Birch’s inventive and emotive music is bolstered by her background as a violinist, conservatory-trained in Switzerland and Scandinavia. In The Fool she uses her instrument to balance the accompaniment of voices and to anchor unconventional soundscapes. In this heady atmosphere, Kate Birch’s voice meanders through evocative scenarios that illuminate her home Switzerland as both a protective zone and also an artificial gold cave, rich in contradictions.
Considering the dearth of women producers and mixers, it is all the more noteworthy that Kate took the album production entirely in her own hands. With her debut, the artist presents an astonishing work which she created from start to finish all by herself.
