Zurich band MANIC PIXXIES wins the «Demo of the Year» 2024 award for up-and-coming talent
For two days, the 26th edition of m4music, the Migros Culture Percentage’s pop music festival, celebrated Swiss musical creation on five stages, with shows by more than 40 artists from Switzerland and abroad, nearly 1,600 accredited professionals and more than 5,500 visitors. It was an opportunity to showcase Switzerland’s burgeoning musical talent. The most promising songs were rewarded in the Pop, Rock, Lyrics & Beats, Electro and Out of Genre categories. And the winners are…
DEMO OF THE YEAR 2024
As part of the m4music 2024 edition, the six-piece band MANIC PIXXIES impressed the jury, winning not only the FONDATION SUISA Awards in the Rock category with «Pissing Outside the Bandroom», but also the supreme title of Demo of the Year, with a prize of CHF 5,000.
The m4music jury was won over by their song, raw and bursting with creativity, which goes by the wonderful name of “Pissing Outside the Bandroom”. “Behind this track is a young band creating a strong aesthetic with limited resources. It combines different languages, writes multi-layered songs and doesn’t get lost in different directions, but presents a clear vision,” says the jury in justifying its choice. He is convinced that the awarding of this prize and the money that goes with it comes at the perfect time, and that Manic Pixxies will enrich the musical future.
FONDATION SUISA AWARDS 2024
The FONDATION SUISA Awards 2024, CHF 3,000 each, also rewarded five groups in the following categories:
- Catégory Pop ⎪ SAMI GALBI (VD) with «Dakchi Hani»
- Catégory Rock ⎪ MANIC PIXXIES (ZH) with «Pissing Outside the Bandroom»
- Catégory Electronic ⎪ POLAR STAR (GE) with «UME»
- Catégory Lyrics & Beats ⎪ SENTO (ZH) with «Impulse Control»
- Catégory Out of Genre ⎪ PRON0IA (BE) with «This M Body-ed [2]»
