Heldon/Richard Pinhas: S&D

if it was the only album of some obscure NWW list band people would be losing their shit over it, but it's just heldon. murky heldon.

Three years now

I can see why this never came out until now, the sound quality is pretty crisped out

but god this is face-melting, they don't stop -- if this were well recorded this would probably even top Interface -- I hope there are other live Heldon tapes from this time still waiting to be rediscovered

Richard Pinhas : Rhizosphère (1977)
Richard Pinhas : Chronolyse (1978)
Richard Pinhas : Iceland (1980)
and an anthology of singles '72-'80:

< SCHIZO >
1. Schizo (And The Little Girl)
2. Paraphrenia Praecox
3. Le Voyageur
4. Torcol
< HELDON >
5. Baader-Meinhof Blues
6. O.D.B.
7. Perspectives 1 bis complement
8. Perspectives 4 bis
< T.H.X. >
9. Telstar
10. Rhizosphere suite
< RICHARD PINHAS >
11. Rhizosphere Sequent
12. Claire P.
13. West Side
14. Houston 69
15. Beautiful May

i think of buying Chronolise and Iceland: any suggestion?

chronolyse - first half is simple, repetitive synthesizer-sequencer stuff, short tracks. second half is one long 30 minute jam in the heldon rock style. all use character names from dune as titles.

iceland is all minimal synth stuff, droney and dark.

(it should be noted that you can get chronolyse for $13 from cuneiform records. iceland is apparently out of print.)

i can't believe nobody posted this yet - angbase did a young person's guide to heldon a while back, well worth reading.

wow, ANOTHER xpost with God Punch.

!!!

DATES
June to July - USA TOUR (including West Coast)
24 juin : Santa Monica (Los Angeles)
27 juin : G3 Lounge (San Francisco)
29 juin : 21 Grand, Oakland (San Francisco)
1er juillet : Rotture, Portland
2 ou 3 juillet : Horrist club, Seattle
5 juillet : Montreal Jazz festival, Canada
9 july: Detroit
12 juillet : Washington DC
13 juillet : Baltimore
12 Octobre: Tokyo, Japan

Richard Pinhas + Wolf Eyes
Recording NYC + Michigan, March 2007
Status : confirmed

Funnily enough I just got a copy of the new Pinhas in the mail, along with the reissue of Heldon 6. Which was nice but I dunno, I more admire Pinhas than love him.

is that like richard pinhas WITH wolf eyes or richard pinhas, wolf eyes opening?

I don't know about the dates with Wolf Eyes, but I understand the last bit to mean collaborative recording (NYC + MICHIGAN). Like, wow! The live dates aren't much use to me, sadly, but you kids all enjoy now.

I've been on a major Heldon/RP tip in the past few weeks ever since I got the singles comp, which is a superb primer of his work and really shows the evolution of his sound in great bite-size chunks - an awesome listen (esp. when driving at night!). The version of Telstar is one of the best things I've heard all year for sure. Get it while you can, as it's now sold out at source, but Forced Exposure still have copies.

"Half a year until Dadaismus will be buying Yes box sets"

Three years now
-- Dadaismus (Dada), neljapäev, 12. Oktoober 2006

My oh my, doesn't time fly-ah?

Oh, and if that "new Pinhas" that Ned mentioned should be the Metetron two-fer, then some of that 's pretty gripping.

Wolf Eyes + Pinhas collab has been in the works since last summer, looks like it's finally moving forward.

the Metetron two-fer

And indeed it is.

or Metatron, even? :)

Recent Richard Pinhas - sound art performance is a stunning listening experience !

on youtube: Richard Pinhas at Highways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6dft_tfahw

"iceland" sounds a lot like vangelis ca. blade runner. maybe they were using similar equipment? but the compositional style is similar too.

I am listening to "Chaos Line" -- is the rest of Keio Line as lushly Fenneszy and beautiful?

The title track of Interface about did me in on my bus ride this morning. What a kick ass tune.

Interface. Just... wow.

One of those 19 minute tracks you wish was 90 min.

I've only just discovered how much bands like Trans Am sound like these guys. Wow.

Pinhas solo records are great for winter. L'Ethique and Chronolyse soundtracking gray days in the bay, and also kicking a lot of ass!!!!

eh Dominique, last I went to sleep listening to Iceland and this morning I woke up with Chronolyse. Winter is indeed arrived!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcqo0bDj9IU&feature=related

discovered him last week

this is gonna be my next musical obsession afaict

I think the Patrick Gauthier solo album is really worth checking out if you like Heldon! I like it better than Pinhas's solo stuff .

amazed that he has done a disco version of telstar and records with ~gilles deleuze~ and he doesn't have a wikipedia page in his own name

was a student of deleuze, had a really cool conversation with him about music in which deleuze was just an old snobby jerk when pinhas was trying to big up fripp and shit. i wrote about it but like fuck is anyone reading that. go here: http://www.webdeleuze.com/php/texte.php?cle=5&groupe=Anti%20Oedipe%20et%20Mille%20Plateaux&langue=2

Pinhas put out a 2CD set this year, Metal/Crystal, with Merzbow and Wolf Eyes on it. It's great. I reviewed it for The Wire but I don't think the review's run yet.

yeah i gotta get that, hope review is in wire e.o.y. issue

joe meek >>> deleuze >>>> merzbow

20th century yall

Agreeing with unperson, in fact I just submitted my AMG review for it -- his collaborators (both tour band and the guests) are excellent throughout but Pinhas's work is of course the core and it's just lovely as well as harrowing in equal measure.

!!! I did not know about this!
Maybe Santa will know what to bring me now.

yeah it's good, we got it in at my radio station.

L'Ethique (from 1982) is the shit, features several Magma alumni plus Deleuze on a couple of tracks :

http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/002/351/0000235121_350.jpg

The first time I ever listened to the John Peel show was when he played Alain Renaud's "Back and In", which I believe has a RPinhas production credit.

unperson's review has already run in the wire, i remember reading it

iceland is a stunner. deep, gorgeous, and really quite different than the arpeggioed frippery on his other albums from that era. (the ones I've heard, anyway.)

also, "iceland (part2)" sounds pretty similar to the terminator theme to my ears. not a bad thing!

Merzdon - Heldow Kills Animal K

<3

Loving this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl5UIeGpyvc

Pinhas worth seeing live in 2011 Y/N?

Has anyone seen him perform recently? What should I expect if I go?

relevance

wall of sound guitar noise-soundscapes, usually accompanied by projected visuals. If the sound at the venue is good, can be pretty gorgeous

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KKNDf95AgI&feature=player_embedded

nb ive not seen RP but i nonetheless believe him to be relevant on account of his wondrous albums

Sounds pretty great. The venue is kind of weird and I didn't think it booked shows like this, but I guess it does. Will be best if I can get a seat, I imagine.

is he playing solo or with others? I saw him play with members of Wolf Eyes back in September, and it was pretty intense and loud.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSc1AojeTbE

I absolutely adore Pinhas/Heldon!! What a group, what a concept! I want more sci-fi cyborg prog, I really do. All the albums up through East/West are worthwhile although it's true I haven't heard anything after that. East/West is half good. Interface, Stand By and Rhizosphere Live Paris are my favorites. Killer drumming. I actually have been practicing drums to sequencers since getting into this band and it's a heck of a lot of fun but so easy to fuck up and train wreck. Infinite respect. I always wonder how the hell this group managed to be professionals/full time. Only in France, only in the 70s I guess. Maybe the novelty of giant moog modulars and the (very) distant relationship to groups like Tangerine Dream gave them a boost?!

Tonight, San Francisco Pinhas immanent

http://www.sfemf.org/archive/sfemf-2013/

http://fantasticfreedominstitute.com/work/the-body-of-your-pet-philosophy-person-i-do-not-despair-important/

he's doing a brief US tour

- September 14 – October 3, 2013 -
Richard Pinhas North American mini-tour
– performances in Canada & USA –

2013 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
Sept. 14
Stanford,
California
KZSU 90.1 FM
(radio station at Stanford University)
Listen Live

Richard Pinhas
Radio appearance
Sept. 15
San Francisco,
California
San Francisco Electronic Music Festival
Brava Theater Center
2781 24th St. (at York)
San Francisco, CA

Richard Pinhas
8 pm

Sept. 18
Sacramento,
California
Bows and Arrows
1815 19th St. Sacramento, CA 916.822.5668
Richard Pinhas
with Barry Cleveland

Sept. 19
Oakland,
California
Duende
468 29th St.
Oakland, CA
www.duendeoakland.com

Richard Pinhas
with Barry Cleveland
Sept. 27
Cleveland,
Ohio
Negative Space
3820 Superior Ave. East Cleveland, OH 216.485.3195 Richard Pinhas
Sept. 28 Erie,
Pennsylvania
Performing Artists Collective Alliance
1505 State Street
Erie, PA 16501

Richard Pinhas
Sept. 29
Oberlin,
Ohio
Oberlin College Music Conservatory
"Room C25"
77 W College St
Oberlin, OH 44074 Richard Pinhas with Aaron Dilloway
Oct. 1 Brooklyn,
NY St. Vitus
1120 Manhattan Ave. Brooklyn, NY Richard Pinhas
with Aaron Dilloway
Oct. 2 Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania Brillobox
4104 Penn. Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 412.621.4900 Richard Pinhas
with Aaron Dilloway
Oct. 3 Washington D.C.
Sonic Circuits Festival
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street NE
Washington D.C.

Richard Pinhas
7:30 pm

the sfemf logo reminds me of the zodiac logo

richard pinhas still doesn't have a wikipedia article after all these years

someone in ohio loves him eh?
guess this means flying into cleveland instead of chicago :(

new rp / tatsuya lp is good

"circulus vitiosus"

Have got "Interface", interesting record, very relenteless and claustrophobic - if this is Prog Rock then it's a pity British Prog Rock is never this good
― Dadaismus (Dada), Friday, October 10, 2003 3:11 PM

getting into these guys lately - "interface", "stand by" and pinhas' "chronolyse" in particular

"aurore" is melting my mind right now. fuck

Interface/Stand By are such a devastating 1-2 punch.

"circulus vitiosus"

― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 13 February 2015 00:26 (2 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that was a pretty key track for me when I used to make weird dj mixes that shifted genres every 15 seconds