Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath
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| Released | January 18, 2005 | |||
| Genre | Ambient | |||
| Length | 115:25 | |||
| Label | Samadhi Sound | |||
| Producer | Harold Budd | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath is a double album by Harold Budd. The first disc is titled Avalon Sutra, and the second, a remix from Akira Rabelais, is titled As Long as I Can Hold My Breath. At the time of its release in 2005, it was reported to be his final musical work.[2] However, both Music for 'Fragments from the Inside' and Mysterious Skin - Music from the Film, a collaboration with Robin Guthrie, were released a few months after this album. Further recordings were to follow with the last, "Another Flower" (with Robin Guthrie) recorded in 2013 but only released a few days before his death in December 2020.
Track listing[edit]
CD 1 Avalon Sutra
- "Arabesque 3" (Jon Gibson) – 2:40
- "It's Steeper near the Roses (For David Sylvian)" – 1:02
- "L'enfant Perdu" – 2:14
- "Chrysalis Nu (To Barney's Memory)" – 1:59
- "Three Faces West (Billy Al Bengston's)" – 2:49
- "Arabesque 2" (Jon Gibson) 3:02
- "Little Heart" – 7:40
- "How Vacantly You Stare at Me" (Jon Gibson) 4:01
- "A Walk in the Park with Nancy (In Memory)" – 5:55
- "Rue Casimir Delavigne (For Daniel Lentz)" – 5:28
- "Arabesque 1" (Jon Gibson) 1:56
- "Porcelain Ginger" – 2:01
- "Faraon" – 1:23
- "As Long as I Can Hold My Breath" – 3:57
CD 2 As Long As I Can Hold My Breath
- "As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (by Night)" – 69:28
Personnel[edit]
- Harold Budd - string arrangements, mixing, keyboards
- Marston Smith - cello (2, 3, 4, 5)
- Peter Kent - violin (2, 3, 4, 5)
- James Acevedo - viola (2,3,4,5)
- Jon Gibson - soprano saxophone, bass flute (1,6,8,11)
- Denis Blackham - mastering
- Michael Coleman - mixing, mastering, recording (1, 14)
- Yuka Fujii - artist Liaison
- Shinya Fujiwara - photography
- Scott Fraser - recording (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11)
- James Sitterly - violin (2, 3, 4, 5)
- Akira Rabelais - composer, guitar (As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (by Night))
- David Sylvian - art director
- Chris Bigg - design
References[edit]
- ^ Jurek, Thom. Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath at AllMusic
- ^ samadhisound.com "Avalon Sutra" to be Harold Budd's last recorded work
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