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Listen to Harold Budd, watch music videos, read bio, see tour dates & more!

Harold Budd

Electronic

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Listen to Sea, Swallow Me by Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd, see lyrics, music video & more!
Sea, Swallow MeCocteau Twins & Harold Budd
Listen to A Stream With Bright Fish by Brian Eno & Harold Budd, see lyrics, music video & more!
A Stream With Bright FishBrian Eno & Harold Budd
Listen to First Light (Remastered 2004) by Harold Budd & Brian Eno, see lyrics, music video & more!
First Light (Remastered 2004)Harold Budd & Brian Eno
Listen to An Arc Of Doves (Remastered 2004) by Harold Budd & Brian Eno, see lyrics, music video & more!
An Arc Of Doves (Remastered 2004)Harold Budd & Brian Eno
Listen to Lost In the Humming Air by Brian Eno & Harold Budd, see lyrics, music video & more!
Lost In the Humming AirBrian Eno & Harold Budd
Listen to Above Chiangmai (Remastered 2004) by Harold Budd & Brian Eno, see lyrics, music video & more!
Above Chiangmai (Remastered 2004)Harold Budd & Brian Eno
Listen to She Will Destroy You by Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd, see lyrics, music video & more!
She Will Destroy YouCocteau Twins & Harold Budd
Listen to Bloody and Blunt by Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd, see lyrics, music video & more!
Bloody and BluntCocteau Twins & Harold Budd
Listen to Against the Sky by Brian Eno & Harold Budd, see lyrics, music video & more!
Against the SkyBrian Eno & Harold Budd
Listen to Failing Light (Remastered 2004) by Harold Budd & Brian Eno, see lyrics, music video & more!
Failing Light (Remastered 2004)Harold Budd & Brian Eno

More albums from Harold Budd

Listen to Another Flower by Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd
ALBUMAnother FlowerRobin Guthrie & Harold Budd
Listen to Jane 12-21 by Harold Budd
ALBUMJane 12-21Harold Budd
Listen to Avalon Sutra (2013 Remaster) by Harold Budd
ALBUMAvalon Sutra (2013 Remaster)Harold Budd
Listen to Jane 1-11 by Harold Budd
ALBUMJane 1-11Harold Budd
Listen to Harold Budd: Bandits of Stature by Harold Budd & Formalist Quartet
ALBUMHarold Budd: Bandits of StatureHarold Budd & Formalist Quartet
Listen to Winter Garden by Eraldo Bernocchi, Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
ALBUMWinter GardenEraldo Bernocchi, Harold Budd & Robin Guthrie
Listen to In the Mist by Harold Budd
ALBUMIn the MistHarold Budd
Listen to Nighthawks by John Foxx, Harold Budd & Ruben Garcia
ALBUMNighthawksJohn Foxx, Harold Budd & Ruben Garcia
Listen to Bordeaux by Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd
ALBUMBordeauxRobin Guthrie & Harold Budd
Listen to Little Windows by Harold Budd & Clive Wright
ALBUMLittle WindowsHarold Budd & Clive Wright
Listen to Candylion by Harold Budd & Clive Wright
ALBUMCandylionHarold Budd & Clive Wright
Listen to A Song for Lost Blossoms by Harold Budd & Clive Wright
ALBUMA Song for Lost BlossomsHarold Budd & Clive Wright
Listen to Native Clays by Clive Wright, Carl Roessler & Harold Budd
ALBUMNative ClaysClive Wright, Carl Roessler & Harold Budd
Listen to Music for 'Fragments from the Inside' by Eraldo Bernocchi & Harold Budd
ALBUMMusic for 'Fragments from the Inside'Eraldo Bernocchi & Harold Budd
Listen to Translucence + Drift Music by John Foxx & Harold Budd
ALBUMTranslucence + Drift MusicJohn Foxx & Harold Budd
Listen to The Room by Harold Budd
ALBUMThe RoomHarold Budd
Listen to Luxa by Harold Budd
ALBUMLuxaHarold Budd
Listen to Walk into My Voice (American Beat Poetry) by Harold Budd, Daniel Lentz & Jessica Karraker
ALBUMWalk into My Voice (American Beat Poetry)Harold Budd, Daniel Lentz & Jessica Karraker
Listen to Glyph by Harold Budd & Hector Zazou
ALBUMGlyphHarold Budd & Hector Zazou
Listen to She Is a Phantom by Harold Budd & Zeitgeist
ALBUMShe Is a PhantomHarold Budd & Zeitgeist
Listen to By the Dawn's Early Light by Harold Budd
ALBUMBy the Dawn's Early LightHarold Budd
Listen to The White Arcades by Harold Budd
ALBUMThe White ArcadesHarold Budd
Listen to Lovely Thunder by Harold Budd
ALBUMLovely ThunderHarold Budd
Listen to The Moon and the Melodies by Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd
ALBUMThe Moon and the MelodiesCocteau Twins & Harold Budd
Listen to The Pearl by Harold Budd & Brian Eno
ALBUMThe PearlHarold Budd & Brian Eno
Listen to Abandoned Cities by Harold Budd
ALBUMAbandoned CitiesHarold Budd
Listen to The Pavilion of Dreams by Harold Budd
ALBUMThe Pavilion of DreamsHarold Budd

Artist Playlists

Harold Budd Essentials
Harold Budd Essentials
Blurring the edges of ambient music.
Harold Budd Essentials
Inspired by Harold Budd
Inspired by Harold Budd
Drones and melodies inherited by the next electronic wave.
Inspired by Harold Budd

About Harold Budd

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Hometown
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Born
1936
Genre
Electronic
A poet of the sustain pedal, Harold Budd pioneered new dimensions in ambient music from the late ‘70s onward. Born in Los Angeles in 1936, he played drums as a teenager before studying avant-garde composition in the ‘60s, but his big break didn’t come until 1978, when Brian Eno released his debut, The Pavilion of Dreams, a dreamlike fusion of ambient and jazz. Budd’s 1984 collaboration with Eno, The Pearl, established the contemplative style of piano—hushed, delicate, introspective—that would define much of his most beloved work. Among his most intimate recordings is 2003’s La Bella Vista, a private, impromptu living-room performance that producer Daniel Lanois captured on tape without the pianist’s knowledge. Budd’s influence on later generations stems in part from his 1986 team up with the Cocteau Twins, The Moon and the Melodies, a landmark fusion of ambient and New Wave. Budd would continue collaborating with the Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie throughout his life, including on 2020’s Another Flower, released just days before Budd’s death at 84.
Musical InfluencesHarold Budd's musical influences include Erik Satie, Jan Garbarek, Terry Riley and more.
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