Heldon
Heldon was a French electronic rock band originally active between 1974 and 1978, and led by guitarist Richard Pinhas. Other members included synthesizer player Patrick Gauthier and drummer François Auger. The name of the band was taken from the 1972 novel The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad.
Influenced by the work of Robert Fripp, the music of Heldon blended electronic and rock forms. The first releases under the name Schizo, and later Heldon, were self-produced and self-distributed. Jim Dorsch from AllMusic would later describe Heldon's seven albums as "groundbreaking."
Pinhas had previously led the band Schizo and also released six albums under his own name. Pinhas has worked with numerous collaborators, including musicians of the band Magma, and music journalist and multi-instrumentalist Hervé Picart. He was also associated with philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze. and Jean-François Lyotard, as well as writers such as Norman Spinrad and the essayist and novelist Maurice Dantec. Pinhas completed his PhD in Philosophy from the Paris-Sorbonne University in 1974, teaching for one year and beginning Heldon.
The Pinhas/Heldon catalog was reissued on CD by the label Cuneiform, and later Bureau B.
Discography of Richard Pinhas and Heldon
Schizo : And The Little Girl/Paraphrénia Praecox Schizo : Le Voyageur/Torcol Heldon : Électronique Guerilla Heldon : Allez Téia Heldon : Third Heldon : Soutien à la RAF Heldon : Agneta Nilsson Heldon : Perspective 1 bis complément/Perspective 4 bis Heldon : Un Rêve Sans Conséquence Spéciale Richard Pinhas : Rhizosphère T.H.X. : Telstar / Rhizosphère Suite Richard Dunn : Séquences/Modulations Richard Pinhas : Chronolyse Ose : Adonia Heldon : Interface Heldon : Stand By Richard Pinhas : Iceland Richard Pinhas : East West Richard Pinhas : L'Ethique Richard Pinhas Heldon : Perspective Richard Pinhas : DWW Richard Pinhas & John Livengood : Cyborg Sally Richard Pinhas & John Livengood : Single Richard Pinhas : De l'Un et du Multiple Schizotrope : Le Plan Richard Pinhas & Peter Frohmader: Fossil Culture Pascal Comelade & Richard Pinhas : Oblique Sessions II Schizotrope : The Life And Death Of Marie Zorn - North American Tour 1999 Schizotrope : III Le Pli Heldon : Only Chaos is Real Richard Pinhas : Event and Repetitions Richard Pinhas : Tranzition Richard Pinhas : Metatron Richard Pinhas & Merzbow : Keio Line Richard Pinhas : Metal/Crystal with Merzbow & Wolf EyesRåd Kjetil Senza Testa : Vinliden with Richard Pinhas and RKST.Richard Pinhas & Merzbow : Rhizome Richard Pinhas & Merzbow : Paris 2008 Richard Pinhas : Desolation Row''The majority of recordings of Richard Pinhas and Heldon were first pressed on CD by French label Spalax and American label Cuneiform Records, featuring numerous bonus tracks. Several titles have also been subsequently reissued by Bureau B.''