Velvet Two Stripes are back!
The Diggelmann sisters and Franca Mock – plus, live, on drums, Carlo Caduff – better known as Velvet Two Stripes are back. Having been somewhat quiet of late, the trio signed, like Zoot Woman, Oum Shatt, The Blood Arm and The Sounds, to the Berlin-based Snowhite label will be appearing live at the Snowhite Records birthday […]
Debut album from Bleu Roi
„Of Inner Cities“ is the intriguing title of Bleu Roi’s debut album, released in the GSA countries by Radicalis (Believe Digital/Soulfood Music) on 11 November 2016. Bleu Roi are a dreampoppy, trip-hoppy quartet – usually clad in all blue – formed around the singer and songwriter Jennifer Jans. The songs were mostly written during Jans’s extended […]
Rykka explores „Beatitudes“
4 November is the release date of Rykka’s second album since her conversion from guitar-strumming singer/songwriter Christina Maria to platinum blonde electro pop diva. Entitled „Beatitudes“, the album is released by Little Jig in Switzerland, Cordova Bay Records in Canada, and via individual deals in the Rest of the World. Part of the album was […]
New Ekat Bork album
In the land where Ekat Bork was born tigers, snow leopards and bears lived in the woods. Like most of Russia, the circus and theatre were embedded in the culture. She sang traditional songs of the Russian far east. She danced wildly. She studied at the university. She packed all she had, stole the money […]
Wolfman album release in Germany
Following on from their successful appearance at the recent Reeperbahn Festival, Wolfman’s second album “Modern Age” is released in Germany on 16 October 2016 via PopUp Records and Cargo Distribution. Wolfman are Katerina Stoykova (vox, keys) and Angelo Repetto (vocals, guitar). Theirs is a multifaceted and atmospheric style of electro pop with a strong rhythmic […]
Swiss Music Export at the Reeperbahn Festival 21 – 24 September 2016, Hamburg
The Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg is one of Swiss Music Export’s very favourite festivals – and we would like to share it with you! Setting the scene for an intense winter season of conferences and music business get-togethers, the Reeperbahn is the one we definitely would not want to miss. Always musically exciting, it is […]
Swiss Music Export at the Waves Festival 29 September – 1 October 2016
Swiss Music Export has been an admirer of the bijou Waves Vienna Festival from the very beginning. Of course, we will be there again this year, presenting a Swiss Business Mixer complete with a live music showcase. The Waves Festival – even without its Slovakian twin event in Bratislava – is still a geographically perfect platform for musicians […]
Are you ready for MaMA? SME @ MaMA, Paris 12 – 14 October 2016
Autumn time, MaMA time! The MaMA festival/conference is most definitely one of the more glamorous and thus eagerly anticipated events in the yearly music business calendar. Taking place in two of the most colourful areas of Paris, Montmartre and Pigalle, the event attracts music business professionals from 60 countries, representing major record labels as well […]
OY’s ‚Space Diaspora‘ album out in September
The duo of keyboarder/multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Joy Frempong and producer/percussionist Lleluja-Ha release their eagerly anticipated second album on the legendary Belgian label Crammed Discs on 23 September. OY are without a doubt one of the most original outfits to come out of Switzerland in the last few years. For their new album they composed a joyously danceable […]
New The Beauty of Gemina Album ‚Minor Sun‘
“Minor Sun” is the title of a new album by the dark rock outfit Beauty of Gemina, out on 2 September. The electronic dark wave group was formed in 2006 by the singer, songwriter and keyboarder Michael Sele. Inspired by the darkness of the mountains of Sele’s Eastern Swiss environment, Beauty of Gemina is one […]
