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Heldon?Space Rock Recommendatiions
Jun 07, 2008, 18:47
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Been going thru major Komische listening jag, Cosmic Jokers, later TD, Ash Ra have got me seeking out other spacy stuff.
Pinhas /Heldon looks interesting, any recommendations on them or any thing else spacy.
Thanks.
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sakedelic
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Re: Heldon?Space Rock Recommendatiions
Jun 07, 2008, 19:22
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Heldon I & III here:
http://lost-in-tyme.ucoz.com/blog/2006-11-08-65
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gogmagog
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Edited Jun 07, 2008, 19:27
Re: Heldon?Space Rock Recommendatiions
Jun 07, 2008, 19:23
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the two LPs I would single out for reccomendation (1 Heldon / 1 solo Pinhas) would be:
Heldon - Heldon - IV "Agneta Nilson" (Urus Records, 1974?) - lots of great burbling moog'n'mellotron meditations, coupled with a some funkier guitar-led tracks.
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Richard Pinhas - East West (Pulse, 1980?) - probably his most varied solo outing - frosty, glacial electronics meets warped avant-trance and some Tange-like synth workouts. A few tracks sound remarkably like Low-period Bowie. Also includes "Ruitor" which IMHO is one of the most beautiful pieces of electronic music ever recorded.
lots of people rate the late seventies Heldon stuff - Stand By and Interface, but I found them lacking and rather pedestrian.
whereas the very early LP's I have not heard - but Im told they owe a significant stylistic debt to the first two King Crimson Lps.
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sakedelic
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Re: Heldon?Space Rock Recommendatiions
Jun 07, 2008, 19:51
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gogmagog wrote: the very early LP's I have not heard - but Im told they owe a significant stylistic debt to the first two King Crimson Lps.
aside from the Pinhas' guitar tone, they really sound nothing like early King Crimson. More like Tangerine Dream with a guitarist.
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MC
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Re: Heldon?Space Rock Recommendatiions
Jun 07, 2008, 20:54
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Lard Free - I'm Round about Midnight is probably the best French space rock album.
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Lawrence
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Re: Heldon?Space Rock Recommendatiions
Jun 08, 2008, 03:17
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What I heard by them didn't impress me at all.
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MC
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Re: Heldon?Space Rock Recommendatiions
Jun 08, 2008, 14:14
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Heldon or Lard Free?
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Lawrence
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Re: Heldon?Space Rock Recommendatiions
Jun 08, 2008, 16:13
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Heldon.
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phallus dei
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Re: Heldon?Space Rock Recommendatiions
Jun 08, 2008, 21:40
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I think Heldon's Agneta Nilsson, Un Rêve Sans Conséquence, Interface, and Stand By are all really good/almost great, although it took me repeated listens to realize that. I think maybe Stand By is my favorite. If you can dig Magma's De Futura, I think you will like Stand By. One criticism of Heldon would be that it has a clear academic coldness to it; none of Heldon grabs me emotionally like Krautrock. That being said, maybe there is a place in one's record collection for intellectual detachment?
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MC
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Re: Heldon?Space Rock Recommendatiions
Jun 08, 2008, 21:44
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Agree totally, have tried repeatedly with Heldon but can not get into them. Lard free are a completely different kettle of fish, don't be put off by the first album (the red one with a knife) which is quite jazzy, Round About Midnight is pure space.
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