Scalatrax – Drummer on the Loose!
By day, Florian Haas-Schneider – is the drummer in bands like Audio Dope, Nicole Bernegger, Emilia Anstazja and many others. By night, he is an alchemist dreaming up all sorts of weird and beautiful new sounds – a vision he has now shaped into an artistic alter ego named Scalatrax. “Scalatrax” is also the title […]
The Animen in A New Light
20 March brings us the eagerly awaited new album “Same Sun/Different Light” from Geneva-based guitar quartet The Animen. The title is a good indication of what we can look forward to. The Animen, a guitar band as anglophile as they come, have always been soaked in melody-driven sixties pop à la Hollies, Badfinger and the Zombies. After […]
SOOMA – Exuberantly Dark
Valentine’s Day, of all days in the year, saw the release of SOOMA’s new album “It’s All About to Change” via Radicalis Music. SOOMA are a noisy young band from Zurich, boasting the classic trio line-up of guitar/vocals (Yannic Consael), bass (Victor Rassov) and drums (Fidel Aeberli). Having started off rough, ready and hardcore, SOOMA have […]
Monstrous Friday
“Monsters Forever” is the title of Tim Freitag’s debut album, released on 13 March. Tim Freitag aka Friday is not a chap but a band, and not one of their members is called Tim or Freitag. Don’t ask us why! What is certain is that Tim Freitag are purveyors of lusciously melodic and thus super-memorable indie-pop […]
Camilla re-Sparksss!
“Brutal” was the title of Camilla Sparksss’s last album offering, released in spring 2019. Now, Camilla and fifteen fellow studio mavericks have revisited that volcano of a record and produced a collection of remixes. The riveting results are gathered together for another album, not unreasonably entitled “Brutal Remix”. It was released on 21 February via […]
Seven Catches Fire, Again
“Ich will Feuer fangen” – “I want to catch fire” – sings Seven on the title track of his new mini album, “Brandneu”. His last, “4Colours”, was, like many of his earlier albums, a massive hit in Switzerland. And yet, with “Brandneu”, his thirteenth LP, Seven has found not only the vision but also the […]
Cold Reading Are All About Time
Cold Reading certainly cannot be accused of lacking ambition or courage. Their new album “Zyt”, their second, is a concept album in the unashamedly old-fashioned sense. It comes in four parts spread over two vinyl albums, and is housed in a sumptuously produced old-school sleeve. “Zyt” means “time” in Swiss German, and “time” is, indeed, […]
Another Side of Tatum Rush
Multi-talented multi-media artist Tatum Rush – aka Giordano Rush – has turned to his other native tongue, Italian, to record his latest slice of sumptuously produced late-night-clubbing pop. The EP “Drinks Alchemici” contains four new songs, including the single “Barbarella” which comes with an elegant video featuring Swiss actress Aomi Mayock. Born in San Diego, California, Rush grew up […]
The Sound of Being Alone, Happily
Adriano Koch has not chosen the title of his new album, “Lone”, in vain. In order to record this, his second LP, the 20 year-old keyboard experimenter turned his body clock totally upside down. Setting the alarm clock at 9pm, he then locked himself in the studio for the next twelve hours, cutting himself off from […]
m4music laid low by Coronavirus
We were really looking forward to seeing you all at the tasty special events Swiss Music Export had lined up for the m4music conference/festival in Zurich. In fact, the invitations were written and ready to be sent off. Alas, the coronavirus has scuppered our plans at the last minute. Whilst the organisers of m4music are […]
