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switzerland

Last updated: Mon Nov 03 2025 08:51:51 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

The Switzerland tag encompasses the diverse multilingual music scene emerging from the Alpine nation, reflecting its cultural crossroads between French, German, and Italian influences. Artists blend indie rock, folk, electronic, and chanson traditions with a distinctly Swiss sensibility characterized by understated experimentation and regional authenticity. The sound often carries a cosmopolitan yet intimate quality, mirroring Switzerland's small-scale creative communities and linguistic diversity.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
52		1972	Various Artists	Streetwar Connection	rap switzerland
50		1974	Tea	TEA	hammond piano rock switzerland	hammond # 35
54		1980-08	Various Artists	Street Parade 2009 - Trance (Mixed By Aly & Fila)	switzerland trance
18		1985	Double	Blue	pop
38		1987	Double	Dou3le	pop sophisti-pop
83		1987-03-02	Yello	Call It Love	dance electronic electronica pop rock switzerland synthpop
49		1988	Celtic Frost	Morbid Tales / Emperor's Return (2006 Japan Press)	black metal switzerland thrash metal
63		1989	L'Ensemble Rayé	Même en Hiver/Comme un Pinson Dans L'Eau	switzerland	prog-rock # 31
72		1993	L'Ensemble Rayé	Quelques pièces détachées	switzerland
96		1993	Stephan Eicher	Carcassonne	rock switzerland
34		1994	Debile Menthol	Battre campagne	art rock avant-prog experimental rock prog-rock progressive rock switzerland	avant-prog # 8 prog-rock # 80
60		1994	Debile Menthol	Emile au jardin patrologique	avant-prog progressive rock art rock switzerland	avant-prog # 26 prog-rock # 53
39		1994	Debile Menthol	Emile à la campagne	progressive rock switzerland avant-prog
86		1995-06-12	The Young Gods	Only Heaven	electronic
93		1996-04-04	frantic	Sparkling Star	pop switzerland
29		1997	Sportsguitar	Married, 3 Kids
36		1998	Jean-20 Huguenin	Solo Raye	ragtime folk guitar virtuoso switzerland	ragtime # 78
48		1998	Chewy	Chewy	switzerland alternative alternative rock indie pop
53		1998	Sportsguitar	Happy Already	indie pop switzerland
19		1998	Cédric Vuille/Jean-20 Huguenin	Un Royaume, une Espece de Vide
84		1999-03-03	Mara	Foufoune	dancehall female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais switzerland urbain	paris # 38 parisienne # 60 french rap # 76 rap francais # 79 urbain # 86
16		1999-11-03	Chewy	Whattookyousolong	switzerland
37		2000	L'Ensemble Rayé	Ein Fest für Pu den Bären	avant-prog switzerland	prog-rock # 15
51		2000	Mara	Foulamerde	dancehall female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais switzerland urbain	parisienne # 13 french rap # 51 rap francais # 53 urbain # 68
92		2000	Mara	Dans ta bouche	dancehall female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais switzerland urbain	paris # 65 parisienne # 78 french rap # 82 rap francais # 89 urbain # 93
85		2001	Honey For Petzi	Heal all monsters	alternative switzerland
97		2001-01	Gotthard	Homerun	hard rock
6		2002	Denner	Lakritze EP	dance electro electronic electronica lobit minimal techno pop switzerland tech trance techno trance	tech trance # 57 lobit # 80
20		2002	Meridian	The Seventh Sun	atmospheric black metal black metal industrial black metal melodic black metal switzerland
45		2002	Adrian Weyermann	La Poeta	acoustic alternative singer-songwriter switzerland
74		2002	L'Ensemble Rayé	Les Contrepoints Cardinaux	switzerland
30		2002-09-02	Mara	L'Elixir	dancehall female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais switzerland urbain	parisienne # 2 french rap # 43 rap francais # 49 urbain # 62
22		2002-11-11	Chewy	Somanydynamos	alternative pop switzerland
70		2003	Cédric Vuille	Des Pas Rayes	avant-prog switzerland	avant-prog # 45 chamber # 54 prog-rock # 69
33		2003-04-29	The Sad Riders	Lay Your Head on the Soft Rock	alternative switzerland
82		2003-05-10	Lovebugs	13 Songs With A View	alternative indie pop switzerland alternative rock indie rock alternative pop
75		2003-09-29	Favez	Bellefontaine Avenue	alternative alternative rock switzerland
8		2004	Dada (Ante Portas)	Seasons Change	alternative pop rock switzerland
24		2004	Scream	Fahrlässig	switzerland
17		2005	Neviss	Neige & Soleil	alternative rock switzerland alternative alternative pop indie pop
44		2005	Solitune	o.k. rewind	alternative indie rock shoegaze switzerland
68		2005-01-22	Lovebugs	Naked	alternative pop alternative rock switzerland alternative unplugged indie pop
2		2005-03-01	Flink	Ontheoutsideoflife	switzerland
28		2005-05-01	Mary Has A Little Lamb	We Got Every Right To Get Loud	alternative alternative rock indie rock rock switzerland
35		2005-12-05	Josh Vegas	The Preview EP	electronic lobit minimal techno switzerland techno	lobit # 86
88		2005-12	Centovalley	August	ambient electronica house italian italy japan japanese jazz lounge switzerland	italy # 56
27		2006	TKatKa	Disarmchair (Single)	braindance british danish denmark europe german germany sweden swedish switzerland	denmark # 35 braindance # 70
66		2006	TKatKa	Bedroom Dust (Single)	ambient braindance british chillout danish denmark dub electronic electronica europe german germany sweden swedish switzerland techno	denmark # 55 braindance # 87
1		2006	Stevans	Stevans	alternative alternative pop switzerland
26		2006	The Delilahs	This Is It	alternative rock switzerland
4		2006-03-17	The Shell	feel free	alternative alternative pop alternative rock switzerland
98		2006-06-23	Lovebugs	In Every Waking Moment	alternative pop alternative switzerland indie pop alternative rock indie rock
42		2006-08-18	The Hardliner	something like bitter-bitter symphony	bitpop chiptune electronic lobit switzerland symphony	symphony # 7 lobit # 89
67		2006-10-20	Marygold	Dare, Dare... Surrender
95		2006-12-04	Monkey3	39 Laps	post-rock
61		2007	Cédric Vuille	#804 Center Street	americana avant-prog oregon switzerland	ragtime # 10 avant-prog # 33 oregon # 92
3		2007	Sarah Reeve	From The Mind Of A Dreamer	australia ballad blues jazz piano pop soul switzerland
32		2007	Serpentine	Beauty Queen	alternative alternative pop alternative rock switzerland
90		2007-03-23	Heidi Happy	Back Together	switzerland
40		2007-06-28	frantic	Change	alternative pop switzerland
13		2007-10-29	Mothers Pride	Mothers Pride	alternative alternative pop alternative rock indie pop indie rock switzerland
71		2007-11-23	Favez	Bigger Mountains Higher Flags	alternative rock switzerland alternative
65		2008	My Name Is George	Black and Blue	switzerland
55		2008-02-29	Adrian Solo	Adrian Solo	alternative alternative pop new wave alternative rock indie pop switzerland
9		2008-03-28	Skywards	not in vain	alternative alternative pop alternative rock switzerland
57		2008-04-04	Delilahs	If We Don't Shout	alternative pop indie rock switzerland
31		2009-01-23	Electric Blanket	How Much Peanut Butter	alternative female vocalists indie pop pop powerviolence switzerland
56		2009-04-05	Merlune & Daakoon	No Place Like Home LP	acid jazz canada hip-hop jazz montreal ragga switzerland trip-hop	montreal # 61
25		2009-07	Enoid	Ataraxiis	black metal extreme metal metal one man band raw black metal switzerland true black metal	extreme metal # 27 true black metal # 47 one man band # 67
41		2010	Cédric Vuille	Faire	switzerland	prog-rock # 34 chamber # 44
58		2010	Michael von der Heide	Il pleut de l'or	eurovision switzerland
77		2010-10-22	Bligg	BART ABER HERZLICH	female vocalists switzerland
23		2010-11-19	Emerald	Re-Forged	metal switzerland
46		2011	Pasquale Aleardi	Ein bisschen für immer	pop switzerland
91		2011	Dreamshade	Lost In The Echo	alternative rock metal death metal metalcore
78		2011-06-17	Merge Of Equals	Submerge	downtempo europe european new age ambiant new age electronic new age electronica switzerland	new age ambiant # 33 new age electronica # 63 new age electronic # 75
47		2011-07-29	Merge Of Equals	Remerge	europe european lounge new age ambiant new age electronic new age electronica new age fusion switzerland	new age electronica # 30 new age fusion # 51
80		2015-02-20	Len Sander	Phantom Garden	switzerland
94		2016-09-23	Buvette	Elasticity	switzerland
81		2016-12-09	Dreamshade	On My Own	death metal melodic death metal melodic metalcore metal metalcore switzerland
10		2017	Flèche Love	Sisters	alternative electro female vocalists french french pop pop pop francaise singer-songwriter switzerland	pop francaise # 38
73		2017	Flèche Love	Umusuna	alternative electro female vocalists french french pop pop pop francaise singer-songwriter switzerland	pop francaise # 76
21		2017-10-06	Schnellertollermeier	Rights	avant-prog switzerland
12		2018	Yello	1980-1985: The New Mix In One Go	rock
69		2018-05-04	Nik Bärtsch's Ronin	Awase	jazz switzerland
15		2019	Flèche Love	Festa Tocandira	alternative electro female vocalists french french pop pop pop francaise singer-songwriter switzerland	pop francaise # 42
76		2021-10-15	Flèche Love	Naga, Pt. 2		pop francaise # 77
87		2021-10-15	Flèche Love	Naga, Pt.1		pop francaise # 89
11		2022	Flèche Love	Bruja	alternative electro female vocalists french french pop pop pop francaise singer-songwriter switzerland	pop francaise # 39
99		2022-02-25	Black Sea Dahu	I Am My Mother	folk folk pop folk rock singer-songwriter switzerland	folk pop # 40
62		2022-08	Samuel Sixto	le dernier qui sort eteint la lumiere	chanson francaise	francophone # 23 quebec # 42 vancouver # 78
89		2022-11-11	Black Sea Dahu	Orbit	folk switzerland
59		2023	Various Artists	Cccc III	alternative chillout downtempo electronic electronica idm lounge switzerland
100		2023-01-19	Angus McSix	Master of the Universe	heavy metal metal power metal switzerland symphonic metal symphonic power metal	symphonic power metal # 94
7		2024-04-19	Flèche Love	Survivor	alternative electro female vocalists french french pop pop pop francaise singer-songwriter switzerland	pop francaise # 36
5			Liquid Disko	substream demo 2006	switzerland
14			Prevail Over One's Horizon	The Starry Sky Above Us	metalcore switzerland
43			Tom Kelly's Music Factory	Pictures of Nature	chillout electronic electronica lounge switzerland ambient
64			Tom Kelly's Music Factory	Anthology	ambient chillout lounge switzerland electronic electronica
79			Tom Kelly's Music Factory	Leaving the Past	ambient chillout electronic electronica lounge switzerland

Related genres

• electronic
• alternative
• pop
• lobit
• rock
• techno
• female vocalists
• electronica
• french
• electro