Birth Name:

Harold Montgomery Budd, Jr.

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, May 24, 1936

Time of Birth:

12:31 PM

Place of Birth:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Age:

88

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

3°

Gem

28'

Moon

25°

Can

33'

Asc

14°

Vir

39'

MC

13°

Gem

11'

About Harold (1936) Budd

Harold Montgomory Budd (born May 24, 1936) is an American avant-garde composer and poet. He was born in Los Angeles and raised in the Mojave Desert. He has developed a style of playing piano he terms "soft pedal". He became a respected composer in the minimalist and avant-garde scene of Southern California in the late 1960s, and later became better known for his work with figures such as Brian Eno and Robin Guthrie.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Harold Budd Home page

• New Albion Records Harold Budd page

• Samadhisound Harold Budd page

• Ambience for the Masses Harold Budd page

• Books Tell You Why Harold Budd: His Life & Works

• Harold Budd: American Vision article from Sound on Sound magazine

• soundNET Concert Archives A rare live performance of works by Harold Budd (September 18, 2004) [streaming QuickTime audio]

• Somnambule Review of Harold Budd "Farewell Concert" at Brighton Dome (May 21, 2005)

• Harold Budd: Harold in May article from The Independent (May 8, 2005)

• Audio interview with Going Thru Vinyl (Part 1) (May 3, 2012)

• Audio interview with Going Thru Vinyl (Part 2) (May 3, 2012)

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Harold (1936) Budd: Sun 3 Gemini, Moon 25 Cancer, Mercury 13 Gemini, Venus 23 Taurus, Mars 8 Gemini, Jupiter 21 Sagittarius, Saturn 21 Pisces, Uranus 7 Taurus, Neptune 13 Virgo, Pluto 25 Cancer, Asc 14 Virgo, Mc 13 Gemini, Sun Conjunct Mars, Mercury Square Ascendant, Mercury Square Neptune, Moon Conjunct Pluto, Moon Trine Saturn, Moon Semi Square Mercury, Moon Sextile Venus, Moon Semi Square Mars, Moon Semi Square Midheaven, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Mercury Semi Square Pluto, Mercury Conjunct Midheaven, Venus Quincunx Jupiter, Venus Sextile Saturn, Venus Sextile Pluto, Mars Semi Sextile Uranus, Mars Semi Square Pluto, Mars Conjunct Midheaven, Jupiter Square Saturn, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Saturn Semi Square Uranus, Saturn Trine Pluto, Neptune Conjunct Ascendant, Neptune Square Midheaven, Pluto Semi Square Midheaven, Ascendant Square Midheaven

Categories related to Harold (1936) Budd: Living people, California, 20th-century American composers, 20th-century American pianists, American male pianists, 21st-century American pianists, 20th-century American male musicians, 21st-century American male musicians, 20th-century classical composers, 21st-century classical composers, May 24 births, American male poets, American electronic musicians, 21st-century American composers, Writers from Los Angeles, Record producers from California, Thornton School of Music alumni, New-age musicians, American experimental musicians, 1936 births, Ambient musicians, People from Victorville, 4AD artists, E.G. Records artists, All Saints Records artists, Samadhi Sound artists

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