Avalon Sutra/As Long As I Can Hold My Breath
Released: Jan 18, 2005
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Released: Jan 18, 2005
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After nearly three decades of recording, pianist and composer Harold Budd is calling it quits, explaining he has said all he wants to and does not mind disappearing. If this indeed turns out to be...
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La Bella Vista
Released: Oct 7, 2003
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Released: Oct 7, 2003
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La Bella Vista captures two impromptu performances from minimalist ambient guru Harold Budd. Playing solo on a vintage Steinway piano during two friendly gatherings, Budd created improvisational...
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Agua
Released: Sep 3, 2002
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Released: Sep 3, 2002
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Harold Budd is the minimalist's minimalist. He was composing and creating ambient when the term was still new as related to music. He recorded Agua at the Lanzarote Music Festival in 1989. It is a...
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The Room
Released: Aug 15, 2000
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Released: Aug 15, 2000
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With The Room, Harold Budd makes his major-label debut. Expanding on a track from The White Arcades, he crafts 13 pieces with a simple, childlike innocence that also contain rich textures beneath,...
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Luxa
Released: Sep 30, 1996
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Released: Sep 30, 1996
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Budd's first solo release since 1991, this is proof that Budd's talent remains consistent: always maintaining that delicate balance between pretty ambient music and something darker in mood that...
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Glyph
Released: Dec 12, 1995
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Released: Dec 12, 1995
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Budd, an early practitioner in the ambient school and frequent collaborator with Brian Eno, here teams up with musical nomad Hector Zazou, who had formed evocative partnerships with musicians from...
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