One Sentence. Supervisor – third album. Super cool
Any new music from Donat Kaufmann’s band of post-psychedelic groove magicians is an event. A new album doubly so. Following on from their breakthrough LP “Temporär Musik 1 – 13” – winner of the “IndieSuisse album of the year award 2016” –, One Sentence. Supervisor release their third album, “Acedia”, on 13 September via Irascible […]
Vsitor Keep on Running
No, it’s not the old Spencer Davis hit, sung by Stevie Winwood. It’s the debut album by Vsitor (sic), the partly Berlin-based trio of David Koch (guit, vox, keyb, bass), Lea Maria Fries (vox, synth bass), and Valentin Liechti (percussion, vox). Calling their style “Avant Pop/Slow Core/Electronica/No Wave”, they promise an “11 song meditation on […]
Sandor goes international
Sandor is a female singer/songwriter from Lausanne whose synth-pop is melodically rooted in the French chanson tradition as well as contemporary artists like Etienne Daho. Sandor develops a very personal musical universe, sweet and sour at the same time, inspired by the synthetic pop of the 80’s. With her strong and solemn voice, she presents a […]
Ikarus flying high
“Mosaismic”, the new, third album by the young Zurich-based quintet Ikarus, was released on 5 April via Ronin Rhythm Records. The house label of zen-funk pianist Nik Bärtsch and related acts is a guarantee for intriguing, complex and often mesmerising music. Ikarus are no different. What makes them so fascinating is their use of the […]
Lord Kesseli & the Drums reaching for immortality
Just as well Lord Kesseli hasn’t thought of starting a religious cult yet. With the hypnotic, dark and yet – paradoxically – deeply psychedelic sounds emanating from his alchemically addled brain, a following of Pied Piper of Hamelin proportions would be an absolute certainty. 23 November sees the release of Lord Kesseli & the Drums’ […]
Emilie Zoé goes back to the Very Start
Emilie Zoé’s eagerly awaited second album, “The Very Start”, is at last released on 9 November. In turns bracingly honest and sweetly tender, Emilie Zoé has never shied away from difficult emotions in her songs. A little older and a little wiser, she has now harnessed her unique talent in a beguiling album full of […]
Futureman is here!
If the end is nigh, so is the new beginning. „Futureman“ to the rescue! „Futureman“ is the creation of Harvey Rushmore & the Octopus, a collection of humans, instruments, machines and images dedicated to the exploration of the weird and wonderful in us all. „Futureman“ was released on A Tree in a Field Records on 26 October, distributed […]
Hard, heavy and Ølten
Ølten are a three-piece committed to the basic power of guitar, drums, bass – and no vocals. “Ambiance”, released on 2 November on Hummus Records, is their second album. If the title conjures up visions of smoky jazz clubs or even ambient electronica, nothing could be farther from the truth. Ølten’s music is loud, intense […]
Wolfman calling Mad Woman
They are hungry, these wolves! Barely a year has passed since Wolfman’s last album, and already they have completed the next. Preceded by the single, “Mad Woman”, in June, the album, also entitled “Mad Woman”, is released on 5 October on Irascible Records in Switzerland. It is distributed in Germany via Cargo Records. Wolfman are […]
The Rebels of Tijuana do it in French
The Rebels of Tijuana have been going for ten years and they’re wearing the coolest shirts in this month’s SME newsletter. This gives them the right to describe their new album – a double! – themselves: “Recorded on analogue tape at the “Back To Mono” Studio with Christian Hierro. Shifting into surreal French, the songs […]
