In this edition of “Tell us about the music scene in…”, we are discovering more about Fribourg with David Sallin (left in photo). The bassist from Nostalgie Plage has currently been active on the music scene for over the last 15 years in the town and canton of Fribourg.

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In November 2024, the Lausanne-based band, Orso served up the third course of their Italian gastronomic-themed records with Caffè.

Although, the concepts to the albums are playful, Orso’s instrumental songs are brooding and captivating at the same time, pulling the listener in and keeping their attention.

For the first interview of 2025, Raul, one of the three guitarists, and Thomas, the drummer, tell me more about the band’s history, releases and their passion about coffee.

Here is the third part of the review of 2024.

Here is part two of the year in review.

Happy new year!

In this three part series I will be reviewing and remembering 2024.

Find out more about the beginning of the blog and the first interviews.

Winter 2024

Here is the third Reverb Dream playlist of 2024!

Mount Jacinto’s first album, Silver Lining, will be released this Friday, 29th November, and a concert to celebrate the occasion will take the following day at the Waxy Bar in Zurich.

Having been a fan of the Outward Signs EP and the first two singles from the album, I wanted to know more about the project from Sonya Carmona.

In this interview, she takes the time to tell me about her fascinating musical background, the project and the new album.

Nostalgie Plage’s (English translation: nostalgia beach) unique sound is the result of five musicians, who have been very active in the music scene in Fribourg, wanting to form a collaborative project and mix their diverse influences to create their own genre which they jokingly call, “post-Rock, bossa nova, mathcore, dance punk”.

Drummer, Valentin Descloux, tells us more about the band’s origins, the story behind their excellent album, Plaisirs et Discipline, and how they have over 200 song names for songs which don’t exist yet.

I first discovered Mount Kōya through my interview “Tell us about the music scene in Vevey” and was hooked straight away by their psychedelic style and concept albums. The band released their fourth album, Teien, on Friday and I wanted to know more about the band.

The drummer, Kevin Ruffieux, and bassist, Aria Konishi, took the time to answer my questions and provide details about the band’s history, the recording of Teien and about their record release party on Saturday 16th November at Espace ContreContre in St-Maurice (in collaboration with Foucoupe).

In this two part series, I have listed four of my favourite instrumental albums which I have discovered recently. This first edition contains only albums which are six songs maximum to give you a taster of the bands.

On 23rd November 2024, the team behind the Alles Post- MusikFest! music festivals will be branching out and hosting more concerts. The first of these events is a Joy Division Tribute Evening at the X-TRA Musikcafe in Zurich with four bands from the region on the line-up (including a surprise), a DJ and a record market.

In the fourth edition of “Tell us about the music scene in…”, we have Simon Hirzel, bassist and vocalist the Shattered Mind Machine, ANGER MGMT. and Die Panne, to tell us more about the music scene in Winterthur.

As a follow-up to Echolot's ten year anniversary concert at Filter 4 in Basel on 26th October - I interview Jonathan Ruf, formerly of Snarf. During the evening, Echolot will perform Snarf's The Blue Giant in its entirety. I wanted to know more about his thoughts on the evening and about his participation too.

In the second part of the article, Reverb Dream has the privilege of premiering the first single, Friction, from Renato Matteucci's new solo project, Mohon. The album, RiseX, which will be released soon, sees Renato move in a more 1970s-inspired prog rock direction.

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Mike Saxer and Rune Dahl Hansen have been particularly active over the last few years on the music scene in Switzerland, notably with Walter Frosch and YC-CY.

Having written and recorded so much music together (as well as separately and for other projects), it was interesting to know more about their story, how they juggle(d) the two projects and how they create music.

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Whilst looking for live sessions of bands, Foucoupe, have produced a lot of quality videos set in unique locations and they have always been a pleasure to watch.

The association started off with small, intimate concerts in 2019 before moving into video production. And now in their fifth year, they will be celebrating this milestone in Monthey (from 1st until 3rd November).

In this interview, Valentin Brugnolo, tells me more about Foucoupe.

On 26th October 2024, Echolot will be celebrating their ten year anniversary as a band at Filter 4 in their hometown of Basel. To mark the occasion, they will be performing a classic album, The Blue Giant, from Snarf.

I caught up with Renato Matteucci, the band's bassist, who tells me about the band's history, their upcoming concert and their plans for the future.

In this interview, Kevin Galland, producer, bassist and synth player in Coilguns and co-owner of Studio Mécanique in La Chaux-de-Fonds, talks about his musical journey and the recipes for four albums which he has produced.

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For the third edition of “Tell us about the music scene in …” Jacob Atkinson (aka Jean L'Asticot) from the psychedelic, garage-rock band, Fomies, replies to my questions about Vevey

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The summer holidays have arrived for Reverb Dream and to mark the occasion, I interviewed Felix, the bassist and singer of the band, Binary Sunset.

The band released their first album, les grandes vacances, in May and celebrating its release on 14th September at Konzerthaus Schüür in their hometown of Lucerne.

This album, along with their previous EPs, brings an uplifting summer mood every time.

At this year’s Kombinat Festival, I discovered Radiana Basso’s project, Dizzy Davis. A couple of months later, I had found out that she had directed music videos for some of my favourite Swiss bands and was part of the association, Spazio L’ove.

During our conversation, we talked about many subjects and themes. This interview focuses mainly the difficult beginnings to her music career, how the Dizzy Davis project took off, her involvement in the creative scene in Lugano, and, what she has planned for the future with her latest project, Concetta Spaziale

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