Credits:HeldonDescription:ThisisoneofHeldon'smostimpressiverecordings.Itoffersthecontinuityofagroupsoundthroughout,withPinhas'keyboardsandguitarssupportedbyFrancoisAugerplayingdrumsandpercussiononmosttracks,andadditionalassistancefromPatrickGauthieronmoogsynthesizersandeitherDidierBatardorJanickToponbass.Stylistically,it'sagreatleapforwardfrompreviousHeldonreleases,andmuchclosertothefusionjazzofMahavishnuOrchestra,thantoconventionalpsychedelicorprog-rock.Thefivepieces(oneinbothaliveandastudioversion)havenorealmelodiesorthemes;rather,theyusesimplepatternsandchordsequencesasguidelines,andletthemusiciansimprovisearoundthem.Theopening"MarieVirginieC."almostsoundslikelateColtranefreejazz,orperhapslikeHendrixathismostfrenzied,withguitarsandsynthesizershowling,andAugerthrashingwildlyinthebackground.SpeakingofAuger,hehastobeoneofthegreatrockdrummersoftheera--notjustinFrancebutinallofEurope.He'sfast,ferociousandveryfunky.Thesecondpiec