Crystal Ball and Shakra ready to rock Germany
Having recently toured with Krokus and The Poodles, the hard rocking and hardworking Crystal Ball are once again taking to the road, this time with another Swiss band, Shakra. The two crews will be touring Germany and Switzerland throughout the autumn. The quintet will be presenting songs from their new album, “Déja Voodoo”. Released on 2 […]
Are you ready for MaMA? SME @ MaMA Paris 12 – 14 October 2016
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Label Suisse Festival Lausanne, 16 – 18 September, various venues
Label Suisse is a free festival organised in corporation with Swiss Music Export, Fondation CMA and a number of other funding organisation with the aim to represent Swiss music in all its abundant stylistic and linguistic variety. Thanks to the involvement of Pro Helvetia, the festival is truly able to reflect all types of music, […]
Exclusive interviews with Swiss Artists @ Paléo Festival 2016
Every Day, Listen Swiss Artists‘ Interviews Playing at Paléo Festival: Antipods – July 19 – 5pm – Club Tent Anach Cuan – July 19 – 6.30pm – Dôme Feldermelder – July 19 – 10.15pm – Club Tent LiA – July 20 – 5pm – Club Tent Egopusher – July 20 – 7.15pm – Club Tent […]
Enjoy the Paléo Festival Nyon (Switzerland) with Swiss Music Export – 19 – 24 July 2016
We at Swiss Music Export and Fondation CMA count ourselves very lucky indeed to find one of the most diverse, colourful and inspirational festivals in Europe right on our door step! Founded as a folk festival in 1976, the Paléo Festival Nyon has long since developed into a six-day gourmet feast of great musical surprises. Set in the […]
Mimetic appears at MEG Montreal
The Geneva-based electronica pioneer Mimetic has been invited to perform at the MEG Montreal electronic music festival. He will be live on stage on Thursday, 21 July. On Sunday 24 July he will also perform at Montreal’s Piknic Elektronik. Much travelled Jérome Soudan aka Mimetic has been involved in atmospheric techno experiments for two decades. […]
Elijah album released on legendary Ariwa label
Elijah’s second album, „Eat Ripe Fruit“ was released in the GSA countries in April, with a special deluxe edition which included the dub version, „Dub Ripe Fruit“. Since then, the album has been picked up by the legendary London reggae producer Mad Professor who released in on his very own Ariwa label in June. To celebrate […]
Laskaar releases debut EP “Never Met You”
“Never Met You” is the title of Laskaar’s debut EP, released via PIAS Germany/Cntct on 10 June. The tracks on the EP document an intense relationship from its first orgasmic flush right through, and past, its melancholy end. “Laskaar is a soul singer committed to harnessing modern soundscapes to articulate the limitless complexities and the depth […]
Knackeboul on tour with Herbert Grönemeyer / Me + Marie guest at Grönemeyer show in Munich
Fresh from his memorable appearance at the opening ceremony of the longest tunnel in the world, the St. Gotthard, the rapper Knackeboul will embark on a tour of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, supporting one of the very biggest acts of the German-speaking rock world, Herbert Grönemeyer. Knackeboul has won many awards for his unique mixture […]
Klaus Johann Grobe release long-awaited second album
Two years and countless gigs and festival appearances after their remarkable debut album, Klaus Johann Grobe follow it up with an equally remarkable second. It carries the intriguing title “Spagat der Liebe”, or, in English: “The Splits of Love”. Once again, the synth/drums duo of Sevi Landolt and Dani Bachmann have concocted a dense mesh […]
