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“Donor: someone who gives money, blood, or organs.” What a definition. One that reminds us that donating is never a small gesture.
And what a perfect symbol I have been given following the launch of “Amor” on the last Bandcamp Friday on 7th August: you gave a total of 1102.31$ in 24 hours, which means that after 3 years of fundraising, the donations across my 2 fundraising initiatives (animal/human) have now matched each other almost perfectly, with $3456.25 collected for 18 animal shelters, $3,546.90 for 5 humanitarian organizations, now totalling $7003.15. PLEASE WATCH THE SLIDES BELOW FOR A FULL BREAKDOWN.
A perfect symbol, because I have always thought both initiatives were equally important. Perhaps I started with animals because it seemed easier somehow, more obvious perhaps too since animals don’t have a voice, bur I think I also somehow did not feel “legitimate” enough to start fundraising for my own species. I was proven wrong thanks to your generosity.
This is probably the most overwhelmed we have been as a species, and this time the overwhelm coincides with a planet that has also reached a point of implosion. In these circumstances, it is totally understandable to feel nothing makes (much of) a difference, therefore I extend a deep thank you to each one of you who has made the gesture of making a donation, no matter how small.
I also do want to extend a special thank you to my “repeat donors”, who have made a huge difference in the total amount collected, as they tend to be the most generous with their donations, across multiple instances.
I am also indebted to the people who have been involved in one way or another: Jason Daniello @jasonadamdaniello formerly @moogsynthesizers, Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts @attenboroughctr , Kane Aris @kanearis and Oswaldo Terrones @owt_taller_de_sonido for sound, Andrés Gomez Servín @gomez_servin_andres and Daniel Castrejón @dnks_mx for design.
This is far from over, so stay tuned. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

You can buy the songs any time you wish, but Bandcamp Fridays are days on which Bandcamp does not take its 15% commission, making it the ideal day to fundraise. Next Bandcamp Fridays are on September 4th, October 2nd, November 6th, December 4th 2026. My Bandcamp is here and all songs are clearly labelled FOR ANIMAL SHELTERS, and Special Versions is now the only release labelled FOR HUMANITARIAN CAUSES.

Dear everyone

DOUBLE FUNDRAISER today :-)))) on this BANDCAMP FRIDAY AUGUST 7th 2026
FOR ANIMALS #14 with my new song “AMOR”
Sulala Animal Rescue, Gaza
ALAI Animal Lives Are Important, India
Little Steps Matter, Bali
Santuario Gaia, Spain
FOR HUMANITARIAN CAUSES #8 with “Special Versions – Live in ACCA, Brighton”
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS GAZA FUND (Médecins sans Frontières – Medicos sin Fronteras).

You can read about the birth of “Amor” on the song’s Bandcamp page and in the slides below.

All I will say about the song here is that it is very close to my heart, as it is linked to my father’s passing in March, which was anything but a peaceful death, and recording it a couple of weeks ago was not easy as it meant I had to revisit those emotions.
Whenever I played it live, it was such an intense moment, and I know it was for many people too, as you told me so afterwards.
As I selected the shelters and rescue organizations, I realized more than ever the parallel between human lives and animal ones when it comes to the worst cases of abuse, disease, old age, neglect, abandonment, invisibility and now climate disasters such as fires, floods, earthquakes, and of course war.
In the middle of war in Gaza, Sulala Animal Rescue take care of dogs and cats, but also donkeys and horses.
In Bangalore, ALAI Animal Lives Are Important help dogs with severe mobility issues and disability due to accidents, abuse, neurological conditions and old age; they have a palliative unit and also take care of larger animals.
In Bali, Little Steps Matter’s main focus is on dogs with severe injuries and skin conditions.
Near Girona, Spain, Fundación Santuario Gaia are home to more than 500 rescued farm animals, escaping neglect and death thanks to the sanctuary.
I am hoping to raise at least 500$ today so that I can distribute this to these 4 incredible organizations.
I really hope you will join me in this new round of this initiative with which we already raised 2200$, to help our fellow sentient beings on this planet, at a moment that feels particularly urgent and crucial.

NB: for ANIMALS, my other songs “Conditional”, “A Flame Variations (Live in the Moog Soundlab)”, “Mort aux Vaches” and “Organ Song 1995” are still part of this initiative and all are found exclusively on my BANDCAMP PAGE!

As for the HUMANITARIAN fundraising, I think I will let the fundraising speak for itself, I really hope we can add a little something to the 3400$ we already raised together: #8 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS GAZA FUND (Médecins sans Frontières – Medicos sin Fronteras).

Thank you so much for being with me in this
Sending you a warm cooling hug, if you know what I mean (I’m sure 90% of you do!)

Cécile

Dear everyone

I am back with not one but two fundraisers tomorrow on my Bandcamp page :-)))

“AMOR”, OUT THIS FRIDAY 7th AUGUST 2026: BANDCAMP EXCLUSIVE RELEASE TO FUNDRAISE FOR ANIMALS

With “Amor”, I am reviving my fundraising initiative through which we sent 2,200$ to 14 organizations in less than 2 years. 100% proceeds go to selected animal shelters and rescue organizations. More info tomorrow :)

Bandcamp Fridays are days on which Bandcamp does not take its 15% commission, making it the ideal day to fundraise. They last 24 hours and start at 9 am Central European Time – 3 am EST – 12 am (midnight) PDT.

Thank you so much Daniel Castrejón for the artwork and design and Oswaldo Terrones for the additional mixing.

HUMANITARIAN FUNDRAISING #8 DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS G.Z. FUND (Médecins sans Frontières – Medicos sin Fronteras) @doctorswithoutborders TOMORROW BANDCAMP FRIDAY 7th AUGUST: “SPECIAL VERSIONS – LIVE AT ACCA, BRIGHTON”.
On 6th December 2024, I launched a humanitarian fundraising initiative on my Bandcamp, thanks to a wonderful live recording of a show containing exclusive music I gave at the amazing sounding Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts in Brighton, UK @attenboroughctr
Long story short: most of the fundraising went to P.l.stin and L.b.n.n, and in just 7 fundraisers we gathered 3358.27 $.
Just before my US tour in early May, I decided, as a measure of personal safety, to put all the posts related to this fundraising in the trash section of both my Instagram/Facebook (Meta) accounts and my WordPress-run website. Doing it felt really wrong, but I didn’t want to take any chances considering the rapid and preoccupying changes in visa and immigration policy.
I am a one-woman operation when it comes to Colleen (my only permanent professional partners are my label and my synch licencing agency) and I did experience burn out while touring this year, as I booked all the shows myself and ended up with a huge admin and logistics load.
Maintaining this Instagram account and my website is surprisingly more work than one would imagine, so that when I came back from the US tour, while retrieving those posts from the trash was indeed a priority, I kept postponing it because I had all the European shows to work on. When I got down to it, slightly more than 1 month had passed, and I found out there is a 1-month limit to trash being kept in Meta and WordPress…
I was truly gutted. I poured my heart and a considerable amount of time into this fundraising, and while the important thing is to have gathered and sent the money, I do think the visibility of it is important, and it is certainly part of who I am both as a person and a musician.

I hope you will join me on both the humanitarian and animal fundraising tomorrow :-)

CRATEDIGGERS PLAYLIST
I had the pleasure of doing a selection for my beloved label @thrilljockey in their Cratediggers series, it’s a very eclectic one and I do hope some of you may find the time to listen to it :-))))
Presentation text and full tracklist on Substack (scroll down to bottom of Substack entry to find it)
Featuring
Orion Sun @cloudgem
Loraine James @setfiretoloraine
Céline Gillain @gelinecillain
The Soft Pink Truth @xmatmosx
Sam Prekop @prekopcomma
Dario Zenker @zenker_brothers
Speaker Music @clinicalpoetics
Sons Of @_sons_of_ @_john_mcentire @prekopcomma
Francis Harris @francisscissor
Jessica Pratt @jpblues
Photo by Amany Khreis of me signing records at @thrilljockey headquarters in Chicago back in May, design by Derek Shlepr – thank you both!

ALBUM BACK IN STOCK FOR EUROPEAN MAIL ORDER @anostanost

Libres antes del final is finally back on vinyl at our official European mail order, shipping from Germany – black and cloud vinyl, and CD too!

Still available in blue vinyl on my Bandcamp and the Thrill Jockey shop, both shipping from the US!

IMMERSIVE MEDIA INTERVIEW

Finally, I had the pleasure of chatting with LA-based writer Eric Green for his Immersive Media Substack after we reconnected at my LA show, you can find the interview here.

Thank you so much for your time as always ❤❤❤

POST WRITTEN LAST SUNDAY 5th JULY 2026 AFTER MOUNTING MY FIRST MODULAR CASE :-)

I swear I did not attempt to recreate that photo of me age 8 receiving my first ever musical instrument for Christmas 1984, as I told Jose @jjos_1 @vostok_instruments to take a picture of me after I finished mounting my first modular rack yesterday at his workshop, and yet, given how I felt – *exactly* like a little kid who’s been given something they’ve wanted for a long time – I guess it’s no surprise I should have the exact same facial expression and even the same hand positions as on that photo.
Over the past 2 years my interest in modular developed exponentially, and as someone who truly believes synthesis has changed their life, going modular was always part of the plan at some point down the line, but I didn’t want to rush it, as I wanted to stay true to my minimalist temperament.
I was lucky to be able to have many conversations with very intelligent and knowledgeable people, I let those conversations sink in while taking very precise notes, and of course I listened to and observed modular setups in person whenever I could. I am particularly indebted to Eric @elevatorsound_eu Jose @vostok_instruments Sam Prekop @1sampre Alexis Delong @alx__dlg and Chelo @31_3h3l0 .
It was clear from the get-go that I wanted to play rhythmical parts with my modular, but it was only during the last shows of my Libres antes del final tour in June that I realized 2 other crucial things: 1) I also want to MAKE these drum sounds 2) I will keep the @moogsynthesizers Matriarch, as it is the perfect expressive tool for the harmonic and melodic approach I want to keep pursuing.
I came back with this idea of a mostly analog no-sample MODULAR DRUM CASE, and after a couple of additional meetups with Eric and Jose, I was finally able to narrow down the list of initial modules that make the building blocks of this case.
I feel extra lucky that in keeping with his super generous spirit, Jose has 1) lent me a case so that I don’t have to decide right now which size and which case to go for 2) lent me his Envelope, Attenuator and VCA/mixer modules 3) let me buy his yet-to-be-released module which was just what I was looking for 🤯🙏