harold budd

In the Mist

"First impressions. VERY empty. A sad edge to a lot of the pieces. Nice choice of synthetic sounds.... Damn that's an empty landscape. De Chirico must be shitting himself." --Andy Partridge

"Tone bending: Interesting. Mike and I spent a lot of time getting a particular feel or sound I thought should be there. It all began with the 4tets on the first day's recording. I love string music but I hate the sceeching sound of string 4tets, thus we got to work after lunch. Took the highs out, softened some attacks... very slight chorus reverb... then I asked for a harmonizer set at 101: no harmonizer, so: on Mike's program we simulated that, or close to it, and that was it. In fact, except for the first piece, we used it for the entire mix (not every piece "harmonized", however, -- piece-by-piece adjustments, alterations...)." --Harold Budd

 

Recorded and mixed by Michael Coleman at Orangewood Studio, Mesa, Arizona, March 2011.

String Quartet (9-13):
Linda J. Lambie, violin
Hisami Lijima, violin
Peter Rosato, viola
Richard Bock, cello

2011