SME with a packed programme @ Reeperbahn Festival 20 – 23 September 2023
Setting the scene for an intense winter season of conferences and music business get-togethers, the Reeperbahn Festival is definitely the one not to miss. It is one of the most enjoyable and picturesque networking events in Europe, turning the whole of the St. Pauli district into a kind of garden of Eden for musical exploration […]
Mehmet Aslan Seeking the Sun
Out on the Basel-based Planisphere label on 11 November 2022 is the debut album from Mehmet Aslan, “The Sun is Parallel”. Mehmet, a DJ raised in Switzerland by Turkish parents, trawls the richly rewarding history of Turkish pop and underground music to produce his very own wildly eclectic brand of present-day dance psychedelia. At the […]
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 […]
Michal Turtle Reinterpreted
An artist long operating on the fringes of the avant-garde world, the Basel-based, British-born lo-fi electronica experimenter Michal Turtle is at last receiving some long overdue “mainstream” recognition. Back in June we announced in this space the release of his latest record, a 12” entitled “On a Canvas Lived a Baby”. Now follows a very […]
