« Counteract is acting against blandness to reveal the taste of a boundless hip hop.»

Counteract is an English-speaking hip hop band from Switzerland (Lausanne) with multiple and varied influences such as funk music, jazz, electronic and even more widely influenced by mod- ern and traditional music from around the world. Created 2006, the band has released their first album entitled Broca’s Area that came out in June 2011.
Since then, the band has been travelling and working on a fresh new album entitled THAT SHIT that will be released in late 2016. It will include featurings from NYC, Queens, Senegal and Switzerland as well. Look out, THAT SHIT is hot!

Counteract is an English-speaking hip hop band from Switzerland (Lausanne) with multiple and varied influences such as funk music, jazz, electronic and even more widely influenced by mod- ern and traditional music from around the world. Created 2006, the band has since been work- ing on the elaboration of a new album entitled Broca’s Area coming out 18 June 2011.

The band has four members that have shared both common and individual experience on stage for several years in Switzerland and abroad.

Members of the band:

BFG (lead, MC) : Henrik Osterlof, 26, Sweden.

Ex-member of Stronger With You, BFG aka Big Friendly Giant has experienced numerous concerts
since 2001 here and abroad. English-speaking rapper and singer, from Sweden and born in the
Philippines, BFG is one of the two lead voices and lyricist of Counteract.
The Squid (lead, MC) : Aliocha Salagnac, 27, Switzerland/Greece
The other lyricist of the band, The Squid, is also English-speaking, with mediterranean origins and
family in the U.S. Also ex-member of Stronger With You and the sound system called Bass 4 unity,
The Squid has been running on different stages, from hip hop to electronic music, from reggae to
drum and bass for several years now.

Grand Papa Tra (producer) : Sébastien Fawer, 32, Switzerland

His album Rules of Attraction came out (2008) lately. Therefore, the songwriter and beatmaker
Grand Papa Tra is also a producer and sound engineer. He has been working with both local and
international artists, bringing together original creations from worldwide cultures.

DJ Ryf (DJ) : Mathieu Ferry, 26, Switzerland/France

Accomplished DJ and Scratcher, with long stage experience, DJ Ryf is currently on Tour with different
artists from local and international level. He has been working for numerous albums and
mixtapes for several years.