Marc Moulin

Marc Moulin, a Belgian keyboardist, devoted more than three decades to his work as a jazz artisan and emerged as a leading figure in acid jazz. His path opened in the 1960s with piano engagements staged across Europe. During the next decade he assembled the group Placebo, and by 1974 the project had produced three albums shaped by the approaches of Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. One of those releases, Sam Suffy, has continued to resonate with listeners long afterward. Before the decade closed, Moulin redirected his efforts toward electro pop through his involvement with Telex. Together with Michel Moers on vocals and Dan Lacksman on synthesizer, the band issued five albums that included the hit singles “Rock Around the Clock,” an electro-pop treatment of the Bill Haley & the Comets original, and “Moscow Diskow,” which attracted dancers in clubs from Australia to Brazil. In 1992 he changed direction once more, issuing the more ambient Maessage. With the arrival of the new century he returned to jazz, signing with Blue Note, a label noted for its openness to experimentation that enabled him to merge electronic textures with his jazz foundation.