Pablo Nouvelle releases long-awaited new album
22 January sees the international release of Pablo Nouvelle’s eagerly anticipated second album, “All I Need”, by the highly respected Dutch record label Armada Music. The album is preceded on 9 January by the release of the single “I Will”, featuring Sam Wills. Whilst the much-praised (not least in the UK!) debut album contained a […]
Shakra with new album – reunited with Mark Fox
Formed in the late 1990s, Shakra are one of the most enduring and successful hard rock bands in Switzerland. Their latest album “High Noon”, released on 29 January by Universal in Switzerland and AFM Records internationally, completes the dozen. It follows on from “Powerplay” which brought the band their first chart topper in Switzerland in […]
Phall Fatale’s “Moonlit Bang Bang” released internationally
Having been released in Switzerland to great acclaim, Phall Fatale’s second album “Moonlit Bang Bang” is released internationally with the exception of the UK on 16 January by Qilin Records via Broken Silence. In the UK, the album comes out on Slowfoot Records via Kudos Distribution. Phall Fatale are a kind of super group consisting […]
Grand Pianoramax with brand new album
“Soundwave”, the fifth album of US/Swiss trio Grand Pianoramax will be released internationally on 29 January by the German Word and Sound label. Grand Pianoramax are an experimental trio blending jazz with a tinge of acid, with post-rock and rap/poetry. They consist of Leo Tardin (piano, keyboards), Black Cracker (vocals) and Dominik Burkhalter (drums). Geneva-born […]
Bastian Baker with new album and featured live spot at Eurosonic 2016
One of the most convincing and successful musical exports from Switzerland over the last few years has been the young singer/songwriter Bastian Baker from Lausanne. Still only 24 years old, Baker releases his third album „Facing Canyons“ in Switzerland on 6 November 2015 on Phonag Records. Bastian Baker was something of a shooting star when […]
Four strong Swiss acts at Rencontres Transmusicales de Rennes – 2 – 6 December
Switzerland will be represented by four bands at this year’s Rencontres Transmusicales in Rennes: the Chikitas, Klaus Johann Grobe, FlexFab and Grand Cannon. For 36 years, the picturesque Brittany town of Rennes has been the home of the Rencontres Transmusicales de Rennes, traditionally the last major festival of Europe in the year, and, equally traditionally, […]
Peter Kernel and ABU at Glimps, Ghent – 10 – 12 December 2015
First held in 2011, the Glimps Festival in the Belgian city of Ghent is one of the newest additions to the European conference/festival calendar. Over three days, around eighty acts will perform in eleven venues. The organisers are promising an eclectic mix of “Turkish jazz, Slovakian indie, or French electro”. Two Swiss bands are part […]
Die Aeronauten take off – for the eleventh time
They are without a doubt one of Switzerland’s most popular as well as oldest and wittiest bands: formed 24 years ago in the Northern Swiss town of Schaffhausen and not the tiniest bit jaded, Die Aeronauten are at present in the middle of a an extensive tour of Germany, Austria and Switzerland in support of […]
AÏsha Devi album ready (more or less)
Following on from her “Conscious Cunt EP”, released last spring, Swiss-Nepalese producer, studio experimenter and vocalist Aïsha Devi releases her debut album „Of Matter and Spirit“ via the Houndstooth, the label started by the legendary Fabric Club in London. The album is available worldwide now – a vinyl version, alas, has been delayed. Geneva-born Aïsha […]
Nicole Bernegger on tour with Simply Red
Nicole Bernegger has gone from strength to strength since winning the 2013 edition of the casting show „The Voice of Switzerland“, developing in the process from a fabulously engaging stage personality to a soul singer of great vocal power, control and presence. Her debut album „The Voice“ reached the top three of the Swiss charts. […]
