The Animen in A New Light
20 March brings us the eagerly awaited new album “Same Sun/Different Light” from Geneva-based guitar quartet The Animen. The title is a good indication of what we can look forward to. The Animen, a guitar band as anglophile as they come, have always been soaked in melody-driven sixties pop à la Hollies, Badfinger and the Zombies. After […]
Exclusive interviews with Swiss Artists @ Paléo Festival 2016
Every Day, Listen Swiss Artists‘ Interviews Playing at Paléo Festival: Antipods – July 19 – 5pm – Club Tent Anach Cuan – July 19 – 6.30pm – Dôme Feldermelder – July 19 – 10.15pm – Club Tent LiA – July 20 – 5pm – Club Tent Egopusher – July 20 – 7.15pm – Club Tent […]
Enjoy the Paléo Festival Nyon (Switzerland) with Swiss Music Export – 19 – 24 July 2016
We at Swiss Music Export and Fondation CMA count ourselves very lucky indeed to find one of the most diverse, colourful and inspirational festivals in Europe right on our door step! Founded as a folk festival in 1976, the Paléo Festival Nyon has long since developed into a six-day gourmet feast of great musical surprises. Set in the […]
Animen let loose internationally!
The Animen’s new album „Are We There Yet?“ receives a German and Austrian release on 27 February thanks to the German label Noisolution. The Carouge-based four-piece loves the sound of chiming guitars, electric or acoustic. Coming across like a cross between the Hollies, Franz Ferdinand and Gene Vincent in their early days, they recorded „Are […]
Anna Aaron – Polar – The Animen @ Two Gentlemen Label Night – Les Trois Baudets Paris – 4 November 2014
Two Gentlemen, one of the most important and successful independent Swiss record labels, are presenting their own label night at Les Trois Baudets venue in Paris. Tuesday 4 November 2014 – 20:00h Anna Aaron, the Animen, Polar Les Trois Baudets, 64 Boulevard de Clichy, Paris 18 Founded in 2000 in Lausanne, Two Gentlemen in the […]
Swiss Music @ The Great Escape, 8 – 10 May 2014, Brighton
As is practically a great old tradition by now, Swiss Music Export in collaboration with Pro Helvetia and Fondation SUISA will be setting up a „business mixer“ and showcase at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton to present three Swiss bands to an international audience. This year’s bigger-than-ever Great Escape is taking place from May […]
Swiss Music Export @ Eurosonic Festival, Groningen
Swiss Music Export @ Eurosonic Festival, Groningen, Holland 15 – 18 January 2014 When it was started in 1986, the Eurosonic Festival was an almost purely Dutch and Belgian affair. Since then it has grown to be one of the most important shop windows for the promotion of music from all over Europe. Last year, […]
The Animen @ FluxFM Festival im FluxBau, Berlin
FluxFM is an alternative, extensive and successful Berlin-based multi-media network, incorporating radio, online platform, local community, as well as events and promotion. On 23 January, the Animen have been invited to present their debut album “Hi!” live during the FluxFM Festival. The band has proved highly popular with the DJs as well as the listeners […]
Review: Swiss Music Export at MaMA Event 2013
We are pleased to report that the Swiss Business Mixer at the MaMA event in Paris was a great success. More than eighty Swiss and international delegates took the opportunity to exchange views and ideas on Thursday 17 October at L’Index. They also enjoyed a good lunchtime buffet as well as showcases by OY and […]
Switzerland at its finest @ MaMA Event, Paris
Swiss Music Export at the MaMA Event, Paris, France; 16-18 October 2013. Started in 2009 in Bourges, Parisian music fair MaMA relocated to the Pigalle district in 2010 and focuses on the French pop and rock market. For the first time, MaMA this year also hosts a three-day series of networking events. A wide variety […]
