We’d like to introduce you to a Rap crew from Zürich, Switzerland. They go by the name of “Schall und Rauch”.

 

This name stands for positive rap and love for music, life, language and people. Inspired by funk, jazz, blues and soul, the three-person Zurich crew walks on their own paths, but within listening distance to their idols from the golden 90s.
After a self-sufficient decade full of fleeting jams in bathing cloakrooms, cowsheds and hay sticks, the desire arose to capture these moments of happiness, to give them a lasting shape and to share them.
The wish became reality: The first album “Schall & Rauch mit Liib & Seel” has been rotating on turntables since 2017 and has also been able to get to know a large number of stages. In 2018 and 2019 the crew temporarily turned their backs on the crackling samples, dressed up and went to the organic lap of the blues band “Furhammer” for a pulsating live project.
At the same time, the second album “Verbunde” flourished, on which Schall & Rauch remained true to itself and celebrated its connection with funky boombap beats, mature rhyming chains, befriended musicians, hip-hop culture and the whole world. It’s about love!

We’d like to introduce you to the alternative Rockband from Lyss, Switzerland called “Where is Mona?”

Mona is moody, likes it fast and rough, soft and melancholic or razor-sharp and edgy.
A spontaneous performance seduced four Swiss musicians to found WHERE IS MONA? With compositions by guitarist and background singer Tobias Preuss, sung by singer Stefan Jaberg, the drumming of Heinz Weingart and the bass of Antonin Jaun, Mona’s trail is followed with heart and soul. Alternative rock, yes, but the sound of the band touches other boundless musical shores and is carried by the musicians’ wealth of experience. So you might hear many kinds of influences like psychedelic, grunge, songwriter or jazz, which WHERE IS MONA? mix to their own sound. In autumn 2019, the debut album WHERE IS MONA? with original compositions was recorded and released in summer 2020.

We’d like to welcome Jot Kosmos. He is a Swiss music producer, songwriter and rapper.

He produces atmospheric Lofi and 90s boom bap rap inspired hip-hop instrumentals.

Whether with beats or playful rhymes, Jot Kosmos is always there with heart and soul and gets the best out of every song.

Today he works with local as well as international artists, including rapper Frank J originally from brooklyn (USA) (Colectivootres) or Jay, also known under the name Jay MauMau, who has his roots in Africa.

In the last few years, music production has become more and more important to Jot Kosmos and he is always keen to accept new, exciting orders and to strive for projects.

“Just do it and don’t think, because if you think too much, you often get in your own way” – That is the motto of Jot Kosmos.

He is already selling hes stuff on our shop:

Lorenz Schaller is an independent musician and producer with a studio located just outside of Bern, Switzerland. Since 2003, and always with great passion and creativity, he has worked on various projects with musicians from all around the world. As a pianist and keyboardist he enjoys playing live with various bands and on music projects. 

Lorenz started playing the piano at the age of 8. He discovered his passion for music as a teenager and at 23 he started playing music full time.

Besides his work he is a passionate husband and father.

We are very happy to welcome Lorenz Schaller on IANO! Please check out the album “Dream Big”.

Visit Lorenz on hes websites:

www.lorenzschaller.com & www.soundpro.ch