Swiss bands live at Les Trois Baudets Paris
Les Trois Baudets in Paris is a combined bar/restaurant/music venue with a programming policy designed to bring new and original voices to the attention of a discerning crowd of music lovers interested in wide range of styles. Starting with concerts by two groups, LiA and Elvett, Swiss Music Export is reviving its co-operative ties with […]
Hathors celebrate new album with extensive tour
Hathors, the post-Seattle rock trio from Winterthur named after an ancient Egyptian goddess “who embodies death, love, peace, beauty, dance, art and music”, celebrate the release of their new album with an extensive European tour. “Brainwash”, sporting a suitably grungy, black and white shot of the band live in action, is released on 8 May […]
Cristallin on tour supporting Portico
Skateboard fan Cristallin, aka Simeon Sigg, progressed from producing videos for friends’ bands to making music himself whilst still in school. Releasing his first tracks via the internet, he was hugely surprised by the impact it made. After releasing his first EP on the New York-based “Brio Life” label, Cristallin won first prize at the […]
Klaus Johann Grobe re-release
11 May sees the re-release on UK-based Salvation Records of the long sold-out and legendary debut EP by much talked-about post-Krautrockers Klaus Johann Grobe. Two years ago, one of only 132 copies of the original 10” vinyl pressing found its way to Salvation Records (then the Sound of Salvation). This led to a UK release, […]
Crystal Ball release new CD
The latest album by Lucerne-based melodic metal veterans Crystal Ball will be released on 22 May by German metal label Massacre Records. “LifeRider” is the band’s eighth album – their second since an extended break and a re-shuffle of their line-up. “LifeRider” was produced by Stefan Kaufman at Roxx Studio in Germany. To celebrate and […]
Puts Marie and Verveine @ Printemps de Bourges – 24 – 29 April 2015
Veterans Puts Marie from Biel as well as electro experimenter Verveine will be representing Switzerland at this year’s edition of the Printemps de Bourge festival. Puts Marie will playing at Le 22 Venue on Tuesday 28 April at 15:00 as part of the iNOUïS Rock Pop Fusion program. Verveine will be appearing on the “Scene […]
Brand new: The “Electro Libre” sampler
Swiss Music Export in collaboration with the Fondation Romande pour la Chanson et les Musiques actuelles (FCMA), Radio Couleur 3, the Electron Festival and Adon Production have compiled a sampler to showcase the best of what the Swiss electronic music scene has to offer at present. The tracks were selected by Willy Dezelu and Johann […]
New Sophie Hunger album
Sophie Hunger, the most successful of the rich current breed of Swiss singer/songwriters, releases her fourth album „Supermoon“ in several stages. It will appear in Switzerland on 17 April, one week later in Germany and Austria, and, finally, on 27 April in the rest of Europe, UK, Japan and Australia. At the end of last […]
Seven promises “BackFunkLoveSoul”
For quite some time, Jan Dettwyler aka Seven has been one of the most popular live acts in Switzerland. Over the course of no fewer than eight albums, he has slowly but surely developed his own high octane and highly danceable brand of R&B, reaching the top 5 of the Swiss charts with each of […]
Dagobert with new album
It does not come as a great surprise to find that an artist with a name as peculiar as Dagobert inhabits a musical world that is rather odd, too. Having spent several years isolated in a tiny village in the Grison alps, this singular singer/songwriter has developed a highly individualistic style of song which takes […]
