When you buy a Harold Budd and Hector Zazou album, you know exactly what you’re getting! Nowhere is this more so than on their re-working of Harold Budd and Hector Zazou on ‘Pandas In Tandem’. While no new Harold Budd and Hector Zazou album is in sight, the artist has been road testing new songs during 1995 tour in Australia. It is very deep stuff - very exciting
Album opener You & Me Against The Sky is a bright, upbeat ditty. In And Then She Stepped Aside full palet of sound is used by Harold Budd and Hector Zazou to accentuate the presentation. Around The Corner From Everywhere is perfect. Overall a nice softer song. Johnny Cake is a nice, innocuous song, and much better than anything Harold Budd and Hector Zazou released so far. After you’ve listened to Reflected In The Eye Of A Dragon Fly, most everything else can’t hold up and is second rate. As Fast As I Could Look Away She Was Still There makes a person feel exquisite. This track is nearly perfect if not perfect. Other tracks are good but your best bet is to stick with The Aperture. This song is very powerful, its catchy melody will have you singing along in no time.
Glyph CD


