Dino Brandão Bounces into Solo Action
Released in April, Dino Brandão’s first solo single “Bouncy Castle” has already notched up half a million Spotify streams. Now follows an eponymous EP, released on 12 November by Two Gentlemen Records. With a father hailing from Angola and a Swiss mother, Brandão’s music draws inspiration from a unique set of influences. “Bouncy Castle” is […]
Cégiu Revelling in “Glowing Goodbyes”
It is most definitely an intriguing title that cellist Cégiu has given to her new album, her third: “Glowing Goodbyes”. It was released on 19 November 2021 by Musicbox Entertainment in collaboration with Irascible Music. “A parting of ways isn’t a unique and abruptly ending process for me”, she explains. “A parting always leaves an […]
“Sponsored Post” from Messina
Concept albums rarely come more expansive than “Sponsored Post” by art-rock quartet MESSINA from Winterthur. Winterthur is a smallish town a 25-minute train ride away from Zurich with a surprisingly vibrant music and art scene. “Sponsored Post” certainly reflects that fact. Released on 19 November 2021 by Lauter, the album is accompanied by a videogame […]
Long Tall Jefferson Has His Head in the Clouds
Exactly one year ago, Long Tall Jefferson aka Simon Borer surprised us all with his new album, “Cloud Folk”. Hitherto a troubadour of quietly ruminative songs cast in a predominantly acoustic and folky setting, he had discovered autotune, laptop beats and all sorts of synth tricks to come up with a style he called “Cloud […]
Evelinn Trouble’s Extended “A Blue December Calendar”
Fresh from the release of her fantastic new album, “Longing Fever” (Mouthwatering Records), Evelinn Trouble has returned to something that could almost be called a tradition by now – the musical A Blue December Calendar. Launched in 2018, like a conventional Christmas calendar, it starts on 1 December and ends on Christmas eve, theoretically, with […]
Swiss Music – Global & Folk Playlist
Switzerland isn’t just the four cultures that go with the official national languages, German, French, Italian and Romansh. It is countless others, too, brought in by migrants from all over the world and often woven in with what they find upon their arrival. The “Global & Folk” playlist presented and published by Swiss Music, FONDATION […]
Evelinn in a Fever
“Longing Fever” is the intriguing title of Evelinn Trouble’s fifth album – her first in six years. It comes to us via Mouthwatering Records/Broken Silence and was released on 22 October 2021. A “pop album”, Evelinn calls it. Well, “Longing Fever” is certainly more easily accessible than some of this restlessly innovative artist’s previous work. […]
L’Eclair Creating Confusions
12 November 2021 sees the release via Bongo Joe Records of a new album from Genevan sextet L’Eclair. Called “Confusions”, it is the band’s fourth, and yet another example to show that the slowed down pace of lockdown was not all bad for the soul. Forced to suspend their incessant rounds of touring the world […]
Bandit Voyage Bring You Love
The Genevan anarcho-punk-ye-ye duo Bandit Voyage return to the fray with a double dose of EP madness, entitled “Amour sur le disque” and released via the French label Entreprise. Dose two – “partie 2” – came out on 29 October 2021. It complements dose one – “partie 1” – which has been available since June. […]
Pablo Nouvelle Teams up with Kinnship for “Stones & Geysers”
Pablo Nouvelle is a Swiss electronica producer whose early influences included Bonobo, the XX, Radiohead and Frank Ocean and who crafts his subtle soundscapes with a filmmaker’s feeling for mood. Kinnship is a young ambient pop/folktronica singer from Leeds in the UK who previously performed under the name Favela. “Stones & Geysers” is the title […]
