The White Arcades (CD)

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  Experimental Rock
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• Release Date: January 31, 2006
• Label: All Saints (USA)
• UPC: 031257149129
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106654873
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #26014 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #9071 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
• #86 in Experimental Rock (See Top 100 Experimental Rock Bestsellers)

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Solo performer: Harold Budd (various instruments).

Engineers include: Keith Mitchell, Robin Guthrie, Brian Eno.

Recorded at Palladium, Edinburgh, Scotland; Cocteau Twins Studio, London, England; The Wilderness, Suffolk, England between June and December, 1987.

This 1988 release by Harold Budd epitomizes the ambient genre. Each track has a similar, airy sound, which envelops the listener, and layers of legato keyboards make the music float. THE WHITE ARCADES is a subtle, minimalist work that seeks to create a picture of serenity, eschewing common song structures. This album is largely mono-dynamic, and swaddles the listener in warm blankets of sound.

Each track on THE WHITE ARCADES is marked by memorable motifs. For example, the repeating bell pattern on "The Room" is not only tuneful, but ultimately entrancing. Similarly, "Algebra of Darkness" features some delicate and understated piano lines, artfully set against a series of fluffy keyboard chords. The title track overflows with colorful waves of sound with an austere, but poignant, piano melody. Like the music of collaborator Brian Eno, Budd's compositions resonate purely and simply.

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