Rose-picking with Marie Jay
Lausanne-based singer/songwriter Marie Jay continues on her strictly upwardly-mobile career curve with a new five-track EP, “le rose c’est has been”. It is available now from 3ème Bureau/Wagram Music. An alumna of both the BIMM institute in London and La Gustav music school in Fribourg, 24-year-old Marie Jay first came to the public’s positive attention […]
Hvck Fynn dare you to take your eyes off them
Whilst pausing all live activities for a year in order to develop new ideas, Lucerne’s Hvck Fynn wish to remind fans of elegantly melodic pop songs of their continued existence. They are doing so with a new EP, “Don’t Take Your Eyes off Me”, served up by Royal Tea Music. In their previous ten-year incarnation […]
Polarbären and La Nefera in riveting jazz/rap mash-up
Dominican-Swiss rapper La Nefera has teamed up with “Out of Genre” m4music demo tape award winners Polarbären to record an album that is just as invigoratingly genre-busting as the combination suggests. “Visa” is out now on Current Moves. La Nefera aka Jennifer Perez has never been afraid of wild experiments. Her previous band, for instance, […]
District Five delving into a glut
Fresh from Stone Pixels Records comes “Glut”, the latest collection of pieces from Zurich’s District Five, their fourth. “Glut”, the band points out, can mean “excess” in English but also “embers” and “fervour” in German. Named after the part of Zurich where they all came together ten years ago, District Five come across more like […]
Bandit Voyage celebrating fathers
The latest instalment of Bandit Voyage’s ongoing “Core” series is out now via Cheptel Records. Entitled “Daddy Core”, the four-track EP is a celebration of the life of singer Anissa Cadelli’s father who sadly passed away recently. Bandit Voyage are singer, lyricist and guitarist Anissa Cadelli and multi-instrumentalist Robin Girod, the driving force of various […]
Europe’s (Showcase) Festivals and Conferences with SME
There are many showcase festivals to choose from, and Swiss Music Export chooses only the best! Throughout the year, we present showcases all over Europe, we host networking events, and we serve up apéros and brunches, all in the service of music made in Switzerland. Better still, delegate passes and tickets are often a lot […]
To Athena definitely has not lost her magic!
To Athena is the name of singer/songwriter Tiffany Limacher’s solo project, and her new album, her third, poses the entirely rhetorical question: “Have I Lost My Magic?”. It is available now from Mouthwatering Records. Tiffany celebrates the release with well over thirty concerts in Switzerland, Germany and Austria over the coming months. Born into a […]
Odd Beholder – all in an honest day’s work
Daniela Weinmann – aka Odd Beholder – likes a concept album. Previous song cycles have focused on the digitalisation of our world, modern concepts of nature, and the circumstances that have formed her own life. For her fourth album, “Honest Work” (out now via Sinnbus), she delves deep into the everyday politics of work. “Honest […]
New feelings from Valentino Vivace
The surreally tailored and coiffured Italo-Disco prince Valentino Vivace (not his real name) has enjoyed a whirlwind life of partying, dancing and – let’s not forget – working hard over the last couple of years. It is totally understandable, then, that he feels the need to slow down a little for his new album, “Oscillare”. […]
Out of this world Annie Taylor
Drop the needle anywhere on “Out of Scale” and it’s instantly clear that with this, their third LP, Gini Jungi’s high-octane rockers Annie Taylor have truly hit their stride. Out now, the album is the band’s first released under their new deal with Hamburg-based Clouds Hill Records. Blessed with deeply sympathetic production work from David […]
