As I was still getting to know the music scene in Switzerland in 2022, I was in attendance for the Mord Fuzztang concert (organised by Kombinat) at Club Variété in Zurich and was instantly a big fan of their style, mixing krautrock and psychedelic rock, and their live performance.

After having released their first EP, Live at G5, the band would go on to put out their first album, Air Gélatine, in November of last year. The album, which was produced by Remo Agovic, is not only a solid album from start to finish but would also go on to win the gds.fm jury prize for album of 2024.

In this interview, Mord Fuzztang replies to my questions about how the album was made and their reaction to winning the award.

In January 2025, Doom! Noo Yelbek released their second EP, The Burden Left by The Seven Snakes, and celebrated its release at Pont-Rouge in Monthey.

The band draws upon a wide range of musical influences (and the absurd) to create their own unique neo-psychedelic style of music.

In this interview, David Roussel, one of the band’s two guitarists tells us about the band’s history including a record release party in a humid cellar where the audience couldn’t open the noisy door and the filming of the music video of one of my favourite songs over the last few months, Kilimanjaro.

Spring 2025 playlist - enjoy!

The fourth annual Kombinat Festival takes place this weekend on Saturday 15th March with 18 bands from across Switzerland performing at six different venues on and around the Langstrasse in Zurich. It is definitely one of my highlights of the year!

Having been around since 2021 and beginning by organising concerts across Zurich, the association has its finger on the pulse of the Swiss music scene bringing together an eclectic line-up of bands and musicians for the festivals.

As part of the build-up to this year’s festival, I interviewed Kombinat to find out more about the association, their history and their festivals.

Shortly having creating Reverb Dream, I came across High on the Sound - a printed magazine providing a platform to bands across the whole of Switzerland. Every time a new edition is printed, a concert is organised to celebrate its release.

The ninth edition of the magazine will be published on Friday 7th March with a concert at Südpol in Lucerne featuring performances from oze and STRUKTURSTRUKTUR.

I interviewed the team behind the magazine (Mario Scialdone and Lena Eberhard) to find out more about High on the Sound. In the first part of this series, we talk about how High on the Sound started and the magazine itself.

Last month, willibald released the two singles, Crumbs and Y, their first new music since the excellent album, le roi est mort. The songs, which were recorded and mixed by Remo Agovic, showcase the band’s evolution whilst retaining their distinct musical identity.

To find out more about the songs, I interviewed two members of the band, bassist, Charli Grögli, and guitarist, Naemi Zurbrügg.

For this edition of “Tell us about the music scene in…”, Mario Scialdone will be giving us an insight into one of Switzerland’s most popular cities, Lucerne.

Mario has been heavily involved in the music scene in Switzerland over the last few years and, next to his band, Sneila, he is the founder of High on the Sound magazine. The magazine will be celebrating its ninth publication at Südpol on 9th March with oze and StrukturStruktur performing live too.

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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