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01. Heldon - ICS Machinique
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ARTIST
HELDON
TITLE
Third (It's Always Rock 'N' Roll)
FORMAT
2CD
LABEL
BUREAU B
CATALOG #
BB 282CD
BB 282CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
6/29/2018
Bureau B present a reissue of
Heldon
's third album
Third (It's Always Rock 'N' Roll)
, originally released on Disjuncta in 1975. Third album from the French space-rock electro combo masterminded by
Richard Pinhas
. Heldon's darkest work lays another stone in their sonic mosaic: synths, drones, fuzz, and trippy improvisations. There's something wicked happening on Heldon's third album
It's Always Rock And Roll
. Richard Pinhas's essential attack of searing guitar and space-bound synthesizer didn't change radically after the first two Heldon albums, 1974's
Electronique Guerilla
(BB 280CD/LP) and 1975's
Allez-Teia
(BB 281CD/LP). But there's dark energy coursing through this double album, a chilly aura that makes even the quietest pieces shiver with tension. "At this time, I tried to turn Heldon into a darker band," Pinhas admits. "But dark is not negative to me." The darkness of
It's Always Rock And Roll
is more about exploring what's hidden and overturning convention -- about diving beneath bright surfaces to find something more mysterious. If
It's Always Rock And Roll
stands up in Heldon's catalog, perhaps it's due to expansion -- both in the sense of big ideas and lengthy durations. Most tracks last over seven minutes, and two are side-covering epics. "I think the length of a track is part of the creation of the track," says Pinhas. "There are imperatives. You can do something very complex with a lot of events in four minutes, and then some other things need to be done very slowly. You have to do the length that it demands." "We recorded this after having met with
Philip K. Dick
in California for two days," recalls Pinhas. "It was such an event for a 23-year old; he was to me one of the last real prophets. We talked about
Jung
, we talked about a lot of things. Maybe this encounter gave birth to all of Heldon
Third
." So the sci-fi master spawned a dark audio creation to rival his own work. Like the Heldon albums that precede it,
It's Always Rock And Roll
is undoubtedly Pinhas' baby. But its depth-probing sounds earned it a godfather, too. 2018 remaster by
Willem Makkee
.
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