Perhaps Zurich's most famous resident of the 20th century, Albert Einstein, studied at the swiss city's Polytechnic university during the earlier part of his scientific education. The largest city in Switzerland (with a metropolitan area population of about 1.68 million), and laying about 30 km north of the Alps, Zürich is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural centre. The city is widely regarded as the the Cultural Capital of Switzerland, the political capital of the Swiss country being Berne. According to several surveys from 2006 to 2009, Zürich was named the city with the best quality of life in the world as well as the wealthiest city in Europe.
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2007 has been a busy year for Robi Insinna (a.k.a Headman). With remixes for Chromeo, Punks Jump Up, The Gossip, Zombie Nation, Poney Pomey and Roxy Music, the rise of his own imprint Relish Records and his busy DJing schedule all over the world from...
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Recording under the names Secondo and AM/PM, Swiss born electronic musician Radovan Scasascia is a trained architect who lives and works in London and Zürich. Together with his long-time collaborator Laurent 'Lrnt' Benner he has founded Dreck Records in...
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Imagine slow-dancing on a teenage house party in 1980, listening to Richard Sanderson and Abba - until somebody puts on Pink Floyd and the acid kicks in that someone irresponsible put in the Kool Aid. Low Motion Disco hail from Switzerland and make slow...
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Born in 1978, Lucien Nicolet started out as a DJ in 1993 promoting numerous clubs in Santiago de Chile alongside many innovators of the Latin American electronic music scene such as Señor Coconut (a.k.a. Atom Heart), Ricardo Villalobos or Dandy Jack.
In...
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Young Swiss producer Michal Ho and Jay Haze' Tuning Spork label are a match made in heaven - both specializing in the type of grungy, cut-up techno house that is as quirky as it is danceable. But Ho, who spent his youth in Zimbabwe before moving back to...
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