Demotape Clinic 2025

These are the Selected Artists 2025! Listen to all tracks from the 61 Selected Artists now and get to know this year’s jury!

Selected Artists Live Jury Sessions 2025 Meet the Jury Categories What you get What and how

Selected Artists

Out of more than 1,000 submitted demos, 61 Selected Artists have made it to the Live Sessions at the m4music Festival. On March 28 and 29, they will present their songs at Schiffbau in front of an audience and a jury – competing for the «Demo of the Year».
Listen to all the tracks the Selected Artists are bringing with them here:

Selected Artists POP

Selected Artists ROCK

Selected Artists ELECTRONIC

Selected Artists LYRICS & BEATS

Selected Artists OUT OF GENRE

LIVE JURY SESSIONS 2025

FR 3/28/2025 – 12:00 PM – Halle

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POP

FR 3/28/2025 – 2:15 PM – Halle

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ELECTRONIC

FR 3/28/2025 – 3:30 PM – Halle

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OUT OF GENRE

SA 3/29/2025 – 12:00 PM – Halle

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ROCK

SA 3/29/2025 – 2:30 PM – Halle

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LYRICS & BEATS

Meet the JURY

During the Live Sessions, the jury will listen to all demos. With their deep knowledge of the scene, they will share valuable insights and answer the artists’ questions.
Get to know all the members of the 2025 Demotape Clinic jury here soon!

LIVE-JURY POP

LIVE-JURY ROCK

LIVE-JURY ELECTRONIC

LIVE-JURY LYRICS & BEATS

LIVE-JURY OUT OF GENRE

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What you get

m4music puts you in the game: send in your demo and make it as a Selected Artist to the popular Live Jury Sessions at the m4music Festival in March 2025. Not only will you receive live feedback from established musicians, but you will also be able to collect prize money and gain valuable attention from the entire Swiss music scene. The most promising newcomer will receive additional prize money of 5000 Swiss francs for the Demo of the Year 2025.

  • Personal and tangible feedback from scene professionals during the Live Jury Sessions at the m4music Festival
  • Cash for your music career: FONDATION-SUISA-Awards worth a total of 20,000 Swiss francs
  • Media presence: Radio airplay and interviews, festival appearances and attention in the Swiss music scene
  • Coaching through "Double", the mentoring platform of the Migros Culture Percentage worth a total of 11'000 Swiss Francs
  • Our Presenting Category Partner Festivals have you on their radar

What and how

As a radar for new Swiss music, the Demotape Clinic is one of the most important newcomer competitions in Switzerland. Every year, m4music explores exciting newcomers. From all the entries, the most convincing 60 nominees make it into the Live Jury Sessions at the m4music Festival in March 2025 and receive tangible feedback from scene professionals. The best demos will be awarded the "FONDATION SUISA Awards" worth a total of CHF 20,000.

Since 1999, the Migros Culture Percentage has been specifically promoting young talent with the Demotape Clinic and has brought to light artists such as Cobee, Quiet Island, Audio Dope, Pedestrians, Muthoni Drummer Queen, Steff la Cheffe and BATBAIT, to name a few.

All the winners of the Demotape Clinic at a glance: Check out the Hall Of Fame!

CHECK OUT THE WINNERS 2024