The Sirens Of Lesbos Are About to Make Millions!
Fronted by the two sisters, Jasmina and Nabyla Serag, The Sirens Of Lesbos have treated us to a steady selection of gloriously unconventional and innovative grooves over the ten years of their existence. Their latest album (out now on their own Sirens Of Lesbos label) marks another step deeper into uncharted territory. Starting with the […]
Swiss Music Export @ The Great Escape Festival 2025
The Great Escape Festival is one of those rare instances in modern music business life where ambience, presentation, content and beach all work together beautifully. And sometimes, even the weather plays ball! Add to that a medium-sized town, Brighton, which is able to absorb any number of sozzled tourists without going under, and you have […]
A Declaration of Peace from Sirens of Lesbos
Out now via SOL/The Orchard is «Peace», the second album from the music/art collective Sirens of Lesbos. Featuring guests like Bootsy Collins, Erick the Architect and Treasure Bloom, it offers a thrillingly kaleidoscopic blend of styles with echoes from places as diverse as Outkast and Lee Perry, Sister Sledge, George Clinton or The Beloved. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
Waves Vienna – 9 – 11 Sept 2021 – Vienna, Austria
Waves Vienna is back on a proper stage this autumn, and Swiss Music Export will be along to celebrate. Long-term fans of the Waves Vienna festival, we thought last year’s hybrid lockdown version was an amazing success, given the unfortunate circumstances. However, we are more than happy to return to the real thing. Once again, […]
Call of the Sirens
“Most appealing”, thought BBC Radio 6 DJ, the revered Don Letts. His colleague, Tom Ravenscroft, was an early supporter. Another colleague, Lauren Laverne, soon followed suit: “Wetting my appetite, wanna know more about them”, she said, introducing the track “Waltz”. “Led by the angelic harmonies of sisters Jasmina and Nabyla Serag”, wrote UK music mag […]
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 […]
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 […]
