02.08.2025
The underscore is a typographic character that can be used both to emphasize and to link several elements. It's in this spirit of sharing that Geneva-based Cringecore collective takes the listeners to meet the labels, collectives and institutions that shape the Swiss underground musical landscape.
Swim has been active for a small number of years now and in very different capacities: from setting up club nights to slinging tapes, transmitting radio waves, and organising lysergic adventures. They currently call Basel their home, and are running one of the city’s decidedly smallest operations. Focussing on soniks leaning a bit too left-field much of the time, the ambition is to provide warmth and foster connection in an incresingly disintegrating landscape (swim is still trying).