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UPDATE: As the change is now in force for some users, I have switched the navigation to the simplified one for the new system. Please check Navigation in the Help section if you can't find things. I also initially made small adjustments to the front page layout, but have now reverted to the old look until all users are on the new system.

COUNTDOWN: Just a reminder for people still using Monaco that the final switch to the new skin is due on Nov. 3. After that, it will no longer be offered as an option. Sorry. Nothing to do with me.

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Harold Budd

Harold Montgomory Budd (May 24, 1936 - December 8, 2020) was an American avant-garde composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles, his love of jazz (he briefly played drums with saxophonist Albert Ayler while serving in the Army) led Harold to get a degree in music composition. He released his second record, the Coltrane-inspired The Pavilion of Dreams, on Brian Eno's Obscure label in 1978. He had developed a style of playing piano he termed "soft pedal".

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Harold Budd released several ambient albums in the 70's, but it is not known whether Peel played any tracks from them according to available playlists from that period. However, in the 80's, he collaborated with one of Peel's favourites, the Cocteau Twins, who released The Moon And The Melodies that credited to him and the band members. Several of the album tracks were played by Peel on his shows in 1986, but by the end of the 80's, he rarely played any of Harold's material.

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Simon Raymonde - Eyes Are Mosaics

1986

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