INTRODUCTION

Wil Nef is a Swiss songwriter and composer of music for dance and film. He offers a wide variety of different music styles from rhythmic electro pop to rock, disco, orchestral, film and soundtrack.

EARLY LIFE

Born and raised in the Swiss town of St. Gallen, the fascination for music arose early. Listening to the Swiss and international charts, registering with the tape recorder all the cool music and always getting mad when the moderator talked in the middle of the song. For many years, with the transistor radio behind his pillow, he  enjoyed the daily french top 30. The 1980th , a beautiful time with all the great rock bands like Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Queen and so many cool Disco tunes. Later on, he developed preferences for bands using synthesizers (at that time brand new) like Uriah Heep, Pink Floyd and Electric Light Orchestra.
At the age of 16, he formed with some friends a mobile discotheque call “Fireball”, him as the DJ. They had quite successful times, playing in concert halls and eventually in hockey stadiums, they called it  “Eisdisco”.  Eventually life took different ways among the friends and the Discotheque was sold; albeit he kept all the discs and music equipment till today. 

CAREER

He is a trained mechanical engineer, and thanks to his employer he had the chance to live for many years in different places of the world, namely: Neuchâtel (French part of Switzerland); Monroe, Connecticut; Long Beach, California; Bangalore, India; Singapore; and now for the last 14 year in Lugano (Italian part of Switzerland). Exposed to different cultures, different food, and of course also different types of music to listen to. 

SONGWRITER AND COMPOSER

Full of passion for music and full of passion for sci-fi eventually these 2 things came together when he came across the incredible story called The 3 Body Problem from
Cixin Liu.
His inspiration came from the books, the Chinese episodes and finally also the Netflix series with its 8 episodes.
He was so fascinated by the story that he finished the Album in only 4 month. The Album consists of 12 songs very different in style, rhythm and lyrics, so its not the typical sci-fi sound but a vast variety of different music styles. It is fun to listen to. Release was on June 15 2024 and the Album is called “400 Years”.

ACTUAL PROJECT

Some time ago it was announced that Netflix will do a 2nd and 3rd series, based on book 2 (Dark Forest) and book 3 (End of Time) of this incredible story. He based the Album on the book and on his interpretation of different situation which humans may encounter knowing that the aliens are on their way. The Album is called 200 Years and was released on September 15th 2025.

PERSONAL LIFE

Wil Nef lives with his wife in Lugano, Switzerland.