Hyperculte are massively occidental
Geneva-based Hyperculte are double-bassist Vincent Bertholet (also the pilot of the beautifully anarchic “big band” Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp) and drummer/guitarist/singer Simone Aubert (also with Tout Bleu and Massicot). Three years after their stunning debut follows their next strike, an equally gripping second album entitled “Massif Occidental”. Hyperculte make brilliant records. They also offer […]
Vsitor Keep on Running
No, it’s not the old Spencer Davis hit, sung by Stevie Winwood. It’s the debut album by Vsitor (sic), the partly Berlin-based trio of David Koch (guit, vox, keyb, bass), Lea Maria Fries (vox, synth bass), and Valentin Liechti (percussion, vox). Calling their style “Avant Pop/Slow Core/Electronica/No Wave”, they promise an “11 song meditation on […]
Sandor goes international
Sandor is a female singer/songwriter from Lausanne whose synth-pop is melodically rooted in the French chanson tradition as well as contemporary artists like Etienne Daho. Sandor develops a very personal musical universe, sweet and sour at the same time, inspired by the synthetic pop of the 80’s. With her strong and solemn voice, she presents a […]
Heavy, heavier, Xaon
Dark metal combo Xaon caused quite a stir globally with their debut album, “The Drift”. Their second long player “Solipsis”, released worldwide on 12 April on the Danish specialist dark metal label Mighty Music, further ups the ante. Having toured alongside the likes of Sirenia and TYR in Europe, Obscura and Archspire in Japan, and […]
The Vogel flies
A harpist by trade, singer/songwriter Linda Vogel wrote the songs of her album “Maps to Others” in a place called Finistère – “the end of the world” – on the shores of the Atlantic. Aided by drummer and composer, Vincent Glanzmann, Linda Vogel, with her harp and her voice, creates an eerie and yet muscular music with […]
Holm go through windows
Holm are a sort of Zurich super-group, consisting of Alessandro Giannelli (drums, Egopusher), Dimitri Käch (guitar, film composer, various bands), and James Varghese (bass, Diskret, Ex-Odd Beholder). Their first album, “Through Windows”, was released on 26 April on Quiet Love Records (Switzerland) and Salvation Records (UK) – where it has already been picked up and […]
Ikarus flying high
“Mosaismic”, the new, third album by the young Zurich-based quintet Ikarus, was released on 5 April via Ronin Rhythm Records. The house label of zen-funk pianist Nik Bärtsch and related acts is a guarantee for intriguing, complex and often mesmerising music. Ikarus are no different. What makes them so fascinating is their use of the […]
SME at Printemps de Bourges – 16 – 21 April 2019
There can’t be many more picturesque places to celebrate spring than Printemps de Bourges, the ace festival in the middle of France designed to support all forms of Francophone music. Swiss Music Export has enjoyed Bourges’s legendary hospitality for fifteen years now. Of course, we’re back for the latest edition. AND we’re super pleased to […]
Camilla Sparksss discovers her brutal side
Camilla Sparksss aka Barbara Lehnhoff has never been a cuddly sort of artist. Combining punky vocals with minimalist electro rhythms and melodies, her short, sharp bursts of high-octane songs were designed from the off to rattle the cages. Now, five years after her sublimely noisy debut and countless ever more riveting live shows, comes her […]
Vendredi Sur Mer feeling emotional
Vendredi Sur Mer is the nom de plume of 22 year old Charline Mignot, and “Premiers Émois” – “first emotions” – the title of her debut album. The album is released by the French label Profil de Face on 22 March and licenced to Sony ATV. Straddling the worlds of photography, fashion and music, Franco-Swiss Genevan […]
