Paléo Festival, 21-26 July 2026, Nyon, Switzerland
Every summer, Paléo Festival transforms Nyon into one of Europe’s most vibrant meeting points for music lovers and industry professionals alike. Across six days, more than 250 artists perform on eight stages while over 200,000 visitors gather to experience an eclectic programme that spans global headliners, exciting new discoveries and everything in between. Swiss Music […]
Yoa, favourites continued
In January 2025, singer/songwriter Yoa released her debut album, “La Favorite” – and here, once again via Panenka Music, comes the final version of that hit album, “La Favorite, suite et fin” (“La Favorite, continuation and end”). With six new tracks added to the beginning, the record now comprises an ultra-generous 21 songs – and […]
KT Gorique releases “Coeur Blanc”
Showing absolutely no sign of slowing down, much-travelled francophone rapper KT Gorique returns with a new album, her ninth. “Coeur Blanc” is available now via Hemp Higher Productions/Kita Sounds. Born in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, and moving to the French part of Switzerland as a child, KT Gorique shocked the hip-hop world with a spectacular demonstration […]
Where to find Noemi Beza
Universal-signed singer/songwriter Noemi Beza keeps a steady stream of releases going with a new EP, “You’ll Find Me There”. Apart from the terrific title track – an ode to the open roads of California –, the EP contains three more tracks, including “Hear Me” which has already notched up nearly 800000 Spotify streams. Raised near […]
Sensu unfolding
Entitled “Unfold”, the London-based DJ and producer Sensu’s latest EP release, is out now via London’s Headroom Records. In the nine years since her earliest releases, Sensu has arrived at an unmistakeable style entirely of her own of multi-layered electro beats laced with snippets of triple-fried vocals and assorted sampled sound hooks. “Put it Down” […]
Rose-picking with Marie Jay
Lausanne-based singer/songwriter Marie Jay continues on her strictly upwardly-mobile career curve with a new five-track EP, “le rose c’est has been”. It is available now from 3ème Bureau/Wagram Music. An alumna of both the BIMM institute in London and La Gustav music school in Fribourg, 24-year-old Marie Jay first came to the public’s positive attention […]
Hvck Fynn dare you to take your eyes off them
Whilst pausing all live activities for a year in order to develop new ideas, Lucerne’s Hvck Fynn wish to remind fans of elegantly melodic pop songs of their continued existence. They are doing so with a new EP, “Don’t Take Your Eyes off Me”, served up by Royal Tea Music. In their previous ten-year incarnation […]
Polarbären and La Nefera in riveting jazz/rap mash-up
Dominican-Swiss rapper La Nefera has teamed up with “Out of Genre” m4music demo tape award winners Polarbären to record an album that is just as invigoratingly genre-busting as the combination suggests. “Visa” is out now on Current Moves. La Nefera aka Jennifer Perez has never been afraid of wild experiments. Her previous band, for instance, […]
District Five delving into a glut
Fresh from Stone Pixels Records comes “Glut”, the latest collection of pieces from Zurich’s District Five, their fourth. “Glut”, the band points out, can mean “excess” in English but also “embers” and “fervour” in German. Named after the part of Zurich where they all came together ten years ago, District Five come across more like […]
Bandit Voyage celebrating fathers
The latest instalment of Bandit Voyage’s ongoing “Core” series is out now via Cheptel Records. Entitled “Daddy Core”, the four-track EP is a celebration of the life of singer Anissa Cadelli’s father who sadly passed away recently. Bandit Voyage are singer, lyricist and guitarist Anissa Cadelli and multi-instrumentalist Robin Girod, the driving force of various […]
