“... Abandoned Cities was originally released in 1984 on Budd’s own Cantil Records (which takes its name from the Californian settlement in the Mojave Desert). It marks a departure from his previous work, exploring synthesizers in a somber landscape of sound that will immediately remind listeners of David Bowie and Brian Eno’s dark Teutonic adventures (cf. ‘Warszawa’), albeit in a minimalist setting. The album contains two songs, although 'song' is clearly the wrong word. Rather, they are two obelisks of sound, immovable and casting a tall, dark shadow over the listener’s mind. ...”
2018 February: Ambient drifting in London
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