Enlightenment through music
MUAR is apparently the Hebrew word for enlightenment. It is also the title of the debut album from the Israeli/Swiss duo Dorj & Melodiesinfonie, released on 24 September 2019 via Radicalis Music. Dorj and Melodiesinfonie met three years ago in a Zurich venue. Dorj was bowled over by Melodiesinfonie’s DJ set, the best he’d ever witnessed, he says. The two […]
Black Sea Dahu – No Fire in the Sand
“No Fire in the Sand”, the follow EP to Black Sea Dahu’s critically acclaimed debut full-length “White Creatures”, was released on 27 September 2019 by Mouthwatering Records. Like its predecessor, “No Fire in the Sand” was recorded in the same remote studio located in gorgeous Giske, Norway. Musically, it’s still rooted in that raw, impassioned […]
Stevans spreading their wings
“Imagine what would happen if you left Michael Jackson, Daft Punk and Coldplay in the same room?” asks Stevans’s website – and swiftly proceeds to give us its own answer: “… that could begin to describe the original sound of STEVANS”, of course. The band is essentially a duo consisting of Yann Franel and Yann […]
Swiss Music Export at MaMA Paris – 16 – 18 October 2019 – Paris, France
120 concerts, 10 venues, countless conference events, three nights of party and the greatest sounds of tomorrow in the company of almost 6000 business professionals – plus, the whole of Paris to enjoy: what’s not to like! This year marks the tenth anniversary of the MaMA Festival & Convention in Paris. It is bound to […]
SME @ Waves Vienna 26 – 28 September 2019
Wonderful city, wonderful festival! Perfectly situated, geographically, for music people from East and West to get together to compare visions and strike up new friendships. Being the Waves Vienna fans that we are, we couldn’t resist the temptation to present another SME Business Mixer, complete with Swiss wine, snacks, and, of course, a live music showcase […]
Bad Bonn Kilbi, Düdingen – 30 May – 1 June 2019
“Kilbi” is a Swiss German word for fun fair. Which is pretty accurate as far as the “fun” bit goes. We feel pretty certain, however, that no other fun fair in the world has a musical programme quite as exciting as the Bad Bonn Kilbi in Düdingen. For most of the year, Bad Bonn is simply a […]
Hyperculte are massively occidental
Geneva-based Hyperculte are double-bassist Vincent Bertholet (also the pilot of the beautifully anarchic “big band” Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp) and drummer/guitarist/singer Simone Aubert (also with Tout Bleu and Massicot). Three years after their stunning debut follows their next strike, an equally gripping second album entitled “Massif Occidental”. Hyperculte make brilliant records. They also offer […]
Vsitor Keep on Running
No, it’s not the old Spencer Davis hit, sung by Stevie Winwood. It’s the debut album by Vsitor (sic), the partly Berlin-based trio of David Koch (guit, vox, keyb, bass), Lea Maria Fries (vox, synth bass), and Valentin Liechti (percussion, vox). Calling their style “Avant Pop/Slow Core/Electronica/No Wave”, they promise an “11 song meditation on […]
Sandor goes international
Sandor is a female singer/songwriter from Lausanne whose synth-pop is melodically rooted in the French chanson tradition as well as contemporary artists like Etienne Daho. Sandor develops a very personal musical universe, sweet and sour at the same time, inspired by the synthetic pop of the 80’s. With her strong and solemn voice, she presents a […]
Heavy, heavier, Xaon
Dark metal combo Xaon caused quite a stir globally with their debut album, “The Drift”. Their second long player “Solipsis”, released worldwide on 12 April on the Danish specialist dark metal label Mighty Music, further ups the ante. Having toured alongside the likes of Sirenia and TYR in Europe, Obscura and Archspire in Japan, and […]
