Harold Budd is the minimalist's minimalist.
He was composing and creating ambient when the term was still new as related to music.
He recorded Agua at the Lanzarote Music Festival in 1989.
It is a set full of deep acoustic elegance with electronic hues and colors.
It is also deep electronic elegance with acoustic hues and colors.
That indicates that Budd is equally at home in both realms of the ambient music community.
This set also strikes home as smooth and melodic neo-classical music.
Budd's sound design incorporates the sophistication of the digital domain and the simplicity of symphonic synths and melodies.
This is a classic CD.
Budd is in the elite class of modern musicians.
As such, his CDs bear comparison to those of Brian Eno, Robert Rich, Steve Roach, and Jon Hassell.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White ArcadesHarold Budd | Harold Budd | Play | 04:45 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Real Dream of SailsHarold Budd | Harold Budd | Play | 10:47 | 24 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Color | Harold Budd | Play | 07:11 | 16 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Algebra | Harold Budd | Play | 03:03 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Plateaux | Harold Budd | Play | 06:49 | 15 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | CoyoteHarold Budd | Harold Budd | Play | 03:58 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | Agua | Harold Budd | Play | 13:07 | 30 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | The Pear | Harold Budd | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 52 mins | 120 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harold Budd | Composer, Piano, Primary Artist, Synthesizer |
| 2 | Brian Eno | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |