Minimum Vital - Au Cercle de Pierre

Minimum Vital is certainly amongst the most original bands from the Eighties Progressive rock scene: twin brothers Thierry & Jean-Luc PAYSSAN mix art-rock influences from YES, guitar parts as fluid as Mike OLDFIELD's, an amazing virtuosity coming from jazz-rock fusion, many innovations and a deep mark from medieval and southern European traditional music. This French band has built it's own style, marked by a huge identity and originality, and is now recognized as a reference in itself. "Envol Triangles/Les Saisons Marines" gathers the first audio-cassette (1985) and the first vinyl (1987). Beautiful album recorded on the Musea label, "Sarabandes" (1990) reflects the strong personality of the band. Minimum Vital is not far from equaling masters such as YES or CAMEL. "La Source" (1993) sees the inclusion of female singer Sonia NEDELEC and her counterpart Jean-Baptiste FERRACCI. They use a language of her own, melting Latin, Occitan (A dialect from the South of France) and Portuguese.