Cosmic Indie Pop · two lead voices · debut EP autumn 2026
“We are the future, and you are not,” sings a children’s choir in a Bye Bye Maxwell song. Reassurance is not what this band does. The trio from Bern, Switzerland, are Sandy Stadler (vocals, synths, keys), Bänz Isler (vocals, guitar) and Flo Hufschmid (drums). They file the sound under cosmic indie pop: two lead voices taking turns from song to song, and lyrics about astrophysics, the future, being lost and the general impermanence of things.
Their first single “Überau” with Bernese rapper Nativ (Nativ rapping in Bernese dialect, Sandy answering in English) is the theme song of “The Belonging” (Sky Show / blue Play), the four-part Swiss documentary series about national-team footballers Akanji, Embolo and Rakitić and the question of where you belong. Two of the band’s three members made the series itself: Bänz co-created and co-directed it, Sandy (credited as Sandra Stadler) composed its score.
The division of labour is well-rehearsed. Sandy and Bänz studied film composition at Zurich University of the Arts and run SONDER Film Music, their scoring studio in Bern; their scores have taken Best Soundtrack at the Munich Film Awards and Best Score at the Paris Art & Movie Awards. Bye Bye Maxwell is where the pictures come off.
The debut EP arrives in autumn 2026, produced by Marty Hailey at Metro 13 Music Studio in Edinburgh: vintage instruments, modern production, and a singing saw on the song about sleep paralysis. A second EP follows, and then the album that joins the two halves and adds a few songs of its own, digital and on vinyl.
Maxwell as in James Clerk Maxwell, the physicist whose demon is the thought experiment of a being that sorts, tirelessly. Bye Bye Maxwell means saying goodbye to whatever sorts music into boxes.
«We are the future, and you are not», singt ein Kinderchor in einem Song von Bye Bye Maxwell. Wer Beruhigung sucht, ist bei dieser Band falsch. Das Trio aus Bern, das sind Sandy Stadler (Gesang, Synths, Keys), Bänz Isler (Gesang, Gitarre) und Flo Hufschmid (Schlagzeug). Ihren Sound nennen sie Cosmic Indie Pop: zwei Leadstimmen, die sich von Song zu Song abwechseln, und Texte über Astrophysik, die Zukunft, das Verlorensein und die Vergänglichkeit im Allgemeinen.
Die erste Single «Überau» mit dem Berner Rapper Nativ (Nativ rappt auf Berndeutsch, Sandy antwortet auf Englisch) ist der Titelsong von «The Belonging» (Sky Show / blue Play), der vierteiligen Schweizer Dokuserie über die Nati-Spieler Akanji, Embolo und Rakitić und die Frage, wohin man gehört. Zwei der drei Bandmitglieder haben die Serie selbst gemacht: Bänz als Co-Creator und Co-Regisseur, Sandy als Komponistin.
Diese Arbeitsteilung ist eingespielt. Sandy und Bänz haben an der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Komposition für Film studiert und führen in Bern das Filmmusik-Studio SONDER Film Music; ihre Scores holten Best Soundtrack an den Munich Film Awards und Best Score an den Paris Art & Movie Awards. Bye Bye Maxwell ist der Ort, an dem die Bilder wegfallen.
Die Debüt-EP erscheint im Herbst 2026, produziert von Marty Hailey im Metro 13 Music Studio in Edinburgh: Vintage-Instrumente, moderne Produktion, und im Song über Schlafparalyse eine Singende Säge. Danach folgt eine zweite EP, und dann das Album, das die beiden Hälften zusammenführt und ein paar eigene Songs mitbringt: digital und auf Vinyl.
Maxwell wie James Clerk Maxwell, der Physiker, dessen Dämon das Gedankenexperiment eines Wesens ist, das unermüdlich sortiert. Bye Bye Maxwell heisst: sich verabschieden von allem, was Musik in Schubladen sortiert.
Debut single
Nativ rapping in Bernese dialect, Sandy answering in English — the theme song of The Belonging (Sky Show / blue Play), the four-part Swiss documentary series about national-team footballers Akanji, Embolo and Rakitić and the question of where you belong. Two of the band’s three members made the series itself: Bänz co-created and co-directed it, Sandy composed its score. The series climbed to #2 on Sky Show; in July 2026 the song was released on the official series soundtrack.
Debut EP — autumn 2026
The first chapter of the debut — songs about transience, identity and what remains, produced by Marty Hailey at Metro 13 Music Studio, Edinburgh: vintage instruments, modern production, and on the song about sleep paralysis a singing saw. A second EP will follow — then the album that joins the two halves and adds a few songs of its own, digital and on vinyl.
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