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Avalon Sutra/As Long As I Can Hold My Breath

~ Harold Budd
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (1 Nov 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Label: Samadhi Sound
  • ASIN: B0006624AW
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 13,472 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Arabesque 3
2. It's Steeper Near The Roses (For David Sylvian)
3. L'enfant Perdu
4. Chrysalis Nu (To Barney’s Memory)
5. Three Faces West (Billy Al Bengston’s)
6. Arabesque 2
7. Little Heart
8. How Vacantly You Stare At Me
9. A Walk In The Park With Nancy (In Memory)
10. Rue Casimir Delavigne (For Daniel Lentz)
11. Arabesque 1
12. Porcelain Ginger
13. Faraon
14. As Long As I Can Hold My Breath

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Denser Work By Budd, 23 Mar 2005
By Christopher Hunter "cjhunter2001uk" (Farnham UK) - See all my reviews
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I was sorry to hear that Harold Budd had decided that he has said all he wants to say musically and that this would be his last recording.

It is a denser more personal work than some of his more recent works. The first disc features 14 tracks which have a strong theme running through them. It's a rich mix of ambient, piano and string arrangments interwoven with some beautiful sax and flute work. You get the sense of someone taking a retrospective view of their life as there are musical references to the 1940's, 50's and 80's here. It's a walk round a garden on a Summer afternoon. It's restful but also mildly challenging in parts.

The second disc is one long piece extending the last track of the first side out over an hour. It's called 'As long as I can hold my breath'. It works as a cyclical ambient piece and uses, in same way that Eno's 'Thursday Afternoon' does, recurring reference points.

Overall it's a rather beautiful experience which grows with repeated listening.

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply beautiful, 26 Jul 2005
By D. Barlass "dogboy73" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Harold Budd was a new name to me but apparently he's been around for some time & has worked with some quite high profile characters in the music world. Brian Eno & the Cocteau Twins to name but two.

This is perfect home listening of a more classical, soundtrack nature. Warm & delicate instrumentation is the order of the day. Not being familiar with Harold Budd I was initially put off by the 'Avalon' in the title which I thought might have suggested New-Age noodlings! No such worries. I suppose you could describe this as New age/Classical? I don't know. To be honest I'm quite new to this kind of music so I'm struggling to find a good way to describe it. I suppose it would make an almost perfect soundtrack to a David Attenbourough documentary. I say that because it reminded me quite a lot of the 'Life on Earth' soundtrack & to my ears this album has a very similar feel & kind of warm fuzziness about it. That is to say that the production feels very subtle. High, sharper sounds seem to be kept deeper in the mix so as not to appear to sharp & abrasive thus retaining the warm & gentle feel that this album exudes. Triangles & other similar percussion instruments are often heard as quite distant background sounds, which gives the music an incredible depth. Meanwhile the strings, piano & woodwind instruments are brought to the fore where they soothe & move in equal measures. The whole album is an incredible listen & comes very highly recommended for fans of modern classical, soundtrack & ambient pieces from the likes of Brian Eno.

This package also comes with a second CD containing 'As long as I can hold my breath'. A single piece which lasts for some 70 minutes! Like the main album this is a beautiful piece that's even more subtle & hypnotic. Perfect meditation music? I wouldn't know about that but it's frankly impossible not to be 'transported' by this piece well within the 70 minutes that it lasts for! A truly beautiful & amazing work. On top of all this the 2 CD's come beautifully packaged & feature some very appropriate cover photography/artwork.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, atmospheric and enchanting...., 29 Mar 2006
By John David Charles Hilton "Creative spark...." (Redcliffe, Bristol United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This is actually two twinned albums. Samadhisound is David Sylvian's record company.
The first, Avlon Sutra, is a 14 track trek through the hinterlands of ambient. But where much that comes under that banner fails to hold the attention, AS uses melody, rhythmic pulse and textures to provide an unfolding and rewarding experience. The album is just over 3/4 hour long.
The second album takes the last track from AS (As Long as I Can Hold My Breath) and treats it to lengthy and varied explorations, moving further and further away from the source as he does so, only to return renewed. Coming in at a shade under 70 minutes it might seem a rather ominous, but it isn't. You can have it on in the background, or you could focus totally on it. Both approaches work, though the rewards are obviously greater in the latter...
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