UN RÊVE SANS CONSÉQUENCE SPÉCIALE

For a lot of HELDON fans this is their favourite HELDON record. This would be drummer Francois Auger's first album with the band. The experimental soundscapes continue, although there is less guitar on this one than on the next two studio records.

"Marie Virginie C." is my favourite song on this album. It starts sounding very mechanical with electronics, guitar sounds and metal sounding percussion that comes and goes.The electronic beat with moog from Gauthier seems to rise out of this soundscape but it doesn't quite make it. Later 6 minutes in it does become the prominant sound. Auger on drums is fantastic 9 1/2 minutes in as he pounds away at the speed of light, just beating the hell out of his kit. A wall of sound to end the track. An intense song. "Elephanta" is the only Auger composed song (Pinhas did the rest) and maybe not so surprisingly it features the dominating sounds of percussion and drums. Very repetitive until it stops before 7 minutes.

"Perspective IV Ter Muco" is a live bonus track with Batard on bass.This really is a swirling mass of electronics, drums, bass and guitar. I like it. "MCV II" is dark and heavy with what sounds like someone banging a metal pipe once and a while as the electronics and drums play out. "Toward The Red Line" is the song Jannick Top plays on if you can hear him. It's not obvious unfortunately. A full blown electronic beat is though, starting 3 minutes in. "Marie Et Virgine Comp (live)" is the other live bonus track. It's the first song with a slightly different title.This one like the studio version impresses me the most partly because of Auger's drum work and partly because of Pinhas' Fripp-like guitar solos.

The bonus tracks really are a bonus for a change. Another excellent album from Pinhas and the boys.