Harold Budd - Buddbox (2013) [7CD Box Set] {All Saints Records}

Harold Budd - Buddbox (2013) [7CD Box Set] {All Saints Records}

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Electronic / Ambient / Experimental / Neo-Classical / Minimalism

Anthology box set containing 7 hard-to-find and critically acclaimed albums, released on labels such as Cantil, Opal and All Saints. The box includes: ‘The Serpent (In Quicksilver)’ (1981), 'Abandoned Cities’ (1984), ‘The White Arcades’ (1987), ‘By The Dawn’s Early Light’ (1991), ‘Music For 3 Pianos’ (1992) ‘Through The Hill’ (1994, with Andy Partridge of XTC), ‘Luxa’ (1996). What can you say about ambient music? It's quiet ... It's ethereal ... It's meditative ... It's minimal ... It's passive ... but it's also important! And Harold Budd is - in my opinion - right up there with Brian Eno when it comes to this particular genre of musical fields. I don't know who thought up the idea of releasing a boxed set of Harold Budd material, but God love you for doing it!! This is a true "must-have" for any Budd enthusiast who likes beautiful background music playing low while working on the computer (either at home or at work) or for also doing what I consider "low-noise household chores."

Brian Eno & Harold Budd - The Pearl (1984) {2009 Virgin DSD Remaster}

Brian Eno & Harold Budd - The Pearl (1984) {2009 Virgin DSD Remaster}

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Ambient / Electronic / Avant-Garde / Experimental

Hearing Budd's piano slowly fade in with the start of "Late October" is just one of those perfect moments -- it's something very distinctly him, made even more so with Eno's touches and slight echo, and it signals the start of a fine album indeed. Acting in some respects as the understandable counterpart to Ambient 2, with the same sense of hushed, ethereal beauty the partnership brought forth on that album, The Pearl is so ridiculously good it instantly shows up much of the mainstream new age as the gloopy schlock that it often is. Eno himself is sensed as a performer on the album, if not by his absence then by his very understated presence.

Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror (1980) {2009 Virgin DSD Remaster}

Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror (1980) {2009 Virgin DSD Remaster}

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Ambient / Electronic / Avant-Garde / Experimental

The second in Brian Eno's ambient series, The Plateaux of Mirrors fuses the fragile piano melodies of Harold Budd and the atmospheric electronics of Eno to create a lovely, evocative work. In sharp contrast to the exaggerated pieces found on his debut, The Pavilion of Dreams, this record finds Budd delivering sharp shards of piano notes pregnant with meaning and minimal in the best sense of the word. Eno's unobtrusive electronics add a resonance and atmosphere that draw from the ambient textures found on Discreet Music, Music for Films, and Evening Star.