound wizard is accurately hitting the bullseye with no problem at all. There is no doubting this man is a VICTORY!
Micc Brunner, music journalist