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A Festival of Swiss Talents at La Maroquinerie

Posted by Jean Zuber on Sep. 20, 2004

Recently Swiss artists have welcomed a new and positive international focus on our music industry. Events such as the Festival « La Suisse « in London, dedicated to the electronic music culture, and also several concerts of Jeremie Kisling in Paris. This positive movement has been initiated by the quality of the artists but also by better structures to assist their work abroad through the FCMA and the Swiss Music Export office.

This Autumn in Paris, SME and the CMA Foundation present a selection of Swiss artists, to enhance their visibility and to push networking with record labels. It will also be an occasion for these artists to perform publicly in front of key figures from the French Music business, Paris being one of the three big music capitals in Europe and is the leading city in the francophone market.

The choice of artists is based on these following critireas :
Swiss artists
– that have been signed on a label or recording company in France
– are on the point of signing on a label or recording company in France
– getting interest from an organiser, record label or festival.

Contact presse Swiss Music Export /Fondation CMA :
Adélaïde Mader-Wojciechowski : adelaide@swiss-music-export.com +41 (0) 22 365 75 90

La Maroquinerie

La Maroquinerie itself is a concert hall of 500 people in the XXè arrondissement, is one of the main venues in the Parisian musical scene, mainly due to its eclectic programmation.
Created on the premises of La Bellevilloise, the first labour cooperative in France, the Maroquinerie has existed since 1997, and is now owned by Asterios Productions since last summer.
The Maroquinerie, its also a bar-restaurant, gallery and venue of chanson française with a terrace ideal to start or finish the night by mixing music and gastronomy in a relaxed atmosphere !

La Maroquinerie contact presse :
Valérie : +33 1 40 33 35 05
la.maroq@wanadoo.fr

Swiss artists so far confirmed for the event include :

Jérémie Kisling
http://www.jeremiekisling.com

Thierry Romanens
http://www.romanens.net

Laurence Revey
http://www.revey.com

Mich Gerber
http://www.michgerber.com

Pascal Rinaldi
http://www.pascalrinaldi.ch

Sens Unik
http://www.sensunik.ch

Chakal
http://www.losdelasalsa.com

François Vé
http://www.francois-ve.ch

Kid Chocolat
http://www.kidchocolat.ch

Just One
http://www.just-one.ch