Switzerland @ MaMA Music & Convention 2024
Paris – probably the most romantic and thus perfect city in Europe to spend the autumn in! And, of course, all of us in the music business have a fantastic excuse to be there: MaMA! MaMA, a 3-day bonanza of live music, keynote speeches and conferences, hosted by one of the most picturesque parts of […]
Anna Erhard Visiting the Botanical Garden but not Sure About the Blue Man Group
Out now on Radicalis, Anna Erhard’s new album, her third, marks another massive creative step in the career of a singular artist. “Botanical Garden” is out now on Radicals Music. Anna is celebrating this super smart release with an extensive European tour taking in the UK, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Germany and Spain, […]
LEILA Singing for a Generation
Entitled “Generation” and out now is a new 7-track EP from Grönland-signed LEILA. The artist regards the new collection as a companion piece to her debut EP, “Burnout”, released last December, and so it is also made available as part of a coloured double vinyl package, “Burnout Generation”. “In this collection, I delve into the […]
Chiara Dubey Basking in the Moonlight
Newly out on Livana Music is “Chandani”, a new album from singer and violinist Chiara Dubey, composed and recorded in collaboration with Los Angeles-based electronica player Robot Koch (sic). “Chandani” is a girl’s name and, according to the Collins Dictionary, also means “the light coming from the moon at night” in Hindi. It is the […]
9013 Kilometres with Loco Escrito
Released at the end of September via Universal Music Switzerland, Loco Escrito’s new album, “9013”, celebrates the physical and mental journey between the artist’s twin cultural backgrounds. 9013 kilometres (5600 miles) is the distance between Switzerland, where Loco Escrito has spent most of his life, and Medellin, Columbia, where he was born and where he […]
The Power of Naivety à la Muddy Monk
Entitled “Bingo Paradis”, the new album from Muddy Monk aka sweetly voiced Guillaume Dietrich, is out now from Paris-based Half Awake Records. Following on from the discreetly experimental “Ultra Dramatic Kid” in 2020, it’s his third. Neither the name – inspired partly by Muddy Waters and partly by the television series – nor the comic-book-style […]
DANA Feeling Teary
Actually, DANA has absolutely no reason to feel sad. After a successful summer packed with appearances at major festivals, her new album “Teary-Eyed” is in the shops as we type via Mouthwatering Records. Born into a family of musicians, Dana Burkhard never had any doubt about one day being a professional musician. Raised in Biel […]
jan SEVEN dettwyler Finds New Colours
“Schwarz auf Grün” (Black on Green) is jan SEVEN dettwyler’s forteenth album. It might also be regarded as his second since his radical conversion from a Prince-adoring star funkateer with multiple top ten LPs in Switzerland to a bonafide soul singer with German-language lyrics. “Schwarz auf Grün” is out now on sevenmusic records. A couple […]
Pekodjinn Taping the Street
Tunisian-born producer Pekodjinn follows up his mind-bending debut LP, “Dharba” (2023) with another salvo of percussive dynamite, “TN TAPE”. The album is out now via Geneva’s habitually groundbreaking Bongo Joe label in cooperation with Les Disques Magnétiques. “Constantly searching, Pekodjinn spends hours tweaking his machines in his small home studio, driving his roommates carazy”, it […]
SoundTrack_Zurich, 4 – 6 October 2024
Astonishingly, given the symbiotic relationship, the worlds of moving image and music production are all too often oblivious of each other’s modus operandi. SoundTrack_Zurich aims to remedy this situation. Running parallel to, though independently from, the Zurich Film Festival from 4-6 October, the event offers a packed itinerary of music-related film showings, discussions, workshops, case […]
