LABEL: Music On Vinyl CAT NO: MOVLP1222C BARCODE: 8719262019171

 

Tracklisting:

SIDE A
1. Le Saule
2. Misterioso
3. From

SIDE B
1. La Blouse
2. La Bougie
3. Le Beau Galop

SIDE C
1. Tohu-Bohu I
2. Tohu-Bohu II
3. Tohu-Bohu III

SIDE D
1. Tohu-Bohu IV
2. Tohu-Bohu IV
3. Tohu-Bohu Part 2005 Remix

 

MARC MOULIN – Sam Suffy

LP – Limited Edition Numbered 180g Translucent Vinyl
(*Only 1000 individually numbered copies in this edition.)

Marc Moulin’s debut LP Sam Suffy (1975) is a compelling and unique mosaic of jazz, soul, and electronic elements that employs sampled sounds and sequencers to startling effect, vividly anticipating the music of the not-so-distant future.

While rooted in collective improvisation, cuts like the opening “Le Saule” and “Le Beau Galop” foreshadow the emergence of house music via their underlying electronic motifs; even more impressive is the five-part, 17-minute epic “Tohubohu,” a remarkable update of Musique Concrète sensibilities that creates drumbeats from water drops and pits trumpeter Richard Rousselet against a herd of hippos.

But for all its complexities and innovations, Sam Suffy is above all a sublime listening experience, closer in spirit and scope to trip-hop than the more abstract fusion classics it follows.