SME @ The Great Escape, 10 – 13 May 2023
The Great Escape in Brighton – what’s not to like? A great seaside town, just a little ramshackle in just the right sort of way, choc-a-block with music for a whole four days! Plus, countless pubs and a wonderful beach to discuss events and exchange views, seafood restaurants galore, not to mention the famous Brighton […]
Switzerland at c/o pop 2022 – Cologne, Germany
We missed it too much – after an absence of several years, Swiss Music Export returns to the c/o pop Convention in Cologne! c/o pop is very much about the future. Whilst the festival’s live music focus is firmly set on the discovery of new and newish acts, the conference, too, aims to give a […]
L’Eclair Creating Confusions
12 November 2021 sees the release via Bongo Joe Records of a new album from Genevan sextet L’Eclair. Called “Confusions”, it is the band’s fourth, and yet another example to show that the slowed down pace of lockdown was not all bad for the soul. Forced to suspend their incessant rounds of touring the world […]
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 […]
SME @ Reeperbahn Festival by Proxy – 16 – 19 Sept 2020
Corona be damned, there won’t be a Swiss Business Mixer at this year’s Reeperbahn Festival (which means no raclette and white wine, either), nor will there be any live showcases of Swiss acts, or SME sponsored live performances, or even a Swiss Contact Lounge. However, Reeperbahn will not quite pass without any Swiss contribution at […]
L’Eclair Keep on Grooving
A heady mixture of Joe Meek, Fela Kuti and the whole of Jamaican dub history, with a hint of Bert Kaempfert and the Shadows thrown in, Geneva-based six-piece L’Eclair likes “to have it the groovy way”, as their press release puts it. Their jazz-inflected instrumentals might possibly raise the suspicion they were flirting with cheesy […]
This is it – the Swiss take over Eurosonic! 15 – 18 January 2020
Nothing against Guy Fawkes, Halloween, Diwali, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve – but let’s face it, these are mere pre-ambles for the real shindig, Eurosonic! And here’s a thing: we at Swiss Music Export are absolutely 101% certain that Eurosonic 2020 will be bigger, better and groovier than anything that’s gone before. Why? Because 2020 […]
A Taste of Swiss Music @ Les Recontres Transmusicales de Rennes – 4 – 8 December 2019 – Rennes, France
One more festival to go before the end of the decade – aptly, it’s one of the most interesting, charming and entertaining events in our yearly itinerary. Launched in 1979, les Transmusicales have unwaveringly pursued their original aims ever since. These include a commitment to showcasing emerging artists, and to support originality and experimentation. Swiss […]
Another Hot Eurosonic Update
As you might have gathered from previous super-enthusiastic postings from us, Switzerland will serve as the focus country at the next Eurosonic festival in January 2020! Our live music programme is now complete and comprises 22 Swiss acts, reflecting a broad range of styles. It is no coincidence that quite a few names on our […]
Eurosonic 2020 – Focus on Switzerland! 15 – 18 January Groningen, Netherlands
We all love Eurosonic! That’s why we can barely contain our excitement that Eurosonic 2020, under the banner of “A Taste of Swiss Music”, will be focusing on our very own wonderful music scene. “Switzerland stands out for its cultural diversity with a very eclectic music scene which has been making waves over the past couple […]
