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Artist:	HELDON
Title:	Live Electronik Guerilla: Paris 1975-1976
Label:	CAPTAIN TRIP (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	CT 550CD

"Live 1976 + 1975. Previously unreleased material. Special miniature LP paper sleeve. Limited 1000 copies. Japan release only!" 1) 1984 Apres Cosmic C'etait, 2) Distribution Derrioration Live, 3) Heldon Is Back, 4) Lady From The North, 5) Klossowski's Circlus Vitiosus, 6) Death Of Omar Diop Blondin, 7) Track Of Cocaine. Track 1 & 2: Patrick Gauthier: Mini-Moog, Moog Bass; Francois Auger: Drums; Richard Pinhas: Guitars, Moog; Recorded May-June 1976 At Le Palace Paris. Track 3 To 7: Richard Pinhas: Guitar, Mellotron, Aks & Arp 2600 Synthesizer; Alain Renaud: Guitar & Analog Keyboards.

Artist:	HELDON
Title:	Well and Alive In France: Live in Nancy 1979
Label:	CAPTAIN TRIP (JAPAN)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$32.00
Catalog #:	CT 551/52CD

"Live at Nancy, France 1979 two CD set. Previously unreleased material. Special miniature LP gatefold paper sleeve. Limited 1000 copies. Japan release only!" Disc 1: 1) Virgin Marie Overdrive, 2) Heldon UFO War Machine, 3) Schizosphere/Mekanosphere/Rhiszosphere, 4) Red Line Target. Disc 2: 1)The Large Interface Session, 2)Mellotronic Dune Dance. Richard Pinhas: Guitars, Synthesizers, Sequencer And Mellotron; Pierrot Roussel: Bass Guitar And Mellotron; Francois Auger: Drums And Percussion. Recorded 19th March 1979 Nancy France. Limited stock.

Artist:	HELDON
Title:	Interface
Label:	CUNEIFORM
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	RUNE 043CD

"This is a reissue of the sixth album by this quintessential progressive French electronic rock band. Originally released on Cobra in 1977, this features the classic Heldon line-up of Richard Pinhas-guitar and electronics, Patric Gauthier-Moog synthesizer and electronics and François Auger-drums and electronics. This was one of Heldon's heaviest albums, featuring their most intense and relentless electronic fusillades. This includes two bonus live tracks and is a great place to start your Heldon collection."

Artist:	HELDON
Title:	Électronique Guerilla
Label:	WAH WAH RECORDS (SPAIN)
Format:	LP + 7"
Price:	$28.00
Catalog #:	LPS 068LP

2011 repress. "After our string of releases centered around the diverse German '70s scene, we're happy to introduce the next installment in the Wah Wah LPS reissue series. This time we move over to France to re-discover the beginnings of one of the most adventurous, influential and innovative French bands of the seventies: Heldon. Centered around guitarist Richard Pinhas and featuring a floating cast of regular collaborators (Didier Batard, François Auger, Patrick Gauthier, Alain Renaud, Georges Grunblatt; Coco Roussel amongst others), Heldon will marry Pinhas' personal obsessions of modern philosophy (Deleuze, Guattari), science-fiction (Norman Spinrad, Philip K.Dick), progressive rock (King Crimson, Fripp & Eno), American minimalism (Terry Riley, Steve Reich) and electronic music into a diverse musical cocktail that goes from the violent to the relaxed, but always retaining a dark and mysterious vibe. Often linked by critics and listeners to the experimental German bands of the era (Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel..), Heldon will release six crucial albums before being closed down by Pinhas in the late '70s. Since then, Pinhas has developed a long solo career that lives up to this day, releasing several albums and collaborations (Pascal Comelade, John Livengood, Maurice Dantec), including with Japanese noise king Merzbow. Dedicated to Robert Wyatt, Heldon's debut contained a puzzling collection of tracks that serve as a perfect introduction to Pinhas' universe: science-fiction, philosophy and musical experimentation collide in a harsh lo-fi tapestry of sounds dominated by Pinhas' 1954 Gibson Les Paul guitar and AKS synth. Not unlike some contemporary German bands, Heldon manages to take rock n' roll's language to a new experimental stage. Convulsive and evocative soundscapes recommended to all lovers of innovative and ground-breaking music. Strictly limited to 500 copies. High quality sleeves reproducing the original artwork from 1974's first press on Disjuncta. Includes insert with extra liner notes by Spanish journalist and long-time Heldon fan Paco Peiró. Bonus 7" EP with tracks taken from Heldon's predecessor band Schizo's two EPs." 7" tracklist: A1. Schizo (and the little girl) A2. Paraphrenia Praecox (originally released in 1972) B1. Le Voyageur B2. Torcol (originally released in 1973)

Artist:	HELDON
Title:	Third (It's Always Rock 'n' Roll)
Label:	WAH WAH RECORDS (SPAIN)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$42.00
Catalog #:	LPS 083LP

"After our acclaimed reissues of the first two LPs by French electronic rock pioneers Heldon, we are proud to offer a lavish vinyl version of their third album (also known as It's Always Rock 'n' Roll), where Pinhas and Co. follow the same paths he created with Electronique Guérila under the strong influence of works by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, and of course the contemporanean Krautrock movement. For those of you following our line of releases there will be no need to say that composer, guitarist & electronics innovator Richard Pinhas is recognized as one of France's major experimental musicians and is a pivotal figure in the development of electronic rock. This third delivery of Heldon's works was first released on Disjuncta in 1975 as a double LP and features Richard Pinhas (ARP & VCS3 Synthesizers, guitars, bass, Mellotron) and George Grunblatt (Mellotron, guitars) plus contributions from some other greats of the genre like Patrick Gauthier (ARP synthesizers), Gilbert Artman (of Lard Free fame on drums), Jean My Truong (also on drums) and Ariel Kalma (Indian Harmonium). The double LP set came housed in a beautiful 7-ink gatefold sleeve that we will faithfully reproduce in full glory (that is, including the two extra gold & silver inks print). Four page insert with notes by Paco Peiró relating the story of Pinhas' early years is included. Only 500 copies will be pressed! Once they are gone, they are gone -- do not miss it!"

Artist:	HELDON
Title:	Agneta Nilsson
Label:	WAH WAH RECORDS (SPAIN)
Format:	LP
Price:	$28.00
Catalog #:	LPS 104LP

"After our acclaimed reissues of the previous three LPs by Richard Pinhas' project Heldon, here is their fourth LP originally issued on Disjuncta/Urus in 1976. Agneta Nilsson is an interesting step in Heldon's development: it gives a twist to their classic sound, which was mainly built around Pinhas' Fripp-esque guitar work and ambient synth experiments to begin to explore a more rhythmic territory. Drums and bass take more presence here, offering a 'rockier' feel, but somehow retaining the mysterious ambience of its predecessors, while adding an extra touch of sinister aggressiveness. Featuring among others Magma's keyboardist, Patrick Gauthier, it starts pretty much in the same ambient, spacey, minimalist electronic mood of the previous Heldon releases, but as the development of the main title 'Perspective' goes ahead the move towards the more guitar and drums sound of the next to come Heldon sound is evident. Agneta Nilsson's sound has been described somewhere as 'a more sinister Tangerine Dream mixed with a more jammy King Crimson. Our reissue comes housed in a faithful reproduction of the original sleeve. It is made in a strictly limited edition of only 500 copies."

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