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A new reissue of the UK groupâs 1979 album captures David Sylvian and his bandmates as they evolved from their glam-influenced early years into the experimental electronic pop of their final two LPs.
Before they became synonymous with heady, ethereal synth pop, Japan started out under the sway of Bowie and Bolan. On their first two albums,
Adolescent Sex and
Obscure Alternatives, both released in 1978, singer/guitarist David Sylvian affected a nasal sneer while the rest of the band (drummer Steve Jansen, bassist Mick Karn, keyboardist Richard Barbieri, and guitarist Rob Dean) backed him with icy, funk- and glam-infused rock. They even had the cheek to cover the decidedly unhip âDonât Rain on My Parade,â a song from the 1964 Broadway musical
Harold Budd s Music Was Heaven On Earth By Simon Reynolds | NPR
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Some artists veer wildly between styles from record to record. And then there are those who discover their sonic identity and stick with it, hardly straying from their one true path. Their life s work is the patient art of inflecting and perfecting.
Harold Budd belongs in this second category of artists, those for whom musical style isn t something you can put on and take off like a costume, but a truth that comes from deep within the self that you discover and distill. Over the course of his four-decade discography, Budd s music floated between ambient, minimalist composition, and dream-pop, but ultimately evaded those categories to gently assert itself as a wholly individual voice. Cherished by a devoted group of fans and admired by musical collaborators like Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins and XTC s Andy Partridge, Budd s slow, tranquil compositions centered around
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Originally published on December 10, 2020 9:44 am
Some artists veer wildly between styles from record to record. And then there are those who discover their sonic identity and stick with it, hardly straying from their one true path. Their life s work is the patient art of inflecting and perfecting.
Harold Budd belongs in this second category of artists, those for whom musical style isn t something you can put on and take off like a costume, but a truth that comes from deep within the self that you discover and distill. Over the course of his four-decade discography, Budd s music floated between ambient, minimalist composition, and dream-pop, but ultimately evaded those categories to gently assert itself as a wholly individual voice. Cherished by a devoted group of fans and admired by musical collaborators like Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins and XTC s Andy Partridge, Budd s slow, tranquil compositions centered around his own piano playing. The Los Angeles-b
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