Evelinn Trouble Marking Her Seasons
Entitled “Season Indicators”, Evelinn Trouble’s sixth full-length album is out now on Mouthwatering Records. One of the most courageous and innovative artists in Switzerland, Trouble has once again found a new way of approaching the process of writing and recording songs. Having taken six years to complete her previous album, this time round she decided […]
Faber Sings „Addio“ But Means „Hello!“
12 June 2024 sees the release via Vertigo Berlin a long-awaited new studio album from Faber. “Addio” follows two years after the career-spanning live double-LP “Orpheum”, four after “Ich liebe dich” with Sophie Hunger and Dino Brandão, and fully five years after his last solo album proper. Fear not, however! One of the most original […]
Dino Brandão Includes Himself
At long last, Dino Brandão’s debut solo album! Entitled “Self Inclusion”, it was released via Two Gentlemen on 19 April (digital) and 3 May (vinyl, cd). When multi-instrumentalist, producer and singer/songwriter Brandão followed up the successful album “Ich liebe dich” recorded with Sophie Hunger and Faber with an EP that was supposed to be an […]
Eurosonic – 19 – 22 January 2022 – Groningen, NL
Eurosonic 2022 goes digital once again. Everything had been in place for a return to the real, analogue live version of our beloved ESNS in Groningen. SME had been hugely looking forward to the trip. Annie Taylor, Dino Brandão, Evelinn Trouble, Hermanos Gutiérrez, Kety Fusco, Mehmet Aslan and our shooting star of 2021, Priya Ragu, were […]
Dino Brandão Bounces into Solo Action
Released in April, Dino Brandão’s first solo single “Bouncy Castle” has already notched up half a million Spotify streams. Now follows an eponymous EP, released on 12 November by Two Gentlemen Records. With a father hailing from Angola and a Swiss mother, Brandão’s music draws inspiration from a unique set of influences. “Bouncy Castle” is […]
Waves Vienna – 9 – 11 Sept 2021 – Vienna, Austria
Waves Vienna is back on a proper stage this autumn, and Swiss Music Export will be along to celebrate. Long-term fans of the Waves Vienna festival, we thought last year’s hybrid lockdown version was an amazing success, given the unfortunate circumstances. However, we are more than happy to return to the real thing. Once again, […]
Reeperbahn Festival – 22 – 25 Sept 2021 – Hamburg, Germany
How we missed the Reeperbahn Festival! The hybrid version forced on us last year by the Corona virus turned out to be not bad at all, the best, certainly, that could be expected in a difficult situation. However, we are mighty glad to be physically back in Hamburg this year, returning to all the things […]
Dino Brandão Finds New Bounce
Last seen in the company of Sophie Hunger, Faber and their chart-storming trio album “Ich liebe Dich”, multi-instrumentalist Dino Brandão returns with “Bouncy Castle”, a first taster from a forthcoming solo album. “Bouncy Castle” is released on 27 April 2021 by Two Gentlemen. Previously the voice, face and brains of a band called Frank Powers, […]
Brandão, Faber and Hunger Love You All!
Lockdown summer wasn’t all bad. “Ich liebe Dich” – an album shared by the percussionist Dino Brandão, and singer/songwriters Sophie Hunger and Faber – is one of the many unforeseen and unplanned projects that came to fruition purely because of it. “Ich liebe Dich” is released on 11 December 2020 by Two Gentlemen Records. Percussionist […]
