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A friendly reminder that tomorrow 17th September 1:00 PM CDT / 2pm EDT / 11am PDT / 8pm CEST / 7pm BST, Thrill Jockey and I will be hosting a listening party for Le jour et la nuit du réel ahead of the album’s official release on September 22nd. Join me for a live listen through of the full album, followed by a Q&A. First time doing this and I am really excited! Simply register on the Listening Party page (it’s free, of course!)

You can also read the first in-depth interview on the album via Offshelf.

Tour starts next week!

The past month has been intense in many ways and I can’t quite believe that in 15 days I’ll finally be flying to the US to start my tour on the very day of the album release: as usual, you wait and wait for something, and then when it’s about to happen, it almost doesn’t feel quite real… which is part of the theme of this album!
Today you can listen to the suite of 3 movements that closes the album, “Night looping”, a homage to insomnia, to laying in bed at night and thinking in loops about the best and the worst that could happen to you, or that may already have happened to you…

I hope you will enjoy this video of the second movement, which I shot in the sleepy presence of my beloved Sol one week ago. Technical explanations are in the subtitles of the video, and as usual, I’ll be happy to reply to any question you may have! As with the whole album, this song uses only one synth, the Moog Grandmother, and one delay, in this case the Moogerfooger MF-104M. Nothing else, and no digital production involved.

I love that in these videos you get to see up close how I recorded the music on the album, but also how I will play it live! On tour I will play the whole album, 1 hour, 21 movements, and I really can’t wait for the pleasure and the challenge of it. All dates are in my Songkick or on my website.
This video also gives me the opportunity to tell you I am launching my own YOUTUBE CHANNEL: no, I’m not going to have the time to create a lot of “content” there, but yes, I really wanted to host the video content I’ve created over the years on a platform that’s less volatile than Instagram and that lets you see the content on a full screen.
Last but not least, I am thrilled to tell you there is a Bandcamp listening party of Le jour on 17th September 1:00 PM CDT: we listen to the album, followed by a Q&A, in which I’ll be super happy to reply to your questions (including the tech stuff, OF COURSE). Event and registration here (it’s free of course).

I haven’t posted about this here directly, so it’s about time I did, so that hopefully the message will reach more people.

Back in July, I spontaneously decided to give the money I received for the first month of sales of the song I created as part of betatesting the Moogerfooger plugins last year. That song is called “Conditional” and it’s a Bandcamp exclusive.

I also spontaneously decided I would do this in perpetuity, and that I would donate 100% of what you pay, not what I receive (which, with Bandcamp commission and Paypal processing fee, is typically around 18-20% less).

I have been floored by the reaction, and so far these are the results:

9 July 2023: 126$ sent to Peluditos con mucho amor, Fresno, Colombia – dog shelter.

4 August 2023: 100$ sent to Fundacion Trifolium, Casteldefells, Spain – dog and cat shelter.

– 1 September 2023: 407.18$ to Sirius Shelter, Animal Rescue Kharkiv and Shelter Friend Ukraine – all based in Ukraine – shelter and animal rescue initiatives.

TOTAL COLLECTED AT 31 August 2023: 633.53$

SEPTEMBER MONTH DONATIONS WILL ALSO GO TO ORGANIZATIONS HELPING ANIMALS IN UKRAINE.

Would you like to join us? And of course, if not through this song, then through direct donations to those organizations?

If you feel like donating through “Conditional”, then a Bandcamp Friday day like today is best, as I don’t need to cover the commission fee. If you’d like to check if it’s still Bandcamp Friday, head over here.

MANY MANY MANY THANKS :-))))

Images speak louder than words. These incredibly moving pictures of a dog being rescued from flood waters are by Animal Rescue Kharkiv.