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This is a soundtrack to the short film about the very strange case of a French woman in the 19th-century known only as Mme X…

“DR. JULES COTARD had to be surprised and confused by the female patient (known only as brought to his office at the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital in Paris one afternoon in 1882. The 43-year-old described a peculiar set of symptoms: she claimed she had “no brain, no nerves, no chest, no stomach, no bowels — that there was nothing left of her but the skin and bones.
Also, she claimed she had no soul, that there was no God and no devil, and that overall she was nothing but ‘a disorganized body’ with no internal organs and because of that she claimed to not need to eat anymore. Further, she expressed her belief in her own immortality, noting that she could not die a natural death, but ‘will live forever unless she is burnt, fire being her only possible end.’ Sadly she starved herself to death…”

This soundtrack, beyond the story of Mme X is also influenced by other 19th-century eccentrics (and brilliant artists) of her time such as Marcel Proust and Erik Satie.
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released October 5, 2025

Future Children are C C Sheehan and Kevin Coral
Additional vocals by Darrian Dawnstar
Additional guitar by Malcolm X Abram
Additional Drums/Percussion by Ty Landrum

All tracks recorded and mixed at Strawberry MIDI, Kent, OH
Mastered by Adam Boose @Cauliflower Audio

Additional synthesizers recorded at Vintage Synthesizer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Special Thanks to Josh, Jason, Ella, Bernard, Nicolas, Jessica, JED

Some of the synthesizers used on this album include: Moog Polymoog 203a
EMS Synthi AKS
Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
Oberheim 4-Voice
Roland Jupiter 8
Korg PS-3100
Korg Trident MkII
Gleeman Pentaphonic
Elka Synthex
Yamaha CS-70m
Yamaha CS-80
PPG Wave 2.2 Roland Juno 60 Korg MS-20
Jen Synthtone
SX-100…

Artwork by Nicolas Nade