RICHARD PINHAS and MERZBOW KEIO LINE

C U N E I F O R M R E C O R D S RICHARD PINHAS and MERZBOW KEIO LINE (2 x CDs) –––––––––––––––––––––– SALES POINTS  On their first-ever work together, two of the world’s leaders of underground, contemporary, electronic rock music collaborate on a release that is violent, soothing, hypnotic, noisy and trance inducing.  Keio Line is two full length CDs of radical music that sells at a radically low price! BIOGRAPHICAL INFO REVIEWS Richard Pinhas has been at the forefront of new rock music in France since the early 1970's,  "[Pinhas is] France's most influential contemporary when he founded the band Heldon. Heldon was musician...[some of his] works also serve serve as links between one of the first bands to meld rock music and the avant-garde and the industrial explosion to come." – electronics, releasing a number of 'classic' Alternative Press albums during the 1970's. He has long been  "Merzbow stands as the most important artist in noise music.” recognized as a pivotal figure in the – All Music Guide development of electronic rock music. His stature in France is roughly analogous to that of RELATED RELEASES Tangerine Dream in Germany: the father figure Richard Pinhas – Metatron CN20228 of an entire musical movement. Richard Pinhas – Tranzition CN20186 Active since 1979, Masami Akita, aka Richard Pinhas – Event and Repetitions CN20166 Merzbow, is considered the originator of Richard Pinhas – Iceland CN20044 Japanese noise music, a very influential and hip Richard Pinhas – Chonolyse CN 20030 movement in sound. He has recorded and Heldon – Un Reve Sans Consequence Speciale CN20065 released nearly 100 CDs. Heldon – Agneta Nilsson CN20060 Richard and Merzbow are both among the Heldon – Stand By CN20053 best-known figures in electronic rock music Heldon – Electronique Guerilla/It’s Always Rock n Roll CN20051 today. Despite coming from very different Heldon – Interface CN20043 musical backgrounds, they had long expressed Heldon – Allez Teia CN 20037 admiration for each other’s work and this TRACK LISTING: collaborative meeting, recording over two days CD one: 1. Tokyo Electronic Guerilla, 2. Ikebukuro: Tout le Monde Descend!, 3. Shibuya in Tokyo while Richard was on his second tour of AKS CD two: 1. Merzdon/Heldow Kills Animal Killers, 2. Chaos Line, 3. Fuck the Power (and Japan was as inevitable as it is musically Fuck Global Players) surprising and satisfying!

Ð MARKETING / ADVERTISING Ð Artist RICHARD PINHAS and MERZBOW Service to over 200 radio and internet stations. Full service to press [350+ magazines/journalists] Title KEIO LINE Ads in national and specialty magazines: Selection # CN20278 All About Jazz, Alarm, Arthur, Audion, Blow Up, Downbeat, Dream, Exposé, UPC 045775027821 Goldmine, Jazziz, Jazz Times, Jazzwise, Modern Fix, Point of Departure, Prebook AUGUST 26, 2008 Progression, Ptolemaic Terrascope, Signal To Noise, The Wire and more. Street Date SEPTEMBER 30, 2008 Retail $19.98 – PUBLICITY/PROMO/RADIO – Genre ROCK JOYCE NALEWAJK and JAVIER DIAZ Run Time 62:29 + 46:30 phone: (301) 589 - 8894 Box Lot 25 fax: (301) 589 - 1819 Label CUNEIFORM email: [email protected] Format CD JEWEL BOX [email protected]

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