harold budd

jiltloop

hey guys, i discovered harold budd a few years ago and really like his stuff, i've got pavillion of dreams, the pearl, the melodies on the moon album done with guthrie from cocteau twins, just wondering if anyone can recommend another harold budd album? i want to buy another one but sometimes these buys can be risky. wanna make sure its a good one as i have limited funds and plenty of other genres and artist to explore.

Scubadevils

This is a really excellent, must-have album with Brian Eno -

http://www.discogs.com/release/332666

jiltloop

Felixdhc wrote: »

This is a really excellent, must-have album with Brian Eno -

http://www.discogs.com/release/332666

sorry i actually have that album aswell, its actually the album that made me first discover harold budd. i loved brian eno, discovered budd and now i dare say that i like budd better, well lets say equally. actually i have about 5 harold budd albums in all but i can't remember the names of them all at the moment. although one of my favourite ones is the 2cd collaboration with john foxx, translucence and drift music, gorgeous. theres a few other albums of his which are always in tower records but are also always very pricey (as are eno's albums unfortunately) and thats why i become indecisive and don't know which one to go for and hence end up deciding on none of them.

Entec

a must for budd and eno fans , one of the best ambient tracks ever

Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Their Memories

Scubadevils

Another done with Guthrie is 'After The Night Falls' - excellent album, only had a loan of it a while back, must pick up a copy. I need to dig more with the likes of Budd and Eno too and other collabs they have had.

Know what you mean too when some of these artists have a load of releases which some are known to be not quite as good, and generally these guys are full price too in the likes of Tower. Another example at the moment for me is Klaus Schulze - I have two albums which are excellent and every time I look at others in Tower I hold back in case I pick a bad one... must do more research!

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Klaus+Schulze

I have Timewind which is really amazing and I believe Moondawn is equally good too so must get that next.

http://www.discogs.com/release/853804

http://www.discogs.com/release/790801

Deaf Center if you don't have is supposed to be amazing too, I ordered a copy the order day from Boomkat, should arrive tomorrow

http://www.discogs.com/release/1159628

Clips on boomkat...

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=18733

Scubadevils

Entec wrote: »

a must for budd and eno fans , one of the best ambient tracks ever

Brian Eno & Harold Budd - Their Memories

I haven't got that album (The Pearl), in town in the morning so must check Tower... been meaning to get so many times. Again had a loan of it before and just didn't get round to buying it then.

jiltloop

Felixdhc wrote: »

Another done with Guthrie is 'After The Night Falls' - excellent album, only had a loan of it a while back, must pick up a copy. I need to dig more with the likes of Budd and Eno too and other collabs they have had.

Know what you mean too when some of these artists have a load of releases which some are known to be not quite as good, and generally these guys are full price too in the likes of Tower. Another example at the moment for me is Klaus Schulze - I have two albums which are excellent and every time I look at others in Tower I hold back in case I pick a bad one... must do more research!

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Klaus+Schulze

I have Timewind which is really amazing and I believe Moondawn is equally good too so must get that next.

http://www.discogs.com/release/853804

http://www.discogs.com/release/790801

Deaf Center if you don't have is supposed to be amazing too, I ordered a copy the order day from Boomkat, should arrive tomorrow

http://www.discogs.com/release/1159628

Clips on boomkat...

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=18733

hmm didn't know he had another album with guthrie, would love to find that. i think its time to get back into ambient music again and do more discovering. my music interests always go in cycles, i'm due a jazz cycle soon too.

compostrebirth

The Eno collaboration is just about the only thing by Budd I know, but I too am intrigued by the artist and want to explore more of his work.


Schulze recommendations (acknowledging Moondawn and Timewind as both incredible albums): X, Mirage, Blackdance, Picture Music, Dune. Everything I've heard made after those first few albums was dull. That said, I heard Schulze was doing a collaboration with Lisa Gerrard, which, in spite of his recent record, has got me interested.

jiltloop

you should try pavillion of dreams by harold budd, its absolutley beautiful, made in the late 70s i think it was the album that put him up there.

dbs_sailor

jiltloop wrote: »

hey guys, i discovered harold budd a few years ago and really like his stuff, i've got pavillion of dreams, the pearl, the melodies on the moon album done with guthrie from cocteau twins, just wondering if anyone can recommend another harold budd album? i want to buy another one but sometimes these buys can be risky. wanna make sure its a good one as i have limited funds and plenty of other genres and artist to explore.

Harold Budd is just brilliant.

First introduction to him for me was "Arabesque 3" on "Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath". Absolutely never heard anything like it. That was a good while back.

I'd recommend that album as a must-hear as well as "The Room".

Great stuff!

jiltloop

cheers conanm thats another 2 albums i haven't heard of before, i'll pick them up if i see them. want to discover more of his music

Scubadevils

compostrebirth wrote: »

The Eno collaboration is just about the only thing by Budd I know, but I too am intrigued by the artist and want to explore more of his work.


Schulze recommendations (acknowledging Moondawn and Timewind as both incredible albums): X, Mirage, Blackdance, Picture Music, Dune. Everything I've heard made after those first few albums was dull. That said, I heard Schulze was doing a collaboration with Lisa Gerrard, which, in spite of his recent record, has got me interested.

Cheers, that's decided some more for me from Schulze... there have been a few on the fence for a while now so good to hear positive reports on those. Will definitely go for Moondawn next.

jiltloop

haha my son is just 5 weeks old, the little bugger wouldn't settle at all tonight and i thought i'd never get him to sleep. then i put on budd's album the pearl, he immediatley calmed down and was asleep by song 3

Scubadevils

The same for my daughter, and has been the case now for about 6 months or so. She is almost 4 and was going through a stage again a few months ago of taking ages to fall asleep. We tried the following CD for her and she was asleep in minutes -

http://www.discogs.com/release/99901 (highly recommend this actually and many more on both the Fax and Ambient World labels if you are not familiar with them already)

Ever since she always has something chilled playing to falll asleep to - she has actually had Eno & Budd Ambient 2 now for a few weeks and disputed me taking it back just the other night Not the first time either, she frequently says what CD she wants... can't believe I have to argue with a 3 and half year old for my CD's!

monellia

Budd is made of win. I still have to hear some of his albums tho. It's amazing how well The White Arcades holds up after all this time.

Himself and Eno have a chemistry that is rare in the ambient world. The whole Pearl album truly is the pinnacle of beauty and tranquillity. Against the Sky has got to be one of my favourite ambient tracks ever.

Scubadevils

I picked up Pavilion of Dreams there last weekend and wasn't too pushed... I found the singing very annoying, maybe I need some more listens though as I have always heard good things about it.

jiltloop

yeah it does put you off a bit at first. its the first song that i really like on this though.

Pa the Blah

One of my favs is By the Dawns Early Light, haunting ebow sounds from Bill Nelson and soothing pedal steel from B.J coal... amongst others.. its a bit darker than some of his other material.
others to check out... Music for three pianos.. Luxa... and Through The Hill *with Andy Partridge from XTC.

c_o_ck p_i_ss chillage

I have to say that anything I've bought by Harold Budd I've gotten into either instantly or after a few listens.
Isn't it suprising how many know Eno and not Budd!
P

jiltloop

c_o_ck p_i_ss chillage wrote: »

I have to say that anything I've bought by Harold Budd I've gotten into either instantly or after a few listens.
Isn't it suprising how many know Eno and not Budd!
P

this is true and i have to say i find budd alot more consistent. you always know its gonna be an ambient album. whereas with eno that's not neccessarily true as he seems to have dabbled in a few other genres. budd is always the kind of ambient music i'm looking for and normally straight forward except for the odd bit of poetry which doesn't float my boat.