Switzerland at its finest @ MaMA Event, Paris
Swiss Music Export at the MaMA Event, Paris, France; 16-18 October 2013. Started in 2009 in Bourges, Parisian music fair MaMA relocated to the Pigalle district in 2010 and focuses on the French pop and rock market. For the first time, MaMA this year also hosts a three-day series of networking events. A wide variety […]
Review: Swiss Music Export @ Reeperbahn Festival 2013
Six Swiss artists part of the festival program and a Swiss Business Mixer bursting at the seams with enthusiastic guests – Swiss Music Export reflects on a successful trip to Hamburg. This year’s edition of the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg took place from 25 to 28 September. More than 300 international newcomers representing all kinds […]
Hathors @ GLAZART, Paris
Hathors @ GLAZART, Paris, 21 October, 19.00h Lausanne-based post-metal/post-grunge trio Hathors will be appearing live on the “Stoned Gatherings” night at the popular and adventurous Glazart venue, together with Glowsun and Black Rainbows. Hathors themselves – Marc Bouffé (guitar, bass), Marcel Munz (drums) and Therry Palmer (bass) – offer a succinct description of their music: […]
Velvet Two Stripes @ Rencontres Trans Musicales 2013
The St.Gallen-based trio Velvet Two Stripes, signed to the German Snowhite Agency/Records, have been confirmed to play the Trans Musicales festival in Rennes. Passionately dedicated for thirty years to the discovery of innovative new music, the festival is one of the oldest-established in Europe. Artists as diverse as Portishead and Nirvana, the Do and Cabaret […]
The bianca Story with crowdfunding experiment
The bianca Story, the multi-facetted art rock collective from Basel, are trying out a new method of funding and releasing their next album. Using the wemakeit.ch crowdfunding platform as a starting point, they hope to raise the Euro 90’000 they need according to their budget – published in detail on the wemakeit-website – to record […]
Bastian Baker releases second album “Too Old to Die Young” in France and Belgium
After an incredibly successful start to his career with the debut album “Tomorrow May Not Be Better” (platinum in Switzerland) and the top 20 hit in France with his version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, 22-year old singer/songwriter Bastian Baker has completed work on his second album. It is entitled “Too Old to Die Young” and […]
The Legendary Lightness with “The Legendary Lightness” release in Austria and Germany
29 September 2013 sees the release in Germany and Austria of the Legendary Lightness’s second album, “The Legendary Lightness”, on Dresden-based boutique label K&F Records. In advance of the album and in preparation for the “Sound of Bronkow” festival in Dresden at which the band appeared, the single “World Full of You” complete with video […]
Fiona Daniel both albums „Drowning“ and „Backyard“ available in Germany
In time for the singer/songwriter’s performance (with band) at the Reeperbahn Festival 2013, both her albums so far released in Switzerland will become available in Germany thanks to a new deal between Daniel’s Swiss label kuenschtli.ch with distributors Broken Silence. 26-year old Fiona Daniel is the grand-daughter of Serge and Doris Stauffer, important figures both […]
Erika Stucky’s seventh album „Black Widow“ on Berlin’s Traumton Records
Accordionist and singer Erika Stucky releases her new album “Black Widow” on 4 October on Berlin’s Traumton Records label. To support the release, she will be touring Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy from October. The album was recorded with multi-instrumentalist David Coulter (he has worked with Robert Wilson and Tom Waits in the “opera” The […]
…further new releases
MyKungFu „Repeat Spacer“ The second solo album of MyKungFu, aka Domi Schreiber, will be released in Germany on 25 October and in France on 15 November. It has been available in Switzerland since April 2012. 40-year old guitarist and singer Domi Schreiber is a veteran of many more or less well-known Swiss bands, including HNO […]
