Nyssa Musique

Paris 1985... ‘Extra-European’ Traditions meet Jazz and Minimal Music. An unusual array of instruments turn music into a dialogue. For a unique record ... vivid, full of texture, somewhere between Midori Takada, Don Cherry and Jon Hassell.

Authentic, free and vibrant, still today, this album has no real equivalent. Even though it recalls the Fourth World current by its combination of traditional instruments with a subtle use of synthesizers, Comme au moulin gives more space to improvisation. It may also recall those of Midori Takada, less the New Age esthetics. An album that should delight as well lovers of "Love Supreme" by John Coltrane, of "Vernal Equinox" by Jon Hassell, as those of Moondog, an artist who, like them, invented a music based on the use of untypical percussions, at the confluence of 'Extra-European' traditions, Jazz and Classical, all together complex and hypnotic.

PERSONNEL:

• Armand Amar - congas, synthesizer, percussion
• Renaud Garcia-Fons - bass
• Henri Tournier - flute
• John Boswell- drums, marimba, gong
• Jean François Roger- marimba, vibraphone

Recorded at studio Campus, Oct 1985.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Rienne
• A2. Route De Sumatra
• A3. Biside
• A4. Comme Au Moulin

• SIDE B
• B1. Lacustre
• B2. Vol D'ibis
• B3. Oued
• B4. Sargasses