Harold Budd – Campanile

Harold Budd is an American avant-garde composer and poet. He was born in Los Angeles and raised in the Mojave Desert. He has developed a style of playing piano he terms "soft pedal". He became a respected composer in the minimalist 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.

I’m a big fan of ambient piano-driven music. Usually when I'm at home, whether I’m needing to concentrate, reading, cleaning or doing things around the house, I love to listen to that sort of music. The chord progressions that are in this particular song is something I've always been drawn to. He’s a great artist and this is the kind of track I would try and play along to on the piano, which I always found as an easier way to learn than taking lessons or following tutorials. It's tracks like this that make me regret selling my keyboard, but then I remember how little I got round to playing it. Anyway, great track and a genre that I will always come back to and has a place.