Pushing and Pulling on a Quiet Island
Out now on Red Brick Records is “push/pull”, album number three from the Genevan chamber chanson outfit Quiet Island. It was recorded in a ten-day session at the Tone Boutique Studio in Haarlem, Netherlands, run by Jasper Geluk (Altin-Gün, l’Eclair, Cyril Cyril). Built on the softly humming voices of all four band members (one female, […]
District Five Hit „Pause“
Newly out via the Basel-based boutique label A Tree In A Field Records is “Pause”, a new album from the genre-busting District Five. “Let’s say, we’re just vibing here, with no pressure at all”, says the band. After the rigour and the discipline required for the recording of their debut album, “Burnt Sugar”, released in […]
MATONDO Feeling Complex
Available now via Mouthwatering Records is “Complex I”, a new EP from Zurich-based singer, producer and songwriter MATONDO. Naëmi Matondo Orlando – to give her her full name – is a truly exciting new voice on our horizon. None of the eight tracks of this self-produced mini-album fits easily into conventional boxes. Combining her warm […]
Walter Frosch Bathing in a “Sea of Broken Light”
Walter Frosch, the electro-pop duo from Schaffhausen, follow up their debut album from 2020 with a brand-new mini-album entitled “Sea of Broken Light”. It was released on 16 June 2023 by Irascible. Steeped in the spirit of the 1980s, Mike Saxer and Rune Dahl Hansen are part Yazoo and part Cure, with a bass that […]
Asbest Hooking Up with Lord Kesseli & the Drums
Lord Kesseli & The Drums, purveyors of psychedelically hypnotic trance grooves, and the monumentally heavy Asbest – it turns out to be a marriage made in heaven. The proof? “Altari”, a mini-album that somehow manages to combine serious heaviness and anger with a beautifully restrained melodiousness, often at the same time. The co-production was released […]
For Michael Benjamin, „The World Is Still Beautiful“
Michael Benjamin’s new album “The World is Still Beautiful” is out now on Berlin-based Allrooms Agency. It is the Zurich-based singer/songwriter’s first record under his own name. He was previously known as Native. Benjamin has been honing his craft for a good ten years, including a two-year stint in Los Angeles. Whilst several of his […]
Paléo Festival Nyon: 18 – 23 July 2023
Not too long now, until we have the pleasure to once again attend one of our favourites – Paléo Festival! Famous for its beautiful location close to Lake Geneva, Paléo offers a wide range of music for us all to enjoy. Throughout 18 to 23 July, you can find anything from experimental jazz via pop […]
“Chic” Is the Word for Julie Meletta
Out now via Phonag Records is the charming debut EP from Julie Meletta. Raised in the Italian-speaking South of Switzerland, Julie is seriously addicted to the French “Yé-yé” pop sound of the sixties. Entitled “CHIC!” after her first hit, the EP contains four more tracks, all very much her own but deeply soaked in the […]
OSOMO Goes Tripping
Grabbing our hectic Zeitgeist by the horns, Simon Baumann aka OSOMO releases “Side Trips” (Two Gentlemen Records) in order to return us to a state of stress-free bliss. “Many of my friends complain about stress”, he says. “OSOMO is my musical answer to that. You can lie down, dream away of fall asleep if you […]
Yet No Yokai Announcing Their Arrival
After a ridiculously long wait of five years, the debut album from Yet No Yokai has finally arrived. Not unreasonably entitled “Wir sind da” (“we are here”), it reaches us thanks to the tireless endeavours of our friends from Hummus Records (Emilie Zoé, Anna Aaron, Coilguns, and many more). If Krautrock had been invented circa […]
