"Classical music begins with blood and guts. The first violins were strung with sheep intestines, while early timpanis bore heads made from goatskin. The conservatory-bound spend years blistering, bruising, and contorting themselves, sometimes to the point of permanent damage."
"To borrow one of its song titles, Exuvie is an assemblage of "dislocated bodies," spare parts from across genres and centuries that Büchi stitches back together. "the cryptic precision" practically staggers up from the slab, its limbs reattached at odd angles."
"Across Exuvie, Büchi induces a state of temporary autophony, a condition in which internal body sounds like breathing and blinking are amplified to maddening volume. Opener and lead single "I was always there" is easier to describe in terms of its pure vibrational qualities than with analogies to physical instruments: a thud, a rattle, a shiver."
Noémi Büchi, a Swiss-French sound artist and classically trained pianist, releases Exuviae, an album that dismantles classical music conventions. The title references both Virgilian spoils and entomological molting, symbolizing the shedding of polished aesthetics to reveal underlying rawness. Büchi constructs the album from fragmented sonic components across genres and centuries, creating dislocated bodies of sound. She employs autophony techniques, amplifying internal body sounds like breathing and blinking to overwhelming levels. The work draws influence from experimental artists like Arca and Lotic, who blend organic and artificial elements. Rather than adhering to classical purity, Büchi embraces eclecticism, incorporating modular synthesis and contemporary production techniques.
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