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Harold Budd passed into the great unknown on December 10th, 2020. Yes, it was fucking COVID-19. As you can see from the mass of links above, he's one of my favorite artists, and I would be remiss to not mark the occasion. Here's his two-part collaboration with John Foxx who, aside from his work as a new wave/synthpop artist, is an accomplished ambient musician in his own right. Translucence is all gorgeous, impossibly tranquil piano pieces echoing through a shimmering ambient haze, then Drift Music zooms in on the haze. Godspeed, Mr. Budd, on your journey to the pavilion of dreams.
Track listing:
Translucence
1. Subtext
2. Spoken Roses
3. Momentary Architecture
4. Adult
5. Long Light
6. A Change in the Weather
7. Here and Now
8. Almost Overlooked
9. Implicit
10. Raindust
11. Missing Person
12. You Again
Drift Music
1. Sunlit Silhouette
2. The Other Room
3. Some Way Through All the Cities
4. Stepping Sideways
5. A Delicate Romance
6. Linger
7. Curtains Blowing
8. Weather Patterns
9. Coming into Focus
10. After All This Time
11. Someone Almost There
12. Resonant Frequency
13. Avenue of Trees
14. Underwater Flowers
15. Arriving
Thanks so much. Harold Budd was amazing. Love your blog :-)
ReplyDeleteA great loss no doubt. Stuff like The Pearl or Plateaux of Mirror have been part of our lives.
ReplyDeleteA good new year for you, Man. Stay OK
Hi DEAR_SPIRIT
ReplyDeleteJust an early thank you for sharing your great music with us all, it is very much appreciated all the time and effort that goes into your wonderful blog.
Wishing you and all your followers a wonderful Christmas and let's hope we all have a better New Year....many thanks again.
Stay safe and healthy my friend.
Love and best wishes
Stu (UK)
oh so grateful!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this one and all the other Budd...
ReplyDeletehe had always been among my favorites from the old Hearts Of Space days thru his many classic Lps and any Lp he guested on was raised in creativity and spiritual presence ...
I noticed his 1991 classic 'By The Dawn's Early Light' was missing and it also happens to be my personal favorite,
from Budd's haunting poetry to Bill Nelson's additionally powerful presence & guitar work,
tied together strongly by BJ Cole's masterful pedal steel guitar,
Mabel Wong's sweet striking viola, and Susan Allen's beautiful harp,
this is a ghost-town masterpiece Lp recorded in New Orleans from March 15 till April 4, 1991... ...the last sunrays in end-of-the-day beauty & sadness...
Budd had a photo in the cd jacket last page....a terribly haunting old polaroid, "The Captive White Boy, Santiago McKinn" - Anonymous, 1886
As Budd said himself in the liner notes, "I had casually come across the photo of Santiago McKinn perhaps twice in the past decade or so. The last time I saw it, in a news article when it was sold, I knew it wouldn't go away again."
Also a nod to Uncle Bill, as is also noted in the credits,
'The Place Of Dead Roads' refers to the novel by William S. Burroughs
Thank You for everything DEAR_SPIRIT
Enjoy my friends
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Would it be possible to post the album "Nighthawks" by John Foxx, Harold Budd, Ruben Garcia? Thank you for all the others with Harold Budd.
ReplyDeleteSure, here ya go:
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DS, thanks very much!
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