Switzerland at Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg – Wed 21 – Sat 24 Sept 2022
Hamburg, here we come! A real treat to start the autumn with, the Reeperbahn Festival is THE place to find out what’s next in the music business – quite apart from the fact that Hamburg is a great city, and the programming of the festival guarantees plenty of musical discoveries.
Having been present from the very first edition of the Reeperbahn, Swiss Music Export’s devotion to one of the most enjoyable festivals around is not about to lapse. Once again, we are setting up a proper Swiss day at the Spielbude, with a Contact Lounge in the morning, a Swiss Business Mixer in the afternoon, and live music with our favourite six acts of the moment at the “A Taste of Swiss Music” evening. Needless to say, we’d be massively pleased to see you at any or, indeed, all, of these events!
Check out our playlist with all the amazing Swiss artists playing at Reeperbahn Festival 2022 here.
SWISS DAY AT REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL 2022
Friday, 23 September 2022 – Spielbude
*** Swiss Contact Lounge – 10:00 – 12:30
Co-presented by SME and FONDATION SUISA, the Contact Lounge is an oasis of calm amidst the bustle of the festival, perfect to continue last night’s discussions with new friends, organise meetings with partners, and get to know the representatives of the Swiss acts performing at the Reeperbahn. All this, and the best coffee and croissants in town! Here’s the link to book a table in the Contact Lounge.
Applications must reach us by Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 18:00.
*** Swiss Business Mixer – 13:30 – 17:00
Co-presented with the FONDATION SUISA and the Embassy of Switzerland in Germany, the Swiss Business Mixer once again serves up a feast of music, cheese raclette, and, of course, Swiss white wine.
LIVE ACTS:
13:45 ANNA ERHARD
14:50 KINGS ELLIOT
15:55 PRIYA RAGU
Attendance is free to festival delegates. However, anyone wishing to attend needs to register before Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 18:00.
*** “A Taste of Swiss Music” – 17:00 -23:00
Presented in conjunction with FCMA and Stadt Zürich Kultur, “a Taste of Swiss Music” does exactly what it says on the tin. Six of the best acts from Switzerland – some established, some brand new – offer a glimpse of the wild range of music being created in the various corners of our country.
LIVE ACTS:
17:00 MEIMUNA
18:05 DISTRICT FIVE
19:10 BATBAIT
20:15 EVELINN TROUBLE
21:20 EMILIE ZOÉ
22:25 FLÈCHE LOVE
*** ALL SWISS ARTISTS AT REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL 2022 ***
ADRIANO KOCH
THU 22 SEPT / 23:45 / RESONANZRAUM – presented by: Wise Music
Music has been an essential part of Adriano Koch’s life from early childhood. At the age of eight, he began studying piano at the School of Jazz and Contemporary Music in Lausanne, Switzerland. Inspired by greats of music history as diverse as Erik Satie and Tigran Hamasyan, Jon Hopkins and Bon Iver, Koch has created an unmistakable style comprised of classical music, jazz, electro and traditional oriental sounds.
Management & Booking: db@radicalismusic.com
Currently the act is looking for the following representation:
Booking: worldwide
ANNA ERHARD
FRI 23 SEPT / 13:45 / SPIELBUDE
SAT 24 SEPT / 22:40 / NOCHTSPEICHER
After leaving the Basel-based trio Serafyn, Anna Erhard relocated to Berlin for a personal and creative reboot. Her recent singles “Campsite”, “Guest Room”, and “Horoscope” suggest that she has thrown off the shackles of understated folk elegance in favour of a looser approach, complete with bold percussion, scratchy guitars and a generally more anarchic approach to noise making.
Management: db@radicalismusic.com
Booking GSA: dominic.oehen@emerged-agency.com
Currently the act is looking for the following representation:
Booking: Europe outside GSA / North America
BATBAIT
FRI 23 SEPT / 19:15 / SPIELBUDE
Winners of the “demo of the year” award at the 2021 m4music Demotape Clinic, the four women from Zurich are celebrating the release of their debut album in September. Theirs is a hypnotic post-punk comment on modern life, fuelled by urgent grooves and catchy melodies.
Contact & Booking: claudio@grundiynkommen.com
Currently the act is looking for the following representation:
Booking: Germany, France, UK, Austria
BONAPARTE & KID SIMIUS
THU 22 SEPT / 23:30 / UEBEL & GEFÄHRLICH
The duo of artists formerly known as Mule & Man reunites once again on stage for a slightly festive and colorful music, where retro synthesizers and lazy vocal melodies flirt. The whole thing is sprinkled with fun noisy sound effects and is driven by a deep complicity that puts you in a good mood.
Booking: jo@powerline-agency.com
DISTRICT FIVE
FRI 23 SEPT / 18:05 / SPIELBUDE
Named after the part of Zurich where they all live, District Five present themselves more like a community event than a conventional band. Driven by a propulsive rhythm section, their songs veer joyously between math rock, the outer regions of jazz, moody electronica and the odd passage of minimalist simplicity.
Booking: friedhelm@pojpoj.com
Label + Publishing: A Tree in a Field Records
Currently the act is looking for the following representation:
Management: worldwide
EMILIE ZOÉ
FRI 23 SEPT / 21:20 / SPIELBUDE
A singer/songwriter whose fiercely honest songs can go from a tender whisper to a visceral howl in a beat, Emilie Zoé’s latest album, “Hello Future Me”, released in February 2022, highlighted the quiet and subtle side of the singer’s muse.
Management & Booking: aurelia@takk.ch
Currently the act is looking for the following representation:
Booking: Germany, Austria, UK, Poland, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Croatia
EVELINN TROUBLE
FRI 23 SEPT / 20:15 / SPIELBUDE
The winner of the IndieSuisse award for the “best album of 2021” for the strikingly original “Longing Fever”, Trouble has long been one of the most innovative as well as unpredictable voices in Switzerland. At the m4music festival in spring she performed with an extended line-up of an all-female band. There is no telling, however, what has happened in her universe since then.
Booking D: pink@patchanka-booking.com
Press & Label: andreas@mouthwateringrecords.com
Currently the act is looking for the following representation:
Booking: Europe, US, except Switzerland and Germany
Label: license to US and Asia
FLÈCHE LOVE
FRI 23 SEPT / 22:25 / SPIELBUDE
Once a member of the post-Balkan techno crew Kadebostany, Flèche Love aka Amina Cadelli, has since dived deep into her own world of hallucinogenic trip-hop.
Management, Label and Publishing: obg@horizon-musiques.fr
Booking: claire@tour-makers.net
JOYA MARLEEN
WED 21 SEPT / time & location tba
Despite a slender output that does not yet include a full album, 18-year-old Joya Marleen carried off no fewer than three awards (“Best Female Act”, “Best Hit” for her insanely catchy “Nightmare”, and “SRF3 Best Talent”) at the recent Swiss Music Awards.
Contact: reto.lazzarotto@capitano-music.ch
KINGS ELLIOT
FRI 23 SEPT / 14:50 / SPIELBUDE
SAT 24 SEPT / 21:20 / HÄKKEN
Universal-signed Kings Elliot has built up a strong social media following with songs that are deeply personal and unsparingly honest in the way she approaches her own fears, hopes and anxieties.
Management: keller@wefewgroup.com
MEIMUNA
FRI 23 SEPT / 17:00 – 17:30 / SPIELBUDE
Blessed with a voice clear as a mountain stream and a subtle touch on the guitar, Meimuna, aka Cyrielle Formaz, hails from the Valais and writes quietly ruminative chansons about life, love, and courage.
Management: ds@radicalismusic.com
Currently the act is looking for the following representation:
Booking: worldwide
PINA PALAU
THU 22 SEPT / 19:30 / DRAFTHOUSE – presented by FUGA
The singer/songwriter from Zurich “loves the incongruous, the contradictory, the petty, the awkward and the ugly found in all of us” and refers to her finely spun indie/folk songs as a “scuffed up mirror, because if you take the time to listen you will eventually see yourself in it.”
Promotion, Label & Publishing: info@mouthwateringrecords.com
Booking: arthur@youngandaspiring.com
PRIYA RAGU
FRI 23 SEPT / 15:55 / SPIELBUDE
FRI 23 SEPT / 21:40 / GRUENSPAN
Signed to Warner Music, Priya Ragu has been the Swiss success story of the past eighteen months. Her blend of R&B and influences from the Indian subcontinent, not to mention her spectacular visuals, have brought her plenty of media attention and an impressive guest spot with the chart-storming UK outfit, Jungle.
Management: rafe@verdigrismanagement.com
Booking Europe & ROW: claudio.lillo@caa.com
Booking North & South America: tom.taaffe@paradigmagency.com
Currently the act is looking for the following representation:
Bookings & Brand/Sync deals
*** Discount Tickets for Swiss Professionals
To make our various offerings still more irresistible, Swiss Music Export can offer Swiss professionals a special discount price for the conference ticket of € 215 (plus VAT and systems fee) – which is a whopping € 104 cheaper than the regular price! If you are interested, please get in touch.
The deadline for the online registration is Tuesday, 20 September 2022, 18:00.
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