RICHARD PINHAS

Keeping himself truly relevant and proliferous today, Richard Pinhas is a secretly leading name in european experimantal music, whose legacy is still to be properly reckoned and mapped. Frequently considered one of the “founding fathers” of french electronic music, his work dates back to the 70's, being a major influence for a lot of the advancements operated within the field of electronic rock throughout the years. Contemporary to the burgeoning scene that appeared in Germany on that decade via luminaries like Cluster or Tangerine, his work as mastermind of Schizo and especially Heldon – a mutable band with members of Magma, for example – gave way to an intriguing career, where his guitar playing serves as a gateway to a mutating vortex of spectral sounds. Having collaborated with such figures as Pascal Comelade or Merzbow, he released the highly recomended Desolation Row this year on Cuneiform – in the company of Oren Ambarchi, Lasse Marhaug or Noel Akchote, among others. An exquisite work among the far out reaches of the cosmos, guided by pulsating rhythms, guitars stretched to infinity and psychedelic textures.