SECONDOS Y TERCEROS
One fifth of the current population of Switzerland does not own a Swss passport. This fifth - primeros, secondos and terceros - contribute strongly to the musical scene in Switzerland. On this CD, artists like DJ Goo, Secondo, Namusoke, Kamilya Jubran, Tempo al Tempo, Melinda Nadj Abonji show a colourful mixture of sound ranging from latino to rap, ragga to rock, cumbia to reggaeton. These 20 songs show how strong and colourful this international Switzerland can be.
A NEW SWISS SONG
One fifth of the current population of Switzerland does not own a Swss passport. This fifth - primeros, secondos and terceros - contribute strongly to the musical scene in Switzerland. On this CD, artists like DJ Goo, Secondo, Namusoke, Kamilya Jubran, Tempo al Tempo, Melinda Nadj Abonji show a colourful mixture of sound ranging from latino to rap, ragga to rock, cumbia to reggaeton. These 20 songs show how strong and colourful this international Switzerland can be.
These new Swiss songs talk of politics and love - in a variety of langauages: Hungarian, Albanian, Serbo-Croatian, Swahili, Spanish, Italian and ... Swiss-German. The songs give some international flair to the musical scenes of Lausanne, Basle, Geneva, Berne and Zurich, an international touch that other representatives of the rock and pop-world often look for in vain.
The immigration and the fact, that these musicians have often grown up in more than one country, helped create a new type of musician who doesn't copy his sound from England or the United States, but who searches in his own roots and traditions, who combines the old and the new in very attractive songs.
Nilsa Samuel, Ka Mamadou Sylla, Mario Batcovic and Kadir Özkan -these musicians are part of the rhythm of our times.
flair to the musical scenes of Lausanne, Basle, Geneva, Berne and Zurich, an international touch that other representatives of the rock and pop-world often look for in vain.
The immigration and the fact, that these musicians have often grown up in more than one country, helped create a new type of musician who doesn't copy his sound from England or the United States, but who searches in his own roots and traditions, who combines the old and the new in very attractive songs.
Nilsa Samuel, Ka Mamadou Sylla, Mario Batcovic and Kadir Özkan -these musicians are part of the rhythm of our times.
