Composer, guitarist and electronics innovator Richard Pinhas is recognized as one of Frances major experimental musicians. A pivotal figure in the development of electronic rock, Pinhas' stature in France is analogous to Tangerine Dream's in Germany: father figure of an entire musical movement. Pinhas first came to public attention as leader of Heldon, whose violent fusion of electronics and guitar is acknowledged to be a precursor of todays industrial music. Between 1974-78, Heldon released 7 highly praised albums that fused electronics and rock music. Starting in 1976, at first simultaneously to Heldon's career, and continuing until 1982, Pinhas released an additional 5 solo albums. When Cuneiform began reissuing the catalogue in 1991, CMJ noted that Fans of Kraftwerk and Neu! owe it to themselves to check out this similarly far-sighted stuff. For the last decade, Pinhas has been developing a system of electronic processing to perform live solo guitar concerts with. Event and Repetitions is over 75' of music performed live in his studio with just guitar and processing systems. The music is rich in depth, detail and texture, and will appeal to fans of musicians such as Aphex Twin, Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, Windy and Carl, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Labradford, Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream.
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