Heldon is a French electronic rock band created in 1974. The name of the band was taken from the 1972 novel The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad. The Iron Dream is an alternate history/science fiction novel written in 1972 by Norman Spinrad. ... Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author. ...

Like its predecessor Schizo, it is above all the group of guitarist Richard Pinhas who released a large number of albums under his own name. Steve Howe playing lead guitar for Yes in 1977 A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ...

He has worked with numerous collaborators among which musicians of the band Magma as well as philosophers such as Gilles Deleuze (of whome he was a student) and writers such as Norman Spinrad and Maurice Dantec (the Schizotrope project). Gilles Deleuze (January 18, 1925 - November 4, 1995 (pron. ... Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author. ... Maurice Georges Dantec, or Maurice G. Dantec, (born 1959) is a French science fiction author. ...

Influenced by the work of Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, the music of Richard Pinhas and Heldon is sui generis and innovative and has in its turn greatly influenced the field of electronic rock. Robert Fripp Robert Fripp (born May 16, 1946 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England) is a guitarist and a composer, perhaps best known for his founding role in the band King Crimson. ... Brian Eno in 1977 Brian Peter George St. ...

The first releases under the moniker Schizo and later Heldon were entirely self produced and self distributed

Discography of Richard Pinhas and Heldon

• Schizo : And The Little Girl/Paraphrénia Praecox (197?) (7")
• Schizo : Le Voyageur/Torcol (1972) (7")
• Heldon : Electronique Guérilla (1974)
• Heldon : Allez Teia (1974)
• Heldon : 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 / Rhizosphère Suite (1978) (7")
• Richard Dunn : Séquences/Modulations (1978) (7")
• Richard Pinhas : Chronolyse (1978)
• Heldon : Interface (1978)
• Richard Pinhas : Iceland (1980)
• 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: Fossil Culture (1999)
• 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 (200?)
• Richard Pinhas : Event and Repetitions (2003))
• Richard Pinhas : Tranzition (2004)

The majority of recordings of Richard Pinhas and Heldon were pressed on CD by French label Spalax and American label Cuneiform Records, featuring numerous bonus tracks. Cuneiform Records is an independent record label based in Silver Spring, Maryland. ...

External links

Official site, not updated

Richard Pinhas/Heldon chez Cuneiform Records