Samael rock the “Hegemony”
Celebrating thirty years of metal so black it couldn’t be any blacker, Sion-based Samael release their 12th album “Hegemony” on 16 October. Produced by Waldemar Sorychta, the album was mixed in Sweden by Stefan Glaumann. It is the first to be released under a new worldwide deal for Samael with Napalm Records. Upcoming Samael shows […]
Rolling with Da Cruz
“This music is wet and heavy, dark and sparkling, sensual and gloomy” wrote the venerable French magazine Les Inrocks about Da Cruz. The description gets it pretty much spot on. Released by Boom Jah Records/Broken Silence on 6 October (most of the world) and on 1 December (Brasil) “Eco do Futuro” is the fourth album […]
Swiss Music Export goes to MaMA 18 – 20 October 2017, Pigalle & Montmartre, Paris, France
Swiss Music Export wants a rendez-vous with you in Paris! It is said that Paris in the autumn is one of the most romantic places on earth. Be that as it may – it is certainly one of the musically most exciting! The autumnal MaMA Festival & Conference is one of the most glamorous events in […]
Swiss Music Export at Waves Vienna 28 – 30 September 2017, Vienna, Austria
All of us at Swiss Music Export love the Waves Festival and Conference! Not only is Vienna a fabulous city with its café culture and elegantly old-fashioned vibe. It also offers a geographically perfect platform for musicians and business professionals alike where East meets West to compare visions and find new friends. Needless to say, […]
Swiss Music Export at the Reeperbahn Festival 20 – 23 September 2017, Hamburg
Autumn time is Reeperbahn Festival time for anyone who really cares about what’s happening at the cutting edge of music in Europe. Needless to say, Swiss Music Export will make its presence felt in Hamburg as loudly as ever with a variety of showcase performances and networking events. Always musically exciting, the Reeperbahn Festival is […]
We Invented Paris re-invent themselves
We Invented Paris, the Basel-based musicians’ collective formed around vocalist and songwriter Flavian Graber, have been quiet for some time. Two singles, “Looking Back” and “Kaleidoscope”, suggested that things were moving once again. Now comes the real proof, a full album entitled “Catastrophe”. Turns out the band haven’t been sitting around idly all this time. […]
New album from Eluveitie
“Evocation II – Pantheon” is the mysterious title of the latest album from Death/Mediaeval/Folk-Metal pioneers Eluveitie, their seventh. As for the first volume of “Evocation” which reached the Swiss top 20 in 2009, the band here appears in an all-acoustic nine-piece line-up, including hurdy-gurdy, Celtic harp, mandola, bagpipes and an assortment of flutes. “Evocation II” […]
The Weyers are out of their heads
The Weyers, aka the brothers Adi and Luke Weyermann, are veterans of the Zurich music scene. Both have been in a number of bands which have achieved far more than just local popularity over the years. One or two – Crank especially – have long since acquired legendary status. Only a couple of years ago, […]
Fai Baba’s never-ending tour of Europe
To celebrate his new album, Fai Baba and his band will embark on a very impressing tour. Starting on 16 September in Budapest, Hungary, the trek will take in more than 50 dates in Austria, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Monaco, Switzerland, the UK, Netherlands, Iceland, Spain and Portugal before ending on 16 December in Sannois, France […]
Yokko on tour in Japan
Following on from the success of their second album “To the Fighters. To the Boxers” which reached number 2 in the Swiss charts, Yokko have barely had a day off. Touring Europe with the likes of Nada Surf and The Temper Trap, the five-piece have become a well-honed live unit, capable of holding the attention […]
