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Dear everyone, I am so happy to finally be able to announce this double show in my beloved adopted city of Barcelona, on Sunday 26th April, organized by Foggy Hext, at Casa Montjuic and its sister club nextdoors Laut, info and tickets here :-)))

If you are not sure which one to go to, here is extra info to help you choose:

TIMES

CM: doors at 6 pm with exquisite DJ set by Taki Onqoi of Foggy Hex, my show starts at 7 pm for 1h15

Laut: doors at 8.50 pm, mix by yours truly to put you in the right mood, my shows starts at 9:30 for 1h15, and we close the night with Francisco Sosa’s elegant and danceable modular set

MOOD

Casa Montjuic: seated, listening experience really close to the album’s sound since I reamped the album with sound engineer Oswaldo Terrones (more about this below)

Laut: standing, with me in the middle of the room, to allow you to move to the sound of the music.

Here is a text I wrote in Spanish about why this feels so special to me :-)

“Hace 20 años, el 10 de febrero 2006, daba mi primer concierto en Barcelona, en el Mercat de las Flors, en lo que era tambien mi primera visita a la ciudad. Nunca hubiera podido adivinar que me mudaría aqui 13 años despues, coincidiendo con un intenso cambio personal y artístico. He encontrado en Barcelona un lugar perfecto para esta evolución: Libres antes del final es ya el tercer albúm que hago en mi pequeño home studio aqui, y sin duda es el disco que más porta la imprenta de la ciudad. Nació en conexión con la decisión de reaprender a nadar, pero en el mar, y es un paso más en mi amor por la síntesis, el proceso creativo que ha literalmente cambiado mi manera de hacer musica, y estando aqui me he podido nutrir de la fértil y generosa escena de síntesis modular local. Reamplificar el disco en mi sala favorita, Casa Montjuic, con el ingeniero de sonido Oswaldo Terrones, fue una manera potente de cerrar y celebrar el vínculo con la ciudad.

Por todos aquellos motivos, me emociona de verdad presentar este disco en directo aqui, en Casa Montjuic y Laut, mano en mano con Foggy Hex, que han organizado algunos de mis conciertos favoritos a lo largo de estos años de vida aqui.”

REAMPING SESSION OF LIBRES ANTES DEL FINAL IN CASA MONTJUIC, BARCELONA, WITH OSWALDO TERRONES, OCTOBER 19th 2025: PHOTOS BY MORGIANE REBOUH

And here are – at last – some photos taken by Morgiane Rebouh of the reamping session we did with sound engineer Oswaldo Terrones back on October 19th, which I shared on Instagram shortly afterwards, then did not upload here as I unfortunately went through a period of intense stress which took a toll on my ability to promote the album, and which fortunately has now ended, so now that I have announced the show at Casa Montjuic and I have recovered my spirits, it is the perfect time to do so :-)

On 19th October Mexican sound engineer Oswaldo Terrones came from Lisbon to reamp the album in an 8-hour-long work session at Casa Montjuic. Here are the questions I got asked the most whenever I mentioned this to people: What is reamping in an album context (people have often heard about it, but just for guitars)? What is the point? Wait, this is a venue, so you took your synth and played it live?
No, reamping is really about taking previously recorded sounds or entire pieces of music, amplifying them (in this case, using Casa Montjuic’s PA), placing microphones chosen for their sonic characteristics in the most appropriate spots of the room, and capturing the final results. What you get is the original music augmented by the PA + room acoustics + the microphones’ tonal characteristics.
The star of that day was without a doubt the famous Neumann KU100 binaural head, affectionately known as Fritz, and that first photo makes me smile a lot as it looks a little bit as if Fritz had just whispered something shocking into my ears.

Dear everyone

Here is another excerpt from “Antídoto” live @elevatorsound_eu back on May 10th of last year, this time a technical breakdown of the middle section, 100% @moogsynthesizers Matriarch, I hope you will like it, any questions feel free to ask in the Youtube comments section :-)
You can see the full video of “Antídoto” here and the full Matriarch Deep Dive workshop I gave in Spanish will be available next month on Elevator Sound’s Youtube channel.

Also, a reminder that Libres antes del final, my 9th album, is out on 20th March on @thrilljockey.
Today is Bandcamp Friday, so a good day to preorder the album if you are ok with shipping from the US – same for Thrill Jockey shop orders.
If you want your order to be shipped from Germany or the UK, please choose Anost and Norman Records respectively – this is the best way to support us directly.

And no active fundraising today, for reasons I explained in my Bandcamp newsletter today, but if you feel like giving, rest assured that your donation will be taken into account and donated later on :-)))

As always, thank you sooo much for your support, it is more crucial now than ever :-)))
More from me soon with the next single and new live dates!

Dear everyone

I haven’t been the best at promoting my work recently and even have to catch up on a post I wanted to publish a couple of months ago, but am super happy to finally be able to share the version of “Antídoto” that I played at beloved modular shop @elevatorsound_eu in Barcelona back on May 10th of last year.

The @moogsynthesizers Matriarch Deep Dive workshop that I gave there was a special moment for me on many levels, as it marked a turning point in the making of my 9th album Libres antes del final, which was made using only the Matriarch.
Throughout 2025, getting to know Barcelona’s vibrant modular scene from within, whether through regular visits to the shop or attending the events organized by the @barcelonamodularsociety, really gave me extra motivation to improve my synthesis skills, and when we decided with Eric and Jamie of Elevator Sound that I would host a Matriarch Deep Dive at the shop, this gave me even more focus and drive to actually have a couple of songs fully finished for that workshop, as I knew I didn’t want to give a generic presentation of that amazing synth, but something more tightly linked to the way I integrate song-making within synthesis and vice-versa.
“Antídoto” was the first song I completed, followed shortly after by “Libres antes del final”, and playing them in my adopted town in one of my favourite places, mere days after completing them, and a few hours away from my birthday (I had chosen that date on purpose!) was such a treat.
When Rodrigo Notari @rodrigo_notari generously agreed to film this for us, it was the icing on the cake, and thanks to him, we will be able to share the full workshop (which I decided to hold in Spanish) in March! :-)

“Antídoto” is the first single from my forthcoming album Libres antes del final, out 20th March on @thrilljockey
Ticket links in bio for my upcoming shows in Europe and the States, more dates to be announced!

Thrill Jockey run a Substack newsletter and invited me to their “From the desk of…” feature in which I shared a bit about my work space, you can read the full feature here :-)

I am so happy to finally be able to present my 9th album, Libres antes del final, which will be out on @thrilljockey on March 20th, 2026. I always pour myself out entirely in my albums and this one is no exception, tightly linking my deepening love for synthesis, which got stronger and stronger as I got more involved in the Barcelona modular scene (big up to @elevatorsound_eu and @barcelonamodularsociety !), with a wonderful shift in my life which started to happen when I learnt to swim again in the sea, after 30 years of water phobia. This new energy is reflected in the music itself and I cannot wait to share the whole album with you and play it live (first European and American dates and in the tour poster below- more dates to be announced soon!).

You can listen to the first single “Antídoto” now. The album in general has a tense and at times rather dark energy, and “Antídoto”, bang in the middle of the album, acts as the positive counterweight and joyful centerpiece. It is the sun-drenched, edgy reply to moments when you feel anger, it is my musical way of saying I can turn the situation upside down and build my own antidote to the negative feelings consuming me. It has the energy of “I’m not going to let things get in my way”.

Thank you @thrilljockey ; @owt_taller_de_sonido reamping @casa.montjuic and mixing; @damianschwartz mastering; Luis Torroja photo; @dnks_mx design; @moogsynthesizers Matriarch.

Libres antes del final is available on limited Ocean Blue vinyl (300 copies) only through: SHIPPING FROM THE US Thrill Jockey webshop and Bandcamp, SHIPPING FROM GERMANY Anost (our official distributor), SHIPPING FROM THE UK Norman Records+ I will have some copies with me at some of the shows (but cannot guarantee which :-)))

Cloud vinyl in indie record stores only, black vinyl everywhere.

Available on gatefold CD from all retailers. Digitally on all platforms.

An important word I wrote this morning to my Bandcamp followers and which I’d like to share with all of you:

if you do decide to buy this album in any form, or come to one of the shows… I truly thank you, not in a shallow way, but sincerely, because I am acutely aware that the cost and therefore the price of everything has risen astronomically over the past couple of years, making the price of albums and their shipping hard to stomach in general, and just not a reasonable option for many.

We are all facing this every single day, in our personal lives, our professional endeavours, whether it’s paying the rent, food, utilities, travelling to see family, caring for our health, and covering essential professional expenses.

For labels, the costs of manufacturing, shipping, as well as new tariff barriers, have taken a real toll, without mentioning the gradual disappearance of music media outlets and the algorhythmization of absolutely everything. 

When it comes to leisure pursuits, you do decide how to spend what you have left. If you choose to spend it on my music, I am super grateful. I hope that the sincerity, love and dedication I put in what I do makes up for its cost, even though these two factors are actually unrelated. And I am glad that the relationship between a musician and their listener remains one of those bonds that can exist outside of algorhythms, in the way of all true bonds.

LIVE 2026 – TICKET LINKS HERE

26 April Foggy Hex presents (double show) – BARCELONA, ES @foggyhexbcn
2 May Long Play @Public Records – NEW YORK, NY @bangonacan@publicrecordsnyc
6 May Constellation – CHICAGO, IL @constellationchicago
7 May Beacon Sound presents  – PORTLAND, OR @beacon_sound
9 May The Lab – SAN FRANCISCO, CA @thelabsf
26 May Silent Green – BERLIN, DE @silent.green with @midori_hirano_
11 June Botanique – BRUSSELS, BE @botanique_bxl

Dear everyone

The past few weeks have been insane, but here goes, everything together at the same time :-))))

“SPECIAL VERSIONS – LIVE AT ACCA, BRIGHTON”: FUNDRAISER #7 FOR PCRF Palestine Children’s Relief Fund @thepcrf BANDCAMP FRIDAY tomorrow 5th December 2025 
One year ago exactly, I launched this live recording as a Bandcamp exclusive with the aim of fundraising for humanitarian purposes in perpetuity. Almost all the fundraisers have gone to Palestine and the neighbouring countries, and your response has been amazing: in 6 fundraisers spread over 11 months, we have donated 3020.68$. I cannot thank you enough for joining me in this initiative, as well as @attenboroughctr and sound engineer @kanearis for making this possible.
Tomorrow you can join again to donate to one of the most recognized organizations in the area, to whom we donated more than 1500$ on the first fundraiser.

Bandcamp Friday (no commission = maxed out donation) lasts 24 hours, starting at 9 am Central European Time / midnight tonight Pacific Time.
PCRF’s latest update:
“As winter intensifies in Gaza, nearly 1.5 million displaced children and families face freezing nights, collapsing shelters, flooding, and contaminated water. Disease is spreading, and lifesaving aid is still far from meeting the scale of the need.”

LP9 SINGLE AND ALBUM PREORDER EXCLUSIVE FOR THRILL JOCKEY CUSTOMERS!
Thrill Jockey newsletter suscribers and anyone who visits their website (suscribe or visit HERE) are now able to hear the first single and preorder the new album, with the limited edition Ocean blue vinyl as an option (only Thrill Jockey and myself will have copies of this edition, shops will have another colour, and of course you can still order traditional black vinyl).
10th December is the official single release + general album preorder + first live dates announcement!