The compositions of Belgian experimental electronic musician Natasha Pirard unfurl patiently like sprouts from soil. In 2024 she made the four-cassette release Dream Cycles, whose slow-shifting sound worlds formed the basis for her recent album Fernande, Cécile (2025) – made in dedication to her mother and late grandmother. The album thematically explores matrilineal memory, family transformation, and the fragility of recollection. Sonically, Pirard's work for analogue synthesis, tape loops, acoustic instrumentation, and voice takes everyday sonic details and envelopes them in blankets of lush ambience. From hymnal reverberations that evoke Liz Harris's Grouper, to worming sonic milieus that echoes the fragile yet powerful soundtrack work of Mica Levi, Pirard's experiments in texture and melody arrive like a loving gift. Just as wisdom, care, and secrets are passed across generations, an intimate and touching sense of softness passes through Pirard's inimitable compositions.

The presentation of this work was made possible thanks to the support of Flemish Arts Centre de Brakke Grond, STUK, and VierNulVier.