Harold Budd discography

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Harold Budd discography
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Harold Budd in Japan Photo: Masao Nakagami
Studio albums15
EPs1
Soundtrack albums3
Live albums3
Compilation albums9
Collaborative albums23
Guest appearances2
Production1

Harold Budd (born May 24, 1936 - December 7, 2020) was an American ambient/avant-garde composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles, he was raised in the Mojave Desert. [1] [2]

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His discography consists of fifteen studio albums, one EP, three live albums, three soundtrack albums and several collaborations with other artists. His first recording The Oak of the Golden Dreams / Coeur D'Orr was released in 1971, but subsequently Budd didn't release anything until Brian Eno released The Pavilion of Dreams on his Obscure Records label in 1978. Since then he has been a prolific recording artist.

Eno produced his second album The Pavilion of Dreams and they worked together in collaboration on Ambient 2:The Plateaux of Mirror in 1980 and followed it in 1984 with The Pearl . In 1986 he worked with Cocteau Twins on The Moon and the Melodies , and subsequently he has worked frequently with Robin Guthrie on several albums including soundtracks to the films Mysterious Skin and White Bird in a Blizzard . Other frequent collaborators include Hector Zazou, John Foxx and Clive Wright amongst others.

This article contains information related to his recordings.

Studio albums

YearTitleLabelCatalogue numberNotes
1971The Oak of the Golden Dreams / Coeur D'OrrAdvance RecordingsFGR 16
1978 The Pavilion of Dreams E.G. EGS 301Produced by Brian Eno
1981The Serpent (In Quicksilver)Cantil181Reissued with Abandoned Cities by Opal Records (1989)
1984Abandoned CitiesCantil384Reissued with The Serpent (In Quicksilver) by Opal Records (1989)
1986 Lovely Thunder E.G.EGED 46Produced by Michael Hoenig, released December 1, 1986
1988 The White Arcades Opal9 25766-2Produced by Brian Eno
1991 By the Dawn's Early Light Opal9 26649-2With Bill Nelson

Reissued in 1996 by All Saints Records

1996 Luxa All Saints RecordsASCD30Released September 1, 1996
2000 The Room Atlantic 7567-83382-2Released: August 15, 2000
2003La Bella Vista Shout Factory DK 30373Released: October 7. 2003
2004 Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath Samadhi Sound Sound CD SS004Produced by Harold Budd
Released: January 18, 2005
2011In The MistDarlaDRL248Released: September 27, 2011
2012Bandits of StatureDarlaDRL262Released: November 27, 2012
2013Jane 1-11DarlaDRL281Released: June 4, 2013
2014Jane 12-21DarlaDRL289Released: September 9, 2014

Live albums

YearTitleLabelCatalogue numberNotes
1994She is a PhantomNew AlbionNA066CDWith Zeitgeist

Recorded live at Westminster Church, Minneapolis, November 20, 1993

1995AguaSineSIN003Live at the Lanzarote Music Festival, December 1989
2007PerhapsSamadhi SoundSOUND-DL 001Recorded live at California Institute of Arts December 8, 2006

Released: February 9, 2007

Compilation albums

YearTitleLabelCatalogue numberNotes
1987Myths 3: La Nouvelle Sérenité Sub Rosa SUB 33003-5With Gavin Bryars & Jon Hassell

Track No. 2 "Cartago Sand Dancing" and No. 3 "Strange Thunder"

1988 Music for Films III Opal9 25769-2Brian Eno's Music for Films series (Track No. 5 "Balthus Bemused by Color")

Reissued in 1992 by All Saints Records

1989The Serpent (In Quicksilver) / Abandoned CitiesOpal9 26025-2Released: September 19, 1989
Reissued by All Saints Records (2005)
1997Unlimited AmbientGruppo Futura(None)With Nicola Alesini & Pier Luigi Andreoni - track No. 5 "The Valley of Pamir"
With Daniel Lentz and Jessica Karraker - track No. 8 "Beyond This Veil", No. 10 "Interlude 6" and No. 15 "Begin Then Not Know (Reprise)"
1998Fenceless Night: Selections for Cinema 1980-1998 Polygram PMP 018Promotional sampler containing a selection of Budd's work, including solo works and collaborations with Brian Eno, Hector Zazou, Cocteau Twins, Andy Partridge and Daniel Lanois
2006Compounds + ElementsAll Saints RecordsHNCD 1510Released: February 21, 2006
All Saints Records sampler containing several tracks by Budd
2013Budd Box SamplerAll Saints RecordsWASTBOX1PROMOPromotional sampler containing a 15 track selection of Budd's work for the 7 CD box
2013Budd BoxAll Saints RecordsWASTBOX1Released: December 9, 2013

7 CD box set in a white box containing The Serpent (In Quicksilver), Abandoned Cities, The White Arcades, By The Dawn's Early Light, Music For 3 Pianos, Through The Hill, Luxa

2018Budd BoxAll Saints RecordsWASTBOX1XReleased: April 18, 2018

6 CD box set (black box, 2nd edition) containing The Serpent (In Quicksilver), Abandoned Cities, The White Arcades, By The Dawn's Early Light, Music For 3 Pianos, Luxa

EPs

YearTitleLabelCatalogue numberNotes
1981The Serpent (in Quicksilver)Cantil181Also released in 1982 by Les Disques Du Crepuscule, Belgium
Reissued with Abandoned Cities by Opal Records (1989)

Soundtracks

YearTitleLabelCatalogue numberNotes
2005 Mysterious Skin - Music from the Film CommotionCR008Released: May 24, 2005
With Robin Guthrie
2014 White Bird in a Blizzard LakeshoreLKS344142Released: September 23, 2014
With Robin Guthrie
2020 I Know This Much Is True (Music From The HBO Series) All Saints RecordsWAST062DLReleased: Jun 13, 2020

Collaborative albums

YearTitleLabelCatalogue numberNotes
1980 Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror E.G.EGAMB 002With Brian Eno
1984 The Pearl E.G.EGED 37With Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois
1986 The Moon and the Melodies 4AD CAD 611With Simon Raymonde, Robin Guthrie and Elizabeth Fraser
1991 Music for 3 Pianos EPAll Saints RecordsASCD14Released: January 1, 1991
With Daniel Lentz & Ruben Garcia
1994 Through the Hill All Saints RecordsASCD21Released: July 8, 1994
With Andy Partridge
1995GlyphMade To MeasureMTM 37Released: December 12, 1995
With Hector Zazou
1996Glyph Remixes EPSSRSSR 163Released: June 17, 1996
With Hector Zazou
1998Walk Into My Voice: American Beat PoetryMateriali SonoriMASO CD 90085With Daniel Lentz & Jessica Karraker
2002Jah Wobble's Solaris - Live In Concert30 Hertz Records30HZCD18Released: July 27, 2002
With Jah Wobble, Graham Haynes, Jaki Liebezeit & Bill Laswell
Three White Roses and a Budd EPTwentythree RecordsT 016Released: August 27, 2002
With Fila Brazillia and Bill Nelson
2003 Translucence/Drift Music Edsel MEDCD 727Released: August 26, 2003
With John Foxx
2005 Music for 'Fragments from the Inside' Sub Rosa SR239Recorded live at Palazzo Delle Papesse (Siena, Italy) June 26, 2003

Released: May 17, 2005
With Eraldo Bernocchi

2007 After the Night Falls Darla DRL182Released: July 16, 2007
With Robin Guthrie
Before the Day Breaks DarlaDRL183Released: July 16, 2007
With Robin Guthrie
2008A Song for Lost BlossomsDarlaDRL198Released: October 7, 2008
With Clive Wright
2009CandylionDarlaDRL221Released: May 26, 2009
With Clive Wright
2010Little WindowsDarlaDRL 234Released: June 8, 2010
With Clive Wright
2011BordeauxDarlaDRL244Released: February 7, 2011
With Robin Guthrie
Nighthawks, Translucence and Drift MusicEdselEDSX3011Released: June 27, 2011
With John Foxx and Ruben Garcia (on Nighthawks)
Winter GardenRareNoiseRecordsRNR021Released: November 29, 2011
With Eraldo Bernocchi and Robin Guthrie
2013Jane 1-11DarlaDRL287

CD+DVD with video accompaniment to each album track by visual artist Jane Maru

2015NighthawksMetamaticMETA55CDReleased: July 4, 2015
With John Foxx and Ruben Garcia
The Little GlassAkira Rabelais(None)Released: December 3, 2015
With Akira Rabelais
2020Another FlowerDarlaDRL360Recorded in Brittany in 2013

Released: December 4, 2020
With Robin Guthrie

Guest appearances

YearTitleLabelCatalogue numberNotes
1975 Vista Impulse ASD 9304With Marion Brown
Celeste and gong on track No. 5 (also composition of track)
2009 No Line On The Horizon Mercury 1796037Released: February 27, 2009
With U2
Instrumentation on track No. 11 "Cedars of Lebanon"

Production

YearArtistAlbumNotes
1981 Gene Bowen Bourgeois MagneticProduction and instrumentation

Ephemera

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