Swiss Music at the Reeperbahn Festival 18 – 21 September 2019
Heatwave – what heatwave? The Reeperbahn Festival will be hotter, and that’s guaranteed. Launched in 2006, the Reeperbahn has established itself in double quick time as the largest club festivals in Europe and also one of the most important music industry platforms in the world. The music programme with its mixture of fresh talent and […]
Zurich turns Seoulful
“Zürich meets Seoul – A Festival of Two Cities” is the fifth edition of a series of global events connecting Zurich with some of the most inspirational cities in the world. The week-long festival will take place in Seoul from 28 September to 5 October 2019. Initiated by the City of Zurich, the Canton of […]
Swiss artists amongst the highlights of Pop-Kultur Berlin 21. – 23. August 2019
The “Pop-Kultur”-Festival was launched in 2015 and, after debuting in the grounds of the legendary Berghain club, has now settled in and around the Kulturbrauerei. Thanks to an unusual, three-tiered concept that includes the commissioning of works especially for the event and asks established artists to actively seek a dialogue with newcomers in words and […]
Paléo-Festival Nyon – 23 – 28 July 2019
The Paléo is one of our favourite festivals, and not just because it takes place on the front porch of our French Swiss office in Nyon. Beautifully situated in the green fields alongside Lake Geneva, what the Paléo offers goes way beyond mere music. Loved for its adventurous programming policy that has always ranged from […]
Ta’Shan and Veronica Fusaro camping at Glastonbury Festival
Well, what can we say about Glastonbury Festival that you won’t know already? Precisely nothing, we fear. Simply, Glastonbury is the festival of festivals. Taking place for the first time in 1970 with T. Rex headlining and 1500 tickets sold, this year’s 36th edition will be headlined by the Killers, the Cure and Stormzy, with […]
SME at The Great Escape – 09 – 11 May 2019
An artfully ramshackle English seaside town; hordes of unkempt youths with guitars strapped to their backs; armies of beady-eyed seagulls out to steal our sandwiches; and enough music to last the rest of the year and beyond – what’s not to like? That’s right, it’s Brighton time again, time for The Great Escape. We’re pretty […]
Swiss Artists at Eurosonic Groningen Netherlands – 16 – 19 January 2019
It’s the beginning of a new year which means: it’s Eurosonic-time. What better way to celebrate the survival of the feeding frenzy that is the “festive period” than taking a trip to Groningen! Last year, more than 4’000 representatives from all corners of the music industry in 42 countries attended the conference. 37 EBU radio […]
Futureman is here!
If the end is nigh, so is the new beginning. „Futureman“ to the rescue! „Futureman“ is the creation of Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus, a collection of humans, instruments, machines and images dedicated to the exploration of the weird and wonderful in us all. „Futureman“ was released on A Tree in a Field Records on 26 October, distributed […]
Cortez demand “No more Conquerers”
9 November 2018 sees the release of the third album by the Geneva-based Cortez, “No More Conquerors” on Basement Apes Records (France), Grains of Sand Records (Russia), Cheap Satanism Records (Belgium), Get a Life! Records (Switzerland) and WOOAAARGH (rest of the world). It was produced by Raphael Bovey (Zatokrev, Impure Wilhelmina, Convulsif, etc.). Cortez will need no introduction […]
Waves Vienna, Austria 27 – 29 September 2018
We at Swiss Music Export love the Waves Vienna, and we’re sure that everyone does. It won’t be necessary, therefore, to extol the many virtues of this bijou festival much more, other than to suggest that anyone who misses it will miss a truly lovely event. It offers a fantastic opportunity to meet music professionals […]
