Mehmet Aslan Seeking the Sun
Out on the Basel-based Planisphere label on 11 November 2022 is the debut album from Mehmet Aslan, “The Sun is Parallel”. Mehmet, a DJ raised in Switzerland by Turkish parents, trawls the richly rewarding history of Turkish pop and underground music to produce his very own wildly eclectic brand of present-day dance psychedelia. At the […]
Pablo Nouvelle Celebrates “Vulnerability”
Ten years after his debut, beats architect Pablo Nouvelle has arrived at his eighth album. Entitled “Vulnerability”, it was released by the Amsterdam-based Armada Electronic Elements label on 21 October 2022. With a title track built around a snippet from a conversation between the singer Anaiis and the actress Deborah Lukumuena (“You can’t be strong […]
Ay Wing Taps Into the Bloodstream
Three years after “Orange Dreamer”, a track that boasts six-figure downloads and has popped up in countless playlists, singer/songwriter/producer Ay Wing finally delivers her debut album. “Bloodstream” is available now via Mouthwatering Records. Combining a featherlight touch with vocal melodies with beat-heavy R&B-inspired grooves and intimate, introspective lyrics, Berlin-based Ay Wing aka Alexandra Landtwing also […]
Tatum Rush Has Built Himself a Villa
“Villa Tatum” is multi-talented Tatum Rush’s first album sung entirely in Italian. It is available now from Undamento in digital form as well as on vinyl. To celebrate the release, the artist, with help from the Lastanza Collective, has built himself his own dream home, filled with music, video clips and – how cutting edge […]
Fomies Experiencing “Sudden Lag”
“Sudden Lag” is a rather odd title to choose for an album that clearly demonstrates a band’s remarkable progress in the last couple of years! Released on 21 October 2022 via Hummus/Irascible, the Vevey-based quintet’s third LP produces a volcanic eruption of synth-laced psychedelic guitar rock, with a hint of art rock and glam thrown […]
Feldermelder Reaching for Euphoria
Feldermelder’s new album is entitled “Euphoric Attempts”. It is a double and was released on 14 October 2022 by -OUS Label, the experimental music label Feldermelder aka Manuel Oberholzer co-founded in Zurich with Mara Miccichè aka IOKOI. “While focusing on the current conditions we find ourselves in and bracing ourselves for what seems like the […]
Anna Erhard Goes Camping
18 months after her first solo album, here comes the follow-up from Berlin-based singer/songwriter Anna Erhard. Released on 9 September 2022, it was produced, like its predecessor, by ex-Wir sind Helden-drummer Pola Roy. Released via Radicalis Music, it is entitled “Campsite”. After releasing two albums with Basel-based vocal trio Serafyn, Anna Erhard relocated to Berlin […]
Batbait Stick to Dirty Clothes
16 September 2022 saw the release via Irascible of “Dirty Clothes”, the hotly anticipated debut album from Zurich-based quartet Batbait, winners of the rock category as well as the main “demo of the year” award at the 2021 m4music Demotape Clinic. Brimfull of post-punk attitude, female oomph, and, of course, spirited riffing, the album is […]
Kings Elliot – Bored of the Circus
Freshly returned from her triumphant arena tour of the US, supporting Imagine Dragons and Macklemore, London-based Swiss singer/songwriter Kings Elliot serves up a new EP, “Bored of the Circus”. It was released on 16 September 2022 via Verve/Vertigo/Universal and contains five new songs, including the sumptuous piano- led ballad “Butterfly Pen”. Following in the footsteps […]
Disco Doom Climbing Mount Surreal
“Mt. Surreal” is the first new studio album from Disco Doom for fully eight years. It was released on 16 September 2022 by the legendary New York City-Based record label, Exploding in Sound, and Defer Records. The two core members of Disco Doom, Anita Rufer and Gabriele De Mario, were joined in the studio by […]
