Carrousel keep on turning
Carrousel – aka Sophie Burande and Léonard Gogniat from canton Jura – release their fourth album, “Filigrane”, on 29 September. Recorded with a first-rate group of guest musicians at ICP Studios in Brussels, the duo – both originally accordionists – have not lost the knack for subtle and yet catchy songs that live and breathe […]
Brandnew Hathors LP
“Panem et Circenses” is the title of noise rock trio Hathors’ third album, released on 7 April via Noisolution Records in Berlin. The much-travelled Winterthur- and Berlin-based band is supporting the release with an extensive tour of Germany and Switzerland throughout April and May. Having recently welcomed a new drummer to their ranks, Raphael Peter, […]
Debrah Scarlett international debut release
Following on from an atmospheric taster single, “Cynical Youth”, which came out in February, Debrah Scarlett releases her new EP “DYS(U)TOPIA” on 17 March. With an Italian-Swiss father and a Norwegian mother, Debrah Scarlett grew up “commuting” between these countries and cultures. This experience of living between two worlds, as it were, is at the […]
Serafyn at long last release their debut album
Almost two years have elapsed since Serafyn’s surprise top 30 success in Switzerland with their first EP, “Quantum Leap”. Now, at last, comes the follow-up. After two very more-ish appetisers in the shape of the singles “Good Thing” and “Morning Tea”, 10 February sees the release of their debut album proper, “Foam” through Radicalis/Believe/Soulfood. When […]
Ursina gives away her heart
Zurich-based singer/songwriter Ursina’s debut album “You Have My Heart” was released on 27 January via Radicalis/Believe/Soulfood. Ursina was born and raised in the mountainous Grisons area in the East of Switzerland. If the vision of a small village closed-in by vast dark mountains in mid-winter suggests a sense of foreboding and claustrophobia, Ursina’s music does […]
Debut album from Bleu Roi
„Of Inner Cities“ is the intriguing title of Bleu Roi’s debut album, released in the GSA countries by Radicalis (Believe Digital/Soulfood Music) on 11 November 2016. Bleu Roi are a dreampoppy, trip-hoppy quartet – usually clad in all blue – formed around the singer and songwriter Jennifer Jans. The songs were mostly written during Jans’s extended […]
ABU’s new album set to spread its wings
Fresh from a multi-date „living room tour“ of Germany throughout the month, 29 January saw the release via Radicalis (Believe Digital/Soulfood Music) of singer/songwriter ABU’s second album, „Reset“. Already, „Reset“ has been extensively and positively reviewed in German and Swiss print media, and a number of songs have been play-listed by several radio stations, including […]
