Switzerland @ Reeperbahn Festival 2024
Summer is ending, we hear you complain. But, hey, cheer up – it’s good news! September, as we all know, is Reeperbahn Festival-month, and Swiss Music Export’s preparations for this year’s trip to Hamburg are already well advanced, with venues, times and live acts all decided and ready to go into your diaries.
Once again, we’ll be settling down in the wonderful Spielbude for a whole day’s worth of unmissable Swissness, starting with our “Swiss Sunrise Social”, followed by the “Swiss Business Mixer”, including three unmissable showcase performances, and topped off with and evening’s worth of live music. Be there early, say hello to us, stay late – and come away with a notebook full of new connections, ideas and plans.
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DISCOUNT TICKETS FOR SWISS PROFESSIONALS
As in previous years, SME can offer a special discount price (EUR 319 fees not included) on delegate tickets for Swiss professionals. For more information please contact mixer@swiss-music-export.com.
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EVENTS
SWISS SUNRISE SOCIAL | Friday 20.09.2024 – 10:00 – 12:30 | Spielbude XL
The perfect way to ease yourself into the day with coffee, “gipfeli”, butter, jam and some leisurely early morning conversations.
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SWISS BUSINESS MIXER | Friday 20 September 2024 | 13:30 – 17:00 | Spielbude XL
Meet everyone you always wanted to meet over a plate of specially imported Swiss raclette and a glass – or two – of also specially imported Swiss wine. Not forgetting the showcase performances from three artists we are confident you will find just as exciting as we do. In other words, the Swiss Business Mixer is truly the place to be on Friday afternoon!
Attendance is free, as always, to accredited professionals. However, you will need to register via this link by Tuesday, 19 September 2024, 18:00.
Showcase Acts
13:45 – 14:15 – Benjamin Amaru
The singer/songwriter from Zurich combines a warm and flexible voice with a dreamy, electronica-based sound and a knack for irresistibly catchy melodies. Benjamin will present a selection of tracks from his rapturously received debut album.
14:55 – 15:25 – LEILA
Signed to Herbert Grönemeyer’s Grönland label, Leila (ex-Jeans for Jesus) possesses the kind of voice that once heard, is not forgotten. Deep and androgynous, it sounds young and old, strong and vulnerable, provocative and intimate, all at the same time.
16:05 – 16:35 – Nathalie Froehlich
A member of the Lausanne-based music and arts collective Sacrée Déter, rapper Nathalie Froehlich doesn’t mess about. Her lyrics and delivery are direct, hard-hitting and – after a year packed with gigs – honed to live perfection.
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SWISS SUNSET STAGE | Friday 20 September 2024 | Spielbude XL
To round the day off with in style, we’ll all be watching the sun go down to the best and most innovative sounds Switzerland has to offer in Autumn 2024.
17:10 – 17:50 – Monte Mai
Driven by electronic beats and textures as well as guitars, Monte Mai serve up a heady mixture of dreamy vocals, danceable beats and psychedelically coloured whooshes, bleeps and cosmic nebulae. They describe their style as an encounter “between Swiss precision and Caribbean freschezza”.
18:25 – 19:05 – Moonpools
Dreampop quintet Moonpools were formed around the silkily voiced Marcie Nyffeler. In thrall to mostly British shoegaze and dreampop bands like Ride, Alvvays and Slowdive, Moonpools combine beautiful vocals with deft and multi-layered guitar arrangements.
19:40 – 20:20 – crème solaire
Pascal Stoll and fiery vocalist Rebecca Solari from Fribourg have invented to term “electro-punk-glitch-hop-absurd-pop” for their eclectic brand of post-punk. Hot, sharp and deeply invigorating!
20:55 – 21:35 – Ella Ronen
Singer/songwriter Ella Ronen grew up in Israel but now lives in Zurich. To the manifold musical influences which includes her Iranian father’s record collection she brings a beautifully, effortlessly expressive voice and an ear for memorable melodies. She recently released her stunning fourth album, “The Girl With No Skin”.
22:10 – 22:50 – To Athena
To Athena is the solo project of singer/songwriter Tiffany Limacher. The title of her latest album, “The Movie”, gives a hint of what her music is like: cinematic, eclectic and thrillingly unconventional.
OTHER PERFORMANCES BY SWISS ACTS AT THE REEPERBAHN FESTIVAL
Paula Dalla Corte | WED 18.09 | 21:50-22:50 | Bahnhof Pauli & THU 19.09 | 19:50-20:50 | Moondoo
Winner of “The Voice of Germany” in 2020, Paula Dalla Corte’s music contains a generous helping of eight big-voiced, exuberant and satisfyingly eclectic indie-pop nuggets, all tied together by the voice: dark, smoky and oh so mysterious.
Mel D | THU 19.09 | 18:45-19:15 | Sommersalon
From the band mischgewebe, Mel D, the multi-instrumentalist and singer, has recently launched her solo project that is much more reduced and completely acoustic. Reeperbahn Festival will, excitingly, be her solo premiere.
Benjamin Amaru | THU 19.09 | 21:30-22:30 | Mojo Club
Nathalie Froehlich | THU 19.09 | 22:40-23:40 | Prinzenbar
Edb | from FRI 20.09 to SAT 21.09 | 00:15-01:00 | Angie’s
Edb is the 21-year old singer/songwriter from Bern, and has established himself in Bern’s vibrant rap scene. His debut EP “City Boy” marks both a new beginning and the coming of age.
These events are presented in partnership with FONDATION SUISA, Pro Helvetia, Fondation CMA, Musikbüro Basel, Musikbüro Luzern, Stadt Zurich Kultur.
BENJAMIN AMARU
LEILA
NATHALIE FROEHLICH
EDB
PAULA DELLA CORTE
MEL D
MONTE MAI
MOONPOOLS
CREME SOLAIRE
ELLA RONEN
TO ATHENA
FONDATION SUISA
FONDATION CMA
Pro Helvetia
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