1. La Compagnie
2. Air Caravan’
3. Praeludium Tarentella
4. Tarentelle
5. King Gürü
6. Le Fol*
7. Sliman
8. Vole (Voyageur immobile)
9. Jongleries
10. El Picador
11. Djin Alzawat
12. Nimbus
13. Hugues Le Loup

Recorded and mixed at studio Vital Musique by Thierry Payssan (2018/2019). Additional takes : studio Cryogène Prod (sound engineer : Guillaume Thevenin). Mastering : Alexis Bardinet (studio Globe Audio). Coproduced by Vital Musique & Musea. Image processing : Gaël Payssan, Graphics and cover design : Philippe Poirier. compositing « vitrail » : Thierry.

MINIMUM VITAL :

Charly Berna : Drums
Jean-Luc Payssan : Guitars, percussions, vocals
Thierry Payssan : Keyboards, percussions, vocals
Eric Rebeyrol : Bass, cornet

Instrumentarium :

• Drums : Gretsch.
• Guitars : electric guitars Harley Benton 12 strings & Gretsch Electromatic, mandoline Aria, mandole Musikalia
  Classical Guitares Soprano Francisco & Alhambra, multiOud Godin.
• Keyboards : Korg Tr-Rack, Roland Fantom, monophonics Korg Sigma, MS20 mini, Alesis Micron, pianos Yamaha Reface CP & Yamaha P90, sampler Akai S3000, Roland D50, Manikin Memotron.
• Basses : Warwick Thumb bass & Star bass.

Music : Thierry & Jean-Luc Payssan
Arrangements : MINIMUM VITAL
(*) Dedicated to  Pierre Vidal (12th Century minstrel).

Available march 2016

St André de Cubzac - 2012 - Salle du Champ de Foire

• 1 Yassim

Bègles – 2014 - Chapelle Mussonville

• 2 Salvé - Maria Flies
• 3 La Basse Danse
• 4 Soul Song
• 5 Djin Alzawat
• 6 Ariana - Suite Ibérique
• 7 A La Francesca
• 8 Pour Le Temps Présent
• 9 Jongleries

Bègles – 2015 - Salle A. Delteil

• 10 Danse Villageoise
• 11 Le Tourdion

Bergerac – 2015 - Le Rocksane

• 12 Villages
• 13 Maria Flies
• 14 La Pavane
• 15 Jongleries

Bonus tracks

• 16 Javary & Montago
• 17 Sur Tes Pas

Duration: about 80mn

Music : Jean Luc & Thierry Payssan
Arrangements : MINIMUM VITAL
Sound: Bertrand Amable et Thierry Payssan (Studio Vital Musique)
Video Mastering and Dvd Authoring : Gilles Pialat

Co produced by Vital Musique and Musea - 2016

The Band:
Thierry Payssan : Keyboards, Percussions
Jean-Luc Payssan : Guitars, Percussions
Eric Rebeyrol : bass, Cornet
Emmanuelle Troy: Voices (Guest on "Jongleries")

"Minimum Vital have released the awesome Sarabandes and Esprit d'Amor, and Pavanes is almost as good. Pavanes, it's great folk and medieval music. For all fans of Gryphon, Jethro Tull or Mike Oldfield, here it is. From the groovy Ende Limbo, Le Tourdion and Chanter Toujours, the more rock Rodéo or Javary & Montago and the totally folk songs Soleil Dén, Suite Ibérique, Folkish or L'Enfance Des Sages. And more, it's a double album. Two discs, and theres no weak songs. The only default is that i'm not a big fan of medieval and folk music, so a double album of this sound it's a little bit too much for me. But it's still great, and the musicians are awesome."

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

CD 1 "Pavanes I"

1. Javary & Montago +
2. La Basse Danse
3. Valadôn *
4. La Pavane
5. Rodéo
6. Le Prisonnier Hollandais (trad.)
7. Maria Flies
8. Suite En Poussière De Lune
9. Folkish
10. Villages

CD 2 "Pavanes II"

1. Saladin
2. Yassim
3. Sur Tes Pas *
4. L’Enfance Des Sages
5. Le Tourdion
6. Chanter Toujours
7. Ende Limbo +
8. Soleil Dén °
9. Suite Ibérique

Music : Jean Luc & Thierry Payssan
Arrangements : MINIMUM VITAL
Recorded and mixed at studio Vital Musique
Mastering : studio Globe Audio (Bordeaux)

Co produced by Vital Musique & Musea - 2015

The band :
Thierry Payssan : Keyboards, percussions, voices
Jean Luc Payssan : Acoustic & electric guitars, oud, saz, percussions, voices
Eric Rebeyrol : bass, saz, cornet

Guests :
+ : Gilles Pialat : batterie MIDI
* : Chfab : chant
° : Laure Mitou : chant

Photos : Kapriell / graphics : Philippe Poirier

"Minimum Vital have released the awesome Sarabandes and Esprit d'Amor, and Pavanes is almost as good. Pavanes, it's great folk and medieval music. For all fans of Gryphon, Jethro Tull or Mike Oldfield, here it is. From the groovy Ende Limbo, Le Tourdion and Chanter Toujours, the more rock Rodéo or Javary & Montago and the totally folk songs Soleil Dén, Suite Ibérique, Folkish or L'Enfance Des Sages. And more, it's a double album. Two discs, and theres no weak songs. The only default is that i'm not a big fan of medieval and folk music, so a double album of this sound it's a little bit too much for me. But it's still great, and the musicians are awesome."

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

Eysines - Salle du Vigean - oct-4-1997

1. Pour le Temps présent
2. Zapatta!
3. Sarabande N°1
4. Ronde
5. Song a Cinq
6. Ce qui Soustient
7. Esprit d'Amor (extrait)
8. Au Cercle de Pierre J'ai dansé

Bonus Tracks

1. Ronde (1985)
2. En Transit (1986)
3. La Scala (1988)
4. Hymne et Dande (1991)
5. Tabou (1993)
6. Sarabande N°2 (1994)

1. Saladin
2. Saltarello
3. En Castille
4. Rodéo
5. L'Enfance Des Sages
6. Le Tourdion
7. La Basse Danse
8. Fantaisie Pour Mandoline
9. La Pavane

"Since 1985, brothers Thierry and Jean-Luc Payssan have been refining a crisply dynamic blend of medieval-inspired music with liberal quantities of vintage prog sounds rubbing up against Middle Eastern-infused modes. In lesser hands it could make for an ungainly stilistic mariage. Yet the seamless integration between ethnic and electronic instrumentation, combined with a stirring rhytmic momentum, makes for a bracing and enjoyable union. Many of the squeaky-synth settings and textures used by Thierry enjoy a Wakeman-esque flourish, sometimes revealling in a similarly opulent grandeur. Jean Luc coaxes frantic dervish-like melodies from his twin-neck 12 and six string Ovation guitar. A subtle Celtic/Breton inflection occasionally evokes the freewheeling pelt of Alan Stivell or Dan Ar Braz in the course of the six tightly-drilled pieces here. Augmented by three extra studio tracks and rehearsal footage, the virtues of their supple technique are elegantly expressed. Intelligent editing ensures the driving excitement of this French trio's music is experly and engagingly showcased. (Sid Smith - PROG magazine)"

Produced by : Gilles Pialat

1. Le Vieux Cahier - (2'33)
2. Promenade Intra-Muros - (4'44)
3. Les Jours Heureux - (4'50)
4. Nocturne I - (3'16)
5. Juste Du Temps - (4'17)
6. Entre Les Murs - (3'45)
7. Fenêtre Aux Nuages Qui Filent - (2'43)
8. V'la Le Bon Vent - (2'59)
9. Lune Rousse - (4'08)
10. Dans Un Songe - (0'46)
11. Chanson Revisitée - (4'57)
12. Dans Un Songe - Reprise - (1'03)
13. La Galerie Aux Miroirs - (5'16)
14. Nocturne II - (1'50)
15. Cortège Aux Ames - (2'56)
16. Au Matin - (2'29)

Recorded and mixed at Vital Musique

1. She Moves through the Fair
2. Avec Uppsala
3. Mauresque
4. En Terre Etrangère
5. La Croix de Bourghi Bando
6. Le Chant de Gauthier
7. En Superbo
8. Capitaines
9. La Route

Recorded and mixed in Vital Musique studio

Tribute to the music of Christian Vander

• Udü Wüdü - MINIMUM VITAL (ar. Jean-Luc & Thierry Payssan)

Jean-Luc Payssan : classical guitar, voice, percussions. Thierry Payssan : piano, synthé, voice, percussions. Eric Rebeyrol : bass, bow. Guest : Christian Coutzac : "ghost" voices

"Minimum Vital opens the 25-song set with a more buoyantly upbeat reading of the title track to Üdü Wüdü (Seventh, 1976), as nylon-string guitar, electric bass, and hand percussion support Kobaïan singing that possesses less of its inherent gravitas. (allaboutjazz.com)".