Swiss Artists: Releases and Highlights
Lunik: new CD
Following its Swiss release on 12 February, Small Lights In The Dark will be available in the UK and Europe as of 30 April 2010, preceded on 16 April by the official release there of the band’s new single, “People Hurt People”.
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Slag In Cullet: foreign dates and release
Young Swiss trio Slag In Cullet won band contests in 2005, released an EP called “Like Taking Cover Behind…” in 2007 and rocked the Gurtenfestival before holing up at the LittleCreek Studio in Basel to record their first album, Time To Explode, in September 2008 with V.O. Pulver. It was duly released on 23 October.
On 18 September their debut single “Rubber Heart” was released and the promo video swiftly found an MTV playlisting in Switzerland. B-Side “The Waste” cuts to the quick and plumbs the depths of your very soul.
01. Mrz. 2010-Weekender Club-Innsbruck
04. Mrz. 2010-Sage Club-Berlin, Berlin
12. Mrz. 2010-Time To Explode Album Release-GERMANY & AUSTRIA
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Dee Day Dub album available in US
Dee Day Dub’s début album Chaos Theory is now out in the US, available at iTunes (digital) and cdbaby (physical) for the low, low price of about 10 bucks!
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Reverse Engineering : new CD
On the heels of their successful Duck & Cover (2006), the Swiss trio have brought out a new album, Highly Complex Machinery, which is available at CD1D and in CD stores. Their mix of experimental electronics and old-school hip hop continues to please, as well as provide MCs Blu Rum 13, Diyala, Jasmine Pluss and M. Sayyid (Antipop Consortium) with new material.
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DJ Bobo
DJ Bobo’s single “SUPERSTAR” has made it to 18th place on the German Trend Charts. Meanwhile Fantasy, his new album released last month, comes with an intricately designed booklet in a luxuriously refined wrapper.
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IVO earns further US award
Baltic Song Contest winner IVO is flying high. His current single “I Will Bleed For You” took top honours at the International Acoustic Music Awards, whose jury is composed of A&R managers of the major labels (Sony BMG, EMI, Universal and Warner Music). Hundreds of songs are submitted every year in five categories (Country, Folk, Instrumental, Alternative and Open) and assessed on the basis of composition, text, production and originality. IVO scored in what is probably the toughest category, “Open”. These newest laurels have now been added to his Just Plain Folks Award for best concert video in 2009 and invitation to open the AVO Session in October, where he reaped a standing ovation and was declared one of the event’s six highlights. IVO’s award-winning single can be heard on his current album Live & Acoustic (available at http://www.cede.ch or iTunes).
http://www.ivo.cd
http://www.inacoustic.com/winners.html
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Michel Cleis: upcoming releases
Mix Mag recently listed Michel’s Courtney Tidwell remix among its big tunes of the month. Look out this spring for his ‚Rezando‘ jazzy/techno remix on Brownswood records, part of Gilles Peterson’s Havana Cultura project. Also coming soon, an exciting remix of the wonderfully talented Tracey Thorn. Michel will give a Balearic twist to ‚Why does the wind?‘ from her new LP.
http://www.myspace.com/michelcleis
http://www.mixdmag.net
http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com/brownswood-recordings/
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Yello and Stress are the big winners of the "Swiss Music Awards"!
The Swiss Music Awards took place at the "Schiffbau" in Zurich on 02. March.
Yello received the “Outstanding Achievement Award” and the "Best Album Pop/Rock National Award".
Stress got the "Best Album Urban National Award" and the Award for the Best Swiss Song.
There had been performances by homegrown acts Lunik, Marc Sway, Baschi and Dada Ante Portas, as well as by Sens-Unique, Christophe Maé, Milow, Bushido and US-Star Ke$ha.
Follow the show on television:
ProSieben: 03. Mar. 2010, 20:15 – 22:15
http://www.swissmusicawards.ch
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