Harold Budd/Hector Zazou - Glyph
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Track List: Glyph
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- Pandas In Tandem
- You And Me Against The Sky
- And Then She Stepped Aside
- Around The Corner From Everywhere
- Gorgon's Anxious Pansy
- Johnny Cake
- Reflected In The Eye Of A Dragon Fly
- As Fast As I Could Look Away She Was Still There
- Autre Django
- The Aperture
- The Light Gave Us Away
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Album Details: Glyph
- Release Date:
- 12/12/1995
- Label:
- Crammed Disc
- UPC:
- 789428271024
Pro Reviews: Glyph
| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Budd, an early practitioner in the ambient school and frequent collaborator with Brian Eno, here teams up with musical nomad Hector Zazou, who had formed evocative partnerships with musicians from Africa to the Far North, from Bill Laswell to Björk. Glyph combines Budd's penchant for dreamy, shimmering electric keyboards with Zazou's rhythmic acumen, drawing from various world music sources as well as drum'n'bass and other dance club and urban sounds. Overall, it wavers between falling a bit too far on the fuzzy, new age-y side of the ambient divide (Budd's somewhat portentous vocalizations don't help) and achieving some constructions of real interest. Zazou always has a fine ear for instrumental textures, bringing in Renault Pion for some rich, sensual clarinet playing on several tracks and a couple of Finnish masters of the kantele, a kind of dulcimer, on the intriguing "Johnny Cake." The trumpet work of Christian Lechevretel, on the other hand, ventures a bit too close to a Miles Davis imitation for comfort. Fans of Zazou who have heard and enjoyed his work will find much to savor here but listeners who only know Budd from his more ethereal performances elsewhere may be slightly put off by the relatively aggressive and funky rhythms on a few pieces. Glyph is ambient music with a slightly surreal, just barely rough edge. - Brian Olewnick, All Music Guide |
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