Stress Celebrating Twenty Years on Stage
For two decades, Estonia-born rapper Stress – aka Andres Andrekson – has been one of the most successful pop stars in Switzerland. His eleven albums have spent countless weeks in the Swiss national charts (including an early album, “Renaissance”, which racked up a count of 89). And already his latest LP proves to be another […]
Swiss Music Export @ Linecheck Milano
Set in a perfect location to form a bridge between Central Europe and the Mediterranean, Linecheck Milano offers a unique opportunity to soak up new ideas and influences that – for reasons that will undoubtedly be a hot topic of discussion round the Linecheck-clock – don’t often travel North. It presents a super attractive programme […]
SME hits Berlin
13/14 November 2023 The “Trade Mission” is a new Swiss Music Export concept. Premiered last year in London, the idea behind this venture is to introduce Swiss managers and labels to the inner workings of a number of European music business hubs. In London and now in Berlin, we were/are very fortunate to be able […]
Priya Ragu Drops Her Debut Album
Out now via Warner is “Santhosam”, the long-awaited debut album proper from Priya Ragu. “Santhosam” (Tamil for “happiness”) has garnered some impressive reviews, especially in the UK press. The Guardian gives it four out of five and writes: “…the debut from Tamil-Swiss artist Ragu channels her musical roots into an intoxicating blend of R&B, pop […]
Bandit Voyage Ask: “Was Ist Das”
Out now on Cheptel Records is “WAS IST DAS”, the third full-length album from the Genevan anarcho-punk-ye-ye duo Bandit Voyage. Singer, lyricist and guitarist Anissa Cadelli (also a member of Barrio Colette) and multi-instrumentalist Robin Girod (ex-Mama Rosin, at present a member of multiple projects and also the founder of Cheptel Records) take a resolutely […]
To Athena Has Made A Movie
To Athena is the name of singer/songwriter Tiffany Limacher’s solo project, and “The Movie” is the title of her new, second album. It was released on 20 October 2023 by Mouthwatering Records. Even though Lucerne-based To Athena is billed as a solo project, it is as far away as can be from a lone guitar […]
Velvet Two Stripes Banishing Any Bad Spells
Out now on Phonag Records is “No Spell For Moving Water”, the new album of Velvet Two Stripes. Velvet Two Stripes make no bones about it: they like their rock hard, straight and irresistible. The title of their new album, “No Spell For Moving Water”, makes their attitude clear. Together for fifteen years, sisters Sophie Diggelmann (vox, […]
La Nefera Says: This Is It!
This is it, indeed: the Dominican-Swiss rapper’s debut album. Entitled “C’est ça”, it was released at the end of October by the German label, Black Forest Voodoo. Featuring the unlikely line-up of a French sousaphone player, an Argentinian guitarist and a Swiss drummer, Basel-raised and -based Jennifer Perez has forged a massively powerful musical melange […]
Yilian Cañizares Celebrating Habana-Bahia
Out now via Absilone is “Habana-Bahia”, a new album from Cuban-born Swiss-based singer and violinist Yilian Cañizares. Born in Havana, Cañizares studied classical violin there before moving to Venezuela to pursue further studies. Three years later, she arrived in Switzerland to complete her musical education at the Fribourg Conservatoire where she also discovered an interest […]
Peter Kernel Drumming Up a Storm
The “best band in the world called Peter Kernel” (according to themselves, at least) have come up with a very special and original concept for their latest album. Entitled “Drum to Death”, it is available now on On the Camper/Modulor Records. Nearly twenty years and 800+ concerts into their career, Barbara Lenhoff and Aris Bassetti […]
