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2004-11-21

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                     Harold Budd - Avalon Sutra
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           Year :: 2004
          Label :: Samadhisound
         Cat No :: SS 0004
          Genre :: Other
         Tracks :: 15
           Size :: 141,4 MB
         Source :: CDDA
        Bitrate :: VBRKBps
      Rel. Date :: 19/11/2004

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       It's hard to over-estimate the contribution Harold
       Budd has made to modern music, his seemingly
       effortless take on minimalism and ambience imbuing
       this often academic genre with all the warmth and
       humility so often missing from the work of his
       contemporaries. Best known for his collaborations
       with Brian Eno and the Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie,
       Budd seems to have reached equilibrium, announcing
       that this remarkable album (released on David
       Sylvian's fledgling, impressive "Samadhi Sound"
       imprint) is to be his last recorded work. A more
       poignant, beautiful departure seems hard to imagine -
       what you get here are 14 immensely moving pieces,
       strewn with Budd's effervescent Piano cascades and
       panoramic soundscapes, drifting off into sublime,
       almost unbearable nostalgia and reflection that are
       signposted with track titles that open the
       imagination up to nameless, fading memories. It's a
       theme that's further developed with the second of the
       two cd's here, featuring a 70 minute re-working of
       Budd's work by the remarkable Akira Rabelais - a
       breathless, almost indescribably beautiful tapestry
       of midnight strings and echoes of lost piano taking
       time to unravel, eventually displaying all the warmth
       and intimacy Budd has spent a musical lifetime
       striving to perfect. Unmissable stuff - one of the
       album's of the year without question.

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        CD1

   [01] Arabesque 3                                       [02:40]
   [02] It's Steeper Near the Roses (for David Sylvian)   [01:02] 
   [03] L'enfant Perdu                                    [02:15]
   [04] Chrysalis Nu (to Barney's Memory)                 [02:00]
   [05] Three Faces West (Billy Al Bengston's)            [02:50]     
   [06] Arabesque 2                                       [03:02]
   [07] Little Heart                                      [07:41]
   [08] How Vacantly You Stare at Me                      [04:01]
   [09] A Walk in the Park with Nancy (in Memory)         [05:55]    
   [10] Rue Casmir Delavigne (for Daniel Lentz)           [05:29] 
   [11] Arabesque 1                                       [01:56]
   [12] Porcelain Ginger                                  [02:01]
   [13] Faraon                                            [01:23]
   [14] as Long as I Can Hold My Breath                   [03:48]

        CD2

   [01] as Long as I Can Hold My Breath (at Night)        [69:28]
        

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