Verena von Horsten album released in Germany and beyond
Verena von Horsten’s „Alien Angel Super Death“ was without any doubt one of the most striking albums released in Switzerland last year. Thanks to a deal with German label Broken Silence, it was officially released in Germany on 26 February. Via Broken Silence’s distribution network it is now also available worldwide. Using an idiosyncratic mixture […]
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp on the cover of fRoots magazine
British fRoots magazine (“Local music from out there”) has long championed the Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp on their album and live review pages. Now they’ve gone one better: The sextet from Geneva are featured on the cover of fRoots’ March issue. Inside, four pages are devoted to the band that grew out of Geneva’s […]
Swiss artists at the Festival „Les Femmes s’en mêlent“
“Feminine” rather than “militant feminist” (although the former by no means excludes the latter) – that is the keyword of the Festival „Les Femmes s’en mêlent“ taking place in Paris and several other French towns. Now in its 19th edition, the festival showcases artists from the whole spectrum of independent music making in order to […]
Swiss bands on the road
Several Swiss acts are going to be very busy in the next few months, touring various corners of Europe. First off are Serafyn from Basel. The three women with their acoustic guitars, celli and gentle voices will be supporting the veteran singer/songwriter Tanita Tikaram on a 15-date tour of Germany, Switzerland and Austria, followed, in […]
Deepdive Music goes international with a two day festival in London
Deepdive is a music agency, record label and publishing company founded in 1999 in Arch, canton Berne. Whilst concentrating mostly on Swiss artists, their roster also comprises acts from the UK and US. A few years ago, Deepdive established a two-pronged yearly mini-festival in Zurich and Lausanne as a showcase for their artists. This year, […]
Emilie Zoé and FlexFab at GéNéRiQ Festival 24 – 28 February, various cities, France
Launched in 2007, the GéNéRiQ Festival follows a rather unusual concept. Instead of being based in one place, it encompasses five cities – Dijon, Besançon, Belfort, Pays de Montbéliard and Mulhouse – in three regions of France, presenting fifty artists over five days. Emilie Zoé and FlexFab will be carrying the Swiss flag at this […]
Animen let loose internationally!
The Animen’s new album „Are We There Yet?“ receives a German and Austrian release on 27 February thanks to the German label Noisolution. The Carouge-based four-piece loves the sound of chiming guitars, electric or acoustic. Coming across like a cross between the Hollies, Franz Ferdinand and Gene Vincent in their early days, they recorded „Are […]
ABU’s new album set to spread its wings
Fresh from a multi-date „living room tour“ of Germany throughout the month, 29 January saw the release via Radicalis (Believe Digital/Soulfood Music) of singer/songwriter ABU’s second album, „Reset“. Already, „Reset“ has been extensively and positively reviewed in German and Swiss print media, and a number of songs have been play-listed by several radio stations, including […]
77 Bombay Street UK Youth Hostel tour
The brothers Matt, Joe, Simri-Ramon and Esra Bucheli have released four albums so far. Three of these have reached the top 3 in Switzerland. 77 Bombay Street was named after their temporary home in Adelaide, Australia, where the whole Buchli family lived for two years. The band have succeeded in crafting an instantly recognisable brand […]
Aliose sign with Warner France
Aliose, a group formed in 2004 around the singing and song writing core of Alizé Oswald and Xavier Michel, have signed a recording deal with Warner France. The first fruit of the collaboration is a soon-to-be-released EP, followed by the band’s third album later in the year. Whilst the discography of the group, with two […]
