{"title":"Noémi Büchi","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"matter-4","title":"Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Music gives us the illusion that time is not time, but space. It is then that the music transforms from process to object, which I find a very interesting thought; a materialisation of the sound process. Sound is matter.\" - Noémi Büchi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNoémi Büchi's debut album 'Matter' captures the tension between growth and decay, consonance and dissonance, mirroring Büchi's own catharsis through music. Her most personal material to date, 'Matter' is an opus of refined, sculpted beauty, one that aims to blur the distinction between ephemerality and physicality. Inspired by late romantic classical music and early 20th century contemporary music, 'Matter' is driven by the compositional methodologies of Igor Stravinsky, Alexander Skrjabin, Gustav Mahler and György Ligeti to modern sound forms, adapting and expanding upon their ideas in an awe-inspiring exploration of cutting-edge potency and tactility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBüchi structures the electronic works that constitute 'Matter' in movements, stratifying myriad instrumental parts like the constituent sections of an orchestra. During her work on the album, Büchi engaged in extensive research, obsessively studying specific chords and progressions, and searching for transcendent intonations with resonant properties; complexions of sound with the ability to connect with the listener's body. Transforming our inner worlds into zones of suspension and levitation, Büchi exposes the listener to intoxicating slipstreams of sound. Prominent voices ascend, tectonic disturbances threaten the foundations, perception and sensation becomes subject to elemental countercurrents and inversions. 'Matter' illustrates the fraught pursuit of momentary equilibrium, and makes the fragility of euphoria tangible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposer \u0026amp; sound artist Noémi Büchi creates electronic, symphonic maximalism. Her music is defined by delicate electronic-orchestral forms and textural rhythms. She strives for a combination of harmonic and dissonant sonorities, to evoke both intellectual and emotional euphoria. Büchi has appeared on the Light of Other Days and Visible Dinner labels, and is now an affiliate of -OUS, releasing 'Hyle' her debut EP on the label in spring 2022. As well as her solo output, Noémi Büchi is currently working with Feldermelder on their collaborative project Musique Infinie. Their debut album will also be released via -OUS in the near future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"-OUS","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50452340048203,"sku":"2003618","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Matter_e6e1f753_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727147876"},{"product_id":"exuvie","title":"Exuvie","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe tension between matter and memory is what Noémi Büchi was interested in when she wrote and recorded her third album, titled \u003cem\u003eExuvie\u003c\/em\u003e. Derived from the latin word exuviae, meaning 'what has been shed', exuviae refer to the empty skin or shell left behind after a metamorphosis. This casting of skin leaves behind a trace of a body that has changed form — what remains is a fragile imprint of an earlier self, suspended between absence and renewal. What remains after a transition is a state where the past, the now and the promise of a future overlap and create a space moulded by traces and promises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by the dislocated bodies of Francis Bacon, the strange hunger of intimacy, and the texture of silence, \u003cem\u003eExuvie\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds like a painting — opening spaces of memory and transformation. Büchi combines echoes of video game soundtracks, anime music, hip hop, and late Romanticism. Developing her musical language, that combines orchestral elements with electroacoustic spectral layerings, further, Büchi integrates elements from popular music and emphasises unpretentious rhythmical repetitions. These fragments, shifting between the personal and the cultural, form an architecture of remembrance, a fragile skin suspended between temporalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNoémi Büchi is a Swiss\/French composer and sound artist exploring the potential of cross-genre musical structures. Her music is defined by a delicate synthesis of textural rhythms and electroacoustic-orchestral abstraction. She contrasts rhythmic physicality with disruption and playfully emphasizes irregularities, creating an expansive listening experience marked by detail and elevation. Her compositions juxtapose multi-layered analog synth textures, crystal-clear tones, and brutalistic noises, evolving through structures that often recall pop song forms. Driven by an inner orchestra of countless voices, her music merges complexity and accessibility, sculpting immersive sound architectures that invite reflection on impermanence and the enduring power of sound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"-OUS","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56375376150859,"sku":"R4396-5377","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cover.ki-4_7c394c07-6047-41ec-93c4-b0f132fbb2b6.jpg?v=1769259356"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/noemi-buchi.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}