Crème Solaire

Crème solaire, the Swiss electro-punk duo made up of Rebecca Solari and Pascal Stoll, present 'Cemento', their third album. The 11 multilingual songs explore, through the metaphor of concrete, the uniformity and alienation of society and the relationship between humans and nature.

Very often, fun just feels like fun. But sometimes, it can also be profound, life-affirming and political. That is what stepping into a Crème solaire record or live performance feels like: a massively joyful, colorful and chaotic mess, with activism built into it at every level. Like joining a mosh pit whilst simultaneously rethinking obfuscated systemic societal roles.

Crème solaire is the combination of Rebecca Solari, a one-of-a-kind performer, poet of the absurd and singer, and Pascal Stoll, musician-extraordinaire, at home unleashing massive beats, harsh in-your-face sections, dreamy soundscapes and unstoppable choruses (think Kompromat meets Cocteau Twins meets Chicks on Speed meets Nina Hagen meets Rendez-Vous meets Schwefelgelb meets Björk meets 100Gecs meets X Ray Spex meets Meredith Monk).

Together, they are led by a strong punk ethos, and have become one of Switzerland’s most singular bands thanks to their wild mix of musical genres (trap, glitch, punk, pop, you name it), multilingual poetry (the lyrics switch between five languages), playful humor and absurd visuals and collages.

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