No road into the charts passed him by: In the mid-1980s, Holly Johnson and his band Frankie Goes To Hollywood defined the sound of the times with hits like «Relax», «Two Tribes» and «The Power Of Love». He scored another global hit with his solo «Americanos». For some time, Holly has devoted himself mainly to painting while performing as Holly Johnson at select festivals around Europe. At the Baloise Session you can now experience one of those rare live appearances. The band Morcheeba shares the evening with him. Ten years after Johnson, they made their mark with hits like «Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day», «The Sea» and «Otherwise» – music of a very different kind, whose power lies in the voice of singer Skye Edwards and in the band’s great live performances.

Zeno van Essel

It was a stroke of luck that the Godfrey brothers and Skye Edwards reunited to reform Morcheeba. Their solo projects were like honey without the sugar. With their album «Blood Like Lemonade» - released in 2010 - their music is pure trip hop once again, totally heavy, yet utterly ethereal all at once. In 1995, the year that Morcheeba was first founded, Terence Trent D’Arby found happiness when he changed his name to Sananda Maitreya. From the longing urgency of his earlier sound, a relaxed soulful sound has emerged, the sound of someone who has truly found himself. His message: Love life.

Christian Hug