'Sound painter' Harold Budd, collaborator with Eno and Cocteau Twins, dies aged 84


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Budd's left-field compositions straddled minimalism, jazz, dream-pop and more. Photo: Wikipedia Creative Commons

Harold Budd, an innovative American composer who collaborated with Brian Eno and Cocteau Twins, and whose own work combined elements of jazz, minimalism and more, has died at the age of 84, according to The Guardian.

His manager, Steve Takaki, confirmed the death to Rolling Stone, adding that the cause was complications due to Covid-19.

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