Echoes from Kappa Mountain
Kappa Mountain is the highest mountain on Yoshi’s Island on planet Super Mario. It is also the name of a new duo, formed by Audio Dope and the Basle-based pianist Matthias Gusset. Their debut EP “Echo Pool” was released on 8 May 2020 via Radicalis and London-based College Music Records. The musical version of Kappa […]
Félicien LiA No Longer Crying
Félicien LiA is one of the most exciting voices of the burgeoning French Swiss “chanson” scene. Following on from his fantastic third album from 2018, “Des Feux des Fous”, he has now released a new five-track EP, “Au bout des larmes” (‘after the tears’) on 17 April 2020. Barely in his thirties, LiA is a […]
Little Lion, Big Roar
It does what it says on the tin: “Kingston Journey” is a record of the musical adventures of the Genevan reggae sound system/production company Little Lion Sound to Jamaica. Little Lion Sound was formed in 2004 by a group of Genevan reggae fans determined to find a way of expressing their love of reggae at […]
Bandit Voyage Release the Gang
“Le Gang”, the ultra-rare cassette-only album by Genevan duo Bandit Voyage from a little while back, has been re-released in a vinyl edition that is no less limited than the original version. The contrarily exclusive release is a goodbye present to Cheptel Records after Bandit Voyage signed to a cult independent label in Paris whose […]
More Drama with Kadebostany
Having released not just a new EP, “Drama – Act 1”, in April, but also a sumptuous 20 minute video to go with all four tracks of the EP, the Genevan mavericks follow this up on 29 May 2020 with another EP, “Versions & Variations”. “Versions & Variations”, it won’t come as a great surprise […]
m4music Demotape Clinic 2020 – and the Winners Are…
Even though the Demotape Clinic could not take place at m4music Conference & Festival in the usual form this year: the best songs were still chosen in 2020. Here they are! This year, Giulia Dabalà from Neuchâtel won the overall “Demo of the Year” award with her song „War Drums“. Also honoured with a Fondation Suisa Awards for […]
Emilie Zoé & Christian Garcia-Gaucher Follow the Pigeons
A new collaborative album by Emilie Zoé and Christian Garcia-Gaucher, “Pigeons – Soundtrack for the birds on the Treetops Watching the Movie of our Lives”, was released on 3 April by Hummus Records. The music was inspired by a film by the Swedish director Roy Anderson. When Emilie Zoé – the singer/songwriter with an experimental bent […]
Joe Volk Releases Primitive Energy
“Primitive Energetics” (sic) is the third solo album from Bristol-native and Berne-resident Joe Volk, together with his band Naiare. “Primitive Energetics” was released on Glitterhouse Records /Irascible on 24 April 2020 – and it is without the shadow of a doubt one of the most gripping albums that’s going to come out this year! Joe Volk […]
Los Orioles Vamp Up les Vacances
Los Orioles, the wacky exotica psychedelicists, have a new record deal to celebrate, and they do this with a fiery new 4-track EP. A party band par excellence, Los Orioles from the bilingual city of Biel are a seven-piece marinated in all things Caribbean and tropical in general. Mixing their reggae with heaps of influences […]
Kush K Meet the Lotus-Eaters
The Lotophagi were a mystical people whom Odysseus came across on a distant island, and who ate nothing but the wondrously intoxicating lotus fruit. “Lotophagi” is also the title of Kush K’s debut album. The title is wisely chosen. Kush K, a quartet grouped around songwriter and lead vocalist Catia Lanfranchi, apart from the usual […]
