Nyssa Musique’s rare 1985 meditative spiritual album ‘Comme Au Moulin’ reissued
French label Ici Bientôt has unearthed and reissued an incredible 1985 spiritual and meditative album, titled Comme Au Moulin by a highly innovative five-piece Paris-based collective called Nyssa Musique, whom were born out ongoing rehearsals that took place in a contemporary dance class hall, upstairs from the notable venue New Morning.
This superb 8-track recording features an incredible and unique mix of jazz, minimal music, traditionally rooted sounds from Middle East, India, East Asia, and Africa, rhythmic hand percussion grooves, and an exploration into electric atmospheric synthesizer tones. With each track, the music has an overall free and improvisational feel that continues to build and take the listener on a vibrant sonic journey.
The group was established by Ballet Music composer Armand Amar and John Boswell. Both of them specialized in traditional India and the Middle Eastern hand percussion, and were also very fond of synthesizers. Rounding out the ensemble was percussionist, marimba and vibraphonist Jean-François Roger, multi-flutist Henri Tournier, and double bass player Renaud Garcia-Fons.
Overall, Comme Au Moulin is a brilliant an incredibly original recording full of different textures and musical dialogues that are complex, hypnotic, free, and ultimately spiritually fulfilling. It’s great that such a timeless, yet highly obscure recording like this, receives a very welcomed reissue release.
Nyssa Musique — ‘Comme Au Moulin’
(Originally released: 1985 / self-released)
(Reissued: 2021 / Ici Bientôt)
- Rienne
- Route De Sumatra
- Bside
- Comme Au Moulin
- Lacustre
- Vol D’Ibis
- Oued
- Sargasses
