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").
Harold Budd - Weather Patterns (Slower 800%-Ambient music)
published: 16 Oct 2016
Weather Patterns
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Weather Patterns · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
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published: 02 Oct 2022
A Change in the Weather
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A Change in the Weather · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
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published: 02 Oct 2022
Raindust
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Raindust · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
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published: 02 Oct 2022
Long Light
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Long Light · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
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published: 02 Oct 2022
The Whispers
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The Whispers · Harold Budd
In The Mist
℗ 2011 Darla Records
Released on: 2011-09-27
Music Publisher: Toyon Music
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published: 09 Nov 2014
Some Way Through All the Cities
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Some Way Through All the Cities · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
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published: 02 Oct 2022
Underwater Flowers
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Underwater Flowers · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
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published: 02 Oct 2022
Harold Budd - Stepping Sideways (Slower 800%-Ambient Music)
published: 09 Oct 2016
Almost Overlooked
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Almost Overlooked · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
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Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Weather Patterns · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Weather Patterns · 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
Weather Patterns · 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 Change in the Weather · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
A Change in the Weather · 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 Change in the Weather · 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
Raindust · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
A...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Raindust · 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
Raindust · 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
Long Light · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Long Light · 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
Long Light · 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
The Whispers · Harold Budd
In The Mist
℗ 2011 Darla Records
Released on: 2011-09-27
Music Publisher: Toyon M...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
The Whispers · Harold Budd
In The Mist
℗ 2011 Darla Records
Released on: 2011-09-27
Music Publisher: Toyon Music
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
The Whispers · Harold Budd
In The Mist
℗ 2011 Darla Records
Released on: 2011-09-27
Music Publisher: Toyon Music
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Some Way Through All the Cities · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Rel...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Some Way Through All the Cities · 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
Some Way Through All the Cities · 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
Underwater Flowers · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 200...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Underwater Flowers · 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
Underwater Flowers · 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
Almost Overlooked · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003...
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Almost Overlooked · 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
Almost Overlooked · 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
Weather Patterns · 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 Change in the Weather · 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
Raindust · 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
Long Light · 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
The Whispers · Harold Budd
In The Mist
℗ 2011 Darla Records
Released on: 2011-09-27
Music Publisher: Toyon Music
Auto-generated by YouTube.
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises
Some Way Through All the Cities · 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
Underwater Flowers · 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
Almost Overlooked · John Foxx · Harold Budd
Translucence + Drift Music
℗ 2003 Metamatic LLP
Released on: 2003-08-25
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").