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 […]
Special release Day for Seven’s special Album
“4COLORS” is the tenth album from Switzerland’s undisputed king of funk, Seven. Clearly, the man has a close affinity to the number 7, witness the album’s release day: 7 – 7 – 2017. Seven’s tenth album is a milestone in more than one ways. Never before has the multi-talented, not to mention dedicated, singer and […]
Faber’s debut Album is unleashed
He has released no more than a couple of EPs so far and is still only in his early twenties, but Faber’s debut is one of the most hotly anticipated albums in Germany this year. Entitled “Sei ein Faber im Wind” and released by Universal Music Domestic Vertigo/Capitol, it will at last see the light […]
Kadebostany deliver the next Chapter
Much-travelled techno-pop outfit Kadebostany are set to release a new EP, “MONUMENTAL – Chapter 1”. This is to be followed by another EP later in the year, and then, at last, their long-anticipated second album. “Chapter 1” is presented as a kind of new beginning, featuring three female guest vocalists, Kristina, Rhita Nattah, and Sissi […]
Pegasus are back
9 June 2017 saw the release of “Beautiful Life”, the fifth album from one of Switzerland’s most successful pop band, Pegasus. Like the preceding two, it reached the Swiss top 5. Newly signed to Columbia Germany, the band recorded their new songs in Berlin and London. Following the departure of founding member and guitarist Simon […]
