Richard Pinhas was born in 1951 and soon becomes one of the most active musicians in France in the early 70s. After may 68, he studies philosophy at la Sorbonne and obtains in PhD and attends courses by Gilles Deleuze, who soon becomes a friend and an inspirator. He forms Schizo which releases two Eps in 1970 and soon becomes founding member and leader of Heldon (all Heldon and RPinhas solo albums are released by Cuneiform records). Very much influenced by Soft Machine, Hendrix or Magma (with whom he has a lot of musicians in common), he releases "Le Voyageur" (sortit en 500 exemplaires et fut distribué gratuitement, produit par l'acteur Matthieu Carrière) featuring Gilles Deleuze, the famous philosopher on voices, around the text of Nietzsche, in 1972. This is a major event in French musical landscape. Heldon will soon involvethe best of the French musicians, such as Patrick Gauthier, Janick Top, Bernard Paganotti, Alain Renaud, Klaus Blasquiz, Benoît Widemann and the list goes on. Named as "first electronic industrial band" by some american magazines, Heldon is now a cult-band which has always evolved before any avant-garde. Richard did many solo album from 79 to 96 under his name and reformed Heldon after more than 17 albums. His new project, Schizotrope, is now well renowned and has two albums out.
Underground Moderne [Amazon US]
1. Ghost Rider (Suicide)
2. Mushroom (Can)
3. Gypsy Love (Silver Apples)
4. King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown (Augustus Pablo)
5. Solo/from The Film 'der Tote Bin Ich'(Irmin Schmidt)
6. Sweet Surrender (Tim Buckley)
7. Le Voyageur (Heldon)
8. Chrysler Rose (Dashiell Hedayat)
9. Fohat Digs Holes In Space (Gong)
10. Comme à La Radio(Brigitte Fontaine;Areski;Art Ensemble Of Chicago)
11. Revolutionary Words (Mutabaruka)
12. You Play For Us Today (Agitation Free)
13. Peaches En Regalia (Frank Zappa)
14. Birds Lament(Moondog)
15. One Nation Under A Groove (Funkadelic)
this compilation, by Radio, set me on to Heldon, the track "Le Voyageur" has Deleuze reciting Nietzsche over guitar music.