Coilguns spring sophomore album
Coilguns are labelling their style “D-Beat/Grind/Black- Metal Tech ’n‘ roll without double foot machine”, they most certainly do know how to make a dark and intense racket. The band was formed in 2011 in La Chaux-de- Fonds by Louis Jucker (vox, noises, guitar), Jona Nido (guitar) and Luc Hess (drums) with the sole purpose of […]
Crimer breaks into the charts and hits the Great Escape
From nowhere, Crimer was all over the Swiss media last year thanks to an irresistibly catchy dollop of synth-pop entitled ”Brotherlove”. So far, the tune has notched up nearly 240’000 youtube clicks. An EP, “Preach”, confirmed the first impressions: here was a sumptuously talented new voice with a thoroughly contemporary take on 1980s synth-pop and […]
Peter Kernel measure “The Size of the Night”
It is a real thrill for all of us at Swiss Music Export to be able to announce a new album from Peter Kernel. They are without a doubt one of the most innovative and intriguing bands Switzerland has produced in the past decade. “The Size of the Night” is their fifth album (not counting […]
Rootwords raps out a warning
23 March sees the release of “Warning Signs”, the second album from Geneva-based rapper Rootwords, via Kinyama Records. Produced by Yvan Peacemaker (Stress, Soprano, Bligg, Nicole Bernegger etc.) it features beats constructed by Rootwords’s regular collaborators, the Block Notes, plus guest appearances by J-Fever, the Chinese freestyle champions, and Robin Thirdfloor, a rapper from South […]
Bahur Ghazi’s Palmyra serve up stunning debut
Bahur Ghazi is a renowned composer and oud-player from Syria. He was taught by the oud-maestro Naseer Shamma in Iraq, and he has taught himself at the Bait al Oud al Arabi school in Cairo. Driven by the sad recent events in that part of the world, he has found a refuge in Switzerland. The […]
Tompaul drop new EP
Tompaul are a trio from Baden near Zurich. They set off as a rather conventional singer/songwriter outfit but have since mutated into a groovy and innovative electronica band. Combining insistent dance beats with a subtle approach to melody and the laid-back singing style of Tom Fischer, they add further detail with the addition of live […]
Kadebostany return with new album
The brain-child of producer and composer Guillaume de Kadebostany (possibly not the man’s real name, either), Kadebostany toured the world for several years as ambassadors of a musical fantasy land composed in equal parts of a love of electronic dance beats, melodies from all across the Balkans, and mock-uniforms in a post-Stg.Pepper style. This incarnation […]
New album from Pablo Nouvelle
March 16 sees the release of Pablo Nouvelle’s third album, “Wired”, on the Dutch electronica/dance label Armada Music. Nouvelle is also a film-maker who made it on to the Oscars longlist in 2017 with his short “In a Nutshell”. It is no surprise, therefore, that his particular brand of post-trip-hop feels very visual in style […]
Swiss Music Export @ m4music 22 – 24 March 2018 Schiffbau Zurich
Welcome to our yearly “home game”! m4music is without a doubt Switzerland’s most important get-together for music business professionals and music fans alike. As ever, we at Swiss Music Export will do everything in our power to make it a very special occasion indeed. This year’s event is launched on Thursday 22 March in Lausanne […]
Duck Duck Grey Duck go double wild
Hey, hey, it’s the Duckees! A new album by Geneva-based madcaps Duck Duck Grey Duck, “Traffic Jam”, was released on 2 February. The band are celebrating the event with a tour of Switzerland as well as two live appearances on French radio, FIP Radio Concert, Paris (19 February) and Radio France Inter (22 February). The […]
