A recognized figure on the Quebec experimental scene, composer and violinist Jessica Moss has perfectly captured the feeling of mourning and loneliness that has pervaded us over the past year. Of course Phosphene is an album of confinement, but essentially conceived and recorded like its three previous ones, solo, by superimposing track on track of his violin, by carefully calibrating its timbre, its dynamics, its sound, to create the illusion of an orchestra of bedroom. On side A, the continuation Contemplation in three movements is undoubtedly his most beautiful composition, a minimalist work from which emerges a theme that unfolds gracefully, in small steps. More jerky, Let down, opening side B, and the next, Distortion Harbor, remind us of the fierce side of the composer, who incorporates her voice into her orchestrations, before concluding with the touching song Memorizing and Forgetting, on which the choirs prevail in front of the piano and the violin. Superb, from start to finish.
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