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 […]
Alois Return in Blue
Their debut album “Mints” was crowned “IndieSuisse Album of the Year 2017”. Now, Alois return with “Azul”, a paean to the healing powers of blue skies. “Azul” is released on 5 June 2020 via Red Brick Chapel and distributed by Irascible/Believe Digital. Lucerne-based five-piece Alois describe their music as “tropical synth-pop”. If this term evokes […]
Joe Volk Releases Primitive Energy
“Primitive Energetics” (sic) is the third solo album from Bristol-native and Berne-resident Joe Volk, together with his band Naiare. “Primitive Energetics” was released on Glitterhouse Records /Irascible on 24 April 2020 – and it is without the shadow of a doubt one of the most gripping albums that’s going to come out this year! Joe Volk […]
Kush K Meet the Lotus-Eaters
The Lotophagi were a mystical people whom Odysseus came across on a distant island, and who ate nothing but the wondrously intoxicating lotus fruit. “Lotophagi” is also the title of Kush K’s debut album. The title is wisely chosen. Kush K, a quartet grouped around songwriter and lead vocalist Catia Lanfranchi, apart from the usual […]
Tompaul Uncover the Night
Tompaul are a producer/musician trio from the small but musically hyperactive town of Baden near Zurich. Formed around Tom Fischer on guitar and Robin Fischer on electronics, they also feature Florian Brändli’s trombone. The resulting sound is captivating and idiosyncratic – and it has been admirably captured on their new EP, “Wallawer”, released on 20 […]
The Animen in A New Light
20 March brings us the eagerly awaited new album “Same Sun/Different Light” from Geneva-based guitar quartet The Animen. The title is a good indication of what we can look forward to. The Animen, a guitar band as anglophile as they come, have always been soaked in melody-driven sixties pop à la Hollies, Badfinger and the Zombies. After […]
The Sound of Being Alone, Happily
Adriano Koch has not chosen the title of his new album, “Lone”, in vain. In order to record this, his second LP, the 20 year-old keyboard experimenter turned his body clock totally upside down. Setting the alarm clock at 9pm, he then locked himself in the studio for the next twelve hours, cutting himself off from […]
Black, Blacker, Blackest
Released on 8 November 2019 via Hummus Records, “Muladona” is the fifth album from much travelled, Geneva-based black metallists Rorcal. Recorded live in a studio within three days, “Muladona” cooks up a mighty storm of riffing guitars, drums, drones and intense vocals, whilst also finding time for a few quietly reflective moments. The album is […]
