SME @ c/o pop Cologne 2024
With this year’s 21st edition, c/o pop is coming of age. We couldn’t be any more confident that, despite the years rolling in, the festival’s quest for the discovery of tomorrow’s sounds today will continue undimmed. Which is one of several good reasons for Swiss Music Export to invite you all to meet us at […]
One Sentence. Supervisor Staying „Temporär“
“Hypnotic” is a thoroughly overused word in the context of psychedelically tinged rock music. In the case of One Sentence. Supervisor, however, it is truly, gloriously apt. Their new album, “Temporär Musik 20 – 29”, is out now via Irascible Records. Their fourth, another set of tightly meshed, ever-shifting melodic strands, it is a classic […]
crème solaire: Sun Lotion Versus Cement
Entitled “Cemento” (“concrete” in Italian), the third album from Fribourg-based elektro-punks crème solaire, is an impassioned rallying-cry for the flowers to push through the concrete of the modern urban world. It is available now from Irascible Records. Using the image of a concreted-over cityscape as a starting point for an exploration of the dichotomy between […]
Soft Loft Clearing Up The Mess
After a series of acclaimed EPs and singles, here, at last, is Soft Loft’s debut album. Produced in part by Los Angeles-based producer Gianluca Buccellati who co-wrote and produced most of Arlo Parks’s debut album, it is entitled “The Party and the Mess”. With an impressive number of streams collected within days of its appearance, […]
The Return of Klaus Johann Grobe!
At last – a new sign of life from the sorely missed Klaus Johann Grobe! Their new album “Io tu il loro” is out now on Chicago-based boutique label Trouble In Mind (“specializing in rock, punk, post-punk, electronic, psych, indie and unconventional sounds from all over the world). Their first in six years, and the fourth […]
Pina Palau Getting a Dog
Out now on Mouthwatering Records, Zurich-based singer/songwriter Pina Palau’s new album “Get a Dog” shows absolutely no symptoms of second-album syndrome. Supported by a clutch of ace musicians including drummer Mario Hänni (Trio Heinz Herbert), guitarist Vojko Hutter (District 5) and keyboarder Luzius Schuler (Alois), the nine songs on “Get a Dog” present a song-writer superbly […]
Afra Kane Dreaming of Being Whole
Pianist and vocalist Afra Kane celebrates her arrival at Warner Music Germany with the release of a new album, “Could We Be Whole”. With musical roots in gospel, classical music, jazz and Italian as well as Francophone pop music, she has plenty of influences to draw from – and she does so to stunningly original and category-defying […]
Manuel Fischer Is Gettting Outt
Manuel Fischer returns to the multi-disciplinary art collective Ozelot for his latest album release, “Exxodus”. Combining densely woven sound textures with complex percussive depth, “Exxodus” offers a dazzling array of experiments flitting back and forth between IDM, Elektro, Dubstep, Ambient and even a hint of Drum’n’Bass. About his return to Ozelot, a “discipline-bending” creative studio he […]
Ella Ronen Hates Cute
Fresh out via Irascible Records / BB*Island comes the new album from Israeli/Swiss singer/songwriter Ella Ronen. Entitled “The Girl With no Skin”, it is her fourth and was produced in upstate New York by Sam Cohen (Kevin Morby, Alexandra Saviour etc.). An album of remarkable depth and diversity, “The Girl With no Skin” opens with […]
Psycho Weazels Don’t Cry!
Barely two months after their EP, “Mains d’argile”, Neuchatel-based producer and remixer duo Ivo Roxo and Léo Besso a.k.a Psycho Weazel, are back with their first album proper. At last able to demonstrate the full range of their studio vision, “boysdontcry” is much more than just a number of bangers for the dance floor. Ranging […]
