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Birth name | Harold Montgomory Budd |
Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | May 24, 1936
Died | December 8, 2020 Arcadia, California, U.S. | (aged 84)
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Years active | 1962–2020 |
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Website | haroldbudd |
Harold Montgomory Budd (May 24, 1936 – December 8, 2020) was an American music composer and poet.[2] Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Mojave Desert, he became a respected composer in the minimal music and avant-garde scene of Southern California in the late 1960s, and later became better known for his work with figures such as Brian Eno and Robin Guthrie.[3] Budd developed what he called a "soft pedal" technique for playing piano, with use of slow playing and prominent sustain.