A majority of Swiss people recently voted on prohibition of minaret construction in Switzerland, constituting a clear discrimination against members of the Muslim community in Switzerland – nervertheless the Alpian state seems to open up for tropical music.

I just returned from a three day mini Switzerland tour which led me to Zurich (Hive Club), Bern (Bonsoir) and Lucerne (Südpol). Despite archtic temperatures and tons of snow it was a great discovery that clubbers in Switzerland are increasingly supporting tropical beats.

Zurich´s Hive Club was rammed with Man Rec fans and pretty girls going mental to our recent releases – extra thanks to the Kid Bizzy + Deadcool from the Playgroundkidz for warming up and Nicci for the nice hosting.

In Bern I played for the 2nd time at Bonsoir Club, at the night of Wildlife!, a.k.a. Sami, the Swiss Jonny Depp.  Sami already had half of the Man Rec crew as guest with Edu K, DJ Beware and Joyce Muniz. I was pretty impressed by his new stuff, he banged out upcoming remixes and new heat from Wildlife!. Bonsoir Club is run by the Roundtableknights (of Made To Play fame) and a miracle place with top ranking international DJ line up every weekend. Especially considering the size of the city of Switzerland´s capital Bern (140.000 inhabitants) this club presents a mega city line up and is widely considered Switzerland´s best club.

The biggest surprise and fun on this mini tour thoughwas the Global Ghetto Anthems night at Lucerne´s Südpol hosted by the Hoodregulators. Situated in a communally supported arts + culture center called Südpol, Hoodregulators run their monthly night since more than a year and already brought people like Deize Tigrona, Toy Selectah, Tomb Crew or Schlachthofbronx to Lucerne – to a city with 60 k inhabitants merely a small place. Having educated their audience on everything global bass from Bmore to baile funk to Ghetto Tec to Euro rave, they´ve established a fanastic night with true dedication to detail: Each party sees fellow spraycan-artists work on a decoration theme, at my party they built a hydraullically (!) moveable King Kong and other giants (see photos). Needless to say, the party was a smasher with people stage diving and bootie grinding galore (see photos above). Thanks to Raphi+Marc!!