Switzerland @ The Great Escape, 15-18 May 2024
Ambience – that is what puts the great in The Great Escape. Somewhat ramshackle but also grand, Brighton is the archetypal English seaside town. It is crammed with boiled sweets, ice cream, record stores and souvenir shops catering for lobster-red nostalgia-hunters down for the day from London. Plus, there’s more than enough fish & chips […]
Dino Brandão Includes Himself
At long last, Dino Brandão’s debut solo album! Entitled “Self Inclusion”, it was released via Two Gentlemen on 19 April (digital) and 3 May (vinyl, cd). When multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer/songwriter Brandão followed up the successful album “Ich liebe dich” recorded with Sophie Hunger and Faber with an EP that was supposed to be an […]
NNAVY Wants to Get Closer
Entitled “Closer”, the new EP released independently by Lausanne-based R&B singer/songwriter NNAVY stands for far more than just a sexy encounter in a candle-lit room between two consenting adults. In fact, the three songs are the outcome of a songwriting camp organised by Spotify Africa in partnership with COLORSxSTUDIOS in Kenya in order to forge […]
Ocevne Feeling the Energy
Out now via Warner Music France is “Nishati”, the debut album from swiftly rising Genevan R&B star Ocevne (pronounced Océane). “(My style) is R&B, but inspired by many other genres”, the singer recently explained to Elle Suisse magazine. “I’m a very curious person who doesn’t like to get bogged down in any particular genre. The […]
„City Boy“ Edb Hits his Stride
Edb is the somewhat mysterious name of a 21-year old singer/songwriter from Bern, and “City Boy” is his debut EP. It was released in mid-April by Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland. Edb established himself as a teenager in Bern’s vibrant rap scene. “City Boy” marks both a new beginning and the coming of age. Still expressing […]
Flèche Love in Search of the Cure
Entitled “Guérison” (“Cure”), Flèche Love’s second solo album is out now via Horizon. And what an extraordinary piece of work it is! In a previous life, Flèche Love aka Amina Cadelli was the voice of post-Balkan techno crew Kadebostany. More recently, she sang on Rachid Taha’s last album whilst at the same time searching for […]
Walter Frosch Scores Another Super Goal
Dedicated to “Star 10110”, Walter Frosch’s new album is out now via Irascible (Switzerland), Mangel Records (Berlin) and Glowing Dagger Records (Oakland, California). Emerging from the musical hotbed that is the Northern Swiss town of Schaffhausen at the turn of the decade, the duo of Mike Saxer and Rune Dahl Hansen are also members of […]
Moonpools Want to Play „Hide and Seek“
Dreampop quintet Moonpools return with a new EP, their third. Entitled “Hide and Seek”, it was conceived, recorded and self-produced in the course of countless sessions and discussions in their band room in Basel. It is available from Young & Aspiring. Formed around the silkily voiced Marcie Nyffeler, Moonpools wear their influences on their sleeve. […]
Cyril Cyril’s Future Doesn’t Work
Yay – the monumental Cyril Cyril have a new album out! It’s called “Le Futur Ça Marche Pas” and came out on 28 April 2024 via Bongo Joe Records. Cyril Cyril are called thus because the band consists mostly of the two Cyrils, Yeterian and Bondi. CY plays accordion, banjo and myriad other instruments; CB […]
More Sarcastic Poetry from Mary Middlefield
Singer/songwriter Mary Middlefield is on a roll. “Poetry (for the corned and lonely)” is her second major release in less than a year. It is billed as an EP. However, with no fewer than eight new songs, it could rightly be called a mini-album. Out at the end of April, Young & Aspiring are responsible […]
