Femi Luna washing her pain away
A good three years after her debut album, singer/songwriter Femi Luna (aka Euphemia Fokkens) releases her stunning follow-up, “Wash My Pain Away”. The twelve-song collection was recorded with Canadian producer/composer Michael Dubue and percussionist Adam Bradley Schreiber at Cimetière Studio in rural Québec. As if the atmosphere in this church/studio wasn’t evocative enough, the three-week […]
Magic & Naked & grown up
Genevan chamber psychedelicists Magic & Naked deliver a compelling fourth album via Robin Girod’s Cheptel Records. Officially, the band that started as a school project now consists of Romain Deshusses (guitar, vocals), Elie Ghersinu (bass, vocals), Léonard Persoz (guitar), and Augustin Von Arx, drums. No mention is made of the battery of effect pedals and […]
The Great Escape – let SME show you the way!
The whole town one big, bright and brash song and dance – that is Brighton during the Great Escape weekend. An archetypal English seaside town for two centuries, not even the odd rain shower can ruin the terrific vibe of ramshackle architecture, freshly baked mini donuts on the pier, and second-hand record emporia stuffed with […]
BombayMami bringing peace
Already causing quite a stir in India, BombayMami’s debut album “Peaceful Attitude” is out now on MNRK Records. “A searing hotpot of soulful grooves, introspective lyrics, catchy beats, classical instrumentation and Bollywood throwbacks”, Indian Rolling Stone informs us in a major story in their latest edition, “Peaceful Attitude plays out like a slow-burning meditation on […]
A Pass and Kaboo creating miracles
Out now via Home Crowd Recordings comes the hotly anticipated first album from Ugandan singer, A Pass, and Swiss producer Kaboo. A Pass, aka Alexander Bagonza, is one of the most popular Ugandan singers of recent years. Working with a number of reggae producers in the early 2010s, he subsequently broadened his musical horizons to […]
Aino Salto gorgeously exploring fantasies of endings and renewals
Entitled “Feeding the Fantasy”, the multi-facetted composer/singer/drummer Aino Salto aka Sonia Loenne releases her second EP in the space of two months, thus creating a kind of double-sided-Mini-LP. “Feeding the Fantasy” is available now via Irascible. These are the members of the band: Sonia Loenne (vocals), Luzius Schuler (keys), Paul Butscher (flugelhorn), Tabea Kind (double […]
Gigi Malua peering deep into the mind
Out now is “Malua”, a new 5-track EP belatedly celebrating Gigi Malua’s name change – or rather: extension – from Gigi to Gigi Malua. The change was necessary, she felt, in order not to be confused any longer with the countless Gigis that apparently populate trash television. Signed to Universal Music, 25-year-old Gigi Malua began […]
Chien Bleu feels like a dog
Following on from three much acclaimed full-length albums, Genevan rapper Chien Bleu releases a six-track EP entitled “DOG”. Also available now via YouTube is a similarly-titled short documentary. Shot in stylish monochrome, it documents Chien Bleu’s outlook, concerns and inspirations, including tattoos and boxing. In his French-language raps, too, Chien Bleu sticks to gritty and […]
SME at c/o Pop Cologne
15 – 19 April 2026Cologne, Germany Only four (ecologically sound) hours by train from Zurich, Cologne is regularly attended by many music business people from Switzerland, all keen to extend their list of European contacts, exchange ideas and discover exciting new acts. Needless to say that Swiss Music Export once again will be present and […]
Linda Elys flows with the river
Out now via Phonag Records is the hotly anticipated new EP from singer/songwriter Linda Elys. Her second, it is entitled “Backyard by the River” and contains five new and deeply personal songs, all in the folk-flavoured, easy-on-the-year pop style that has made the 24-year-old a firm radio, television and stage favourite in Switzerland. Born and […]
