Muddy Monk is the “Ultra Dramatic Kid”
The strangely named Muddy Monk – aka singer/songwriter Guillaume Dietrich – is a chansonnier with a penchant for languid melancholy and leafy electronica sounds. 1 April 2022 saw the release of his second album, “Ultra Dramatic Kid”, via the Paris-based independent label Half Awake. “Ultra Dramatic Kid” marks a big step forward, artistically, for Dietrich. […]
Pascal Gamboni Gets “Under the Skin”
“Sut La Pial” is singer/songwriter Pascal Gamboni’s tenth album. It is released on 15 April by Waterfall of Colours. “Sut La Pial” means “under the skin” in Romansch, the fourth national language in Switzerland, spoken mostly in the mountainous Eastern region of the country. Gamboni likes to use percussion instruments from all over the world, […]
Flexfab & Ziller Bas Go Full-Throttle “Mugogo!”
It began with a spontaneous stage invasion in a small club in Kilifi, a small town fifty miles North of Mombasa, Kenya. Three years later it has ended – for the moment – in an album containing no fewer than 22 tracks, all sparkling with the sheer joy of a super witty cross-cultural encounter that […]
Still Watching Visions in Clouds?
April 15 sees the release of “Are You Still Watching?”, the third album from electro-pop duo Visions in Clouds. CD and vinyl are distributed by the Paris-based label, Icy Cold Records. Lucerne-based Little Jig Records is responsible for the digital version. Pascal Zeder (vocals, guitar, synth) and Simon Schurtenberger (percussion) teamed up in 2015 to […]
The Swiss at Le Printemps – 19 – 24 April 2022, Bourges France
At last, the Printemps de Bourges – one of Swiss Music Export’s very favourite boutique festivals – returns to real life! First staged in 1977, the Printemps is here to support all forms of Francophone music. This year, the French part of Switzerland is represented by four acts: Psycho Weazel, Flèche Love, Vendredi Sur Mer, […]
Switzerland at c/o pop 2022 – Cologne, Germany
We missed it too much – after an absence of several years, Swiss Music Export returns to the c/o pop Convention in Cologne! c/o pop is very much about the future. Whilst the festival’s live music focus is firmly set on the discovery of new and newish acts, the conference, too, aims to give a […]
Black Sea Dahu Turning into their Own Mother
“I Am My Mother” is the title of Black Sea Dahu’s long awaited second album. It was released on 25 February 2022 via Mouthwatering Records. Thanks not least to their wonderful single “In Case I Fall For You” (11 million clicks on Spotify, half a million on youtube) but also their intensely atmospheric live performances, […]
Stahlberger Perusing Some Photos
Manuel Stahlberger is without the shadow of a doubt one of the sharpest chroniclers of today’s mood in the streets of Switzerland. “Lüt uf Fotene”, his new album, recorded with his band, also Stahlberger, is a fine and timely addition to his continuing portrayal of our times and mores. “Lüt uf Fotene” was released on […]
Fai Baba Sings the Changes
4 March 2022 saw the release of guitarist/singer songwriter Fai Baba’s first album in six years. If the title, “Veränderet”, sounds odd, there’s a good reason. Fai Baba has switched from singing in English to his native tongue, Swiss German. “Veränderet” is released by A Tree In A Field Records. Anyone who witnessed Fai Baba’s […]
Vendredi sur Mer Enjoys a “Métamorphose”
Released on 18 March 2022 by A+LSO/Sony Music, “Métamorphose” is the hotly anticipated follow-up to Vendredi sur Mer’s 2019 debut album, “Premiers émois”. Hiding behind the pseudonym Vendredi sur Mer, multi-talented 25-year-old Genevan Charline Mignot is equally at home in the worlds of photography, fashion and music. Describing her music as “glacial electro pop”, she […]
