Lord Kesseli in Love with Everyone…
Out now via Irascible Records is “I Was in Love”, album number three from Lord Kesseli & the Drums. The Lord himself, Dominik Kesseli, and his partner, drummer and percussionist Michael Gallusser, are without the shadow of a doubt one of the most difficult-to-describe outfits ever to grace the stages of Switzerland. Perhaps best, then, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Odd Beholder Hit the Sunny Bay
Three years after her last album, Daniela Weinmann – aka Odd Beholder – returns with her second full-length long player. “Sunny Bay” was released on 10 September 2021 by Sinnbus Records (publishing by Mouthwatering Records). Odd Beholder is the dream pop project of Zurich-based singer, songwriter and electronica specialist Daniela Weinmann. Whilst her debut proper […]
Swiss artists amongst the highlights of Pop-Kultur Berlin 21. – 23. August 2019
The “Pop-Kultur”-Festival was launched in 2015 and, after debuting in the grounds of the legendary Berghain club, has now settled in and around the Kulturbrauerei. Thanks to an unusual, three-tiered concept that includes the commissioning of works especially for the event and asks established artists to actively seek a dialogue with newcomers in words and […]
Swiss Artists at Eurosonic Groningen Netherlands – 16 – 19 January 2019
It’s the beginning of a new year which means: it’s Eurosonic-time. What better way to celebrate the survival of the feeding frenzy that is the “festive period” than taking a trip to Groningen! Last year, more than 4’000 representatives from all corners of the music industry in 42 countries attended the conference. 37 EBU radio […]
