Swiss Music Export celebrates with the Reeperbahn Festival 23 – 26 September 2015, various venues, Hamburg
Hamburg is a special place, and the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg holds a special place in the heart of Swiss Music Export. It is with great pleasure, therefore, and even greater enthusiasm that SME will be joining in with the Reeperbahn Festival’s tenth anniversary celebrations this year. Swiss Contact Lounge @ Sommersalon at Klubhaus St. […]
BOY are back in town!
BOY – the duo of Valeska Steiner and Sonja Glass – have crashed into the official German charts at number three with their long-awaited second album, “We Were Here”! Their hook-laden debut album “Mutual Friends”, even though it had stayed in the German top 100 for a remarkable thirty-odd weeks, only ever made it to […]
La Gale releases new album
After three years of incessant touring across Europe and performing everywhere, from punky squats to major festivals, Lausanne-based rapper and actress La Gale is at last ready to release her second album. “Salem City Rockers” was produced by French beatmasters I.N.C.H. and Al’Tarba. Released by local label Vitesse Records on 2 October, it is distributed […]
Showcase festivals – cheaper and better with Swiss Music Export
Swiss Music Export is represented at most of the major showcase/conference festivals in Europe. If you are Swiss, or you live in Switzerland, you may qualify for a discount on your festival ticket or attend a number of invitation-only events. At some of the festivals, Swiss Music Export regularly organizes Business Mixer events which offer […]
Exclusive interviews with Swiss Artists @ Paléo Festival 2015
Every Day, Listen Swiss Artists‘ Interviews Playing at Paléo Festival: With Flex Fab, Klaus Johann Grobe, Larytta, Fabian Tharin, Rootwords and Yellow Teeth!21 July 2015: FLEX FAB Website FlexFab ***** 22 July 2015: KLAUS JOHANN GROBE Website Klaus Johann Grobe ***** 22 July 2015: LARYTTA Website Larytta ***** 22 July 2015: FABIAN THARIN Website Fabian […]
Klaus Johann Grobe @ c/o Pop Cologne 19 – 23 August 2015
Cologne’s very own festival of musical discovery, c/o Pop, is getting bigger and bigger. Events of this year’s 12th edition are spread across no fewer than 30 locations. One Swiss act has so far been confirmed: it is the ridiculously in-demand Klaus Johann Grobe; they will be sharing a bill with Pollyester at Yuca on […]
Sophie Hunger @ Pop-Kultur Berlin 26 – 28 August
“Pop-Kultur Berlin” is a new festival, taking place for the first time this year. Six venues are taking part, all of which are located within the grounds of Berghain, the former GDR power station. The organisers are promising a mouth-watering selection of events, promising “interdisciplinary exchange, including contemporary scientific discourse on music, society, and urban […]
The best of Swiss music with Swiss Music Export at the Paléo Festival 20 – 26 July 2015, Nyon, Switzerland
Founded as a folk festival in 1976, the Paléo has long since developed into one of the musically most diverse as well as most popular festivals in Europe. For six days, an audience of approximately 230’000 music fans will be served a hugely adventurous and international selection of artists spread across six stages. A large […]
Seven shares a stage with the Fantastischen Vier and Lionel Richie
After reaching new chart heights with his latest album “BackFunkLoveSoul” and a rapturously received sell-out show at the Zurich Volkshaus (broadcast live by national radio SRF), Switzerland’s prime funkateer Seven, aka Jan Dettwyler, continues to go from strength to strength. Having already supported the legendary German rap crew Die Fantastischen Vier in front of an […]
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp ready to rock WOMAD
A great sense of anticipation precedes the fabulously raucous Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp’s appearance at this year’s WOMAD UK world music festival at Charlton Park near Malmesbury in Wiltshire on July 24 – 26. The six-piece from Geneva is top of the list in the UK’s Froots magazine’s festival recommendations. “Theirs is a self-professed […]
