Iceland

by Richard Pinhas

Iceland cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1979
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: France
  • Length: 36:55
  • Community rating: 3.67/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The founder of the French avant-rock group Heldon issued this profoundly freezing, heavily synthesized solo exploration. Utilizing complex looping systems and the iconic Moog modular synthesizer, the lengthy instrumental tracks evoke vast, glacial expanses devoid of human presence. It is a highly acclaimed, meticulously crafted masterclass in dark, droning progressive electronic minimalism.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental, repetitive, ambient, synthesizers, droning

Tracklist

  1. Iceland (Pt. 1) (1:07)
  2. Iceland (Pt. 2) (9:37)
  3. The Last Kings of Thule (Pt. 1) (2:27)
  4. Iceland (Pt. 3) (7:44)
  5. Indicatif Radio (1:02)
  6. The Last Kings of Thule (Pt. 2) (5:29)
  7. Short Transition (0:34)
  8. Greenland (8:51)

Credits

  • Xavier Moehr - artwork [art cover, assisted by]
  • Laser Trapeze - artwork [art cover]
  • Fran莽ois Auger - drums, percussion
  • Jean-Philippe Goude - synthesizer [mini moog]

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