joetschudi

 

How many singer/songwriters exist in Switzerland? Certainly not 280. But that is the number it should be, if you wanted to compare Switzerland with the Faroe Islands. Finally, something is happening. Joe Tschudi is determined to put an end to the singer/songwriter-drought in Switzerland.

Singer/songwriter, power-pop-ballads, indie-pop, however you wish to call Joe Tschudi’s debut album “date with the fate”, is above all a musical masterpiece of someone nearly unknown. Those who know Joe Tschudi are not afraid to compare him with greats of the genre such as Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley or Ryan Adams.

 

Not only is Joe Tschudi a gifted songwriter, he also brings an interesting background with him. Originally from Toggenburg (Switzerland), he moved to Barcelona two years ago, where he creates, influenced by the Mediterranean flair, new computer programs and of course, fantastic new songs. Two worlds collide with each other. On one side you have the cold world of software programming and on the other you have Tschudi’s delicate, heart warming and highly sensitive music, both depending on each other to define one another. Joe Tschudi moves in both of them with stunning security.

Joe Tschudi's debut album "date with the fate" sports plenty of addictive pop ballads. The heart bleeds, heavens pour out buckets of rain, merry melancholy palpably touches the listener's emotional fabric. Floating from song to song, one catchier than the next, one wonders how such a talent could remain hidden for so long...

 

text: Matthias Menzl, www.78s.ch

 

 

new album coming soon:

date with the fate (2007)

 

myspace link:

http://www.myspace.com/joetschudi