Third (It's Always Rock and Roll)

by Heldon

Third (It's Always Rock and Roll) cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1975
  • Label: Disjuncta
  • Country: France
  • Length: 35:40
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Gilbert Artman, Patrick Gauthier, Georges Gr眉nblatt, Joe Chip, Jean-My Truong

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Conceived as a sprawling double album, 'Third (It's Always Rock and Roll)' represents a zenith in Richard Pinhas's aggressive approach to progressive electronics. Influenced heavily by Robert Fripp and Brian Eno, Heldon utilizes blistering synthesizer sequences and jagged guitar loops to construct a dense, apocalyptic, and profoundly futuristic drone landscape.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, repetitive, atmospheric, improvisation, progressive, avant-garde, synthesizers, guitars, droning, experimental

Tracklist

  1. Ics Machinique
  2. Cotes De Cachalot 脌 La Psylocybine
  3. Mechamment Rock
  4. Cocaine Blues
  5. Aurore (18:35)
  6. Virgin Swedish Blues
  7. Ocean Boogi
  8. Zind Destruction (Bouillie Blues)
  9. Doctor Bloodmoney (17:05)

Credits

  • Heldon - primary artist
  • G. Muguet - cover [front cover]
  • Alain Renaud - performer [heldon is now]
  • Aurore - performer [heldon is now], vocals
  • Richard Pinhas - performer [heldon is now], synthesizer [arp, vcs3], mellotron, guitar, tape [tapes], written-by, bass
  • Georges Gr眉nblatt - mellotron, guitar, performer [other devices], written-by
  • Gilbert Artman - drums
  • Ariel Kalma - harmonium [indian]

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