“Nobody Loses Everday” by Swiss artist Rio Glacier (aka Van Vogt), is one of the best songs we’ve heard in months! The minute we heard Van’s voice we couldn’t get it out of our heads! He has a charming voice and his vocal performance is incredibly catchy. The guitars are so beautiful and the melodies are gorgeous. Van has an amazing talent when it comes to songwriting, his lyrics are original and well written. The atmosphere is very unique and the production is smart, polished and brought this song to another level. This amazing piece was a great experience for our team! We hope you love it as much as we do!
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
The very year that Pink Floyd released their ground-breaking album Dark Side Of The Moon Van Vogt, was born amidst the Swiss alps. The connection to Pink Floyd remained many years, when he, in his teens, was gifted a special cassette containing The Wall and the Dire Straits’ Alchemy. This cassette would not relinquish him for many years.
Using his own pocket money, he bought a friend of his a 12-string guitar and immediately started practising in secret until, after a year of trying on his own, he started taking guitar lessons alongside his boyhood friend Andrea Willi. After an extensive period of practising, they gave a concert in school where they played Angie by the Rolling Stones, Van doing the vocals, Andrea on the guitar. After that, Van was convinced: He had to make music.
Their performance inspired the both of them to name their first band Horses and they gave another concert at once, this time in the legendary Alpina in Schiers. The press did not leave their performance uncommented. Unfortunately, the band did not last for long. After his wedding, Van moved to Schaffhausen, Andrea to Zurich and once again they started a new band attempt, this time the group was called Skunk. Bearing this name, the band gave over 20 concerts and continued making music.
In 2005, Van became part of a new group called Oncle Floyd. One of the two guitarists, Luc Stalder, is still accompanying Van today. Until the year 2008, Oncle Floyd gave more than 50 concerts and produced the album Traveling Man.
Starting in winter 2018, Van Vogt alias Rio Glacier initiated his own project. Text and music are written by Van himself, as well as most of the instruments programmed and produced. Luc Stalder takes the lead guitar. In live performances, Stalder is playing alongside Van, accompanied by other musicians like Heinz Morf on the bass.
Rio Glacier’s first album, Love is Home, was released in January 2020. It contains five songs, produced with heart and soul. In April 2020, RG released their second EP, Out of Tune. Seized with a thirst for more, strengthened with countless enthusiastic reactions and endless new creative and passionate ideas up their sleeve, Rio Glacier have now worked on their first LP, presumably to be released in 2021.
