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Redwood

Biog of Swiss based Redwood (1997 - present) 2007
REDWOOD releases their album "We're all gonna die". 2004
REDWOOD releases their debut album "Everything Under the Sun" on March 8th 2004 in collaboration with distributor MUVE.
Album release concert on the 12th of March 2004 at the Abart Club in Zurich
REDWOOD releases their first videoclip "lights"
March - July 2004 played over 30 shows, including 4 support shows for German band "Beatsteaks"

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Frantic

there are 6 bands with the name Frantic: 1. a swiss indie band:
an autumn day in the year 2000: four youths met spontaneously for a jam-session. what began with occasional playing of cover versions for pure fun, developed soon to a serious band-project with regular practice-sessions. the guitarists mike sarbach and michael gysel discovered early their talent in songwriting. all bandmembers have their own music-interests, what led gently to the typical sound of frantic.

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Anna Murphy

The Swiss singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Anna Murphy is mainly known as the hurdy-gurdist of the metal band Eluveitie, as well as a multitude of side projects.
Throughout late 2011 and 2012 she has been working on her first solo effort, where she finds her own sound in an eclectic fusion of indie, rock and pop music. Two demo tracks have been released online for public listening and an album will follow in 2013.

Anna Murphy on Last.fm.

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dreamshade

The new wave of melodic death metal is coming from Switzerland, a country which never gave birth to any important act of this genre before. Dreamshade's upcoming album "What Silence Hides" will be a breath of fresh air and is going to stand out among the others thanks to it's new and unique sound: a mixture of guitar solos and melodies which will reach your emotions, in-your-face rithmics able to make you headbang and break your neck, incredibly technical drums, atmospheric keyboards, ripping screams and growls.

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Ravenheart

The Powermetal Band Ravenheart was established by Roger (vocals and drums) in 1997.
Suitable band members were found quickly with Greg (guitar), Marco (guitar), Luca (bass) and Bea (key). After several concerts and the fist demo CD ‘Timeless Knights’ Ravenheart worked on producing
a full-length album. During the time of recording Luca was tragically taken away from us in 2006 and the whole production was put on hold.

Read more about Ravenheart on Last.fm.

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Cowboys From Hell

Fresh, for now, as a progressive rock market band, the Swiss trio named COWBOYS FROM HELL is yet an interesting-looking new group, with their debut album (recorded in 2007 but released only up in the first months of 2008) sounding pretty slick. Combining the ideal of entertaining fresh music with those of funk-jazz sessions, creative band strumming and deep, at times improvised, rock, the result of their music and activity goes overall the same...

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IMPERIAL TIGER ORCHESTRA

Imperial Tiger Orchestra are Raphaël Anker (tp), Alexandre Rodrigues (rhodes, key), John Menoud (sax), Cyril Moulas (b), Luc Détraz (per) and Julien Israelian (d), from Geneva, Switzerland. The orchestra's repertoire consists of revamped remakes from the Golden Age of modern Ethiopian music (1969-1978).Visiting each of the foremost artists of period in turn, the orchestra blends Ethiopian rhythms with their own influences. Playing music that is usually sung, this entirely instrumental group emphasizes the dark and hypnotic grooves of the rhythmn as well as the polished, ethereal brass themes.

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