The work of the composer, who has died from Covid-19 aged 84, can’t be contained with the term ‘ambient’ – it is a guide to dreamworlds and a haven in tough times
It’s no coincidence that so many people discovered Harold Budd’s music this year. Restrained and sedate – even sedative – the disembodied drones and rapt minimalism of 1978’s The Pavilion of Dreams and 1984’s The Pearl feel as if they’d been made to confront unsettled times. His albums are a gateway to a beyond and an invitation to exist, however briefly, above yourself. As he continues to be added to playlists curated to help listeners focus, unwind and, yes, navigate “unprecedented times”, the musician – who died this week aged 84 – is the closest thing contemporary music has come to engendering pure solace in sound.
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