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 […]
Los Orioles Feeling Enthusiastically Erotic
21 May 2021 saw the release of Los Orioles’ new album, “Erotico Enthousiaste”, via Creaked Records. Twanging guitars, massed percussion, a hefty dose French yeah-yeah pop, plus a dash of Cramps and 1950s exotica – and that’s just for starters. Since their last release, the wacky psychedelically inclined seven-piece from Biel have also discovered the […]
Acid Amazonians Conquering Space
The logo of A Tree in a Field Records on a record sleeve is a guarantee for inspired weirdness. “How to Take Up Space” does the tradition proud. Released on 18 June 2021, it is the debut album from Zurich-based experimental electronica trio Acid Amazonians. This is how they describe themselves on their Facebook page: […]
