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September: news and opportunities!

01/09/2014MUSIC, NEWS, TIPS & TRICKSOney

September will be fun!

Festivals:

5.-6. Sept. : Tohu Bohu Festival (VS)
12.-13. Sept. : Open Air Berg (TG)
12.-13. Sept. : Zikamart Festival (VS)
12.-20. Sept. : Radio Swiss Pop on tour (in the whole country)
18. Sept. : 8 x 15 (Zürich)
19.-21. Sept. : Label Suisse (Lausanne)
and even more on mx3.ch/concerts !!!

Contests and opportunities for bands:

“Oh Yeah! Die Ausstellung zur Pop Musik in der Schweiz” (send them your selfies and music videos)
Helvetiarockt (tipps for women)

Read the newsletter here.

Viens “kauser” ce soir à Lausanne!

22/08/2014MUSIC, NEWSEJMA, Kause, Lausanne, TrocKOney

Une nouvelle “Kause” aura lieu ce soir à Lausanne! Organisées par le TrocK, les soirées “Kause” ont pour but de réunir musiciens, groupes, programmateurs, etc. autour de discussions conviviales!

Tu n’as rien de prévu ce soir et tu aimerais faire des rencontres musicales sympathiques et étoffer ton réseau? Alors rendez-vous à l’EJMA (Lausanne Flon) ce soir entre 18h et 20h. Thème de la soirée: musique, formations et institutions.

Le TrocK sur Mx3 | le site du TrocK

Groom: be ready for goosebumps

19/08/2014MUSIC, NEWSbackstageradio, folk, groom, odd_past, ON_AIROney

Some songs just talk to your heart from the first bar… Are these the fragile but at the same time strong vocals, or this guitar perched on a cloud? I don’t know… but I know that this song is a caress to my ears: “Odd Past” by Groom is now ON AIR on Backstageradio.

Discover Groom: mx3.ch/groom

A new setting for the Zikamart Festival

12/08/2014MUSIC, NEWSAnna_Aaron, Belle_Usine, Fully, Martigny, The_Animen, We_Have_Band, ZikamartOney

The 8th edition of the Zikamart Festival (Fully, VS) will have a new setting: the Belle Usine! Instead of being an Open Air, the festival becomes an indoor event. Yet the recipe is still the same: conviviality + talented international and swiss acts.

Here’s the programme:

On September 12:

Switch Digital TV: mx3.ch/switchdigitaltv
Anna Aaron: mx3.ch/annaaaron
We Have Band (UK)
Doppelgänger: mx3.ch/doppelgangervs

On September 13:

The Revox: mx3.ch/therevox
The Animen: mx3.ch/theanimen
Reptile Youth (DK)
Arnaud Rebotini (FR)

Get your tickets here.

See you in Fully!

zikamart.ch | the Zikamart on Mx3

Picture: The Animen (Credits: Charles Mugel)

Open Air Berg: the winners of the contests

09/08/2014MUSIC, NEWSbands, contest, Eluveitie, festival, Fritz_Phantom, Neckless, open_air, Stefanie_Heinzmann, winnersOney

The Open Air Berg (TG) will take place on September 12 and 13. In June we had already written a post on this great event (which you can read here). At the time, the Line-Up was not complete yet, but after two different contests it is now full.

Here are the bands that have won and will join Stefanie Heinzmann, Eluveitie, Barbie Sailers, When they Wake and co in September!

Live-Contest winners:

Fritz Phantom (TG) (mx3.ch/fritzphantom)
Qunstwerk from Ulm (DE)

Jury-Contest:

Neckless (ZH) (mx3.ch/neckless_2)
Shijo X from Bologna (IT)

Website of the festival | and its Mx3 page

(Picture: Neckless)

The “Festival du Lombric” starts on Friday!

07/08/2014MUSIC, NEWSconcerts, festival, lombric, musique, yverdonOney

Le Festival du Lombric démarre demain vendredi 8 à Giez, près d’Yverdon.

Entre concerts, ateliers et animations pour petits et grands, le Lombric promet de beaux moments autour de la nature.

Les groupes s’y produisant sont à l’image de ce festival tourné vers l’humain. Il y aura notamment:

Vendredi 8:

Baptiste Bieri: mx3.ch/baptistebierietdavidmillioud
mmmh!: mx3.ch/mmmh
Street Lemon: mx3.ch/streetlemon
Fleuve Congo: mx3.ch/fleuvecongo

Samedi 9:

Thierry Romanens: mx3.ch/thierry_romanens_2
Jacko & The Washmachine: mx3.ch/jacko
Ska Nerfs: mx3.ch/skanerfs

Dimanche 10:

Les Petits Chanteurs à la Gueule de Bois: mx3.ch/lespetitschanteursalagueuledebois

Découvrez en plus sur la page Mx3 du Festival du Lombric, ainsi que sur leur site.

Un beau week-end festif et musical à tous!

Crédits photo: Yann André

Laure Perret is back, and we love her new single

05/08/2014MUSIC, NEWSfribourgeoise, intimiste, Laure_Perret, musique, popOney

You can discover and play the single ”Take Shelter” by Laure Perret on Backstageradio! We love it and are glad that she releases a new album!

The crunchy August news

04/08/2014MUSIC, NEWSOney

It appears that the Summer is finally about to come! How happy we are, even more so that this month’s music news are great:

mx3.ch/newsletters/2014-08-04-it.html

(picture: Wallpaperiz)

Estivale Open Air: a very musical weekend

01/08/2014MUSIC, NEWSOney

Après la première soirée d’hier, qui fut belle, la fête continue jusqu’à dimanche soir!

Aujourd’hui, The Rambling Wheels et Dirty Sound Magnet vous combleront à l’occasion du premier août! L’entrée est libre en ce soir de fête nationale!

Demain (samedi 2), aux côtés de As Animales, James Arthur et Jabberwocky, se produiront Marvin, Sumo et Polar Circles sur la Scène du Lac.

Puis, dimanche, vous savourerez les concerts de Noa Moon, Pascal Obispo et William White sur la Grande Scène, ainsi qu’Aliose, Yves Z et le gagnant de la Sunday Night Jam de Radio FR sur la Scène du Lac.

Nous avons des billets à vous offrir pour samedi et dimanche soir! Envoyez-nous un e-mail à info@mx3.ch, avec vos coordonnées et le jour qui vous intéresse!

Une très belle fête nationale et un magnifique week-end à tous!

estivale.ch | mx3.ch/stages/estivaleopenair

La Scène du Lac:

Swiss National Day: an Occasion to honour Swiss Music!

01/08/2014MUSIC, NEWSMusik, musique, mx3, swissOney

Today is Switzerland’s National Day. Let’s enjoy the diversity of the musicians of the country!

On Mx3, there are more than 21 000 swiss bands:

Rock: 5423 bands (mx3.ch/genre/rock)
Hip Hop: 3445 bands (mx3.ch/genre/hip_hop)
Pop: 2944 bands (mx3.ch/genre/pop)
Electro: 1566 bands (mx3.ch/genre/electro)
Techno: 1392 bands (mx3.ch/genre/techno)
Metal/Punk: 1388 bands (mx3.ch/genre/metal-punk)
Chanson: 1346 bands (mx3.ch/genre/chanson)
Jazz: 870 bands (mx3.ch/genre/jazz)
Folk/Country: 863 bands (mx3.ch/genre/folk-country)
Funk/R&B/Soul: 693 bands (mx3.ch/genre/funk)
Reggae: 535 bands (mx3.ch/genre/reggae)
World/Latin: 461 bands (mx3.ch/genre/world)
Easy Listening/Film: 430 bands (mx3.ch/genre/easy-film)

We wish the musicians and all those who allow them to make a living of their art (listeners, concertgoers, radios, festivals, venues…) a beautiful day!

Your faithful Mx3 Team