Giulia Dabalà Digging for “Gold”
Newly out via Irascible is “Gold”, the highly anticipated debut album from Swiss/Italian singer and songwriter Giulia Dabalà. It took Dabalà three years to compose and record the eight tracks that make up the record, an indication of how much care and heart she invests in her work. Almost in passing, and thus considerably yanking […]
Swiss Music Prizes by the Federal Office of Culture and Swiss Music Awards 2022
The “Swiss music prizes” is a collection of awards handed out each year by the „Federal Office of Culture“ to celebrate the achievements of artists and composers from all corners of the Swiss music world. The Swiss Grand Award for music 2022, decided upon by a jury consisting of seven music specialists representing the various […]
Loco Escrito Celebrating His Very Own Superhero
His sunny melange of Reggaeton and Latin grooves has earned Loco Escrito quite a few trophies already. Three years in a row he walked off with the “Best Hit” award at the Swiss Music Awards, doubling up in 2021 as the “Best Male Act”. His last album “Estoy Bien” stayed in the Swiss charts for […]
Carson Staying Wilfully Ignorant
“The Wilful Pursuit of Ignorance” is the intriguing title of stoner rockers Carson’s third album. Coming at us with a striking cover of a man sporting a headful of bees, it is available now on CD, Vinyl and digital via Sixteentimes Music. Formed eleven years ago in New Zealand around singer/guitarist Kieran Mortimer-Jones, the band […]
Alas The Sun Checking In at the Wild Honey Inn
7 May 2022 sees the release of a new album, “Wild Honey Inn”, by the summery folk-pop band Alas The Sun, signed to the Zurich-based Taxi Gauche Records. Alas The Sun are the brainchild of singer/songwriter Sandro Raschle. A debut album released in autumn 2019 garnered plenty of positive reviews as well as daytime radio […]
SME at The Great Escape, Brighton UK – 11 – 14 May 2022
Analogue stages, analogue musicians, and analogue audiences – yes, The Great Escape returns to the streets of Brighton, and so do we from Swiss Music Export. As ever, we’ve booked ourselves into the grooviest club in town, the Komedia Studio Bar, for the revival of our traditional Swiss Business Mixer. Also as ever, we will […]
District Five Burn the Sugar
March 25 saw the release of Zurich quartet District Five’s long-awaited debut album, “Burnt Sugar”, by A Tree in a Field Records. Named after the part of Zurich where they all live, District Five present themselves more like a community event than a conventional band. Alongside this, their long-term project, the members of the group […]
Observations and Descriptions from Honey for Petzi
“Observations + Descriptions” is album number eight from the fabulous post-rock trio Honey for Petzi from Lausanne. It was released as a CD as well as digitally on 8 April by Two Gentlemen Records. The vinyl version will follow on 22 April. It contains the band’s first new material after an eleven-year hiatus. Somewhat more […]
Kate Birch Celebrating “The Fool”
Violinist Laura Schuler released her second album under the guise of “Kate Birch” on 1 April 2022 via Red Brick Chapel Records. Digital distribution is coordinated by Leipzig-based recordJet. “The Fool” takes as its starting point a number of conversations Birch conducted in Switzerland as well as during her two residencies in New York, including […]
The Bear Does Cry
Already a familiar face and voice to pop fans in Switzerland, Marius Bear’s new album “Boys Do Cry” is guaranteed to be heard all over Europe. Released on 25 March on Hi-Tea Records, the 12-track album has already hit number five in the Swiss charts. More importantly, however, Bear has been selected to represent Switzerland […]
