Harold Budd - The White ArcadesFirst time vinyl repress of a classic Harold Budd album originally released in 1988. Partly recorded at the Cocteau Twins studio with production help from Robin Guthrie and Brian Eno, the albums effortless blend of glistening synths, limpid piano notes, foggy textures and space result in a beautiful contemplative whole. Although its aura is ethereal and unworldly, Budd's music is actually an exemplary form of humanly useful music. When the mundane

Jacqui Ham and Sally Young in NYC in Dec 1978

his backing band the Sane Inmates and a host of other talented local artists

filled with half recalled dreams and acquaintances - there' s Don Lang (a 1950s trombonist who died earlier in the decade)

prescribed medication

fellow composers Ned Sublette and David Rosenbloom

what we feel

the musical side of Yoshimura’s artistic practice came to prominence in the post-Fluxus scene of late 1970s Tokyo alongside Akio Suzuki and Takehisa Kosugi

The Three Degrees

Design and packaging are by Matt Robertson/Peter Saville Studio

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A fourth and final album

these brand new recordings involve a staggering array of contemporary artists ranging from across the jazz