# Heldon

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{{Short description|French band}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name             = Heldon
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| background       = group_or_band
| origin           = [France](/source/France)
| genre            = {{flatlist|
* [Electronic rock](/source/Electronic_rock)<ref name="srmag">{{cite web |last1=Walcroft |first1=Justin |title=The Way Forward: An Interview With Electronic Music Pioneer Richard Pinhas |url=https://sr-mag.com/2019/05/richard-pinhas-interview/ |website=SR-Mag |accessdate=14 August 2019}}</ref>
*[experimental rock](/source/experimental_rock)<ref name="cyc">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Tony |title=Richard Pinhas: Electronique Guerilla – A Profile by Tony Mitchell |url=https://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2015/11/richard-pinhas-electronique-guerilla-a-profile-by-tony-mitchell/ |website=Cyclic Defrost |date=9 November 2015 |accessdate=14 August 2019}}</ref>
*[progressive](/source/progressive_music)<ref>{{cite web |title=Album Reviews |url=https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/album-reviews/Content?oid=21140778 |website=The Stranger |accessdate=14 August 2019}}</ref>
}}
| years_active     = 1974–1978, 2001
| label            = {{flatlist|
* Cuneiform
* Bureau B
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| associated_acts  = {{flatlist|
* Schizo
* [Magma](/source/Magma_(band))
}}
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| current_members  =
| past_members     = Richard Pinhas<br/>Patrick Gauthier<br/>François Auger<br/>Didier Batard<br/>Georges Grunblatt<br/>Philibert Rossi<br/>Jannick Top<br/>Michel Ettori
}}
'''Heldon''' was a French [electronic rock](/source/electronic_rock) band originally active between 1974 and 1978, and led by guitarist Richard Pinhas.<ref name="allmusic"/> Other members included [synthesizer](/source/synthesizer) player Patrick Gauthier and drummer François Auger.<ref name=ProgArch1302>{{cite web|title=HELDON|url=http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1302|publisher=Prog Archives|accessdate=7 November 2015}}</ref> The name of the band was taken from the 1972 novel ''[The Iron Dream](/source/The_Iron_Dream)'' by [Norman Spinrad](/source/Norman_Spinrad).<ref name=DKeenan2015>{{cite web|last1=Keenan|first1=David|title=Reality Is For People Who Can't Handle Science Fiction: Gallic Futurism in the French Underground 1969-1985|url=http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/10/gallic-futurism-in-the-french-underground|publisher=Red Bull Music Academy|accessdate=7 November 2015|date=October 28, 2015}}</ref>

Influenced by the work of [Robert Fripp](/source/Robert_Fripp) (and sometimes evoking [his work](/source/Fripp_%26_Eno) with [Brian Eno](/source/Brian_Eno)), the music of Heldon blended [electronic](/source/electronic_music) and [rock](/source/rock_music) forms.<ref name="allmusic"/> The first releases under the name Schizo, and later Heldon, were self-produced and self-distributed.<ref name="AMG">[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/richard-pinhas-mn0000852487/biography Richard Pinhas | Biography]. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2014-04-24.</ref> Jim Dorsch from ''[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)'' would later describe Heldon's seven albums as "groundbreaking."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |last1=Dorsch |first1=Jim |title=Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/heldon-mn0000567183 |website=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic) |accessdate=14 August 2019}}</ref>

Pinhas had previously led the band Schizo and also released six albums under his own name.<ref name="AMG"/> Pinhas has worked with numerous collaborators, including musicians of the band [Magma](/source/Magma_(band)), and music journalist and multi-instrumentalist [Hervé Picart](/source/%3Afr%3AHerv%25C3%25A9_Picart).<ref name="discogs-ose">{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2508881-Ose|title = Ose|website = [Discogs](/source/Discogs)}}</ref> He was also associated with philosophers such as [Gilles Deleuze](/source/Gilles_Deleuze) (of whom he was a student).<ref>{{Cite news
| last = Masters
| first = Mark
| title = Richard Pinhas on lessons learned during a lifetime making experimental music
| work = The Washington Post
| accessdate = 2014-05-31
| date = 2014-05-29
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/richard-pinhas-on-lessons-learned-during-a-lifetime-making-experimental-music/2014/05/29/835f1edc-e5ac-11e3-a86b-362fd5443d19_story.html
}}</ref> and [Jean-François Lyotard](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Lyotard),<ref name="cyc"/> as well as writers such as [Norman Spinrad](/source/Norman_Spinrad) and the essayist and novelist [Maurice Dantec](/source/Maurice_Georges_Dantec).<ref name="AMG"/> Pinhas completed his [PhD](/source/PhD) in Philosophy from the [Paris-Sorbonne University](/source/Paris-Sorbonne_University) in 1974, teaching for one year and beginning Heldon.<ref name="cyc"/>

The Pinhas/Heldon catalog was reissued on CD by the label Cuneiform, and later Bureau B.<ref name="allmusic"/>

==Discography of Richard Pinhas and Heldon==
* '''Schizo''' : ''And The Little Girl/Paraphrénia Praecox'' (1972) (7")
* '''Schizo''' : ''Le Voyageur/Torcol'' (1972) (7")
* '''Heldon''' : ''Électronique Guerilla'' (1974)
* '''Heldon''' : ''Allez Téia'' (1974)
* '''Heldon''' : ''Third (It's Always Rock and Roll)'' (1975)
* '''Heldon''' : ''Soutien à la RAF'' (7") (1975)
* '''Heldon''' : ''Agneta Nilsson'' (1976)
* '''Heldon''' : ''Perspective 1 bis complément/Perspective 4 bis'' (1976) (7")
* '''Heldon''' : ''Un Rêve Sans Conséquence Spéciale'' (1976)
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''Rhizosphère'' (1977)
* '''T.H.X.''' : ''[Telstar](/source/Telstar_(instrumental)) / Rhizosphère Suite'' (1978) (7")
* '''Richard Dunn''' : ''Séquences/Modulations'' (1978) (7")
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''Chronolyse'' (1978)

* '''Ose''' : ''Adonia'' (1978)

* '''Heldon''' : ''Interface'' (1977)

* '''Heldon''' : ''Stand By'' (1979)
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''Iceland'' (1979)
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''East West'' (1980)
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''L'Ethique'' (1982)
* '''Richard Pinhas Heldon''' : ''Perspective'' (1983)
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''DWW'' (1992)
* '''Richard Pinhas & John Livengood''' : ''Cyborg Sally'' (1994)
* '''Richard Pinhas & John Livengood''' : ''Single'' (1996) 
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''De l'Un et du Multiple'' (1997)
* '''Schizotrope''' : ''Le Plan'' (1999) 
* '''Richard Pinhas & [Peter Frohmader](/source/Peter_Frohmader)''': ''[Fossil Culture](/source/Fossil_Culture)'' (1999)
* '''[Pascal Comelade](/source/Pascal_Comelade) & Richard Pinhas''' : ''Oblique Sessions II'' (1999)
* '''Schizotrope''' : ''The Life And Death Of Marie Zorn - North American Tour 1999'' (2000) 
* '''Schizotrope''' : ''III Le Pli'' (2001)
* '''Heldon''' : ''Only Chaos is Real'' (2001)
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''Event and Repetitions'' (2003)
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''Tranzition'' (2004)
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''Metatron'' (2006, 2CDs)
* '''Richard Pinhas & [Merzbow](/source/Merzbow)''' : ''[Keio Line](/source/Keio_Line_(album))'' (2008, 2CDs)
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''Metal/Crystal'' (2010, 2CDs) with Merzbow & [Wolf Eyes](/source/Wolf_Eyes)
* '''Råd Kjetil Senza Testa''' : ''Vinliden'' (2010, LP) with Richard Pinhas and RKST.
* '''Richard Pinhas & Merzbow''' : ''Rhizome'' (2011)
* '''Richard Pinhas & Merzbow''' : ''Paris 2008'' (2011, LP)
* '''Richard Pinhas''' : ''Desolation Row'' (2013)<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/artist/richard-pinhas-mn0000852487/discography Richard Pinhas | Discography]. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2014-04-24.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Heldon Discography|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/83138-Heldon|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=7 November 2015}}</ref>

''The majority of recordings of Richard Pinhas and Heldon were first pressed on CD by French label Spalax and American label [Cuneiform Records](/source/Cuneiform_Records), featuring numerous bonus tracks. Several titles have also been subsequently reissued by [Bureau B](/source/Bureau_B).''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
*[http://www.audionautas.com/2011/07/richard-pinhas-chronolyse.html Chronolyse review]
*[http://www.audionautas.com/2011/12/richard-pinhas-rhizosphere.html Rhizosphère review]
*[http://www.audionautas.com/2012/02/richard-pinhas-iceland.html Iceland review]
*[http://www.audionautas.com/2012/10/richard-pinhas-east-west.html East West review]

==External links==
*[http://www.richard-pinhas.com/ Official Richard Pinhas website]
*[http://cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/pinhas.html Richard Pinhas/Heldon chez Cuneiform Records]

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Category:French electronic music groups
Category:French experimental music groups
Category:French rock music groups
Category:Musical groups from Paris
Category:Bureau B artists

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