The Flow

Bibi Vaplan is a versatile musician who constantly surprises. In the multidimensional Popcorn Opera, she traveled with her audience through the fantastic popcorn universe and has also been inspiring for several years with her dedication to the two living oxen, Roccobello and Leon. In her latest project, she takes us to the moon: On March 9th, her debut novella «Nektarmond 37» was published by Zytglogge Verlag. But that’s not all. In addition to the novella, she presents a stage program of the same name including an EP, with which she and her band are touring throughout Switzerland.

TOSCA Music is an independent record label based in Zurich. Its focus is distinctive storytelling pop, thoughtfully produced songs and long-term artist development. The label’s first artist is Swiss singer-songwriter TOSCA.

TOSCA Music GmbH · Zürich, Switzerland

Marianna Cleo is an independent singer and songwriter based in Zürich, blending R&B vocals, jazz-soul textures, and rap. She started making music as a kid and officially began releasing tracks in 2025. For Marianna, the goal is straightforward: write songs that make people feel seen, heard, and understood the same way her favorite records always did for her.

Influenced by artists like Jorja Smith, FKA twigs and Snoh Aalegra, she handles her own releases and creative direction. Her track "Oregano To My Soul" grew organically to over 6,000 streams through TikTok, other tracks like "Back It Up" picked up Spotify playlist adds, and got spun on Radio 4 TNG. On stage, she played Sofar Sounds in March 2026 and is performing at Apollo Kreuzlingen for Bandxost on October 3. She drops her next single, a rap-driven track called "Spend Up," on October 2, 2026, leading into her new era.

REMANE is a 25-year-old independent artist from Bern, Switzerland, bringing energy, charisma, and purpose into every song. With uplifting lyrics, powerful melodies, and an anthemic sound, he creates music for people who want to follow their own path, believe in themselves, and become more than their past. REMANE stands for growth, self-belief, and rising beyond limitations. This is only the beginning.

Every track is designed to move people — physically and mentally.
From high-energy beats to atmospheric moments, REMANE creates music that pushes you forward and elevates your mindset.

Tim Chase is an English power pop solo artist, based in Zürich, Switzerland.

New Zealand powerhouses SIX60 have announced a set of UK tour dates that start at London’s Royal Albert Hall on 7 October and finish at the Academy 2 in Manchester on 12 October. They then start their European dates in Paris on 14 October before heading over to the US and Canada, where they’ll open in Denver on 27 October and finish in Nashville on 15 November. Ending the year with dates in Australia starting in Cairns on 2 October and finishing in Sydney on 4 December, SIX60’s global plans for 2026 are in full effect.

Excited to be touring again SIX60 vocalist Matiu Walters says, “We played Barcelona in July, and the audience were singing our songs back at us. We’ve been visiting Europe for a few years now initially playing to Kiwis, but we’re definitely building an international following. Music crosses borders and languages because everyone loves music, and if our songs connect with people in Spain, France, Germany, well, we must be doing something right.” And as they prepare to play the Royal Albert Hall for the first time Walters smiles, “it will be epic.”

Forming in a shared student house at 660 Castle Street in Dunedin, SIX60’s rise to become the most successful New Zealand band ever is a 21st century rags to riches story. Starting out as five friends who enjoyed jamming on guitars, singing together, playing backyard barbecues and student raves, Walters explains, “Three of us were in the same rugby team, and after training we’d grab some drinks and sing Bill Withers and Bob Marley songs just for fun.”

The band quickly built a reputation for formidable live shows long before they headed into a studio. “Initially we just got together with someone who knew how to use Pro Tools and recorded a few original songs to put up on Facebook,” Walters continues, “then things took off!” The huge response to the first EP released in 2011 ensured SIX60’s eponymous debut album topped the NZ charts, produced two huge hits, and was certified multi-platinum. Their signature reggae and soul with a laidback Kiwi flavour sound has continued to evolve, and all of the following SIX60 albums enjoyed huge homeland success.

Their fifth and most recent album Right Here Right Now features songs about family and unity that demonstrate a lived wisdom that comes with age and experience. Always determined to succeed on their own terms, the band now run their record label, promote their festivals and firmly believe music has a higher purpose. And being predominantly Māori, SIX60’s celebration of their heritage sees international audiences singing along on their Te Reo Māori - the indigenous Eastern Polynesian NZ language – songs wherever they play.

“Māori culture is recognised and valued worldwide,” says Walters, “so its great to share it whenever we’re on stage.” He continues, “As a band we come from different backgrounds and different cultures, and I think its these qualities that attract people to our music and the sense of unity and joy. Kiwis’ recognise this, and now we’re finding people in different nations also respond to our SIX60 values.”

Ending the year with dates in Australia starting in Cairns on October 2nd and finishing Sydney on December 4th, SIX60’s global plans for 2026 are in full effect.

ALAIN MICHOUD created "Electro JazzPower"
JAZZFUSION electroacoustik : Afro & Oriental // SAXES, FLUTE, KEYS, VOICES, compos-arrgts, playing, recording & mixing all myself. Eclectick.
Since 1960 I was soloist and sideman by more as hundred Stars, & bands.
In 1973 I've grounded "Samantha and the Top Men" an international pop band.
In 1975 I bumped into five Africans on the quayside in Lugano. I recognised them as musicians from their demeanour and appearance. I wasn’t mistaken; we introduced ourselves and had a coffee at the "Buffet de la Gare" to have a chat. The next day we played together at a club in Roveredo. "COHANA AFRO FUNK" was born !
In years 76' we were PIONEERS of AFROFUNK in West Africa. Hit #1 : "Cry in the Jungle" and "Brothers & Sisters".
A special TRIBUTE and R. I. P. to : Charles Bannerman guit , vocal / Bob Tetteh trp, perc, voice / Dan Stafford Quao drms, vocal / Martin Owusu bass, vocal /
NOW Robert Chonia keys, vocal, is living in Switzerland, and me Alain Michoud saxes, flute, vocal, nomad based in Switzerland.

My hobby is littérature : * ROMANS (en français) :
LA REVOLTE DU MAUDIT 2015 Edilivre Paris, fnac.com / épuisé !
SWEïLEME Jets d'Encre Ed. 2017 Paris chez amazon.fr, amazon.com , fnac.com et dans toute la francophonie. Version AUDIO avec soundtrack jazzfusion : chez AUDIBLE, Amazon.fr etc
*** FiIN 2026 : sortie du roman audio" CANCER " ambiancé par soundtracks jazzfusion

Tania Bolabo, connue artistiquement sous le nom d’EECA LENZ, est une artiste pluridisciplinaire basée à Genève. Active dans la musique depuis plus de dix ans et membre de la SUISA, elle développe sous le nom d’EECA LENZ un univers mêlant notamment R&B, neo-soul et jazz. Son parcours musical a été remarqué par la Radio Télévision Suisse (SRF) dès 2017 avec le titre The Center of Your Heart.

MWEEN DAH RECORDS est son label indépendant, sous lequel plusieurs de ses projets musicaux ont été publiés. Parallèlement à la musique, Tania Bolabo développe une activité d’artiste peintre et est fondatrice et responsable des projets culturels de l’association genevoise Xploration Ateliers. Son travail se situe ainsi à la rencontre de la musique, des arts visuels et des projets culturels.

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Borovsky (vocals & guitar) grew up in the Basel area in Switzerland and started writing pop & rock songs back in the 80s. He released his debut album “Top of the Rock” in autumn 2016. In the meantime, he released several albums/EPs and singles.
The songs are recorded in Switzerland (and mainly in Basel) with producer and bassist Roman Huber ("Schwellheim"), drummer Michel Argast, guitarist Walter Sarbach (both "Flugmodus") and partly with drummer Roman Roth ("Simply Red").

Rosewood have long been a well-established name in Switzerland’s Americana
and modern country scene. Founded in 2014, the band quickly
embarked on a remarkable musical journey.
Performances at renowned venues and festivals such as the Trucker & Country
Festival Interlaken, Country Music Festival Albisgütli, Openair Klewenalp, Ride
West, Stadtkeller Luzern, Baronessa Lenzburg and Kulturschachtle Adliswil – to
name just a few – have earned the band a steadily growing and loyal fan base.
Rosewood have also performed in Germany and other European countries,
including Austria and Spain.
Shortly after the band was founded, Rosewood received the Swiss Country
Music Award for “Best Band”. Their song “Life Is Good” was also honoured
with the award for Best Song.
In 2020, the band followed up with their debut album Miles And Stories, which
entered the Swiss album charts directly in the Top 10 during its first week.
In early 2026, Rosewood broke new ground with the release of their EP Season
I – The Studio Sessions. All songs were recorded as live sessions in the studio –
no safety net, no second takes. The honesty, warmth and deep connection
between the five band members can be both felt and heard throughout the
recordings. All songs are original compositions, driven by earthy guitars,
organic rhythms and voices that tell stories of change, time and love.
The five musicians are continuously working on new songs, which they are
developing and releasing in stages as part of the continuation of their Studio
Sessions.
Their latest songs regularly receive airplay on Radio Swiss Pop, SRF 1 and
various relevant independent radio stations in Switzerland and abroad.
With a passionate and captivating live show, Rosewood draw their audience in
from the very first moment, creating an atmosphere that resonates long after
the final note. Whether on an intimate club stage or in front of a festival crowd,
the band impresses with passion, authenticity and a genuine connection with
their audience.

The 30-year-old musician Via discovered her passion for music at a young age. Even as a child, she used her song lyrics to write down enduring memories and dramatic experiences from her life in order to process them. Instead of struggling through sheet music, she prefers to rely on her ear and play melodies intuitively. She gave her first ‘concert’ at the age of 10 - spontaneously in front of a grocery shop with a piano. She wrote her first song at 14, followed by her first EP at 16.
She won the hearts of her listeners with modern English pop and her authentic style. After a creative phase in German, she returned to English pop with a breath of fresh air.

incipit brings together four rock enthusiasts who are determined to draw on every element of the genre’s richness from their musical toolbox. The result is a hybrid form of alternative rock, blending raw, organic rhythms with more psychedelic flourishes, all driven by a powerful vocal and finely crafted guitar sounds. For now, these original compositions are complemented in our live sets by covers of the bands that inspire us – and, above all, get your head bobbing: The Hives, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, QOTSA, Wolfmother and many more!
‘incipit’ means ‘the beginning’, the opening of a work… we invite you to start following us – who knows where this will take us? Let’s go for it together!

JOYNA est une autrice-compositrice-interprète de pop francophone dont l'univers navigue entre mélancolie intime et résilience. Avec une sincérité désarmante, elle explore la complexité des relations humaines : les moments suspendus, les douleurs qui forgent, les lumières extraites du plus sombre.

En collaboration avec le producteur Gregory Kropf (18 Lines Studio) et l'autrice-compositrice-interprète Margie Clément, elle sculpte une identité sonore immersive et habitée.

Film 2 is Jonas Albrecht, Elias Bieri and Elischa Heller. For nearly a decade they have been playing their way through the Swiss underground, from dark cellars to niche festivals, from 20-minute sets to 4-hour performances – somewhere between noise rock, kraut and experiment.
Their music comes hurtling in with sound constructions that overwhelm and confuse and sweep you along and hit you square in the face. Energetic and grinding, and yet there are moments within it that touch you and make you stop. The instruments rear up, scraping what feels like a cloud of dust made of sounds into your face, and then suddenly you find yourself on the outside, the guitar becomes almost physical, everything melts and grinds.
At Film 2, text becomes material. Words abstract themselves in the process of repetition until they dissolve into pure sound, only to then concretise back into thoughts. Every sound, every word is turned and twisted, stretched and kneaded, the rhythm drives the whole thing forward and pulls everything else along with it.
And so they make us tremble and think. Always shifting, but always moving forward.

TaubArt is a Swiss electronic music duo based in Bern, focused on original productions spanning Tech House, Progressive House and deep, driving club sounds.

TaubArt’s sound blends powerful grooves, hypnotic basslines, atmospheric textures and melodic tension. Rather than following a fixed formula, the duo combines club energy with experimental elements, creating tracks that range from deep and stripped-back to euphoric and explosive.

A central part of the TaubArt concept is its commitment to originality: the duo performs exclusively with its own productions. As a result, every set becomes an evolving showcase of their own sound — direct, individual and distinctive.

Based in Bern, TaubArt continues to develop its style through new releases, live performances and a constantly growing catalogue of electronic music made for late nights, powerful sound systems and packed dancefloors.

Es begann alles während der Pandemie. Damals bestellte sich Ambra Fia eine Gitarre im Internet, liess sie nach Hause liefern und lernte ihre ersten Akkorde. Schon bald sprudelten die ersten Lieder aus ihr heraus, und sie bemerkte, wie gut ihr das Songwriting tat. Ein bis dahin unbekanntes Gefilde wurde zu ihrem treusten Begleiter.
Seit einem Jahr arbeitet sie gemeinsam mit Luca Burkhalter an ihrer ersten Debüt-EP und ist dabei auf der Suche nach ihrer musikalischen Identität. Es waren spannende Tage in den Untergeschossen des Studio 571 in Zürich. Die beiden tüftelten, lachten und diskutierten, bis das Projekt schliesslich zu Ambra Fia wurde.
Die Lieder bewegen sich in Schweizer Mundart und sind musikalisch zwischen Pop und Folk angesiedelt und besitzen echtes Ohrwurmpotenzial. Einige davon sind Up-Tempo-Nummern, zu denen man am liebsten sofort tanzen möchte. Hört man jedoch genauer hin, wird schnell klar, dass die Songs nicht nur von Leichtsinn geprägt sind.
Ihre Musik handelt von Zweifeln, Unsicherheiten und Melancholie. «I ha doch alles, aber alles esch mer zvöu» singt sie in einer Ballade und bringt damit auf poetische Weise zum Ausdruck, dass ihr ihre eigene Innenwelt manchmal zu viel wird: zu laut, zu intensiv und zu verunsichernd. In ihren ruhigeren Songs richtet sie den Blick nach innen, stellt sich Fragen und verarbeitet dabei ihre Prägungen und Erfahrungen. Ambra Fia lässt sich nicht einfach einordnen. Sie bewegt sich zwischen Melancholie und Leichtsinn, zwischen Nachdenklichkeit und Lebensfreude. Diese Dualität kennt sie nur zu gut. Sowohl in ihren Songs als auch in ihrem eigenen Leben nimmt sie diese Spannung gerne als Herausforderung an.
Wer Ambra live auf der Bühne erlebt, merkt schnell: Ihr natürlicher Charme wirkt ansteckend, und ihre Stimme sorgt immer wieder für Gänsehautmomente. Falls ihr Ambra Fia noch nie live erlebt habt, solltet ihr das unbedingt nachholen.
Let this horse out of the box!

Arkas ist ein Provinzkind mit Identitätskrise: Einerseits tief verstrickt mit urbaner Nonchalance, andererseits halt doch naiv und geprägt von Festbankromantik. Und auch wenn er seinem Ärger ab und zu zwischen den Zeilen Luft macht, bleibt Arkas dabei immer sanft. Auch musikalisch bewegt sich Arkas im Spannungsfeld: Rap will und soll, nein, darf das nicht sein. Manchmal ist es ein Flirt mit Post-Punk, aber ein Fuss bleibt trotzdem immer in der Tür zum Pop.

SPLIT is back.

More than 40 years after SPLIT was founded, the remaining founding members are bringing the band back together and returning to the stage.

Rehearsals have already begun, and auditions are currently underway for saxophone and vocals. At the heart of the project are the many original SPLIT compositions from the 1980s and 1990s – reinterpreted with today’s energy and complemented by new material.

The unmistakable SPLIT sound – a powerful blend of funk, jazz-rock and fusion – is not just meant to live on as part of the band’s history, but to return to where it truly belongs: live on stage.

The first concerts are planned for 2027.

SPLIT 2027:
Ulrich Meldau – keyboards
Johann Bernard – drums
Christian Bohren – bass
Jean-Marc Hunziker – guitar
Saxophone & vocals – line-up in progress

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Notable Concerts 1984–1994
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Ugly Richterswil, STUZ Zürich, Atlantis Basel, Montreux Jazz Festival, Casino Frauenfeld, Domino Schaffhausen, Volkshaus Zürich, Dillons, Drahtschmidli, Stadtkeller Luzern, Casino Bremgarten, Limmatquai 82, Casino Luzern, Albisgüetli, Hotel National, Schützengarten St. Gallen, Kongresshaus Biel, Reithalle Frauenfeld, Tonhalle Wil, Cabanna Davos, Picaddilly Brugg, Open Air St. Gallen, Open Air Thun, Neuhof Bachs, Kaufleuten Zürich, Moonwalker Aarburg, Albani Winterthur, Mühle Hunziken, Hotel 3 Könige Chur, Inox Baden, Rössli Stäfa, Gaskessel Bern, Miller's Studio Zürich, Eisenwerk Frauenfeld, Hallenstadion Zürich, Mister D's, Casino Affoltern, Ca-Ba-Re Zürich, Kulturfabrik Burgdorf, Magic Factory, and many more.
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Supporting Act for
Stanley Clarke – 1986, Volkshaus Zürich
James Brown – 1987, Reithalle Frauenfeld
Mezzoforte – 1988, Albisgüetli Zürich and Kongresshaus Biel
Tania Maria – 1989, Tonhalle Wil
Cher – 1992, Hallenstadion Zürich

“Il Saggio” was formed in 2013 from the ashes of a previous band, “Griots”. Filippo Leoni (vocals and guitar) joined forces with Ivo Gasparini (drums, percussion and synthesizer).
Their early musical journey ranged from singer-songwriter music to blues and world music. Their first single, “Dove sta il mare”, received airplay on regional radio stations throughout the summer of 2014. It was followed by an EP featuring four original songs.
Over the years, their live performances have taken them throughout Switzerland and northern Italy. In 2018, they completed their first full-length album, “NaturaHumana”, featuring 17 original tracks and recorded with Auditoria Records. For the album, the trio invited Franco Ambrosetti (trumpet and flugelhorn) and Andrea Pedrazzini (piano and organ) to collaborate as guest musicians.
Their songs reached national radio stations, while their live appearances included prestigious venues and events such as the Teatro Sociale in Bellinzona and Moon and Stars in Locarno.
In 2023, they released two further singles, also recorded with Auditoria Records.