Ester Poly Are Ready to Get “Wet”
And yet more fine records from Hummus Records! This one comes from Ester Poly, the duo consisting of super-busy bassist and singer Martina Berther from Zurich, and, from Geneva, drummer and singer Beatrice Graf. “Wet” was released on 20 August 2021. The album is Ester Poly’s second. As the line-up of bass and drums would […]
Waves Vienna – 9 – 11 Sept 2021 – Vienna, Austria
Waves Vienna is back on a proper stage this autumn, and Swiss Music Export will be along to celebrate. Long-term fans of the Waves Vienna festival, we thought last year’s hybrid lockdown version was an amazing success, given the unfortunate circumstances. However, we are more than happy to return to the real thing. Once again, […]
Reeperbahn Festival – 22 – 25 Sept 2021 – Hamburg, Germany
How we missed the Reeperbahn Festival! The hybrid version forced on us last year by the Corona virus turned out to be not bad at all, the best, certainly, that could be expected in a difficult situation. However, we are mighty glad to be physically back in Hamburg this year, returning to all the things […]
SoundTrack_Zurich – 28 Sept – 1 Oct 2021
Film soundtracks and all the other types of sound designed to interact with moving images have become an ever more important playground for artistic expression, and, of course, source of income, over the past two decades. SoundTrack_Zurich – the Swiss conference of film and media music – offers a comprehensive insight into the workings of […]
Switzerland Honours the Greats
The Swiss Music Prizes are a collection of fifthteen awards handed out each year by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture to celebrate the achievements of artists and composers from all corners of the Swiss music world. This year’s winner of the Swiss Grand Award for Music, the highest official accolade a musician can receive […]
KT Gorique at Les iNOUïS du Printemps de Bourges
It should have happened in spring, and it will now happen in summer: postponed from April due to Covid-19, this year’s Printemps de Bourges is taking place at the end of June. The season might be different, but we’re absolutely certain that the spirit of this most bijou and innovative of boutique festivals in the […]
It Is Written by Di-Meh
Entitled “Mektoub”, rapper Di-Meh’s new album was released on 14 May 2021, thus completing a full decade of publishing a new project once a year, always on or around 10 May. Mektoub is an Arabic word meaning “it is written”, roughly in the sense of “Inshallah”. Di-Meh grew up both in Morocco and Switzerland, at […]
/A\ super group!
18 June 2021 sees the release of /A\, the debut album of a new super group, also called /A\, via Two Gentlemen / Hummus Records. /A\ are Franz Treichler, Emilie Zoé and Nicolas Pittet. Franz Treichler is the founder and the voice of The Young Gods, the pioneering sampler/drums/voice trio quoted as influences by the […]
Gina Été “Erased” but Not Erased
After a handful of highly acclaimed EPs, singer/songwriter Gina Été has at last released her debut album. Entitled “Erased By Thought” it came out on Motor/Edel on 21 May 2021. Like earlier Été-records, it was produced in San Francisco by John Vanderslice who has worked with the likes of St. Vincent, Spoon, Mountain Goats and […]
Stefanie Heinzmann Not Lost In Her “Labyrinth”
To go with the title “Labyrinth”, Stefanie Heinzmann’s new album, her sixth, is all about the trials and tribulations of life. “As tricky as our lives might seem to us sometimes, it is down to us to find a way out of the maze”, she says. “It’s up to us to try out new routes […]
