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Harold Budd

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Harold Budd is a Ambient and Jazz act. Their sound grew out of Ambient 1: Music for Airports, John Foxx, Brian Eno, Michael Hoenig and Cocteau Twins. Those roots explain a lot about how Harold Budd arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Roger Eno, Robin Guthrie, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Laraaji and The Dead Texan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Selected Ambient Works Volume II, Ninja Tune, Emma Ruth Rundle, lovesliescrushing and Bing & Ruth, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Harold Budd, reaching back through Ambient 1: Music for Airports and forward to Selected Ambient Works Volume II. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Harold BuddAmbient 1: Music for…John FoxxBrian EnoMichael HoenigCocteau TwinsSelected Ambient Wor…Ninja TuneEmma Ruth RundlelovesliescrushingBing & RuthRafael Anton IrisarriRoger EnoRobin GuthrieHiroshi YoshimuraLaraajiThe Dead TexanLoscilBiosphereRobert Rich

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Harold Budd connections

Harold Budd grew out of Ambient 1: Music for Airports, John Foxx, Brian Eno and Michael Hoenig, shares an orbit with Roger Eno, Robin Guthrie, Hiroshi Yoshimura and Laraaji, went on to shape Selected Ambient Works Volume II, Ninja Tune, Emma Ruth Rundle and lovesliescrushing. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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