Anna Rey Reporting on Her State of Mind
Out via Red Brick Records is Anna Rey’s new EP, “State of Mind”. Multi-instrumentalist and singer Rey – aka Anna Girsberger – has many strings to her bow. Performing solo as well as with the band she recorded this record with, she is also very much at home in a jazz environment, leading her own […]
Enjoy Europe’s Best Showcase Festivals in the Company of Swiss Music Export
There are many showcase festivals to choose from, and Swiss Music Export chooses only the best! Throughout the year, we present showcases all over Europe, we host networking events, and we serve up apéros and brunches, all in the service of music made in Switzerland. Better still, delegate passes and tickets are often a lot […]
Audrey Danza Laughing Multi-Dimensionally
With a long list of digital releases under her belt, DJ and producer Audrey Danza is joining the vinyl age with her latest EP, “Laughing in 4D”. The record is out now on Proxima/Motel Campo. Cutting her teeth with a residency at Geneva’s multi-facetted Motel Campo club, in 2020, Audrey Danza launched her own Proxima […]
The Young Gods – Where Are They Now?
Teasingly entitled “Appear Disappear”, the extraordinary Young Gods have delivered another slab of mind-meltingly intense and beautiful electronica/industrial/metal. Already a sure-fire entry for the year-end “best of 2025” lists, “Appear Disappear” is out on Two Gentlemen. Forty years ago, the Young Gods exploded into the embryonic synth-rock scene with a truly revolutionary new sound that […]
Paléo Festival, 22-27 July 2025, Nyon, Switzerland
Nothing quite compares to the Paléo, as Sinead O’Conor famously sang, a festival of music, performance, art and food within spitting distance of Lake Geneva, the Jura and the beautiful vineyards that go with it. Someone has called it “the Glastonbury of Switzerland”, except it’s a little more relaxed… Six days of live music spread […]
Glooriously Sung by Amaya
Amaya Gloor – a new name signed to Universal, and here’s her debut EP, entitled “Unfinished”. “Unfinished”, when the singer/songwriter has barely set off on her career? Well, judging from the strength of this six-track song collection, it is absolutely certain we will hear plenty more from this 22-year-old from the Bernese mountains. Singing in […]
L’Eclair Drifting With the Clouds
After a bit of a stylistic reshuffle, the Genevan groove merchants L’Eclair remerge with their fourth album via the Los Angeles-based record label, Innovative Leasure (Allah-Las, Badbadnotgood, Alex Maas, etc.). The expat Bulgarian co-founders, brothers Stef Lilov (guitar/keyboards) and Yavor Lilov (drums), appear to have taken over the running of the band from other members […]
Junes Pondering the Joys of Love and Loss
Entitled “Of Love and Loss”, the latest EP – well, a mini-LP, really – from singer/songwriter Junes is available now, thanks to Young & Aspiring. Musically socialised by the likes of Bon Iver, James Blake, Ryan Beatty and Novo Amor, pianist Junes savours the experience of love and loss mostly in ballad tempo. “All the […]
Fiona Daniel Returns With “transitions”
It’s been a long wait, but here it is: Fiona Daniel’s “transitions”, available now via Klangfelder Records/Irascible. It is her next musical step, at long last, in a career that was temporarily derailed after “Backyard,” the previous album released thirteen years ago. Fiona Daniel has always excelled at embedding her subtle and acute observations about […]
Hope Through Mark Kelly & Peaceful Warriors
After several solo collections of easy-on-the-ear folk-pop, Mark Kelly returns with a full band, Peaceful Warriors, to continue on his quest to produce music as a force of peace and creative collaboration in all walks of life. Entitled “Hope”, it is released via the fabulously named Hairy People Records/Irascible. A lively town on the Northeastern […]
