Al Pride Rolling along Sweetly
Barely waiting to catch their breath after the release of a 4-track EP “Spruce”, the hydra-like Al Pride return with a new album, their fourth. Entitled “Sweet Roller”, it contains all tracks from “Spruce”, plus four new ones. “Sweet Roller” was released on 28 August via Radicalis. Recently expanding their line-up to include brass and […]
Verveine Creates Hotdrama
After a long series of singles, EPs and live videos, the multi-instrumentalist and electronica experimenter from Vevey, Verveine aka Joell Nicolas, has at last got round to compiling a proper album. “Hotdrama” was released on 28 August by VRVN Records, Fav Art Publishing and is distributed by Believe Digital and Irascible. Influenced by artists as […]
Jasmin Albash Discovers Gold
One thing hitherto missing on Jasmin Albash’s long list of credits was a record released under her own name. Missing no longer! “Gold”, the first proper Jasmin Albash album, will hit the shops on 18 September via Irascible Music. Growing up as the daughter of a Swiss mother and a Palestinian father in the rural […]
Yes I’m Very Tired Now Celebrates 100 Years
“100 Years” is the title of a new album from the artist strangely known as Yes I’m Very Tired Now, aka YIMVTN. It was released on 28 August and is widely available online. “Doesn’t everyone want to reach their 100th birthday?” asks the artist by way of an explanation for the album title. Yes I’m […]
The Beauty of Gemina Dream of Skeletons
A personal renaissance of sorts for the band’s leader, Michael Sele, “Skeleton Dreams”, the new album from The Beauty of Gemina, was at last launched on 28 August via TBOG Records. Illustrating the old adage of a prophet being ignored in his own land, inexplicably, The Beauty of Gemina are much more successful in far […]
Swiss Music Prize 2020
The Swiss Music Prize is the most prestigious as well as lucrative accolade an artist in Switzerland can receive. Backed by the Federal Office of Culture, the award celebrates exceptional and innovative – though not necessarily commercially successful – work. Choosing from an extensive long-list of nominations, a jury of seven experts picks fourteen artists […]
SME helping to make a fresh Waves Vienna Festival Hybrid Event – 10 – 12 Sept 2020
Of the many different concepts of delivering some kind of festival experience in these strange lockdown times, Waves Vienna has come up with one of the most interesting, we think. It is a hybrid event, with both the concerts and the conference streaming live for public viewing. Our traditional Swiss Business Mixer has predictably fallen […]
SME @ Reeperbahn Festival by Proxy – 16 – 19 Sept 2020
Corona be damned, there won’t be a Swiss Business Mixer at this year’s Reeperbahn Festival (which means no raclette and white wine, either), nor will there be any live showcases of Swiss acts, or SME sponsored live performances, or even a Swiss Contact Lounge. However, Reeperbahn will not quite pass without any Swiss contribution at […]
SME @ iNOUïS 2020 du Printemps de Bourges, France 16 – 18 Sept 2020
Postponed from April, les iNOUïS 2020 du Printemps de Bourges, is now taking place in a truncated form in September, thus turning into a celebration of autumn as well as Francophone music making across the world. Swiss Music Export has enjoyed Bourges’s legendary hospitality for sixteen years. The somewhat dire circumstances of the times certainly […]
Bridge Building @ Label Suisse Festival Lausanne, 18 – 20 September 2020
Another festival still taking place this year is Label Suisse in Lausanne. The free festival aims to represent Swiss music in all its abundant stylistic and linguistic variety. The music programme is as exciting as ever and includes performances by Camilla Sparksss, Klaus Johann Grobe, Hyperculte, Nik Bärtsch, Crimer, La Gale, Blind Butcher, Kety Fusco, Erik Truffaz […]
