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 […]
FlexFab Meets Ziller Bas in a Mugogo Style!
Electronic beats from Lake Neuchâtel and words from the Kenyan coast – it all began with an impromptu session in a small club in Kilifi. With 5 million streams for his single “Zoo” alone, a host of awards including “Best Emerging Talent” at Swiss Live Talents and the overall “Best Track” at the m4music Demo […]
Divvas Dive Deep
26 June sees the release of Divvas’s debut EP, “Challenger Deep”. The release is shared by the London-based Slow Dance label and Zurich-based Blau Blau Records. Corinne Nora is a multi-instrumentalist and composer active in a variety of music, theatre and dance projects. Dave Eleanor is a singer and producer who has forged his own […]
A Muddy Monk and an Ultra Tape
12 June saw the release on Half Awake Records of “Ultra Tape”, the new mini album from electro-chansonnier Muddy Monk. Fribourg on the border between the French and the German part of Switzerland, with its charmingly old-fashioned vibe and a small but inspirational museum of the kinetic works of Jean Tinguely, has always been a […]
The World Seen from a Bitter Moon
Bitter Moon are Réka (vocals, synths) and Simon (synths and drum machine). They split their home between Lugano and Zurich. “The World Above” is, after a handful of singles and EPs, their debut album. It was released on 20 May by La Suisse Primitive Records. Distantly related, sound-wise, to both Jane Weaver and Klaus Johann […]
