The Pavilion Of Dreams was Californian pianist / composer Harold Budd's 1978 recording debut. Using unusual combinations of musicians in small chamber groups he crafted some beautiful pieces of music for this Brian Eno produced album. The first track "Bismillahi 'Rrahman 'Rrahim" is a lengthy meditative work which showcases jazzman Marion Brown's gorgeous sax playing. The combination of the gentle piano, the vibes and the sultry ultra laid back sax works amazingly well and the result is twenty minutes of bliss. This is chill out music long before the term was invented. The rest of the album doesn't quite live up to the delicacy of the opening track but it's not far off. No-one else was scoring Madrigals in 1978 and the two pieces here are delightful - light and airy and full of life. Budd was intentionally writing 'pretty music' as an antidote to the prevailing punk mood and also as a reaction to the fiercely atonal avant garde music that he had been composing previously. The final track "Juno" offers the most clues as to where Budd would be heading next (the two albums with Brian Eno which would cement his reputation as THE ambient pianist) although "Juno" also features the musicians singing wordlessly. This album is as fresh and as exciting as it was thirty years ago and is well worth adding to your collection.
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