“Chic” Is the Word for Julie Meletta
Out now via Phonag Records is the charming debut EP from Julie Meletta. Raised in the Italian-speaking South of Switzerland, Julie is seriously addicted to the French “Yé-yé” pop sound of the sixties. Entitled “CHIC!” after her first hit, the EP contains four more tracks, all very much her own but deeply soaked in the […]
OSOMO Goes Tripping
Grabbing our hectic Zeitgeist by the horns, Simon Baumann aka OSOMO releases “Side Trips” (Two Gentlemen Records) in order to return us to a state of stress-free bliss. “Many of my friends complain about stress”, he says. “OSOMO is my musical answer to that. You can lie down, dream away of fall asleep if you […]
Yet No Yokai Announcing Their Arrival
After a ridiculously long wait of five years, the debut album from Yet No Yokai has finally arrived. Not unreasonably entitled “Wir sind da” (“we are here”), it reaches us thanks to the tireless endeavours of our friends from Hummus Records (Emilie Zoé, Anna Aaron, Coilguns, and many more). If Krautrock had been invented circa […]
Kadebostany Planning for Their Funerals
“Play This at My Funerals” – an intriguing request, we’re sure you’ll agree. It is also the title of streaming billionaire Guillaume de Kadebostany’s fourth album, released on 2 June 2023 by Ambulance Recordings. Starting off a good dozen years ago with the concept of a mock musical army complete with semi-ironic uniforms and a […]
Hook Finds Inspiration in Kenya
Producer Hook’s first solo-EP celebrates his work with Nairobi’s thriving music scene. Entitled “Planting Seeds”, the record is released via Irascible Records. Long associated with FlexFab, Murmures Barbares, Yeba and other French-Swiss hip-hop acts, Neuchatel-based Hook has over the years forged a particularly strong bond with the tireless, globetrotting experimenter, Muthoni Drummer Queen. His frequent […]
Phoam Offering Full “Disclosure”
Three years into their career, electro-rocking four-piece Phoam are releasing their debut album, “Disclosure”. Serving up ten slices of chrome-plated, big-sounding tunes with a dark undertow, no one would be surprised to see the band follow in the footsteps of Killers and Imagine Dragons on to the big stages of our big festivals. “We […]
Boodaman on Planet Nine
A mere two years on from his surprise return, after an absence of a decade, to the world of recorded music, Boodaman is back already with “The Ninth Planet”. It is another fine addition to the flourishing catalogue of Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin Rhythm Records imprint. “Cosmic” is, for once, the perfect word to describe not […]
Steiner & Madlaina Taking Risks
Out now via Glitterhouse Records is “Risiko”, album number three from Steiner & Madlaina. “Recording these tracks, we’ve had some of the best times together”, they say. And it sounds like it! Having decamped to the rural Normandie region in France to work at Studio Black Box in Noyant la Gravoyere, the twelve tracks were […]
Steiner & Madlaina Wish Themselves Luck
“Wünsch mir Glück” is the title of the new album, their second, from Steiner & Madlaina. Supposedly released at the end of January via Glitterhouse Records, due to a Covid-related backlog at the pressing plant it will now hit the shops on 12 February 2021. Nora Steiner and Madlaina Pollina – the latter the daughter […]
Eurosonic Goes Digital – 13 – 16 January 2021 – Groningen, Netherlands
It is the beginning of a new year, and with it, nearly time for one of everyone’s most favourite festivals – the Eurosonic in the lovely Dutch City of Groningen. Alas, as we all know, the past twelve months haven’t quite turned out the way we would have liked it. Indeed, ESNS 2020 was one […]
