Business Mixer Lunch at SoundTrack_Zurich – 29 Sept 2022
SoundTrack_Zurich, taking place for the third time during Zurich Film Festival, is a conference dedicated to the support and development of music in film and media. The three-day event offers a comprehensive programme of discussions, keynote speeches and workshops to deepen artists’, promoters’ and sync managers’ understanding of this burgeoning industry. With the declared aim […]
Moonpools Serenading “Damaged Goods”
Newly released via Young & Aspiring comes “Damaged Goods”, the new EP from nautically named dreampop quintet Moonpools. It comes a very long three years after their much-admired debut EP “Turbulent Times”. Formed around the silkily voiced Marcie Nyffeler, Moonpools consists of her drummer brother Jasper, Francesco Vona (synths), Matthias Gusset (guitar) and David Blum […]
Pegasus Winging in with New Single
“Come Home” is the first international single release from chart-regulars Pegasus’s recent album “Future:”Memories”. It was released on 19 August via Gadget. “Don’t you worry my child, don’t you know you can always come home” sings songwriter Noah Veraguth to kick off a sumptuously memorable chorus. “To my mind, this single brings courage and hope.” […]
The Young Gods Play Terry Riley
Utterly ageless and endlessly innovative, The Young Gods return with a new album on 9 September 2022 released by Two Gentlemen. Rarely content with following an expected path, this time round the trio of Franz Treichler, Cesare Pizzi and Bernard Trontin have found inspiration in Terry Riley’s 1968 composition, “In C”. “The Young Gods Play […]
Pet Owner Behaving Naturally
9 September 2022 sees the release of Pet Owner’s debut album, “Natural Behaviour”, on Red Brick Chapel. Pet Owner is singer, songwriter, and 80s synth afficionado Lea Mathis’s solo projects. She is also a part of vocal trio Stimmig and a “quirky DIY pop” (their words) duo with fellow vintage synth fan Amadeus Fries. Fries, […]
Melday Just Climbed a Step
On her EP “All I Wanna Do is Climb”, released on Liviana Music on 18 August 2022, Melday presents a powerful load of “edgy pop”. Her songs are honest and real, dedicated to great feelings, love, happiness and doubt. On “All I wanna do is Climb” Melday dedicates herself to her feelings, thoughts and experiences […]
Switzerland at Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg – Wed 21 – Sat 24 Sept 2022
Hamburg, here we come! A real treat to start the autumn with, the Reeperbahn Festival is THE place to find out what’s next in the music business – quite apart from the fact that Hamburg is a great city, and the programming of the festival guarantees plenty of musical discoveries. Having been present from the […]
Label Suisse Lausanne – 16 – 18 Sept 2022
After a period of restricted service due to reasons too tedious to talk about yet again, the free festival Label Suisse, launched in 2004 by RTS, the French-Swiss branch of the national public service radio station, returns to normality mode. Aiming to represent Swiss music in all its abundant stylistic and linguistic variety, Label Suisse […]
SME at Waves Festival Vienna – Thu 8 – Sat 10 Sept 2022
No other festival generates quite the same ambience as Waves Festival. This is partly due to the setting, Vienna, a fascinatingly picturesque town where Eastern Europe meets the West, and partly to the concept of the festival which is to turn geographical reality into program. Of course, with the Balkans as well as the countries […]
Alma Negra Love Kenya
Entitled “Harambee”, the new EP from Basel-based groove collective Alma Negra was released on 1 July 2022 via their own Alma Negra imprint. Formed around a core trio of the Figueira brothers, Dersu and Diego, with roots in Cape Verde, and Spaniard Mario Robles, the collective draws on the talents of a variety of contributors, […]
