Sandor Handing out Medals
Three years after her highly praised debut, synthwave singer/songwriter Sandor follows this up with a new album entitled “La Médaille”. It was released on 3 February 2023 on Ouragan Records. Based in Sierre in the French part of Switzerland, Sandor’s muse is steeped as deeply in French chanson as it is in 1980s synth pop. […]
What do you mean, “loud”?
Hummus Records are taking the new year by the scruff of the neck with two raucous new live albums from their house-bands, Coilguns and Closet Disco Queen. Taking advantage of a temporary loosening of Covid regulations, Coilguns’ “Live at Soulcrusher” (released 13 January 2023) was recorded in October 2021 at the Soulcrusher Festival in Nijmegen, […]
Eurosonic 2023
Is there a better way to recover from the festive season than the Eurosonic? If there is, we haven’t heard about it and we don’t want to. Especially this time round when, after our Covid-induced exile in digital-land, we are able to return to the full-fat, high- octane real world version in Groningen from 18 […]
Pronto Ready for More
Out now via Universal is “Luno V”, the second album from the rapper, Pronto. Produced mostly by himself, with a little help from a friend, young Zurich-based producer, Yung MoXart, “Luno V” shows a much more introvert side of the rapper whose Ghanaian parents were musicians and dancers themselves. Having spent several months in Ghana […]
«We Are Ava» Are Be-Side Themselves
Having hit the Swiss top 50 with their debut album “Inner Gardening” last autumn, electro-pop trio We Are Ava finish off 2022 with a new five-track EP. Entitled “B-Side”, it is released on Muve Records. Somewhat confusingly, we must admit, it does not actually contain a single “b-side” in old vinyl-days sense of the word – […]
Pat Burgener – From Snowboard to Record Player
Having prepared the ground with four EPs that have generated more than ten million streams collectively, professional snowboarder and singer/songwriter Pat Burgener from Lausanne whets our appetite for a debut album proper with a brand-new mini-album. Entitled “PAT (First Wave)” it is out now via Irascible. Pat’s laid-back style and his instantly memorable choruses are […]
Komet City Explode in a Firework of Creativity
No one could accuse Robin Girod of laziness. Once of the globetrotting Genevan cajun-anarchists Mama Rosin and the raucously Beefheartean Duck Duck Grey Duck, plus one half of Bandit Voyage as well as the founder of Cheptel Records, Girod aka Komet City, now finds himself in the middle of a deluge of creativity that is […]
Naomi Lareine Is the Girl Next Door
Out now via Sony Music is the “Girl Next Door” EP, a sparkling showcase for the intriguing talents of up-and-coming R&B artist Naomi Lareine from Zurich. Lareine combines a silky vocal delivery and peerless phrasing with a keen ear for unusual rhythmic patterns and melodies. The daughter of a Swiss father – a professional ice […]
Swiss Music Export @ Trans Musicales
Christmas time is Trans Musicales time – at least in Rennes! The last festival of the year is also one of the year’s most interesting, charming and entertaining. Almost as old as Christmas itself, Les Rencontres Trans Musicales were launched in 1979 and have been a much-loved yearly event ever since. One of the features […]
The Swiss Checking In at Linecheck
Linecheck is back. Situated at the heart of Northern Italy’s fashion and industry metropole, Linecheck offers a unique platform for a dialogue between the musical cultures of Central Europe and the Mediterranean. Defining its Covid-enforced absence from our calendar as an “Exile”, the festival’s return to Milan is very much celebrated as such, coming to […]
