music
now!
Sign in
Sign up
Šuma Čovjek
Biography
Šuma Čovjek Single Release „Vos noms“
3rd of September, 2021
Šuma Čovjek are back with a new single! This coming 3rd of September, the Swiss musicians will release "Vos noms", the first single of their new album "Fata Morgana", which will be released in winter 2021–22.
Vos noms (“your names” in French) is a tribute to all the people who engage themselves every day to make life worth living, yet they remain in the background. These people often contribute significantly to the success of others, yet they remain anonymous. Our personal paths and roads should bear their names. This song is also an attempt to consider further the question of the "systemic relevance" of paid and unpaid labour.
Šuma Čovjek's sound remains unmistakable, offering lovingly staged songs that range from melancholic ballads to rhythmic Balkan pop. Linguistically, one can once again look forward to acrobatic leaps between French, Arabic and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian.
The pictures for the single and album covers were taken by the award-winning Swiss photographer Dominik Nahr. The videos were once again created by Serbian filmmakers Jelena Gavrilović and Marko Milovanović.
More singles will follow in autumn and winter, before the band’s club tour kicks off in January 2022 with around 15 concerts.
Šuma Čovjek released their first album, “No Man's Land”, in 2018. The accompanying single "Bouge ton cœur" was one of the most played songs on SRF3 in 2018. The highlights of their concert tours so far have been performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Open Air St. Gallen, Zermatt Unplugged and Heitere Open Air.
www.sumacovjek.ch
UPCOMING SINGLE „Vos Noms“ (RELEASE: 3-9-2021)
UPCOMING ALBUM „Fata Morgana“ (RELEASE: Winter 2021/22)
CLUB-TOURNÉE 2022
07.01.2022 Luzern Südpol
08.01.2022 Bienne Le Singe
14.01.2022 Aarau KiFF
15.01.2022 Basel Parterre
22.01.2022 Mogelsberg Rössli
28.01.2022 Schaffhausen Kammgarn
29.01.2022 Zug Galvanik
11.02.2022 Buchs Fabriggli
25.02.2022 Bern Dachstock
26.02.2022 St.Gallen Grabenhalle
17.03.2022 Zürich Rote Fabrik
24.03.2022 Bulle Ebullition
LIVE PAST
Montreux Jazz Festival, Openair St. Gallen, Moon&Stars Locarno, Zermatt Unplugged, Heitere Openair, Stars in Town Schaffhausen, Rock Oz’Arènes Avenches and many more
VIDEOS
2021: Vos noms SINGLE OUT NOW - https://youtu.be/JkNfymj1co4
2019: Mira - https://youtu.be/JkNfymj1co4
2018: Bouge ton cœur - https://youtu.be/gpDRDOPEu3Q
2018: Odakle - https://youtu.be/HaWAHFFutlg
2018: LIVE at SRF 8x15 Openair Montecarasso - https://youtu.be/lpI02OKgsLY
DISCOGRAPHY
Single „Bouge ton cœur“ (Release: 2018)
Album „No Man’s Land“ (Release: 2018)
Single „Mira“ (Release: 2019)
LINKS
Website: www.sumacovjek.ch
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sumacovjek
Instagram: www.instagram.com/suma_covjek/
CONTACT
booking: florian@justbecause.ch
promo: thierry@hertzhaft.ch
promo romandie: cabrita.edgar@gmail.com
contact: info@sumacovjek.ch
Šuma Čovjek does away with all clichés about classic Balkan pop. The ten Swiss chaps - as we say - "with migrant backgrounds” sing in Croatian, Arabic, French and Spanish. The languages flow so harmoniously together that you feel as though you can understand everything. This is no doubt due to the lovingly arranged songs, from melancholy ballads to rhythmic Balkan pop, spiced with brass and rap.
With their new single «Mira» and its impressive video, which will be released on April 26th, the likeable guys of Šuma Čovjek are back in time for the 2019 festival season, bringing with them a strong message. «Mira» is a political song, peppered with joie de vivre and dancing rhythms, which takes you on a roller coaster ride of the world of languages. The song represents a mindset and values that are important to the Swiss-Bosnian-Algerian combo in everyday life: openness and respect.
Depending on the language and context, “Mira“ can stand for different things. In the Serbo-Croatian language context “mir” means peace. We seek this peace within ourselves and with others. In the Spanish-speaking world, "mira" means look. We want to stand for a society that does not close its eyes to what's going on around it. Lastly, “Mira” is a woman's name, dedicated to all anonymous women who are currently on the run. You are a majority. What does your "Mira" stand for?
Especially in times of increasing nationalism and religious fanaticism, times when people are drowning in the Mediterranean, we are faced with the question of what we want to stand for as a society. For a band as political as Šuma Čovjek, there is only one stance possible: we have to face the other with trust, openness and respect and build on that in everyday life. Because humanism is non-negotiable.
Šuma Čovjek released their first album "No Man's Land" in 2018. The accompanying single "Bouge ton cœur" was one of the most played songs on Swiss German Radio in 2018.
LIVE 2019
26.04.2019 Meck Frick
04.05.2019 Stanser Musiktage
25.05.2019 Interkultur Fest, Alte Reithalle Aarau
01.06.2019 Forrest Funk Lauchringen
30.06.2019 Openair St. Gallen
09.08.2019 Festival i de Marktgass Bremgarten
10.08.2019 Festival am Gleis Degersheim
15.08.2019 Rock Oz’Arènes Avenches
23.08.2019 Sound of Glarus
>> more festival shows starting from June 2019 to be anounced soon!
LIVE past
Zermatt Unplugged, Heitere Openair, Openair St. Gallen, Musikfestwochen Winterthur, Moods Zürich, Stars in Town Schaffhausen, u.v.m.
Tag: world, arabic, chanson, balkan, balkan beats
