With The Room, Harold Budd makes his major-label debut.
Expanding on a track from The White Arcades, he crafts 13 pieces with a simple, childlike innocence that also contain rich textures beneath, inducing a calm, meditative state -- perfect for relaxation therapy or cloud watching.
As he has been a longtime master of ambient atmospherics, Budd is able to create a benign, peaceful aural gallery as each piece slowly, quietly unfolds into a different "room," heard in the shimmering bells of "The Room Alight," the chanted voices of "The Candied Room," and the somber "Room of Forgotten Children" (note the wonderfully evocative titles).
Though some of the synthesizer textures verge on a little too much new age sweetness, his piano is always a thing of tranquil beauty, veiled in layers of eerie echo, evoking a half-remembered dream.
After many interesting collaborative records, this is an impressive return to form to Budd's early to mid-'80s heyday.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Room of Ancillary Dreams | Harold Budd | Play | 06:04 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | The Room of Oracles | Harold Budd | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | The Room of Stairs | Harold Budd | Play | 05:19 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | The Room of Corners | Harold Budd | Play | 05:03 | 11 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | The Room Alight | Harold Budd | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | The Candied Room | Harold Budd | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | The Room of Mirrors | Harold Budd | Play | 07:03 | 16 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | The Room Obscured | Harold Budd | Play | 00:59 | 2 MB | 0 MB |
| 37 mins | 85 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harold Budd | Composer, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Synthesizer |
| 2 | Michael Coleman | Engineer |
| 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. |