THE LEGACY

Album: Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror (E.G., 1980) The Sound: With Eno synthetically framing Budd’s reverb-soaked improvisations, The Plateaux Of Mirror is a thing of deep beauty, not least the tremulous, aqueous title track, eliding from eeriness to radiance at the touch of a key. This is ambient music as emotional expression as much as it is environmental tincture or aural perfume.