Switzerland is Partner Country at jazzahead! Festival, Bremen – 21 – 24 April 2016
Now in its tenth year, jazzahead!, the yearly showcase festival, exhibition and trade fair, has swiftly become the most important date in the calendar of the European jazz world. And this year, Switzerland is the festival’s partner country. Pro Helvetia, Fondation Suisa and Schweizer Musik Syndikat have seized this fantastic opportunity to compile an exciting […]
Kadebostany at Remmi Demmi Festival, 23 April 2016, Glashaus, Berlin
Remmi Demmi is a new festival in Berlin. Taking place on one night on two stages at the Glashaus venue, it aims to create a platform for young acts from Berlin to appear live alongside more established bands from Berlin as well as abroad. Fresh from their appearance at m4music and a concert in Paris […]
Swiss Music Export @ Voix de Fête 16 – 20 March 2016, Geneva
Swiss Music Export will once again be present at the Voix de Fête festival, taking place for the 18th time from Tuesday 16 March 2016 to Sunday 20 March 2016 in Geneva. The festival plays host to artists predominantly from the French speaking areas of Europe. It is, above all, an opportunity for Swiss artists […]
Cutting edge electronica at Electron Festival Geneva, 24 – 27 March 2016
Now in its 13th year, the Electron Festival in Geneva is a celebration of everything that is possible in the vast white spaces that still cover the map of the independent electronica world. Incorporating all kinds of beautiful experimental weirdness, this year’s edition is bigger than ever and, perhaps, stranger than ever. One of the […]
Swiss Artists @ Les Trois Baudets, Paris: Jérémie Kisling and Régis – 15 March / Jonas – 30 March
The French Swiss rapper/chansonier Jonas will bring his new programme, „Oxymore“, to the legendary Paris venue Les Trois Baudets on 30 March. Jonas is a storyteller first and foremost. Whilst his ryhmes do rhyme, and his delivery is definitely closer to the conventions of rap than to singing, the stories he tells are firmly rooted […]
Nik Bärtsch’s Mobile celebrate album release with concert at the Berghain, Berlin
After three studio albums and a live double album on ECM Records, Nik Bärtsch’s electric Zen-funk outfit Ronin needs no introduction. Less well known are Mobile, Bärtsch’s all-acoustic group. Actually, the formation of Mobile predates that of Ronin. Founded in 1997, Mobile is effectively the wellspring of Bärtsch’s ritualistic approach to music making, nourished by […]
Bad Bonn launches 25th anniversary song book at Rough Trade East, London
Bad Bonn and Patrick Frey Verlag are celebrating the publication of their very special new book, “The Bad Bonn Song Book”, with two events in London. Thursday, 10 March Rough Trade East shop (off Brick Lane) in London 19:00-19:45 – Can a Live Music Venue Change a Small Town? (Panel Discussion) 20:00-20:30 – Richard Dawson […]
Verena von Horsten album released in Germany and beyond
Verena von Horsten’s „Alien Angel Super Death“ was without any doubt one of the most striking albums released in Switzerland last year. Thanks to a deal with German label Broken Silence, it was officially released in Germany on 26 February. Via Broken Silence’s distribution network it is now also available worldwide. Using an idiosyncratic mixture […]
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp on the cover of fRoots magazine
British fRoots magazine (“Local music from out there”) has long championed the Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp on their album and live review pages. Now they’ve gone one better: The sextet from Geneva are featured on the cover of fRoots’ March issue. Inside, four pages are devoted to the band that grew out of Geneva’s […]
Swiss artists at the Festival „Les Femmes s’en mêlent“
“Feminine” rather than “militant feminist” (although the former by no means excludes the latter) – that is the keyword of the Festival „Les Femmes s’en mêlent“ taking place in Paris and several other French towns. Now in its 19th edition, the festival showcases artists from the whole spectrum of independent music making in order to […]
