Synopsis
"EXU REI" is a dark, abstract collage rather than a conventional narrative video. Flickering fragments of films and television are intercut with occult and religious imagery, including burning crosses and ritualistic scenes. The visuals shift rapidly between disturbing symbols, degraded footage, and stark flashes of color, creating a dreamlike, hypnotic atmosphere. Instead of following characters or a defined plot, the video uses repetition, distortion, and visual contrast to echo the track's threatening electronic pulse and witch-house aesthetic.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video was released in connection with ∆AIMON's 2011 "Amen" EP, where "EXU REI" appeared as a previously unreleased track.
- Digital versions of the "Amen" EP included the "EXU REI" video as a bonus.
- The edit and arrangement were credited to ScUMBAG Movies, a collective of the band's friends that also worked on other ∆AIMON videos from the period.
- In an interview, ∆AIMON explained that the videos were not intended to tell literal stories. Their goal was to create an emotional response through the combination of sound and image.
- The band cited filmmaker Kenneth Anger as an example of the kind of cinema that influenced this non-narrative approach.
- The burning crosses, film excerpts, television fragments, and recurring symbolic imagery were selected for their ritualistic and subconscious effect rather than for a single, explained meaning.
- ∆AIMON later reworked "EXU REI" for the 2013 self-titled album, recording new vocal takes, rearranging the instrumentation, and adding further samples and post-processing.
- The official video was uploaded on March 1, 2011, and became one of the early visual documents associated with the witch-house scene.