Peter Kernel Drumming Up a Storm
The “best band in the world called Peter Kernel” (according to themselves, at least) have come up with a very special and original concept for their latest album. Entitled “Drum to Death”, it is available now on On the Camper/Modulor Records. Nearly twenty years and 800+ concerts into their career, Barbara Lenhoff and Aris Bassetti […]
Perseverance Pays off for Peter Kernel
They’re the self-proclaimed “best band in the world called Peter Kernel”, and they’ve been going for fifteen years. Quite rightly, the brains behind this much-loved maverick operation, Barbara Lenhoff and Aris Bassetti, have decided that this is an event worth celebrating. They will do so with an album appropriately entitled “Perseverance: 15 Years of Peter […]
Peter Kernel measure “The Size of the Night”
It is a real thrill for all of us at Swiss Music Export to be able to announce a new album from Peter Kernel. They are without a doubt one of the most innovative and intriguing bands Switzerland has produced in the past decade. “The Size of the Night” is their fifth album (not counting […]
Swiss Music Export rocks Eurosonic! 17 – 20 January 2018, Groningen NL
Hot on the heels of the big bang that is Silvester – aka New Year’s Eve – follows an even bigger one, namely the Eurosonic music fest in Groningen, Netherlands. With the total number of visitors breaking the 40’000 barrier last year, and 4200 conference visitors from 42 nationalities as well as nearly 400 live acts, […]
Peter Kernel and ABU at Glimps, Ghent – 10 – 12 December 2015
First held in 2011, the Glimps Festival in the Belgian city of Ghent is one of the newest additions to the European conference/festival calendar. Over three days, around eighty acts will perform in eleven venues. The organisers are promising an eclectic mix of “Turkish jazz, Slovakian indie, or French electro”. Two Swiss bands are part […]
Verveine and Peter Kernel at the Rockomotives Festival, Vendôme 24 – 31 October 2015
Verveine, diva of Gothic electronica, and Peter Kernel are the bands to represent Switzerland at the Rockomotives Festival in Vendôme, France. First held in 1992, Les Rockomotives is a festival devoted mainly to up and coming bands. It takes place across the week in several venues in this small and pretty town in the Loire […]
Peter Kernel ready for the next step
“Hello,” wrote Peter Kernel – aka Aris and Barbara – in an e-mail last June: “Throughout the past three years we sweated over 240 concerts across Europe and Canada, we fooled around with our new project Camilla Sparksss and we spent our free time locked up in the basement working on new ideas. On June […]
Peter Kernel with two free downloads
Ticinesi art rock combo Peter Kernel are without a shadow of a doubt one of the most innovative as well as witty bands in Switzerland. Combining influences from electronic and dance music with an anglophile art rock sensibility, their new album „Thrill Addict“ to be released in January 2015 promises to be a real treat […]
Swiss Artists perform at The Great Escape Festival
Evelinn Trouble, Velvet Two Stripes and Peter Kernel perform at the Great Escape showcase festival in Brighton. The Great Escape is one of the most popular festivals in Europe. It is aimed at both music fans and industry professionals and takes place in 30 venues across Brighton for three days every May. Industry talks, debates, […]
