Harold Budd (born May 24, 1936) is an American avant-garde composer and poet. He was born in Los Angeles, and raised in the Mojave Desert. He has developed a style of playing piano he terms "soft pedal".
Education and academic career
Budd's career as a composer began in 1962. In the following years, he gained a notable reputation in the local avant-garde community. In 1966, he graduated from the University of Southern California (having studied under Ingolf Dahl) with a degree in musical composition. As he progressed, his compositions became increasingly minimalist. Among his more experimental works were two drone music pieces, "Coeur d'Orr" and "The Oak of the Golden Dreams". After composing a long-form gong solo titled "Lirio", he felt he had reached the limits of his experiments in minimalism and the avant-garde. He retired temporarily from composition in 1970 and began a teaching career at the California Institute of the Arts.[1]
"The road from my first colored graph piece in 1962 to my renunciation of composing in 1970 to my resurfacing as a composer in 1972 was a process of trying out an idea and when it was obviously successful abandoning it. The early graph piece was followed by the Rothko orchestra work, the pieces for Source Magazine, the Feldman-derived chamber works, the pieces typed out or written in longhand, the out-and-out conceptual works among other things, and the model drone works (which include the sax and organ "Coeur d'Orr" and "The Oak of the Golden Dreams", the latter based on the Balinese "Slendro" scale which scale I used again 18 years later on "The Real Dream of Sails").
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A Delicate Romance · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
Auto-generated by YouTube.
published: 02 Oct 2022
Harold Budd - A Delicate Romance (Slower 800%-Ambient music)
published: 08 Oct 2016
John Foxx - A Delicate Romance
from Translucence/Drift Music
published: 02 Mar 2020
Andreas Devig - A Delicate Romance (Andreas Devig)
published: 30 Aug 2016
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie - Before the Day Breaks (2007) (Full Album) [HQ]
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
Before the Day Breaks
2007
Darla Records
Tracklist:
01. "How Close Your Soul" - 00:00
02. "A Formless Path" - 07:33
03. "A Minute, A Day, No More" - 11:52
04. "She Is My Weakness" - 17:17
05. "Outside, Silence" - 20:48
06. "Hidden Message" - 25:11
07. "I Returned Her Glance" - 30:01
08. "My Monochrome Vision" - 33:43
09. "Turn On the Moon" - 38:23
published: 25 Apr 2017
Harold Budd - As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (By Night)
From the album "Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath" (2004, Samadhi Sound)
published: 14 Nov 2011
Harold Budd and Clive Wright - A Song for Lost Blossoms (full album)
Pensive Aphrodite 00:00
A Song For Lost Blossoms 32:17
Forever Hold My Breath 36:58
At This Moment 46:51
Of Many Mirrors 53:38
The Saint Of Whispers 58:02
Blind Flowers 01:07:49
Label Darla Records -- DRL198
Released 07 Oct 2008
published: 30 Jun 2014
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie - Bordeaux (2011) (Full Album) [HQ]
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
Bordeaux
2011
Darla Records
Tracklist:
01. "Gaze" - 00:00
02. "Deva C" - 03:42
03. "The Names of Those Never Here" - 07:33
04. "So Many Short Years Ago" - 11:59
05. "The Belles of Saint Andrew" - 15:42
06. "Radiant City" - 19:25
07. "L'aventure" - 24:18
08. "Smiling Apart" - 31:24
09. "Southern Shore" - 38:24
published: 23 Feb 2017
Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie & Eraldo Bernocchi - Winter Garden (2011) (Full Album) [HQ]
Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie & Eraldo Bernocchi
Winter Garden
2011
RareNoiseRecords
Tracklist:
01. "Don't Go Where I Can't Find You" - 00:00
02. "Losing My Breath" - 04:53
03. "Winter Garden" - 08:57
04. "Entangled" - 13:43
05. "Harmony And The Play Of Light" - 18:02
06. "Heavy Heart Some More" - 23:36
07. "White Ceramic" - 28:22
08. "Stay With Me" - 31:23
09. "South Of Heaven" - 36:43
10. "Dream On" - 43:28
published: 22 Feb 2017
Harold Budd - Agua (1995) (Full Album) [HQ]
Harold Budd
Agua
1995
Sine Records
01. "White Arcades" - 00:00
02. "Real Dream Of Sails (She Dances By The Light Of The Silvery Moon)" - 04:45
03. "Color" - 15:34
04. "The Pearl (Coyote)" - 22:48
05. "Algebra (The Plateaux Of Mirror)" - 25:37
06. "Plateaux (Algebra Of Darkness)" - 28:43
07. "Coyote" - 35:35
08. "Agua (The Kiss)" - 39:33
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A Delicate Romance · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 200...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
A Delicate Romance · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
A Delicate Romance · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
Before the Day Breaks
2007
Darla Records
Tracklist:
01. "How Close Your Soul" - 00:00
02. "A Formless Path" - 07:33
03. "A Minute,...
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
Before the Day Breaks
2007
Darla Records
Tracklist:
01. "How Close Your Soul" - 00:00
02. "A Formless Path" - 07:33
03. "A Minute, A Day, No More" - 11:52
04. "She Is My Weakness" - 17:17
05. "Outside, Silence" - 20:48
06. "Hidden Message" - 25:11
07. "I Returned Her Glance" - 30:01
08. "My Monochrome Vision" - 33:43
09. "Turn On the Moon" - 38:23
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
Before the Day Breaks
2007
Darla Records
Tracklist:
01. "How Close Your Soul" - 00:00
02. "A Formless Path" - 07:33
03. "A Minute, A Day, No More" - 11:52
04. "She Is My Weakness" - 17:17
05. "Outside, Silence" - 20:48
06. "Hidden Message" - 25:11
07. "I Returned Her Glance" - 30:01
08. "My Monochrome Vision" - 33:43
09. "Turn On the Moon" - 38:23
Pensive Aphrodite 00:00
A Song For Lost Blossoms 32:17
Forever Hold My Breath 36:58
At This Moment 46:51
Of Many Mirrors 53:38
The Saint Of Whispers 58:02
Blind...
Pensive Aphrodite 00:00
A Song For Lost Blossoms 32:17
Forever Hold My Breath 36:58
At This Moment 46:51
Of Many Mirrors 53:38
The Saint Of Whispers 58:02
Blind Flowers 01:07:49
Label Darla Records -- DRL198
Released 07 Oct 2008
Pensive Aphrodite 00:00
A Song For Lost Blossoms 32:17
Forever Hold My Breath 36:58
At This Moment 46:51
Of Many Mirrors 53:38
The Saint Of Whispers 58:02
Blind Flowers 01:07:49
Label Darla Records -- DRL198
Released 07 Oct 2008
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
Bordeaux
2011
Darla Records
Tracklist:
01. "Gaze" - 00:00
02. "Deva C" - 03:42
03. "The Names of Those Never Here" - 07:33
04. "So...
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
Bordeaux
2011
Darla Records
Tracklist:
01. "Gaze" - 00:00
02. "Deva C" - 03:42
03. "The Names of Those Never Here" - 07:33
04. "So Many Short Years Ago" - 11:59
05. "The Belles of Saint Andrew" - 15:42
06. "Radiant City" - 19:25
07. "L'aventure" - 24:18
08. "Smiling Apart" - 31:24
09. "Southern Shore" - 38:24
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
Bordeaux
2011
Darla Records
Tracklist:
01. "Gaze" - 00:00
02. "Deva C" - 03:42
03. "The Names of Those Never Here" - 07:33
04. "So Many Short Years Ago" - 11:59
05. "The Belles of Saint Andrew" - 15:42
06. "Radiant City" - 19:25
07. "L'aventure" - 24:18
08. "Smiling Apart" - 31:24
09. "Southern Shore" - 38:24
Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie & Eraldo Bernocchi
Winter Garden
2011
RareNoiseRecords
Tracklist:
01. "Don't Go Where I Can't Find You" - 00:00
02. "Losing My Brea...
Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie & Eraldo Bernocchi
Winter Garden
2011
RareNoiseRecords
Tracklist:
01. "Don't Go Where I Can't Find You" - 00:00
02. "Losing My Breath" - 04:53
03. "Winter Garden" - 08:57
04. "Entangled" - 13:43
05. "Harmony And The Play Of Light" - 18:02
06. "Heavy Heart Some More" - 23:36
07. "White Ceramic" - 28:22
08. "Stay With Me" - 31:23
09. "South Of Heaven" - 36:43
10. "Dream On" - 43:28
Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie & Eraldo Bernocchi
Winter Garden
2011
RareNoiseRecords
Tracklist:
01. "Don't Go Where I Can't Find You" - 00:00
02. "Losing My Breath" - 04:53
03. "Winter Garden" - 08:57
04. "Entangled" - 13:43
05. "Harmony And The Play Of Light" - 18:02
06. "Heavy Heart Some More" - 23:36
07. "White Ceramic" - 28:22
08. "Stay With Me" - 31:23
09. "South Of Heaven" - 36:43
10. "Dream On" - 43:28
Harold Budd
Agua
1995
Sine Records
01. "White Arcades" - 00:00
02. "Real Dream Of Sails (She Dances By The Light Of The Silvery Moon)" - 04:45
03. "Color" - 15...
Harold Budd
Agua
1995
Sine Records
01. "White Arcades" - 00:00
02. "Real Dream Of Sails (She Dances By The Light Of The Silvery Moon)" - 04:45
03. "Color" - 15:34
04. "The Pearl (Coyote)" - 22:48
05. "Algebra (The Plateaux Of Mirror)" - 25:37
06. "Plateaux (Algebra Of Darkness)" - 28:43
07. "Coyote" - 35:35
08. "Agua (The Kiss)" - 39:33
Harold Budd
Agua
1995
Sine Records
01. "White Arcades" - 00:00
02. "Real Dream Of Sails (She Dances By The Light Of The Silvery Moon)" - 04:45
03. "Color" - 15:34
04. "The Pearl (Coyote)" - 22:48
05. "Algebra (The Plateaux Of Mirror)" - 25:37
06. "Plateaux (Algebra Of Darkness)" - 28:43
07. "Coyote" - 35:35
08. "Agua (The Kiss)" - 39:33
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
A Delicate Romance · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
Before the Day Breaks
2007
Darla Records
Tracklist:
01. "How Close Your Soul" - 00:00
02. "A Formless Path" - 07:33
03. "A Minute, A Day, No More" - 11:52
04. "She Is My Weakness" - 17:17
05. "Outside, Silence" - 20:48
06. "Hidden Message" - 25:11
07. "I Returned Her Glance" - 30:01
08. "My Monochrome Vision" - 33:43
09. "Turn On the Moon" - 38:23
Pensive Aphrodite 00:00
A Song For Lost Blossoms 32:17
Forever Hold My Breath 36:58
At This Moment 46:51
Of Many Mirrors 53:38
The Saint Of Whispers 58:02
Blind Flowers 01:07:49
Label Darla Records -- DRL198
Released 07 Oct 2008
Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
Bordeaux
2011
Darla Records
Tracklist:
01. "Gaze" - 00:00
02. "Deva C" - 03:42
03. "The Names of Those Never Here" - 07:33
04. "So Many Short Years Ago" - 11:59
05. "The Belles of Saint Andrew" - 15:42
06. "Radiant City" - 19:25
07. "L'aventure" - 24:18
08. "Smiling Apart" - 31:24
09. "Southern Shore" - 38:24
Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie & Eraldo Bernocchi
Winter Garden
2011
RareNoiseRecords
Tracklist:
01. "Don't Go Where I Can't Find You" - 00:00
02. "Losing My Breath" - 04:53
03. "Winter Garden" - 08:57
04. "Entangled" - 13:43
05. "Harmony And The Play Of Light" - 18:02
06. "Heavy Heart Some More" - 23:36
07. "White Ceramic" - 28:22
08. "Stay With Me" - 31:23
09. "South Of Heaven" - 36:43
10. "Dream On" - 43:28
Harold Budd
Agua
1995
Sine Records
01. "White Arcades" - 00:00
02. "Real Dream Of Sails (She Dances By The Light Of The Silvery Moon)" - 04:45
03. "Color" - 15:34
04. "The Pearl (Coyote)" - 22:48
05. "Algebra (The Plateaux Of Mirror)" - 25:37
06. "Plateaux (Algebra Of Darkness)" - 28:43
07. "Coyote" - 35:35
08. "Agua (The Kiss)" - 39:33
Harold Budd (born May 24, 1936) is an American avant-garde composer and poet. He was born in Los Angeles, and raised in the Mojave Desert. He has developed a style of playing piano he terms "soft pedal".
Education and academic career
Budd's career as a composer began in 1962. In the following years, he gained a notable reputation in the local avant-garde community. In 1966, he graduated from the University of Southern California (having studied under Ingolf Dahl) with a degree in musical composition. As he progressed, his compositions became increasingly minimalist. Among his more experimental works were two drone music pieces, "Coeur d'Orr" and "The Oak of the Golden Dreams". After composing a long-form gong solo titled "Lirio", he felt he had reached the limits of his experiments in minimalism and the avant-garde. He retired temporarily from composition in 1970 and began a teaching career at the California Institute of the Arts.[1]
"The road from my first colored graph piece in 1962 to my renunciation of composing in 1970 to my resurfacing as a composer in 1972 was a process of trying out an idea and when it was obviously successful abandoning it. The early graph piece was followed by the Rothko orchestra work, the pieces for Source Magazine, the Feldman-derived chamber works, the pieces typed out or written in longhand, the out-and-out conceptual works among other things, and the model drone works (which include the sax and organ "Coeur d'Orr" and "The Oak of the Golden Dreams", the latter based on the Balinese "Slendro" scale which scale I used again 18 years later on "The Real Dream of Sails").