Swiss Music Export at Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg – 17- September 2014
As a long-standing partner of the Reeperbahn Festival, Swiss Music Export will once again make sure Swiss music will be strongly represented at this hugely popular event in Hamburg. The traditional Swiss Business Mixer will take place this year on Friday, 19 September 2014, 14:00 – 18:00. New, however, is the venue, Cowboy & Indianer. […]
Label Suisse Festival, Lausanne, 19 – 21 September
Label Suisse is a free festival taking place in various locations in Lausanne. It aims to represent Swiss music in all its abundant stylistic variety, ranging from rock, pop, folk and electro all the way to French chanson, classic music and choral singing. In collaboration with the Swiss Ministry of Culture, Pro Helvetia, Présence Suisse, […]
With Swiss Music Export to Showcase Festivals in Berlin, Hamburg, Paris & Vienna
It pays to keep in touch with Swiss Music Export! As always, SME will be organising a number of showcases, business mixers and other networking events this year at a number of European showcase festivals. Subscribers to the SME newsletter will not only be the first to be informed of these events. In some cases […]
Berlin Music Week complete with Swiss Business Mixer and m4music Night (3 – 7 September)
SWISS BUSINESS MIXER „ZÜRICH TRIFFT BERLIN“ Not content with organising a simple “business mixer” event, Swiss MusicExport together with City of Zurich Kultur will be presenting a whole “Swiss afternoon” on September 4th at this year’s Berlin Music Week, complete with panel discussions, showcase performances and – of course! – Raclette. Switzerland might be a […]
William White – Release in UK and Ireland
The unlikely success story of William White continues. When it was released in Switzerland in March, William’s double album “Open Country” entered the Swiss album charts at number 2. This was the highest ever placing achieved in Switzerland by an independent artist without a major distributor. On 15 August, “Open Country” was released in the […]
Camilla Sparks Debut Released in Italy
„For You the Wild“, the appropriately titled debut album by Barbara Lehnhoff aka Camilla Sparksss, will be released in Italy in September (through Africantape and On the Camper Records, via Mandai Distribution). The album was released to uniformly enthusiastic reviews in Switzerland in April. The album is a collection of songs written by Camilla and […]
Solange La Frange on Luc Besson’s „Lucy“ Movie Soundtrack
A comeback at the top of the bill for Solange La Frange whose featuring on Dancing In Nowhere of Electro Duo „Make The Girl Dance“ appears in Luc Besson’s latest movie Lucy. This track co-composed and interpreted by Julie Hugo – Solange La Frange’s vocal identity – came out this spring before to appear on […]
Bastian Baker Tours Japan
After his success in France, Switzerland and Germany, Bastian Baker’s next stop is Japan. After a busy summer choc-a-bloc with festivals in Europe and a trip to Canada, the young singer/songwriter has so far lined up three shows in Osaka (17 November), Nagoya (18 November) and Tokyo (19 November). Before travelling to Japan, he will […]
Behind the Scenes: Exclusive interviews with Swiss Artists
Exclusively brought to you by Fondation CMA and Swiss Music Export: Listen to the interviews
Paléo Festival, 22 – 27 July 2014
SME in collaboration with the Paléo Festival and FCMA is setting up a series of daily showcases for Swiss bands. From tiny beginnings as a folk festival, the Paléo Festival in Nyon, the hometown of Swiss Music Export, has long since developed into the most important platform for Swiss bands to showcase their talents in […]
