Gaspar Narby’s transatlantically broken heart
Electronic singer/songwriter Gaspar Narby celebrates the release of a new EP, “Transatlantic”, and a new single, “Sirenes” via the Basel and Hamburg based Radicalis label. Both, EP and single, came out on 5 June 2020. “Transatlantic” offers an atmospheric slice of trippy electro pop, with lyrics about the end of a long distance relationships, and […]
Aftermath with Atlas Clouds
There is an early Rolling Stones album called “Aftermath” – and this “Aftermath” sounds nothing like it! Atlas Clouds’ follow up to their debut LP “Close My Eyes” from 2018, an EP, was released on 12 June 2020 by Waterfall of Colours Records. Atlas Clouds is the solo project of singer/songwriter Christoph Meier who also […]
Brand New Ruins
29 May 2020 saw the release of “Creature”, the third album from Zurich-based guitar band The Ruins on Ambulance Recordings. The fierce name is somewhat misleading. The Ruins are neither an ear-splittingly loud heavy metal combo nor an avant-garde outfit intent on deconstructing music as we know it. Formed in 2007 as an acoustic folk […]
Stay Up to Date on Swiss music and Enjoy Yourself!
Last month we provided you with a list of links to Swiss activities, campaigns and projects launched this extraordinary spring to keep you entertained and informed during the lockdown (and after!). Here’s an update – this time with links to Swiss labels, agencies, collectives, promoters – all this to make it easier for you not […]
Swiss Music in an Extraordinary Situation
As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, musicians everywhere are confronted with an extraordinary situation. This is no different for the extensive Swiss artist community. Here’s a selection of activities, campaigns and projects launched to alleviate the multiple-hardships of no more gigs, no more audiences, no more merch tables, and no more social life. swissmusic.ch […]
L’Eclair Keep on Grooving
A heady mixture of Joe Meek, Fela Kuti and the whole of Jamaican dub history, with a hint of Bert Kaempfert and the Shadows thrown in, Geneva-based six-piece L’Eclair likes “to have it the groovy way”, as their press release puts it. Their jazz-inflected instrumentals might possibly raise the suspicion they were flirting with cheesy […]
Kety Fusco Rises from a Daze
Even with people like Joanna Newsome and Andreas Vollenweider around, the harp has long remained an underappreciated instrument in the pages of the SME newsletter. No longer! From the Italian part of Switzerland, the Ticino, comes Kety Fusco, a classically trained virtuoso who has played with various well-known orchestras in Switzerland and Italy. No longer […]
Hathors Smelling Mostly of Roses
“Grief, Roses & Gasoline”, the fourth album from Hathors, was released on 22 May via Noisolution. Some rock bands carry the burden of the world on their shoulders. Others just want to party. Hathors used to be firmly parked in the former camp. No longer! Hathors have made a discovery: Life isn’t life if there […]
KT Gorique Digs Future Roots
“Future Roots” is what rapper KT Gorique calls her musical style – a fusion of everything she has picked up in her life so far, “good or bad”, and which will bring forth whatever the future holds. The first fruit of her new-found confidence is her debut album “Akwaba” (it means “welcome” in her native […]
Cruising the Night with Pierre Omer
The slower the cooking, the hotter the music. The proof: “Time Flies”, the joyously dark debut album from Pierre Omer & the Nightcruisers, released on 8 May via Radiogram/Beast Records, distributed by Irascible. Once a member of the utterly undead Dead Brothers, Pierre Omer, has done many different things in his time, most of them […]
