Avalon Sutra / As Long as I Can Hold My Breath explained

Avalon Sutra / As Long As I Can Hold My Breath
Type:	studio
Artist:	Harold Budd
Cover:	Avalon_Sutra.jpg
Released:	January 18, 2005
Genre:	Ambient
Length:	115:25
Label:	Samadhi Sound
Producer:	Harold Budd
Prev Title:	Translucence/Drift Music
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Music for 'Fragments from the Inside'
Next Year:	2005

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.^[1] 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

• Harold Budd - string arrangements, mixing, keyboards
• Marston Smith - cello (2, 3, 4, 5)
• Peter Kent - violin (2, 3, 4, 5)
• James Acevedo - viola (2,3,4,5)
• Jon Gibson - soprano saxophone, bass flute (1,6,8,11)
• Denis Blackham - mastering
• Michael Coleman - mixing, mastering, recording (1, 14)
• Yuka Fujii - artist Liaison
• Shinya Fujiwara - photography
• Scott Fraser - recording (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11)
• James Sitterly - violin (2, 3, 4, 5)
• Akira Rabelais - composer, guitar (As Long As I Can Hold My Breath (by Night))
• David Sylvian - art director
• Chris Bigg - design

Notes and References

1. samadhisound.com "Avalon Sutra" to be Harold Budd's last recorded work