Swiss Music Export @ Gurtenfestival, Berne

Swiss Music Export at the Gurtenfestival, Berne, Switzerland; 18 – 21 July 2013 Situated at the end of a bright red funicular railway, on top of a wooded hill just outside the capital city of Switzerland, Berne, the Gurtenfestival is one of the more picturesque festivals in Europe. With a history dating back to 1977, […]
Swiss Music Export @ Paléo Festival, Nyon

Swiss Music Export at the Paléo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland; 23 – 28 July 2013. Already in its 38th edition, the “Paléo”, like so many other Swiss festivals, originally grew out of a Folk festival in the 1970s. It has long since developed into a magnet for major name performers without abandoning its roots as […]
With Swiss Music Export to Hamburg, Vienna and Paris

With Swiss Music Export to the Reeperbahn Festival 2013 As in previous years, Swiss Music Export will once again be in partnership with the Reeperbahnfestival in Hamburg from 25 – 28 September 2013. The by now traditional “Swiss Business Mixer” will take place on Friday, 27 September. So far, the following Swiss Artists are confirmed […]
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The Awkwards @ MUSIQUES EN STOCK, Cluses Vevey-based four-piece The Awkards take their cue from the angular and raw post-punk experiments of late 1970s New York bands like Television, Talking Heads or Richard Hell, mixing in a few sharp disco beats and a beefy bass for good measure. They are anything but a retro crew, […]
Les artistes suisses ont du talent compilation 2013

New compilation of French Swiss artists Following the great success of volume one, released in 2011, SME and FCMA in collaboration with Option Musique and le Matin have compiled a second collection of songs by singers and songwriters from “la Romandie” – the French part of Switzerland. “Les artistes suisses ont du talent, volume 2” […]
Swiss Artists On Tour

Mama Rosin, OY, 77 Bombay Street, Peter Kernel, Camilla Sparksss, Rykka, Bonaparte, Sophie Hunger, Death by Chocolate, Dagobert, Zigitros, Katharina Busch & Levin, Stephan Eicher, Carrousel, The Jackets, Bastian Baker, Stefanie Heinzmann, The Birthday Girls, Reverend Beat-Man, La Gale, The Monsters, BOY, Najavibes, Imperial Tiger Orchestra, Peer Seemann, Kalabrese & Rumpelorchester, Saalschutz, Mimetic, Francesca Lago, […]
Swiss Artists perform at c/o pop Cologne 2013

Swiss Music Export, The bianca Story and Dagobert at the tenth anniversary edition of c/o pop in Cologne. Founded to fill the vacuum left by the defection of Popkomm to Berlin, c/o pop has since forged a strong reputation as a festival where discoveries are made. Taking place this year from 19 to 23 June, […]
The Awkwards @ MUSIQUES EN STOCK, Cluses

Vevey-based four-piece The Awkards take their cue from the angular and raw post-punk experiments of late 1970s New York bands like Television, Talking Heads or Richard Hell, mixing in a few sharp disco beats and a beefy bass for good measure. They are anything but a retro crew, however. Any references to the past are […]
Swiss Music Export showcase at the Great Escape festival in Brighton – SME wins „Best Export Office“ award

The Swiss Music Export „Business-Mixer“ at the Great Escape showcase festival and music convention turned out to be a success beyond the most optimistic hopes of Jean Zuber, director of SME Zurich. The venue, the Komedia Studio Bar in the heart of Brighton was packed throughout the event on the afternoon of Thursday 16 May. […]