For most of history, ‘anonymous’ was a woman.

– Virginia Woolfe

 

Julie Campiche is a multi-award-winning Swiss jazz harp pioneer. A vocalist, composer, sound designer and musical director, her work is an on-going process of musical innovation in jazz, classical, electronic and avant-garde exploration. Duos, trios, quartets or quintets, Julie Campiche is in constant movement. She is both a visionary and virtuoso, but above all she is profound, poetic and sensitive.

LISTEN TO THE NEW SINGLES HERE:

https://music.apple.com/ca/song/gris%C3%A9lidis-r%C3%A9al/1845087598

https://music.apple.com/ca/song/rosa/1845085000

Following the release of two highly acclaimed albums with her long-standing quartet, Onkalo (2020) and You Matter (2022), she releases UNSPOKEN, her debut solo album on Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin Rhythm Records on 13 February 2026. Ahead of the release, she shares two singles: Rosa (out now) and Grisélidis Réal, released 5 December.

UNSPOKEN is a celebration of women and the force of feminine power. Campiche paints musical portraits of women—past and present, famous and anonymous—whose work confronts universal social issues. From filmmaker Andréa Bescond to poet and sex worker Grisélidis Réal, from activist Tarana Burke to author Virginia Woolf, she honours women whose voices have been silenced, minimised, or anonymised and the causes they have championed.

Campiche transforms these women’s stories into music that is playful, bold and brilliant. Her solo performances layer harp, voice and electronics creating rich, multi-dimensional soundscapes that shift from atmospheric to abrasive, lyrical to delicate always with powerful impact.

Released as a single on 5 December, Griselidis Réal is named after the Swiss artist, writer, sex worker and world-renowned political activist. “Her life was a constant quest for freedom, challenging the comfort of conformity,” says Campiche. The track blends an organic groove with layered sounds — footsteps on cobblestones symbolising prostitution, a photocopier for activism, laughter of children for mother — alongside fascinating audio clips from Réal’s interview for the French documentary ‘Prostitution’. Campiche continues, “The emotional intent of the track conveys her revolt, silent sigh of pain, lust for life, and the fatigue of a tormented daily existence. She is a powerful inspiration, and her vision of humanity fills me with hope.”

Rosa (out now) represents the women who work in society’s shadows. Their labour frees others from domestic burdens while leaving the social order unquestioned. Perhaps a migrant worker, she leaves her own family to send them money to survive. Rosa is everywhere: indispensable yet must remain invisible. The piece uses repeating melodies that intensify tension and melancholy, while Campiche’s voice weaves with her string ostinato to highlight the theme’s universality.

UNSPOKEN reveals Julie Campiche as an authentic, singular talent, delivering an intimate, and politically engaged—a socio-historical jolt that reminds us of women’s place in our world and of the inner landscape that drives Campiche’s art.