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Harold Budd
12+ albums
ambientminimalismpianocontemporary classicalneoclassical
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Harold Budd (May 24, 1936 - 7 December 2020) was an American ambient/avant-garde composer. Born in Los Angeles, California, he was raised in the Mojave Desert, and was inspired at an early age by the humming tone caused by wind blown across telephone wires. His 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 with a degree in musical composition. As his career progressed, his compositions became increasingly minimal. Among his more experimental works were two drone pieces, "Coeur d'Orr" and "The Oak of the Golden Dreams". "The Oak of the Golden Dreams" was based on the Balinese "Slendro" scale. 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 temporally from composition in 1970 and began a teaching career at the California Institute of the Arts. Two years later, while still retaining his teaching career, he resurfaced as a composer. Spanning from 1972-1975 he created four individual works under the collective title The Pavilion of Dreams. The style of these works was an unusual blend of popular jazz and the avant-garde. In 1976 he resigned from the institute and began recording his new compositions, produced by British ambient pioneer Brian Eno. Two years later Harold Budd's debut album The Pavilion of Dreams was released. Since th
top songs
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A Stream With Bright Fish - 2005 Digital Remaster
129,7052Against The Sky - 2005 Digital Remaster
114,7453Olancha Farewell
113,8194Faraon - 2013 Remaster
108,2075Steal Away - Remastered 2004
100,8636Late October - 2005 Digital Remaster
85,1967The Plateaux Of Mirror - Remastered 2004
80,2628Foreshadowed - 2005 Digital Remaster
65,0979First Light - Remastered 2004
64,97410Not Yet Remembered - Remastered 2004
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