Who still doesn’t know it? French-speaking Switzerland concentrates a pool of leading musicians. Rhymes cut like blades, groovy beats or pile-up of genres: this year again, Paléo is helping to make the local scene visible by inviting the most stunning artists on board.
Like Valaisan Nuit Incolore. Having gone in the space of two years from almost total anonymity to the status of absolute sensation, nominated for the Victoires de la Musique, the author of the hit “Dépassé” brought French-speaking pop to its knees with his intimate and racy repertoire. His performance should push the entire Asse to shout “I need to get some fresh air / I want to join the light”.
A triumph that we wish just as much for Silance, a singer and rapper from Lausanne on edge, who raises the voice of those left behind. His new album, “Nouveau genre”, leans towards pop, against a backdrop of synths typical of the 1980s. To be discovered urgently.
Child king of Geneva rap and key member of the arch-cult SuperWak Clique, Slimka comes to establish his class in an urgent record, “Le Grand Mystico”. An inflammable work that we can’t wait to taste live. “Class apart”: a formula which just as aptly defines the Rounhaa phenomenon. Signed on the Disiz label, close to J9ueve or Luther, the Geneva rhymer has an introspective style and disconcerting fragility. We are fans.
Creating worlds by mixing dancehall, tropical, cumbia, afropop or oriental disco: this is the ambition of the Roshâni trio. A name which means “light” in Farsi and perfectly sums up the art of Pat Burgener, snowboarder by day, rocker by night, or that of the Sirens of Lesbos, incorrigible disco pop optimists.
Swiss electro at the party
Switzerland is a stronghold of global electronic music. Did you not know that? And yet. Creator of an electro haunted by krautrock and cold wave, the Genevan Orphia translates with synth strokes all the uneasiness of a generation, when Ugo2hell speaks of our tormented era between techno and eurodance. Connected to experimental sounds, UK garage or soul, Sensu deploys electronic horizons where everything is sun, warmth and kindness. “Make the crowd feel SEXY!” Hirma replies. which mixes hip-hop, drum’n’bass or jersey. His energy-packed sets will take you through the night!
