Psycho Weazel Inspired by Cars and Clay
Brandnew via Berlin-based Iptamenos Records is the EP “Mains d’argile” (“hands of clay”) from Psycho Weazel, aka the Neuchatel-based DJs, producers and remixers Ivo Roxo and Léo Besso. The EP is available on vinyl, download and streams. It contains four different mixes of “Mains d’argile”, featuring the Greco-German DJ couple Brax Moody & Vamparela, and three […]
Hilke Discovering the Force of Her Piano
Entitled “Piano Feroce”, the second solo EP from Baden-based producer, songwriter and singer Hilke, is available now from Red Brick Records. Actually, the six songs presented here are not entirely new. In fact, we have heard all of them (plus one more) before on Hilke’s solo debut “Silent Violent”, released in 2021. This time round, […]
Hæsin Discover Their Inner Problem Child
“Sorgenkind” announces the arrival of a new “supergroup” from Basel, Hæsin. Their debut five-track EP is out now via Irascible Music. Led by vocalist and lyricist Denis Wagner, the five members of Haesin are all well-known figures in Basel’s ultra-creative musical landscape. Wagner, for instance, is also a member of Zeal & Ardor, and guitarist […]
Of Traktors, Seagulls and Swimming Tubas
Out now via Irascible Records is “Möwe auf Tuba, schwimmend” (“Seagull on Top of a Tuba, Swimming“) from Bernese post-Balkan big band Traktorkestar. It’s the sixth full-length album from trumpeter Baltasar Streit’s twelve-piece orchestra and continues a fiery, fifteen-year history of a mind-meltingly surreal melange of styles ranging from traditional Balkan brass wig-outs to dub […]
Odd Beholder Turning Grief into Music You Can Dance to
Odd Beholder is the dream pop/electro wave project of Zurich-based singer, songwriter and electronica specialist Daniela Weinmann. Entitled “Feel Better”, Odd Beholder’s new album is out now via Berlin-based Sinnbus Records. She celebrates the album release with a tour of Germany in March, presented by ByteFM and the highly respected monthly magazine Musikexpress. The cheery […]
At Last, Ikan Hyu Reach the “Oasis”
Long anticipated, Ikan Hyu’s debut album has at last arrived. Entitled “Oasis”, it comes to us thanks to Mouthwatering Records. It feels like only yesterday that we first raved about the music of Anisa Djodoatmodjo and Hannah Bissegger in these pages. And yet, so informs us Mouthwatering’s press release, the duo has only just survived […]
To Athena Has Made A Movie
To Athena is the name of singer/songwriter Tiffany Limacher’s solo project, and “The Movie” is the title of her new, second album. It was released on 20 October 2023 by Mouthwatering Records. Even though Lucerne-based To Athena is billed as a solo project, it is as far away as can be from a lone guitar […]
Elvett Climbing the Hill
“Reborn”, they say, after a creative residency at Geneva’s Epicentre, electropop duo Elvett release their new album, «The Hill», via Mouthwatering Records. Elvett are Lyn (vocals) and Alain (production). Together, they have been releasing a steady stream of elegant electropop singles and albums since around 2015. Almost as long they have been collaborating with singer […]
Blind Boy de Vita Setting Sail
Launched last year in the shape of an EP, Italo-Swiss space-blues maestro Blind Boy De Vita has now completed his new album with the addition of another four tracks. Entitled “Zattera” (Italian for “raft”), it was released on 7 April 2023 via Mouthwatering Records. Born and raised in Southern Italy, Blind Boy de Vita, aka […]
OY Embracing the World
At long last, they’re back! Seven years after their last album, the multi-facetted electronica/vocal duo OY release their fourth album via Mouthwatering Records. Entitled “World Wide We”, it is their “statement for global solidarity”: “It’s the uplifting soundtrack to our most challenging times ,” they write. “A call to focus on what we have in […]
