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| artist     = Sonny Simmons & Moksha Samnyasin
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| released   = {{Start date|2014|11|28}}
| recorded   = 2012
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| genre      = [[Psychedelic rock]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=44|s=03}}
| label      = [[Svart Records]]
| producer   = [[Blaak Heat (band)|Thomas Bellier]]
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'''''Nomadic''''' is an album by jazz musician [[Sonny Simmons]]<ref name="Sonny Simmons sessionography">[http://www.sonnysimmons.org/disco1.htm#6 Sonny Simmons sessionography] accessed November 13, 2014</ref> which incorporates elements of [[psychedelic rock]], [[free jazz]], and [[experimental music|experimental]] [[drone metal]]. The album was recorded in 2012 in Paris, France and New York City, NY.<ref name="Svart Records website">[http://svartrecords.com/shoppe/home/2786-sonny-simmons-moksha-samnyasin-nomadic-cd.html Svart Records website] accessed November 13, 2014</ref> Moksha Samnyasin is composed of French musicians Thomas Bellier (of [[Spindrift (band)|Spindrift]] and [[Blaak Heat (band)|Blaak Heat]]), Sébastien Bismuth (of Abrahma), and Michel Kristof (of Other Matter).
==Reception==
In a review for ''The Sleeping Shaman'', Guido Segers called the album a "wonderful journey... taking you through desert, mystery and courts of the kings of old," and wrote: "The music is enchanting and almost hypnotic. Like a calm sea of sound, the trio put down the groundwork for the freewheeling alto sax and English horn play of Simmons."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/s/sonny-simmons-moksha-samnyasin-nomadic-cd-lp-dd-2014 |title=Sonny Simmons & Moksha Samnyasin 'Nomadic' |first=Guido |last=Segers |date=November 12, 2014 |website=The Sleeping Shaman |access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref>
Pete Pardo of ''Sea of Tranquility'' commented: "The press info describes ''Nomadic'' as 'peyote-laced ''Bitches Brew''', and that's probably not too far from the truth. While I would have liked to have heard a little more variety on some of the tempos here, for the most part this is a pretty intriguing set of psychedelic jazz that is well worth your attention."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=16758 |title=Sonny Simmons & Moksha Samnyasin: Nomadic |first=Pete |last=Pardo |date=October 12, 2014 |website=Sea of Tranquility |access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref>
Writing for ''Burning Ambulance'', Phil Freeman stated: "Simmons' saxophone lines are long, heavily reverbed ribbons of sound that float and drift atop the thick, throbbing foundation set up by his bandmates. And yet, the last sound we hear is him whooping as he takes the horn from his lips, laughs, and says, 'Go get me a beer, please.' Capping off all the studio production, it's a perfectly human moment."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://burningambulance.com/2014/12/02/2014-best-jazz-2 |title=Best Jazz of 2014: 20–16 |first=Phil |last=Freeman |date=December 2, 2014 |website=Burning Ambulance |access-date=December 29, 2022}}</ref>
==Track listing==
# "Help Them Through This World" - 14:19
# "We Are Entering The Place Of That" - 7:46
# "I Put It In A Dark Area Where I Don't Remember No More" - 13:57
# "When It Comes, I Don't Fight It" - 8:01
==Personnel==
; Sonny Simmons & Moksha Samnyasin
*[[Sonny Simmons]] - [[alto saxophone]], [[cor anglais]]
*[[Blaak Heat (band)|Thomas Bellier]] - [[Bass (guitar)|bass]]
*Sébastien Bismuth - [[drums]], electronics
*Michel Kristof - [[sitar]]
; Production
*[[Blaak Heat (band)|Thomas Bellier]] - producer, additional engineering
*Benjamin Colin - engineering
*[[Matt Hyde]] - mastering engineer
*Tokio Aoyama - cover art
*Julien Palomo - executive producer
*Michel Kristof - executive producer
==References==
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