Lunik is a band from Switzerland

Switzerland

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. There are currently four members.

Lunik started in 1997 with Adi Amstutz, Luk Zimmermann, Mats Marti, Walo Müller and Anton Höglhammer. Singer Jaël

Jaël

Jaël, , is a singer-songwriter from the band Lunik. She also co-wrote and sang with Delerium on the song After All on their album Chimera, and the song Lost and Found on their album Nuages du Monde. She is both internationally famous in the Trance music community as well as domestically famous from...

 joined the band in 1998 and Anton Höglhammer left the line-up. 1999 saw the release of their debut album Rumour, recorded largely in an atmospheric trip hop

Trip hop

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 style. Bassist Walo Müller left the band after the accompanying tour, and the second album Ahead (2001) saw the band steering towards a pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 sound. Oli Müller supported the band as bassist in the live performances, and Adi Amstutz left the band.

The third album Weather (2003) was a huge success in Switzerland, with an acoustic approach from Jaël, Luk, and Mats replacing the electronica of the earlier albums. Cédric Monnier (keyboards) and Jacob Suske (bass) joined the band as supporting players on the acoustic tour for Weather. A live album, Life is On Our Side, appeared in 2004. Cédric Monnier and Jacob Suske joined the official line-up in 2005, and Mats Marti departed at the same time. In the beginning of 2006, Chrigel Bosshard joined Lunik as the new drummer. Jacob Suske (bass) left the band again in September 2008.

Current line-up

• Jaël
  Jaël
  Jaël, , is a singer-songwriter from the band Lunik. She also co-wrote and sang with Delerium on the song After All on their album Chimera, and the song Lost and Found on their album Nuages du Monde. She is both internationally famous in the Trance music community as well as domestically famous from...
  
   - vocals, rhythm-guitar
• Luk Zimmermann - lead-guitar
• Chrigel Bosshard - drums
• Cédric Monnier - keyboards

Studio albums

Year	Album details	SWI	Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds)
1999	Rumour Released: 30 August 1999 Label: EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...  Switzerland	—	—
2001	Ahead Released: 3 March 2003 Label: EMI Switzerland	16
2003	Weather Released: 8 December 2003 (Switzerland), 14 February 2005 (Europe) Label: EMI Switzerland	6	SWI: Gold
2006	Preparing to Leave Released: 1 September 2006 Label: Sophie Records / F.O.D. Records	1	SWI: Platinum
2010	Small Lights in the Dark Released: 12 February 2010 (Switzerland), 12 April 2010 (Europe) Label: Sophie Records / F.O.D. Records	1	SWI: Gold

Other albums

Year	Album details	SWI
2004	Life Is on Our Side (live album) Released: 4 October 2004 (Switzerland), 14 February 2005 (Europe) Label: EMI Switzerland	9
2009	Lonely Letters (compilation album) Released: 23 March 2009 (only outside Switzerland) Label: F.O.D. Records	—

Singles

Year	Song	Peak positions		Album
		SWI	ITA
1999	"Other Side"	—	—	Rumour
	"Rumour"	—	—
2001	"Static"	47	—	Ahead
2002	"Waiting"	—	—
2003	"The Most Beautiful Song"	32	—	Globi Globi Globi is a Swiss cartoon character often referred to as Switzerland's Mickey Mouse. He is pictured as an anthropomorphic blue parrot with a yellow beak wearing a black beret and a pair of red and black checked trousers. He was created by the Swiss cartoonist Robert Lips, as an advertising character... and the Stolen Shadows OST
	"Through Your Eyes"	85	—	Weather
2004	"Summer's Gone"	—	—	Life Is on Our Side
	"The Most Beautiful Song" (reissue)	98	—	Weather
2005	"Go On"	—	—
2006	"Little Bit"	7	—	Preparing to Leave
2007	"Preparing to Leave"	86	—
	"Life Is All Around You"	—	—
2008	"Do You Love Me"	—	9	Lonely Letters
2009	"Everybody Knows"	—	15
2010	"People Hurt People"	—	—	Small Lights in the Dark
	"How Could I Tell You"	40	—
	"Diary"	—	—
"—" indicates the single did not chart or wasn't released in that country.

Others

• DJ Tatana feat. Jaël - Always On My Mind
  • No. 6 on Swiss Singles Chart
• Delerium feat. Jaël - After All
  • No. 9 on US Dance / Club Play Chart
• Mich Gerber feat. Jaël - You Remain
• Mich Gerber feat. Jaël - Stop Crying
• Mensano feat. Jaël - Doesn't Care
• Delerium feat. Jaël - Lost and Found
  • No. 4 on US Dance / Club Play Chart
• Schiller feat. Jaël - Tired
• Schiller feat. Jaël - I Need You
• Mensano feat. Jaël - Nowhere