Brandhärd’s eighth album, “Kerosin,” is less than a year old, and the band’s 30th anniversary in 2027 is fast approaching: Even after nearly three decades, the Basel-based rap trio—comprising Fetch (rap), Fierce (beats), and Johny Holiday (DJ & beats)—is still going strong, making music and performing live.
Following the “Kerosin” album release party in front of 1,200 people at the sold-out Kaserne Basel in late 2025 and a guest appearance with HECHT at the St. Jakobshalle | Basel in May 2026, Brandhärd—the self-proclaimed “oldest student band in town,” back in the studio, tinkering with a new sound. The song “Kossiopeia” on their current album demonstrates that they’re also branching out from tried-and-true sound concepts and embracing new influences.
They plan to maintain this playfulness and curiosity.
When it comes to concerts, 2026 is a transitional year, serving as a springboard for 2027. The show on the raft along the banks of the Rhine in Kleinbasel on August 11, 2026, therefore marks a deliberately planned stage highlight during a phase away from the spotlight. At the same time, it marks a return to the floating stage where the trio first performed in 2004. Back then, the band had just achieved its national breakthrough with “Noochbrand.”
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