Song # 6 The Hearlands

Song #6


Artist: Baschi
Song: Wenn das Gott wüsst (If God Knew)



Biography

Baschi was born as Sebastian Bürgin in the Annus Sandrakimis near Basel in the Heartlandian republic of Switzerland. Just after his seventeenth birthday he took his chances in MusicStar, the casting show that would eventually deliver the renowned microphone-kick-boxer Piero Esteriore. Being a talented little fellow, Baschi had no choice but to leave the show early on. In 2005 he then received the Prix Walo (swiss-german for Oscar) as Best Newcomer. And with 6 chart-hits and each of his three albums reaching at least Gold status, the time had soon come for this young urban artist to do some celebrate oh celebrate-ing of his own.

In the summer of 2007, Baschi’s fifth single-release “Wenn das Gott wüsst” managed the virtually impossible and most un-Swiss of achievements. By virtue of its controversial lyrics it caused an uproar amidst the Heartlandian mountainfolks. Loathed by the conservatives and cheered by the more liberal and progressive inhabitants of the Alpine region, the song ended up reaching the number 3 spot in the Swiss charts, while the album “Fürs Volk”, which contained the contested song, entered the charts at no 1.