FROM KID’s Caribbean Carnival
From Kid is the nom de plume of singer/songwriters, guitarists and keyboarders Andrin Berchtold and Gian Reto Camenisch. Having embarked on their song writing partnership a year ago, they live and work in an old farm house on the edge of Chur in the mountainous Eastern Swiss canton of Grisons. In August 2013 they released […]
MaMA Event Paris online artists submission open now
A gateway to the French music market, MaMA offers the opportunity to around 100 up and coming artists at a ratio of 50% French, 50% international, to play for an international audience of music professionals, media and – with half of the venues’ capacity reserved for the public – Parisian music fans. This year’s MaMA […]
We Invented Paris release “Rocket Spaceship Thing”
February 14th sees the release of the sophomore album by music/arts collective We Invented Paris. Thanks to a successful crowd-funding campaign, the band was able to spend three intensely creative months recording the album in the idyllic and inspirational surroundings of a real, old-fashioned castle, Schloss Röhrsdorf near Dresden in the East of Germany. We […]
Anna Aaron releases 2nd album “NEURO”
Anna Aaron’s second album “NEURO” will be released by Two Gentlemen (distribution: Irascible) on 28 February. Even the title of her very first EP, “I’ll Dry Your Tears Little Murderer”, marked pianist Anna Aaron out as a talent with a singular vision in today’s overcrowded pool of singing songwriters. She followed this up two years […]
Brand new album “Numerals” from Disco Doom
Zurich-based quartet Disco Doom’s fifth full album “Numerals” was released on 7 February on Defer Records (EU/Switzerland), and on 11 February on Exploding in Sound Records (USA/Canada). The album is available as a digital download and on vinyl. Disco Doom are one of longest-serving, most popular and also internationally most successful guitar-driven bands from Switzerland. […]
Disagony release their debut album, “Venom Dish”
After having been available in Switzerland since last November, “Venom Dish”, the debut album of Geneva-based guitar/bass/drums trio Disagony, will receive an European release on the German Snowhite label via Rough Trade. Driven by the high-octane rhythm section of Raphael Despas (bass) and Alexandre Davoine (drums), the focal point of the band, singer Lynn Maring, […]
With Swiss Music Export to European showcase festivals
With Swiss Music Export to European showcase festivals Swiss Music Export can offer special rates for Swiss Delegates for the following showcase festivals: – Berlin Music Week, Berlin: 03.-07.09.2014 (http://www.berlin-music-week.de) – Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg: 17.-20.09.2014 (http://www.reeperbahnfestival.com) – Waves Vienna, Vienna: 02.-05.10.2014 (http://www.wavesvienna.com) – MaMA Event, Paris: 15.-17.10.2014 (http://www.mama-event.com) In case of interest, please contact us: […]
Swiss Music Export @ Eurosonic Festival, Groningen
Swiss Music Export @ Eurosonic Festival, Groningen, Holland 15 – 18 January 2014 When it was started in 1986, the Eurosonic Festival was an almost purely Dutch and Belgian affair. Since then it has grown to be one of the most important shop windows for the promotion of music from all over Europe. Last year, […]
Compilation “Swiss Collection 2014”
For the past few years, la Fondation Romande pour la Chanson et les Musiques Actuelles (FCMA) (the Nyon-based organisation to promote the music of the French part of Switzerland) together with Swiss Music Export has been regularly releasing compilation albums to celebrate the creativity of artists predominantly, but not exclusively, from the Romandie. The latest […]
The Animen @ FluxFM Festival im FluxBau, Berlin
FluxFM is an alternative, extensive and successful Berlin-based multi-media network, incorporating radio, online platform, local community, as well as events and promotion. On 23 January, the Animen have been invited to present their debut album “Hi!” live during the FluxFM Festival. The band has proved highly popular with the DJs as well as the listeners […]
