Velvet Two Stripes @ Les Trans Musicales Festival, Rennes
Velvet Two Stripes: Saturday 7 December @ Parc Expo, Hall 3; 03.30-04.15h The last major festival in Europe this year is also one of the most popular and most interesting. From its inception in those distant New Wave-days of 1979, the pioneering Rencontres Trans Musicales Festival in Rennes was conceived as a place to discover […]
Support programme for Swiss independent labels
CHF 80‘000 for Swiss independent labels: The Migros Culture Percentage and the m4music Festival are calling for projects until the 6th of December 2013. In the past, labels such Moi J’Connais Records, Two Gentlemen and On the Camper Records were supported. Find out more here: Deutsch: http://www.migros-kulturprozent.ch/foerderung/211/default.aspx Français: http://www.pour-cent-culturel-migros.ch/recherche_de_fonds/376/default.aspx
New Swiss Music Export Website and new partner
Brighter, better and more fun: the new-look Swiss Music Export is here! User-friendly with a clear layout, our re-designed website boasts many new features, including: More in-depth information about SME-supported artists, complete with music samples, biographies and more Search facility with easy-to-find tags Sharing facility for individual news items and stories via facebook, Twitter, e-mail, […]
The bianca Story’s third album „Digger“ release
Basel-based music and multi-media collective The bianca Story’s third album “Digger” will be released on 29. November on Motor Music. A special art/music event for the release is happening already at the 8th of November at the Michael Fuchs Galerie in Berlin-Mitte. As reported in these pages last month, the band is experimenting with a […]
Review: Swiss Music Export at MaMA Event 2013
We are pleased to report that the Swiss Business Mixer at the MaMA event in Paris was a great success. More than eighty Swiss and international delegates took the opportunity to exchange views and ideas on Thursday 17 October at L’Index. They also enjoyed a good lunchtime buffet as well as showcases by OY and […]
Bonaparte in Asia
Formed in 2008 by the tirelessly innovative multi-instrumentalist and singer Tobias Jundt, Bonaparte are one of the most spectacular live bands anywhere. Part variety show, part theatre, part electro-homage to glam rock, the live ensemble can involve as many as twenty performers of all kinds. Bonaparte have released three albums so far, but their live […]
Kadebostany – extensive European tour
Formed in 2008 by the man and producer they call Kadebostan, the orchestra set about composing a new blueprint for non-electronic Techno, hard-hitting and yet warm, cutting-edge in conception and yet melodically direct and clear. Needless to say that the warmth, the power and the high energy of the organised chaos that is Kadebostan translates […]
Sun of Moon: CD Release and Tour
Sun of Moon is the new band formed by Berlin-based Swiss multi-instrumentalist Lleluja-Ha. Every one of the five members has a distinct voice of his or her own, and their interplay within Sun of Moon makes for a fascinating experience indeed. Thus, bassist and guitarist Flo Götte also works with Evelinn Trouble and Disco Doom, […]
Tunica Dartos Release „Fall“ in Germany
9 November sees the German release on Timezone Records of Tunica Datos’s new album “Fall”. Formed ten years ago, Tunica Dartos have since stuck with admirable single-mindedness to their highly individualistic brand of post-rock. The drums/guitar/bass trio have built a strong international reputation mainly through incessant gigging. Dispensing with vocals entirely, their style ranges from […]
Switzerland at its finest @ MaMA Event, Paris
Swiss Music Export at the MaMA Event, Paris, France; 16-18 October 2013. Started in 2009 in Bourges, Parisian music fair MaMA relocated to the Pigalle district in 2010 and focuses on the French pop and rock market. For the first time, MaMA this year also hosts a three-day series of networking events. A wide variety […]
