Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath
Studio album by
Harold Budd
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2005
GenreAmbient
Length115:25
LabelSamadhi Sound
ProducerHarold Budd
Harold Budd chronology
Translucence/Drift Music
(2003) 		Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath
(2005) 		Music for 'Fragments from the Inside'
(2005)
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AllMusic[1]

Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath is a double album by Harold Budd. The first disc is titled Avalon Sutra, and the second, a remix from Akira Rabelais, is titled As Long as I Can Hold My Breath. At the time of its release in 2005, it was reported to be his final musical work.[2] However, both Music for 'Fragments from the Inside' and Mysterious Skin - Music from the Film, a collaboration with Robin Guthrie, were released a few months after this album. Further recordings were to follow with the last, "Another Flower" (with Robin Guthrie) recorded in 2013 but only released a few days before his death in December 2020.

Track listing

CD 1 Avalon Sutra

  1. "Arabesque 3" (Jon Gibson) – 2:40
  2. "It's Steeper near the Roses (For David Sylvian)" – 1:02
  3. "L'enfant Perdu" – 2:14
  4. "Chrysalis Nu (To Barney's Memory)" – 1:59
  5. "Three Faces West (Billy Al Bengston's)" – 2:49
  6. "Arabesque 2" (Jon Gibson) 3:02
  7. "Little Heart" – 7:40
  8. "How Vacantly You Stare at Me" (Jon Gibson) 4:01
  9. "A Walk in the Park with Nancy (In Memory)" – 5:55
  10. "Rue Casimir Delavigne (For Daniel Lentz)" – 5:28
  11. "Arabesque 1" (Jon Gibson) 1:56
  12. "Porcelain Ginger" – 2:01
  13. "Faraon" – 1:23
  14. "As Long as I Can Hold My Breath" – 3:57

CD 2 As Long As I Can Hold My Breath

  1. "As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (by Night)" – 69:28

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath at AllMusic
  2. ^ samadhisound.com "Avalon Sutra" to be Harold Budd's last recorded work


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