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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We Step Across... · Harold Budd · Zeitgeist · Harold Budd With Zeitgeist
She Is A Phantom
℗ 1994, New Albion Records, Inc.
Released on: 1994-01-01
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published: 08 Feb 2015
Harold Budd / Brian Eno - The Pavilion Of Dreams (1978)
Recorded in London, at Basing Street Studios, November 1976.
00:00 Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim
18:23 Two Songs: Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord / Butterfly Sunday
24:50 Madrigals Of The Rose Angel: Rossetti Noise / The Crystal Garden And A Coda
42:58 Juno
https://www.discogs.com/Harold-Budd-Produced-By-Brian-Eno-The-Pavilion-Of-Dreams/release/2998533
Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim:
Alto Saxophone – Marion Brown
Celesta – Richard Bernas
Composed By – Budd
Electric Piano – Harold Budd
Glockenspiel – Gavin Bryars
Harp – Maggie Thomas
Marimba – Howard Rees, Jo Julian, John White, Michael Nyman
Two Songs:
Harp – Maggie Thomas
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Lynda Richardson
Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord
Composed By – Budd
Butterfly Sunday
Adapted By – Harold Budd
Composed By – John Coltr...
published: 03 Feb 2021
Harold Budd - After All This Time (Slower 800%-Ambient music)
published: 27 Oct 2016
HAROLD BUDD & HECTOR ZAZOU Around The Corner From Everywhere
Harold Budd emerged from the 60s school of avant-garde musical composition in the United States. Originally influenced by the likes of John Cage and Morton Feldman, he rebelled against the heavily conceptual works of his peers to explore his own path of "existential prettiness". This short film has been commissioned to celebrate the current series of Harold Budd reissues on All Saints Records.
Trailer produced and edited by Kasumi for Kasumi Films and Microcinema International.
Track is "A Child In A Sylvan Field" by Harold Budd from the 1991 album By The Dawn's Early Light, featuring Bill Nelson, B.J. Cole, Mabel Wong and Susan Allen.
The album is being reissued as part of the 7CD+76 page book Buddbox set. The track also features on the two disc Harold Budd retrospective Wind In Lone...
published: 29 Nov 2013
Harold Budd - Stepping Sideways (Slower 800%-Ambient Music)
published: 09 Oct 2016
Harold Budd - A walk in the park with Nancy
from: "Avalon Sutra" (2005)
published: 08 Apr 2017
She Slipped Through the Door
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She Slipped Through the Door · Harold Budd · Clive Wright
Candylion
℗ 2009 Darla Records
Released on: 2009-05-25
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published: 22 Oct 2013
Harold Budd - A Delicate Romance (Slower 800%-Ambient music)
published: 08 Oct 2016
Robin Guthrie And Harold Budd - Smiling Apart.
Nebulas and galaxies:
-Nebula M 78
-Antennae Galaxies
-The Galactic Center
-Eagle Nebula
-Carina Nebula
-Aurora Borealis - The Northern Lights
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We Step Across... · Harold Budd · Zeitgeist · Harold Budd With Zeitgeist
She Is A Phantom
℗ 1994, New Albion R...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
We Step Across... · Harold Budd · Zeitgeist · Harold Budd With Zeitgeist
She Is A Phantom
℗ 1994, New Albion Records, Inc.
Released on: 1994-01-01
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
We Step Across... · Harold Budd · Zeitgeist · Harold Budd With Zeitgeist
She Is A Phantom
℗ 1994, New Albion Records, Inc.
Released on: 1994-01-01
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Recorded in London, at Basing Street Studios, November 1976.
00:00 Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim
18:23 Two Songs: Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord / Butterf...
Recorded in London, at Basing Street Studios, November 1976.
00:00 Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim
18:23 Two Songs: Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord / Butterfly Sunday
24:50 Madrigals Of The Rose Angel: Rossetti Noise / The Crystal Garden And A Coda
42:58 Juno
https://www.discogs.com/Harold-Budd-Produced-By-Brian-Eno-The-Pavilion-Of-Dreams/release/2998533
Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim:
Alto Saxophone – Marion Brown
Celesta – Richard Bernas
Composed By – Budd
Electric Piano – Harold Budd
Glockenspiel – Gavin Bryars
Harp – Maggie Thomas
Marimba – Howard Rees, Jo Julian, John White, Michael Nyman
Two Songs:
Harp – Maggie Thomas
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Lynda Richardson
Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord
Composed By – Budd
Butterfly Sunday
Adapted By – Harold Budd
Composed By – John Coltrane
Madrigals Of The Rose Angel:
Celesta [Celeste] – Gavin Bryars
Chorus – Alison Macgregor, Lesley Reid, Lynda Richardson, Margaret Cable, Muriel Dickinson, Ursula Connors
Composed By – Budd
Conductor [Chorus] – Harold Budd
Electric Piano – Richard Bernas
Harp – Maggie Thomas
Percussion – Nigel Shipway
Rossetti Noise
The Crystal Garden And A Coda
Juno:
Composed By – Budd
Glockenspiel – Gavin Bryars
Marimba – Michael Nyman
Percussion – John White
Piano – Harold Budd
Vibraphone – Howard Rees
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Jo Julian
Voice – Brian Eno, Gavin Bryars, Harold Budd, Jo Julian, John White, Michael Nyman
Credits
Composed By – Budd
Engineer – Rhett Davies
Producer – Brian Eno
Marketed By – Virgin
Made By – Virgin Japan Ltd
Phonographic Copyright (p) – E.G. Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – E.G. Records Ltd.
Harold Budd - The Pavilion Of Dreams (1978)
Recorded in London, at Basing Street Studios, November 1976.
00:00 Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim
18:23 Two Songs: Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord / Butterfly Sunday
24:50 Madrigals Of The Rose Angel: Rossetti Noise / The Crystal Garden And A Coda
42:58 Juno
https://www.discogs.com/Harold-Budd-Produced-By-Brian-Eno-The-Pavilion-Of-Dreams/release/2998533
Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim:
Alto Saxophone – Marion Brown
Celesta – Richard Bernas
Composed By – Budd
Electric Piano – Harold Budd
Glockenspiel – Gavin Bryars
Harp – Maggie Thomas
Marimba – Howard Rees, Jo Julian, John White, Michael Nyman
Two Songs:
Harp – Maggie Thomas
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Lynda Richardson
Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord
Composed By – Budd
Butterfly Sunday
Adapted By – Harold Budd
Composed By – John Coltrane
Madrigals Of The Rose Angel:
Celesta [Celeste] – Gavin Bryars
Chorus – Alison Macgregor, Lesley Reid, Lynda Richardson, Margaret Cable, Muriel Dickinson, Ursula Connors
Composed By – Budd
Conductor [Chorus] – Harold Budd
Electric Piano – Richard Bernas
Harp – Maggie Thomas
Percussion – Nigel Shipway
Rossetti Noise
The Crystal Garden And A Coda
Juno:
Composed By – Budd
Glockenspiel – Gavin Bryars
Marimba – Michael Nyman
Percussion – John White
Piano – Harold Budd
Vibraphone – Howard Rees
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Jo Julian
Voice – Brian Eno, Gavin Bryars, Harold Budd, Jo Julian, John White, Michael Nyman
Credits
Composed By – Budd
Engineer – Rhett Davies
Producer – Brian Eno
Marketed By – Virgin
Made By – Virgin Japan Ltd
Phonographic Copyright (p) – E.G. Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – E.G. Records Ltd.
Harold Budd - The Pavilion Of Dreams (1978)
Harold Budd emerged from the 60s school of avant-garde musical composition in the United States. Originally influenced by the likes of John Cage and Morton Feld...
Harold Budd emerged from the 60s school of avant-garde musical composition in the United States. Originally influenced by the likes of John Cage and Morton Feldman, he rebelled against the heavily conceptual works of his peers to explore his own path of "existential prettiness". This short film has been commissioned to celebrate the current series of Harold Budd reissues on All Saints Records.
Trailer produced and edited by Kasumi for Kasumi Films and Microcinema International.
Track is "A Child In A Sylvan Field" by Harold Budd from the 1991 album By The Dawn's Early Light, featuring Bill Nelson, B.J. Cole, Mabel Wong and Susan Allen.
The album is being reissued as part of the 7CD+76 page book Buddbox set. The track also features on the two disc Harold Budd retrospective Wind In Lonely Fences, the first ever career spanning collection of his music, encompassing recordings made between 1970 and 2011. It features tracks from classic albums such as Plateaux Of Mirror, The Pearl and Lovely Thunder, alongside collaborations with Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins and John Foxx.
Harold Budd emerged from the 60s school of avant-garde musical composition in the United States. Originally influenced by the likes of John Cage and Morton Feldman, he rebelled against the heavily conceptual works of his peers to explore his own path of "existential prettiness". This short film has been commissioned to celebrate the current series of Harold Budd reissues on All Saints Records.
Trailer produced and edited by Kasumi for Kasumi Films and Microcinema International.
Track is "A Child In A Sylvan Field" by Harold Budd from the 1991 album By The Dawn's Early Light, featuring Bill Nelson, B.J. Cole, Mabel Wong and Susan Allen.
The album is being reissued as part of the 7CD+76 page book Buddbox set. The track also features on the two disc Harold Budd retrospective Wind In Lonely Fences, the first ever career spanning collection of his music, encompassing recordings made between 1970 and 2011. It features tracks from classic albums such as Plateaux Of Mirror, The Pearl and Lovely Thunder, alongside collaborations with Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins and John Foxx.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
She Slipped Through the Door · Harold Budd · Clive Wright
Candylion
℗ 2009 Darla Records
Released on: 2009-05...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
She Slipped Through the Door · Harold Budd · Clive Wright
Candylion
℗ 2009 Darla Records
Released on: 2009-05-25
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
She Slipped Through the Door · Harold Budd · Clive Wright
Candylion
℗ 2009 Darla Records
Released on: 2009-05-25
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
We Step Across... · Harold Budd · Zeitgeist · Harold Budd With Zeitgeist
She Is A Phantom
℗ 1994, New Albion Records, Inc.
Released on: 1994-01-01
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Recorded in London, at Basing Street Studios, November 1976.
00:00 Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim
18:23 Two Songs: Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord / Butterfly Sunday
24:50 Madrigals Of The Rose Angel: Rossetti Noise / The Crystal Garden And A Coda
42:58 Juno
https://www.discogs.com/Harold-Budd-Produced-By-Brian-Eno-The-Pavilion-Of-Dreams/release/2998533
Bismillahi ´Rrahmani ´Rrahim:
Alto Saxophone – Marion Brown
Celesta – Richard Bernas
Composed By – Budd
Electric Piano – Harold Budd
Glockenspiel – Gavin Bryars
Harp – Maggie Thomas
Marimba – Howard Rees, Jo Julian, John White, Michael Nyman
Two Songs:
Harp – Maggie Thomas
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Lynda Richardson
Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord
Composed By – Budd
Butterfly Sunday
Adapted By – Harold Budd
Composed By – John Coltrane
Madrigals Of The Rose Angel:
Celesta [Celeste] – Gavin Bryars
Chorus – Alison Macgregor, Lesley Reid, Lynda Richardson, Margaret Cable, Muriel Dickinson, Ursula Connors
Composed By – Budd
Conductor [Chorus] – Harold Budd
Electric Piano – Richard Bernas
Harp – Maggie Thomas
Percussion – Nigel Shipway
Rossetti Noise
The Crystal Garden And A Coda
Juno:
Composed By – Budd
Glockenspiel – Gavin Bryars
Marimba – Michael Nyman
Percussion – John White
Piano – Harold Budd
Vibraphone – Howard Rees
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Jo Julian
Voice – Brian Eno, Gavin Bryars, Harold Budd, Jo Julian, John White, Michael Nyman
Credits
Composed By – Budd
Engineer – Rhett Davies
Producer – Brian Eno
Marketed By – Virgin
Made By – Virgin Japan Ltd
Phonographic Copyright (p) – E.G. Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – E.G. Records Ltd.
Harold Budd - The Pavilion Of Dreams (1978)
Harold Budd emerged from the 60s school of avant-garde musical composition in the United States. Originally influenced by the likes of John Cage and Morton Feldman, he rebelled against the heavily conceptual works of his peers to explore his own path of "existential prettiness". This short film has been commissioned to celebrate the current series of Harold Budd reissues on All Saints Records.
Trailer produced and edited by Kasumi for Kasumi Films and Microcinema International.
Track is "A Child In A Sylvan Field" by Harold Budd from the 1991 album By The Dawn's Early Light, featuring Bill Nelson, B.J. Cole, Mabel Wong and Susan Allen.
The album is being reissued as part of the 7CD+76 page book Buddbox set. The track also features on the two disc Harold Budd retrospective Wind In Lonely Fences, the first ever career spanning collection of his music, encompassing recordings made between 1970 and 2011. It features tracks from classic albums such as Plateaux Of Mirror, The Pearl and Lovely Thunder, alongside collaborations with Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins and John Foxx.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
She Slipped Through the Door · Harold Budd · Clive Wright
Candylion
℗ 2009 Darla Records
Released on: 2009-05-25
Auto-generated by YouTube.
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").
I've got no time for your apologies, your butter-wouldn't-melt demeanour doesn't wash with me. Old Julius, he knew just what he'd done, he said "you've got to take your chance 'cos you might never get another one". So "carpe diem" as those Romans say, You've got to learn to turn and seize the day. The day the cat's away, the mice will play, They'll get their guitars out and they will play, play, play. Take my hand, lead me on to the banks of the Rubicon, Step across and it won't be long tonight. Talk is cheap these days, it's everywhere, The radio waves are flying throught the air. If you scream your lungs out, you just might be heard,