Seventeen
Edition #90 brings you fresh tracks by Jamila, The Terrys, benzii, Kraków Loves Adana, and Spunsugar.
Introducing Community Essentials
Sharing music with others is one of the main reasons why Negative White exists. Here's how you can be part of it.
A significant portion of the music I hold dear was recommended to me by other people. Sharing music with others is a crucial reason Negative White exists—a platform to share great artists and their work.
However, it currently is a one-way stream. We publish, you consume. It's an old-school, somewhat dusty concept that doesn't hold up in the age of digital communication.
That's why we introduce a new, collaborative format: Community Essentials.
The idea is simple: We provide a topic—for example, a specific decade—and you can share your favourite song that relates to said topic. Your contribution will then be published in a playlist and an accompanying article.
We plan to create a fresh Community Essentials playlist monthly, with the call for songs coming on the first Friday of each month.
Community Essentials #1: The 1990s
With the introduction out of the way, we can get down to business now. In the September edition of Community Essentials, we travel back in time to the age of bad taste: The 1990s.
But are the 90s actually that bad? Musically, the decade brought us Grunge, then the advent of techno, Britpop, fun punk, and last but not least, the rise of rap and hip-hop to global domination.
Which song should without a doubt be in this Community Essentials playlist? Fill out this short form below to enter your contribution. Thank you for participating.
Just Because I Regret It
Edition #89 features new tracks by Odd Beholder, Thumpasaurus, Les Big Byrd, Birdmask, and RABEA.
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reLISTEN #15: Rocking Teenager
In this edition, we revisit five classics from the golden era of rock music. Songs I've discovered in my teenage years.
Teenage years will eventually influence the rest of your life—and it's especially true for one's taste in music. Starting around 2004, I began to explore the vast archive of rock's most significant era, discovering the all-time greats.
In this edition of reLISTEN, I will be revisiting five classic songs that I used to listen to repeatedly during my teenage years. I'm curious to explore why these songs, which are now decades old, used to captivate me.
Bob Dylan – Hurricane
Obviously, my first contact with Bob Dylan was Blowin' In The Wind; however, it was Hurricane from the 1976 album Desire that drew me entirely into Dylan's kaleidoscopic universe. The song's urgency and anger—represented by the, for the artist, unusual pace—are fascinating.
As one of his few protest songs in the 1970s, Hurricane examines the racist trial of Afro-American boxer Rubin «Hurricane» Carter while entailing all of Dylan's traits: powerful storytelling, wild rock music, the signature harmonica, accompanied by a whirling violin. Yet, it's a far cry from Dylan's early folk roots.
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8 Recommendations For Mätteli Badenfahrt Festival 2023
From August 18 to 27, the festival Mätteli Badenfahrt features an astonishing line-up of local and international artists. Here are our recommendations.
The «Mätteli Badenfahrt» festival in Baden, Switzerland, features the who-is-who of the Swiss indie music scene: the country's rising stars and well-established acts share the stages alongside some interesting international acts. And you get it all for the ridiculous price of 50 Swiss francs.
We've combed through the extensive line-up and picked eight favourite Swiss artists that we wholeheartedly can recommend.
Ikan Hyu
18.08.2023, 21:00, Bühne Achtevierzg
Ikan Hyu's energetic performances are something one doesn't easily forget. The duo's explosive mix of synthesisers, Moog bass, and ravish drums, paired with a punkish DIY vibe, guarantees a sweaty and exhilarating experience.
Sensu
19.08.2023, 00:00, Bühne Achtevierzg
What can we say about Sensu that we've not yet written? With her latest EP, AM___PM, the producer delivers another batch of highly danceable tracks that promises to turn any place into an exuberant dancefloor.
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Nola Kin
20.08.2023, 18:30, Bühne Achtevierzg
With her debut EP Fallstreak, Carla Fellinger presented the world with her new project Nola Kin. It’s hauntingly beautiful, well-balanced music for lovers and dreamers, full of bittersweetness and powerful poetry.
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Soft Loft
20.08.2023, 19:45, Bühne Nüünevierzg
Soft Loft’s debut EP, In Case You Still Get Lonely, was only released in June 2023, but the band already sounds fully grown. They’re creating a safe space for the vulnerable eager to dive deep into their emotional universe.
Moonpools
23.08.2023, 18:45, Bühne Achtevierzg
With Damaged Goods, their second EP, and the namesake single, Moonpools made quite a splash—their sound meanders between rough indie-rock and synth-driven, post-punk-like atmosphere, between melancholy and longing.
Tompaul
25.08.2023, 01:00, Bühne Nüünevierzg
Nothing sounds like Tompaul: The nostalgic singing of Tom Fischer, the anticipating beats, the brass infusion that elevates their techno-style sound into the stratosphere. With Tompaul, you can rave into a different galaxy.
Dennis Kiss
26.08.2023, 17:15, Bühne Achtevierzg
Before Dennis Kiss will release his debut album in October, the young artist will present his thoughtful and poetic songs on stage. Characterised by everyday dreariness, Dennis Kiss writes pieces in a nostalgic Britpop manner.
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Egopusher
26.08.2023, 00:00, Bühne Achtevierzg
Zurich’s duo Egopusher creates an incredible fusion of ambient electronica and neo-classic sounds that defies any labelling attempt. Sometimes surreal, sometimes ecstatic, Egopusher never fail to evoke wonder and astonishment.
Discover The Artists In Our Bespoke Playlist
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Exclusive: Ginger & The Alchemists feat. Yet To Find – dive in (remake)
Tomorrow, Ginger & The Alchemists release a remade version of their song «dive in», a collaboration with Yet To Find. Negative White is exclusively presenting the track's premiere.
Vulnerability is at the core of their music, transported through the intimate and heartfelt songwriting and poetry of frontwoman Carole Brunner.
The Swiss band Ginger & The Alchemist released their debut album, better now, last November. In a feature for «St. Galler Tagblatt», Emil Keller wrote about Brunner: «Her songs speak of inner fears and worries that have probably plagued every one of us at one time or another. She manages to find words for these feelings, capture them on paper and carry them out into the world.»
Among the album's twelve songs is dive in, an urging plea for honest relationships—powered by a well-balanced arrangement of optimistic folky indie pop.
Let's break through the surface
I'll show you my sincerity
Want no longer be afraid of losing face
Let's thaw out, to let love in
Break Through The Surface
In a way, the original dive in is perfect, and any attempt to alter the song seems unnecessary. But you might take the song's message literally and break through its surface and find what lies within.
And that is what Carole Brunner and Daniel Eugster, alias Yet To Find, have done.
Eugster usually sits behind a drumset—not only for Ginger & The Alchemists but also for artists like Nola Kin or Dino Brandão. However, with his solo project, Yet To Find, he dabbles with effect machines, an arsenal of instruments, in constant search for songs within songs.
Seemingly, dive in (remake) has little to do with the original. The lyrics are reduced to the pure essence of «Let's break through the surface». The piano plays as a reference to the origin. But then there is this reverberating guitar, which welcomes the steady beat and lets the track flow from its ambient beginnings into an atmospheric as well as danceable sound.
It's an astoundingly cathartic escalation representing the breakthrough demonstrating that it is possible to heavily transform a song without losing its meaning.
The song dive in (remake) will be released on Thursday, July 20.
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