{"title":"Harold Budd","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"harold-budd-in-the-mist-2xlp","title":"Harold Budd - In The Mist 2xLP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19th, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited edition re-press of 500 black vinyl 2xLP.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarold Budd is a one of a kind modern neo-classical artist creating high-callibre and complex music with unique and subtle tension and abstraction, and simultaneous almost-pastoral but as-often otherworldly mood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin the first three notes of a Budd composition, with trademark fresh-as-improvisation sound, whether deep dark or bright light, the listener is transcended to an enlightened state within the balance of empty space, sometimes wistful nostalgia, frequent idealism and always persistent love and beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn The Mist \u003c\/em\u003eis the artist purely distilled. It is the music of Harold Budd at its most raw, emotive and minimalist. In addition, Harold is writing for string quartet. \u003cem\u003eIn The Mist\u003c\/em\u003e is comprised of three distinct movements. Tracks 1-5, \"The Whispers,\" are minimalist, tonal, sometimes tone-bending piano compositions. Tracks 6-8, \"The Gunfighters,\" are more dramatic piano compositions with sparse electronic effects and percussive elements. Tracks 9-13, \"Shadows,\" are new Harold Budd string quartets, which add an additional component of interest - minimal, abstract, moody compositions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll Music Guide calls Harold \"an American ambient\/neo-classical composer\". He is absolutely the World's number one minimalist, ambient, modern classical composer. That said, he abhors the word ambient. \"Ambient: Everytime I read this word I cringe: I've been kidnapped by something I neither know of nor care about; it's better by 1000 times than \"New Age\" from 2 decades ago, but still...\" Although his work is often called ambient, minimal and classical, these labels do no justice to the quiet beauty and uniqueness of the work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"First impressions. VERY empty. A sad edge to a lot of the pieces. Nice choice of synthetic sounds.... Damn that's an empty landscape. De Chirico must be shitting himself.\" --Andy Partridge\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Tone bending: Interesting. Mike and I spent a lot of time getting a particular feel or sound I thought should be there. It all began with the 4tets on the first day's recording. I love string music but I hate the sceeching sound of string 4tets, thus we got to work after lunch. Took the highs out, softerned some attacks... very slight chorus reverb... then I asked for a harmonizer set at 101: no harmonizer, so: on Mike's program we simulated that, or close to it, and that was it. In fact, except for the first piece, we used it for the entire mix (not every piece \"harmonized\", however, -- piece-by-piece adjustments, alterations...).\" --Harold Budd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darla","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52996376232233,"sku":"DRL248","price":39.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1427\/6532\/files\/harold-budd-in-the-mist-2xlp.jpg?v=1776337848"},{"product_id":"harold-budd-bandits-of-stature-lp","title":"Harold Budd - Bandits of Stature LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 19th, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited edition re-press of 500 black vinyl LP.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarla is pleased to offer a new record of string quartets by Harold Budd. \u003cem\u003eBandits of Stature\u003c\/em\u003e is a first as it comprises 14 compact Budd composed string quartets played by the Formalist Quartet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHarold Budd is a one-of-a-kind, modern neo-classical artist with a career spanning 40 years. \u003cem\u003eBandits of Stature\u003c\/em\u003e has the characteristic Budd minimalism one may expect, yet in new, or classical, form. On \u003cem\u003eBandits of Stature\u003c\/em\u003e, he has created 14 elegantly simple, avant-garde string quartets, each with his own unique and subtle tension and abstraction and sometimes-pastoral but as-often otherworldly mood shining through. This is also Budd's most melancholic work ever. It is a work that can only come from an artist with such unique vision and maturity as he. Whether deep dark or bright light, the listener is as always transcended to an enlightened state within the balance of empty space and substance, presented at times with wistful nostalgia, often with great idealism and persistently with love and beauty.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the classic Brian Eno and Robin Guthrie-produced Harold Budd records, lush with studio-as-instrument creativity and singular ethereal guitar work respectively, up to his most recent album \u003cem\u003eIn The Mist\u003c\/em\u003e, Harold's piano is always recognizable within the first three notes of any song. His style is just that unique. That same melancholic, thoughtful style is present as well in the Budd composed string quartets on \u003cem\u003eBandits of Stature\u003c\/em\u003e. He effortlessly manifests more feeling in one album than most artists do over the course of a decade, gives at least as much attention to the negative space as to each phrase and as always exercises a sense of economy in which less is a great deal more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll Music Guide calls Harold \"an American ambient\/neo-classical composer\". He is absolutely the World's number one minimalist, ambient, modern classical composer. That said, he abhors the word ambient. \"Ambient: Every time I read this word I cringe: I've been kidnapped by something I neither know of nor care about; it's better by 1000 times than \"New Age\" from 2 decades ago, but still...\" Although his work is often called ambient, minimal and classical, these labels do no justice to the quiet beauty and singularity of his work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Harold is a California original. His music resides where the desert meets the ocean, and a cool, dusty melange emerges; it's sparse, stripped of unnecessary decoration, devoid of sentimentality, yet exploring the deepest emotional verity. Each new piece from Harold arrives like a postcard from some out-of-the-way place where Truth and Beauty are rapturously articulated without uttering a single unnecessary word.\" - Scott Fraser\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Darla","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52996376330537,"sku":"DRL262","price":30.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1427\/6532\/files\/harold-budd-bandits-of-stature-lp.jpg?v=1776337852"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.strandedrecords.com\/collections\/harold-budd.oembed","provider":"Stranded Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}