Rio Wolta – The Wonder Days of Skiing…
The expression “Belle Epoque” isn’t usually applied to Switzerland. And it certainly isn’t applied to the 1970s. However, that is exactly what Rio Wolta has done with his new album, his third. “Belle Epoque” is an album dedicated to the rosy days of the 1970s when not a single dark cloud seemed to spoil the […]
Boodaman in Overdrive for Subsequent
It took Genevan synth maestro Boodaman – aka Stéphane Caviglioli – ten years to come up with a follow-up album to his debut from 2008. Helped by a Covid-enforced exile at home, “Subsequent”, his third, was completed in a super-fast two years. It is released on 5 February via Threeeknobs Records/Irascible. Boodaman describes himself as […]
Nadja Zela Recovers Her Voice
Four years ago, in her grief after the sudden death of her husband, Nadja Zela was no longer able to sing. Struggling to recover some sort of equilibrium, she sought solace in music, more specifically, music of all kinds that dealt with death and grieving. After two difficult years, the urge and ability to sing […]
Eclecta Bowing Out on a High
After nine years together, Marena Whitcher and Andrina Bollinger, aka Eclecta, have decided to go their separate ways. Far from bowing out quietly, however, they are saying goodbye with a peach of an album. Entitled “Open Other Doors”, it hits the shops on 6 November via TOURBOmusic and is distributed by Kontor New Media and […]
Panda Lux Are Having “Fun, Fun, Fun”
No, it’s not another compilation of the Beach Boys’ greatest hits – it’s the new album from the ever more fabulous Panda Lux, their second. “Fun, Fun, Fun” was released via Irascible on 25 September. Panda Lux are two brothers, Silvan and Samuel Kuntz, and two friends, Moritz Widrig and Janos Mijnssen, from way back […]
La Gale in an Acrimonious Mood
Lausanne-based rapper and actress La Gale’s new album, “Acrimonium”, was released on 31 July on Vitesse Records. With a Swiss father and a Lebanese mother, La Gale, aka Karine Guignard, has always had a sharp eye for the border areas between cultures. A punk fan in her teenage years, she discovered rap in her twenties, […]
Verveine Creates Hotdrama
After a long series of singles, EPs and live videos, the multi-instrumentalist and electronica experimenter from Vevey, Verveine aka Joell Nicolas, has at last got round to compiling a proper album. “Hotdrama” was released on 28 August by VRVN Records, Fav Art Publishing and is distributed by Believe Digital and Irascible. Influenced by artists as […]
Jasmin Albash Discovers Gold
One thing hitherto missing on Jasmin Albash’s long list of credits was a record released under her own name. Missing no longer! “Gold”, the first proper Jasmin Albash album, will hit the shops on 18 September via Irascible Music. Growing up as the daughter of a Swiss mother and a Palestinian father in the rural […]
Stay Up to Date on Swiss music and Enjoy Yourself!
Last month we provided you with a list of links to Swiss activities, campaigns and projects launched this extraordinary spring to keep you entertained and informed during the lockdown (and after!). Here’s an update – this time with links to Swiss labels, agencies, collectives, promoters – all this to make it easier for you not […]
Cruising the Night with Pierre Omer
The slower the cooking, the hotter the music. The proof: “Time Flies”, the joyously dark debut album from Pierre Omer & the Nightcruisers, released on 8 May via Radiogram/Beast Records, distributed by Irascible. Once a member of the utterly undead Dead Brothers, Pierre Omer, has done many different things in his time, most of them […]
