Zeal & Ardor Discover Who They Are
11 February 2022 sees the release of Zeal & Ardor’s new album, their third via the Brighton-based MVKA. Tellingly, it is entitled “Zeal & Ardor”. “With this eponymous album we have arrived at the sound I have always imagined this project should have”, says Manuel Gagneux, the man who dreamed up the gospel/death metal-fusion concept […]
Zeal & Ardor Call for Action
“Wake of a Nation” is the title of a new EP from the Gospel/Metal outfit Zeal & Ardor. It was rush-released on 23 October 2020 as a comment on the disturbing rise in racist attacks and related incidents in the United States and Europe. “If I were to berate you and say you’re wrong for […]
Eurosonic to focus on Switzerland in 2020
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) highlights the very best emerging acts from a different country every year, showcasing the diversity of musical talent across Europe. In cooperation with Swiss Music Export, ESNS is proud to announce the focus on Switzerland at ESNS 2020. ESNS booker Robert Meijerink is proud to have Switzerland on board on its next edition. […]
Lotrify battling it out at Wacken Openair, Germany, 2 – 4 August 2018
Attracting around 80’000 fans each year, the Wacken Openair near Hamburg is probably the biggest metalhead fest in the world. Starting small in 1990 with six German bands, this year’s edition boasts no fewer than 180 live acts spread across three days, including the likes of Red Hot Chili Pepper, Judas Priest and Helloween. An […]
Zeal & Ardor’s “Stranger Fruit”
8 June sees the eagerly awaited release of Zeal & Ardor’s new album. Entitled “Stranger Fruit”, it’s their second and marks a considerable step forward for the Basel-based multi-instrumentalist Manuel Gagneux. If the much-praised debut “Devil is Fine” showed an artist in the process of discovering a new voice, on “Stranger Fruit” Gagneux is now […]
Xtrm Tour takes in Europavox Clermont-Ferrand, 28 June- 1 July 2018
Founded in 2006, Europavox is a pan-European festival dedicated to the promotion of European cultural diversity. It consists of seven individual “legs” spread across the year as well as the continent, with stop-overs in Athens, Brussels, Zagreb, Clermont-Ferrand, Vilnius, Vienna, and Bologna. Fresh from their appearance at the Great Escape in Brighton, Geneva’s fast rising […]
Printemps de Bourges, France – 24 – 29 April 2018 – this time with added Swissness
Spring’s in the air, and so is Printemps de Bourges, the bijou festival in the centre of France designed to celebrate and support all forms of Francophone song writing. And this time round, the event is even more special to us at Swiss Music Export than usual. This is because Switzerland is the festival’s featured […]
Swiss Music Export rocks Eurosonic! 17 – 20 January 2018, Groningen NL
Hot on the heels of the big bang that is Silvester – aka New Year’s Eve – follows an even bigger one, namely the Eurosonic music fest in Groningen, Netherlands. With the total number of visitors breaking the 40’000 barrier last year, and 4200 conference visitors from 42 nationalities as well as nearly 400 live acts, […]
Swiss Music Export stops off at The Rencontres Transmusicales de Rennes 6 – 10 December 2017
Ah, Les Transmusicales! If it’s autumn, and it’s music, it’s got to be the richly picturesque and historic city of Rennes in the West of France. Once again, Swiss Music Export in collaboration with Presence Switzerland will endeavour to make a big musical splash at this fabulous multi-venue event, the last and certainly the most […]
Swiss Music Export at Waves Vienna 28 – 30 September 2017, Vienna, Austria
All of us at Swiss Music Export love the Waves Festival and Conference! Not only is Vienna a fabulous city with its café culture and elegantly old-fashioned vibe. It also offers a geographically perfect platform for musicians and business professionals alike where East meets West to compare visions and find new friends. Needless to say, […]
