Skeletons and Bones.../...

Here's a free sampler of releases coming out on Cuneiform Records in Spring/Summer 2011. The tracks found on this sampler are taken from the following releases:

Artist: Afuche -  Album: Highly Publicized Digital Boxing
Artist: CHEER-ACCIDENT - Album: No Ifs, Ands or Dogs
Artist: Gösta Berlings Saga - Album: Glue Works
Artist: Richard Pinhas &amp; Merzbow - Album: Rhizome
Artist: Richard Pinhas &amp; Merzbow - Album: Paris 2008
Artist: Wadada Leo Smith - Album: Heart's Reflections

Artist: Richard Pinhas and Merzbow - Song: Paris One - Album: Paris 2008

Here's a free sampler of releases coming out on Cuneiform Records in Spring/Summer 2011. The tracks found on this sampler are taken from the following releases:

Artist: Afuche -  Album: Highly Publicized Digital Boxing
Artist: CHEER-ACCIDENT - Album: No Ifs, Ands or Dogs
Artist: Gösta Berlings Saga - Album: Glue Works
Artist: Richard Pinhas &amp; Merzbow - Album: Rhizome
Artist: Richard Pinhas &amp; Merzbow - Album: Paris 2008
Artist: Wadada Leo Smith - Album: Heart's Reflections

Artist: Richard Pinhas and Merzbow - Song: Rhizome 4 - Album: Rhizome

"...two pioneers of fringe music, with the rapport of the two as the driving force behind this album" – Something Else!

On 'Welcome In The Void,' Richard Pinhas again pushes sonic and compositional boundaries, this time in a very special collaboration with the legendary Yoshida Tatsuya, "the indisputable master drummer of the Japanese underground." Yoshida is one of the most important musicians of the Japanese experimental music scene for the last 35 years, spearheading at least a half dozen of that country's most important and best known experimental groups, including Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei and Korekyojinn.

'Welcome In The Void' is the second album in Pinhas' Devolution Trilogy, concerned with mankind's ideological and physical devolution at the hands of our modern socio-politcal world and technology. For the past several years, Pinhas the musician/philosopher has given thought to, in his words, the "Devolution of mankind, civilization, Capitalism's devolution, and mainly devolution of [human/biolgical] faculties related to the rise of machines". He describes 'Welcome In The Void' as "a kind of journey, not more into the being but into the void - the nothingness that is now the "center" or the absence-of- center of our societies." The first album in Pinhas' Devolution Trilogy was 2013's Desolation Row, a sonic protest against the rise of neoliberalism, the global economic crisis and rising social unrest. 

Teaming up for their first duo recording, Pinhas and Tatsuya push each others' creative limits to make something that even for the experimental master Pinhas, is a new experience: a single, 64-minute, all-instrumental track consisting solely of guitar, percussion and electronics. The spontaneity, intensity, and sheer force of the music created by the duo is a marvel of musical give and take. The Pinhas/Tatsuya collaboration is an ongoing one, and the duo has plans to tour and record more material in Japan in the near future.

Richard Pinhas & Yoshida Tatsuya, "Part One - Intro" from 'Welcome In The Void' (Cuneiform Records)

“Nearly four decades into a career spent shattering boundaries, the Parisian experimentalist [offers] fractured, distortion-soaked soundtracks.”
– Time Out

"On a day when your transmission drops to the asphalt and the humidity's enough to fry brains, Oren Ambarchi's resonating, disembodied guitarisms establish a soothing alternate universe."
– Pitchfork Media

Richard Pinhas, the founder of 70s progressive legends Heldon, is one of the most uncompromising artists on the international rock scene, having remained constantly innovative and true to his personal artistic vision for 40 years and some 35 full length releases.

Oren Ambarchi is a guitarist, drummer and sound-artist who has performed and/or recorded with a huge array of artists, including Fennesz, John Zorn, Jim O'Rourke, Otomo Yoshihide, Evan Parker, Merzbow and others. Since 2004, he has worked with the avant-metal band Sunn O))), contributing to many of their releases and side- projects.
Pinhas and Ambarchi first recorded together when Ambarchi contributed to recordings that were eventually tied together with other contributors into Pinhas' 2013's release Desolation Row. Since that time they have been working on ideas, recordings and concert / live collaborations.

The personnel for Tikkun is: Oren Ambarchi-guitar, loops Richard Pinhas-guitar, synth guitar, effects Joe Talia-drums, effects Masami Akita (Merzbow)-loops, noise, effects Duncan Pinhas-sequences, effects, noise Eric Borelva-additional drums Interestingly, Richard specifically thinks of this album as a duo project that was conceived as a duo project for himself and Oren, despite the very effective contributions of the other four musicians. The music on Tikkun, which consists of three very lengthy tracks, comes across as a very tasty cross between the heavy, synth-driven, sequencer beats of classic Heldon and the much more noisier aspects of Pinhas' work over the last decade. In addition to the studio CD, this set also includes a DVD of a live performance of the duo. It was filmed at Paris' main venue for experimental music, Les Instants Chavires, October 29, 2013. 

"...it’s like the weird, beautiful music you think you only hear in dreams." 
– Q 

Richard Pinhas & Oren Ambarchi, "Washington, D.C. - T4V1" [excerpt] from 'Tikkun' (Cuneiform)

Richard Pinhas & Oren Ambarchi - San Francisco T2V2 (excerpt)

Acid Mothers Temple SWR will release new album "Yes, No & Perhaps" on 8th october from Magaibutsu Limited

ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE SWR
YES, NO & PERHAPS
magaibutsu limites MGC-46 
01. Theme of SWR (Yes, No & Perhaps)  2:29
02. Black waffle  with Jolokia Souse  3:43
03. Loquacious… then unexpectedly silent... ~Nagi Nagi number attended number of love  4:56
04. The adventures of Margo Roby-Yong  4:41
05. Jumping from side to side around the 88 temples of the Shikoku pilgrimage  3:55
06. Sworn enemies of the progressive rock freak approach! Let's make it 3 Chords, 8 Beat  4:33
07. Seven beats, slowly slowly slowly  8:47
08. The life of the Lion Tamarin who was invited to the palace  4:40
09. Raundaboutmidnightlightningvolt & nut  5:39
10. Lay down the cornerstone of victory  6:43
11. 30 ways to smash your records with a rock and give women the jitters  7:19


Acid Mothers Temple SWR / Yes, No & Perhaps Digest

Richard Pinhas created the perfect combination of trippy cosmic synth and Robert Fripp inspired guitar heroics. This track from 1975, envisages the best of the synth soundtracks of the 80's. Tell me that intro wouldn't be at home in a John Carpenter flick. 

Baader-Meinhof Blues (Heldon)

In Metal/Crystal, French experimental guitarist and electronic musician Richard Pinhas summons the assistance of noise artists Merzbow (Masami Akita) from Japan and Wolf Eyes from USA to weave a spellbinding aural web. Over the years, many artists in the 'noise arena' have expressed interest in his pioneering use of synthesizers and electronics in rock and contemporary music. Pinhas has likewise been intrigued by various areas of the ‘noise’ scene and Metal/Crystal, recorded "during these two worst years of my life" reflects these influences strongly. Metal/Crystal also intertwines some of the most radical electro-acoustic sonic innovations to emerge from three different continents: Europe, Asia and North America. Pinhas has been ceaselessly innovative in a career spanning more than 30 years, and recently has been exploring areas of the international ‘noise’ scene. His newest release shows him working with two of that scene’s highest profile artists; Merzbow and Wolf Eyes are considered to be the premier ‘noise artists’ of their respective countries. Metal/Crystal is Pinhas’ second collaboration with Merzbow, the originator of Japanese noise music. It is Pinhas’ first release with Michigan's Wolf Eyes, whom he’s worked with since 2007. In addition to Merzbow and Wolf Eyes, Metal/Crystal features several of Pinhas’ longtime collaborators: Antoine Paganotti (drums), Didier Batard (bass), Patrick Gauthier (mini-Moog) (all ex members of Heldon and/or Magma); Jerome Schmidt (electronics), whom Pinhas has recorded and toured extensively with for 2 decades; and his son Duncan Pinhas (electronics), who also helped mix the album with Laurent Peyron and Francis Gernet. The album’s artwork, by Yann Legendre and Joy Burke, features intricate, back-and-white cartoon-like drawings, with images hidden inside larger forms. The 6 lengthy tracks on Metal/Crystal features some of Pinhas’ most melodic guitar riffs in recent years, as well as his ‘noisiest’ sonic abstractions ever.

Richard Pinhas, "Bi-Polarity (Gold)" (excerpt) from 'Metal/Crystal' (Cuneiform Records)

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« Cyborg Sally », inspired by Norman Spinrad’s novel « rock machine », marked the return of french pioneering electronic guru Richard Pinhas (Heldon) at the forefront of the french underground scene in 1994. This impressive work, the result of a two year collaboration with John Livengood (Red Noise / Spacecraft), achieves new summits of sophistication and maturity in the fields of electronic music. First time vinyl edition under licence from Richard Pinhas.

05 Gilles Deleuze- Beyond Hyperion

07 Moira

The Doors - Love Me Two Times (Virgin Magnetic Material Remix)

We were like two lovers in a bed of regrets 
Crying on happiness that would never return..



Pic@Valoy

U WROTE MY NAME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CRtkPivKsk&feature=youtu.be
vulcanizadora.bandcamp.com

Vulcanizadora (Menant/Pinhas) 606_st_16032016

send a mail duncanpinhas@gmail.com for order
cd at souffle continu- paris
cover art: Anna Kieblesz

Reve Mecanique Extract from new album

Richard Pinhas / Barry Cleveland  [Featuring: Michael Manring & Celso Alberti]

Richard Pinhas / Barry Cleveland - Zen/Unzen [Edit] from Mu (out Sept. 2016 on Cuneiform Records)

Richard Pinhas / Tatsuya Yoshida / Merzbow - "TVJ 33 (Core Track)" [Edit] from 'Process and Reality' (out September 2016 on Cuneiform Records)

Richard Pinhas / Tatsuya Yoshida / Merzbow - "TVJ 33 (Core Track)" [Edit] from 'Process and Reality'

reprise de RICHARD PINHAS le voyageur

Charlemagne Palestine & Oren Ambarchi @ Cafe Oto, London, 3rd April 2012 - Charlemagne at the piano

RICHARD PINHAS + MERZBOW + YOSHIDA TATSUYA Live at Super Deluxe 30th May 2013

Pinhas Merzbow Yoshida

HELDON+RP+JP/AUSSIE CollabO=)BUREAU B Main LAbel +Cuneiform(USa)/Souffle Continu and Bam balam(FR)/Disk Union(JP)