Pyrit takes “Control”
Pyrit is the name Thomas Kuratli has given to his on-going “cosmic desert music” adventure. Swiss artist Pyrit is now residing in Paris, plays guitar and cymbals with an occasional dash of electronica. “Control” is his second album. It was released on Paris-based Bookmaker Records on 6 April. Distribution is via Modulor Music (France), Irascible […]
Panda Lux visit the “Zoo”
Panda Lux from the East of Switzerland follow up their acclaimed debut album “Versailles” with a new EP, “Zoo”. Released on 30 March, the five-track mini-album finds the band in reflective mood. Panda Lux formed when all four of them were still teenage schoolboys. In the ten years since, they have undergone various stylistic mutations, […]
Sunny vibes from Wintershome
“Around You I Found You”, that is the pleasingly circular-sounding title of the debut album of Wintershome, a six-piece hailing from the famous winter resort Zermatt in the shadow of the Matterhorn at the heart of Switzerland. It is released on 6 April in Switzerland via Irascible and on 27 April in Germany via Rough Trade. […]
Annakin explores “The End of Eternity”
27 April sees the release of Annakin’s new album, “The End of Eternity”. It will be available physically in Switzerland via Akin Records/Phonag, and worldwide, digitally. The album was once again produced by Dimitri Tikovoi (The Horrors, Charli XCX, Marianne Faithful, etc.) in his London studio. After the dramatic wide-screen sound of her last album, […]
Magic minimalism with Sonar and David Torn
Few Swiss bands have travelled more widely and to more critical acclaim in the last couple of years than Sonar, Zurich-based purveyors of intense, minimalist guitar grooves. The band is led by Stephan Thelen – an early participant of one of Robert Fripp’s guitar workshops – and fellow guitarist Bernhard Wagner who for several years […]
Swiss Music Export special guest at Printemps de Bourges! 24 – 29 April 2018, Bourges France
This year, Switzerland is a special guest at the bijou Printemps de Bourges festival in the heart of France! On Friday, 27 April, SME will present three acts on the Swiss Stage on the Grande Scène Séraucourt. Xtrm Tour – 18:45 Orchestre Tout Puissant Marchel Duchamp XXL – 20:00 Kadebostany – 21:15 Already official is the appearance of Flèche […]
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 […]
