One Sentence. Supervisor take on the world and beyond
The news hit One Sentence. Supervisor shortly before their two mind-twistingly intense and much commented-on performances at the Reeperbahn Festival: they were to go on a ten-date tour of Europe, supporting the hugely popular UK trip hop band Archive. What makes this prospect doubly satisfying is the fact that, far from buying themselves on this […]
Swiss Music Export stops off at The Rencontres Transmusicales de Rennes 6 – 10 December 2017
Ah, Les Transmusicales! If it’s autumn, and it’s music, it’s got to be the richly picturesque and historic city of Rennes in the West of France. Once again, Swiss Music Export in collaboration with Presence Switzerland will endeavour to make a big musical splash at this fabulous multi-venue event, the last and certainly the most […]
Discover the (Swiss) future at Bars en Trans, 7 – 9 December 2017, Rennes France
The „big“ Transmusicales is not the only festival taking place in Rennes during this early December week. There is also the „Bars en Trans„. A much more intimate affair, this „off-Transmusicales“ series of events is transforming a number of city centre bars into music venues ideally suited to create an audience for up-and-coming voices who […]
Swiss Music Export at Swiss Live Talents Music Award 17. & 18. November 2017 Bern
Now in its third edition, the bi-annual Swiss Live Talents Music Marathon – aka MUMA – is a platform designed to showcase Swiss live acts to music fans and professional from home and abroad. Any musician over the age of 18 and living in Switzerland can apply to perform at the two-day event. At the […]
Grandbrothers out in the “Open”
Cityslang-signed piano duo Grandbrothers celebrate the release of their second album “Open” with an extensive tour of Europe. Beginning in early November and lasting well into December, the tour takes in Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Italy, France, UK, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria and Ireland. On some of these dates they will be supporting the like-minded Bonobo. Düsseldorf-based […]
Steiner & Madlaina sign to Glitterhouse
17 November sees the release of a new EP, “Speak”, by the Zurich-based band Steiner & Madlaina fronted by singer and guitarist Nora Steiner and pianist/singer/guitarist Madlaina Pollina. Singing in German as well as English, the two women are accompanied by Max Kämmerling on guitar, mandolin and percussion, and bassist and drummer Alex Sprave. Together, […]
Egopusher see Blood Red
It shouldn’t work – but it does, brilliantly! Tobias Preisig (violin/bass synth) and Alessandro Giannelli (drums, snyth) became firm friends when they were both members of Dieter Meier’s band Out of Chaos. Having plenty of time on their hands whilst touring with the Yello man, they began to pour their creative impulses into an unlikely […]
Carrousel keep on turning
Carrousel – aka Sophie Burande and Léonard Gogniat from canton Jura – release their fourth album, “Filigrane”, on 29 September. Recorded with a first-rate group of guest musicians at ICP Studios in Brussels, the duo – both originally accordionists – have not lost the knack for subtle and yet catchy songs that live and breathe […]
Neutral Zone go Hogofogo
Neutral Zone release their fourth album “Hogofogo” on 3 November via Salvation Records/ Cargo Records (UK/Europe) and DALA Produkte/Irascible Music (Switzerland). The quartet is led by the Winterthur-based producer and multi-instrumentalist David Langhard. Clearly inspired by the likes of Kraftwerk, Neu and Giorgio Moroder, the band create a bouncy kind of analogue-synth-pop full of zesty […]
Rocky Wood present new mini-album
The five members of Rocky Wood may be spread across half of Europe, from Berlin to Lugano and Bologna. In their music, however, they are well and truly in one place only – their own. Formed in Lugano in the Italian part of Switzerland, Rocky Wood are part of Peter Kernel’s On the Camper set-up. […]
