Melissa Kassab getting up to speed
“Trucker Speed” is the title of a new single from Melissa Kassab. It is taken from her new, second album “Rodeo”, released a few days later worldwide, digitally, and on cassette by Cheptel Records. The Geneva-based but much-travelled singer/songwriter doesn’t do things slowly or complicatedly. Her marvellous debut album “Dog” was recorded in two days […]
Voice of Ruin even more ruined
29 September 2019 saw the release of “Acheron”, the third full-length album from death metal quintet Voice of Ruin (Tenacity Music/Plastic Head Distribution). Formed in 2009 by singer Randy Schaller, the band waited a full five years before they felt mature enough to record their debut. Since then they have supported a long list of metal […]
Veronica Fusaro kissed by the sun
With her third EP, “Sunkissed”, released by Deepdive Records on 4 October 2019, Veronica Fusaro serves up another fine selection of sophisticated, soul-infused pop songs. The five tracks are all self-penned. One, “Lie to Me”, was recorded with producer Jamie Ellis. For the rest, Fusaro installed herself in the London studio of veteran producer Paul […]
Jessiquoi triggers second glitch
It was only last June that we reported the release of Jessiquoi’s vibrant first album, “Glitch Trigger (Chapter 1)”. Now, the queen of out-there super-catchy electronica follows this up with part 2. Entitled “Glitch Trigger Chapter 2”, the album is released on 11 October 2019 by Jessiquoi herself in partnership with distributor Kontor New Media. […]
Diamonds are forever
There can’t be a spookier and more mysterious track out there just now then “Diamonds” by Yao Bobby and Simon Grab featuring Dhangsha aka Dr. Das, co-founder of Asian Dub Foundation! Embedded in a minimalist layer of dark boom beats, the Togolese rapper and political activist Yao Bobby tells a similarly minimalist and hypnotic story in […]
Enlightenment through music
MUAR is apparently the Hebrew word for enlightenment. It is also the title of the debut album from the Israeli/Swiss duo Dorj & Melodiesinfonie, released on 24 September 2019 via Radicalis Music. Dorj and Melodiesinfonie met three years ago in a Zurich venue. Dorj was bowled over by Melodiesinfonie’s DJ set, the best he’d ever witnessed, he says. The two […]
Black Sea Dahu – No Fire in the Sand
“No Fire in the Sand”, the follow EP to Black Sea Dahu’s critically acclaimed debut full-length “White Creatures”, was released on 27 September 2019 by Mouthwatering Records. Like its predecessor, “No Fire in the Sand” was recorded in the same remote studio located in gorgeous Giske, Norway. Musically, it’s still rooted in that raw, impassioned […]
Stevans spreading their wings
“Imagine what would happen if you left Michael Jackson, Daft Punk and Coldplay in the same room?” asks Stevans’s website – and swiftly proceeds to give us its own answer: “… that could begin to describe the original sound of STEVANS”, of course. The band is essentially a duo consisting of Yann Franel and Yann […]
Swiss Music Export at MaMA Paris – 16 – 18 October 2019 – Paris, France
120 concerts, 10 venues, countless conference events, three nights of party and the greatest sounds of tomorrow in the company of almost 6000 business professionals – plus, the whole of Paris to enjoy: what’s not to like! This year marks the tenth anniversary of the MaMA Festival & Convention in Paris. It is bound to […]
One Sentence. Supervisor – third album. Super cool
Any new music from Donat Kaufmann’s band of post-psychedelic groove magicians is an event. A new album doubly so. Following on from their breakthrough LP “Temporär Musik 1 – 13” – winner of the “IndieSuisse album of the year award 2016” –, One Sentence. Supervisor release their third album, “Acedia”, on 13 September via Irascible […]
