Rhizosphere - Live, Paris 1982 [Live]

Richard Pinhas | Format: Audio CD

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• Audio CD (October 6, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: CUNEIFORM
• ASIN: B00000G4NC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,883 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating electronic music from Heldon guy, December 24, 2001

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BENJAMIN MILER (Veneta, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rhizosphere - Live, Paris 1982 (Audio CD)

I haven't heard the Live Paris, 1982 part of the CD as I'm actually reviewing the original 1977 French LP of Rhizosphere that I own that was released on a label called Cobra. Rhizosphere is so different from Heldon that it's hard to believe that Richard Pinhas was even involved in that band. For one thing, on this album he does not once touch a guitar at all, and concentrates entirely on synthesizers. While the music of Heldon is often relentless, kind of Robert Fripp meets industral and electronic minimalism, the music on Rhizosphere is quite tame and actually quite laid back at times. The album opens up with "Rhizosphere Sequent" and is a great piece that sounds just like what Tangerine Dream was doing around the same time (like Richochet) or perhaps Michael Hoenig's Departure From the Northern Wasteland. The next piece, "A Piece For Duncan" is a totally mindblowing spacy electronic piece. The same sequence of notes gets repeated throughout, but it's one of those pieces I wished never ended. This cut epitomizes everything that was great about electronic music from the 1970s, no plastic stuff here, no sickingly sweet New Age stuff here. "Claire P." is dedicated to Philip Glass, so not surprisingly, it's a minimalist piece, but it actually bears more of a resemblance to Terry Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air, except played all on synthesizers, rather than organ and electric harpsichord. "Trapeze/Interference" is just a plain bizarre, creepy sounding electronic piece that makes me think of what H.R. Giger might've sounded like if he was a musician, rather than an artist. But the album isn't perfect, because side two is the side length title track which is really boring for the most part, it just simply lacks punch, and only near the end does it reveal that it's an extended version of "Rhizosphere Sequent". Except for the title track, this album is truly a wonderful example of all the best qualities of electronic music from the 1970s, and so if you like Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, minimalism, or of course, Heldon, you will like this.

5.0 out of 5 stars Raw Synth, June 3, 2010

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This review is from: Rhizosphere - Live, Paris 1982 (Audio CD)

I have a number of Heldon and Richard Pinhas albums and this is one of the best. Rhizosphere is a late 70s studio album with Moog 55 modular synthesizer and ARP 2600 synthesizer raw sounding and unembellished (no stacks of string synths or mellotron). If you're into modular synthesizer you can hear exactly what Pinhas is playing: minimalist electronic music. No rocking the classics or virtuostic pomposity or songs about hobbits on this record. Fans of TONTO and Mother Mallard and Benje (20 Systems) should be happy they bought this disc. The Live Paris 1982 is a very raw and energetic sounding live set with a band, which is cool because I don't think there's another live album of Heldon. Pinhas is playing guitar and synth on this album. Because you're getting two albums on one disc you're getting a real deal from Cuneiform Records for once.