Budd, Harold / Perhaps
Album: Perhaps   Collection:General
Artist:Budd, Harold   Added:Oct 2013
Label:Root Strata  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2013-10-17 Pull Date: 2013-12-19 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Dec 22 Dec 15 Dec 8 Nov 24 Nov 17 Nov 10 Nov 3 Oct 27
Airplays: 1 4 1 2 2 1 2 2

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 05, 2023: GORP
Moss Landing
4. Jan 01, 2014: Top 30 X of 2013 part i
Moss Landing
2. Jul 16, 2014: minimum entropy
Quandari
5. Dec 19, 2013: Meow After Midnight
Continuouso
3. Jan 08, 2014: best of 2013 by meow cont. with input from awyeh
Templar
6. Dec 14, 2013: Music Casserole
Templar

Album Review
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2013-10-13
Solo piano. Stripped down elements of all music distilled into sparse piano playing. Budd is a veteran of ambient minimalism, finding deep textures and layers by using space (like the horror Hitchcock conveyed with a simple shadow). He’s been doing this for decades, collaborating with/mentoring the likes of Brian Eno. Speaking of which, this CD brings to mind the piano of Eno’s Music For Airports. For fans of solitude, peace, tranquility. See also Hans Otte, John Hassel, dare I say George Winston and Windham Hill artists of the early 80’s. All instrumental, all tracks similar in their peacefulness so only notes diverging from this will be taken below. Pick any really. Do not operate heavy machinery while listening.

1) (9:32) lovely, melodic 2) (5:42) slightly more pensive in its hesitancy 3) (16:55) 4) (4:52) very sparse 5) (2:04) more complex, almost upbeat 6) (4:41) complex, melodic 7) (2:24) 8) (2:55) complex, pensive 9) (8:10) very pretty 10) (2:37) minor feel 11) (4:53) sparse 12) (7:15) sparse, pretty 13) (1:25)

Track Listing
1. Templar   7. Chualar
2. Tong War   8. Atl Atl
3. Quandari   9. Nec Metus
4. Vari   10. Drita
5. Nec Spero   11. Monument
6. Moss Landing   12. Reini
  13. Ghost Cloud