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Noémi Büchi has always been fascinated by the process of transformation.  Her videos often feature body morphing, the opposite of body horror in that the fluidity of the flesh is both beautiful and alluring.  On Exuvie, she takes the concept further, focusing on “what has been shed” ~ not only skin but memory and self, creating a tension between “matter and memory.”  The cover image suggests that…

The title seems oxymoronic, but Liquid Bones refers to “the transience of body and nature.”  As the graphic designer Sharon Ritossa writes of her cover art, “the interplay between textures creates an eerie beauty.”  The same can be said of Noémi Büchi‘s music, which thwarts expectations by jumbling genres, the piano of “In the Heat” like a playful modern composition piece laid atop an electronic…

Noémi Büchi ~ Matter

Many artists give this advice, but in this case it’s true: one must listen to this album loud.  Physicality is one of the stated features; when one feels the bass vibrate through one’s body and hears the synthesized sounds travel right to left and back again, one is immersed in the feeling of matter.  “Elemental Fear” jumps right out of the speakers, and provides the impression of drums, although…

Simon Grab + Francesco Giudici ~ [No] Surrender

[No] Surrender is a manifest against social injustice that starts with a visual prelude. This is what dignity looks like. The cover is a portrait of Madame Rochat by artist Aline d’Auria. Madame Rochat worked as a concierge in a building for 40 years. The day she retired, the building´s owners asked her to move from the concierge´s flat. Her response: keep fighting for the rights of the working…