This song is technically pre-Budapest West.  The band was Bad Flowers, but sonically it was headed in a Budapest West direction.  Written by:  Val Dillon, Rob Rigoni, and Sid Anschell.  Val Dillon vocals, Rob Rigoni guitar, Sid Anschell bass, Raymond Hayden keyboards, Steve Thomas drums.  This was recorded in an analog 24 track studio with 2" tape at Turtle Records in Canada.  It was available on the album "A Collection of Bad Flower Arrangements" and distibuted to brick and morter stores such as:  Blockbuster, Silver Platters, Borders Books & Music and more.  This was all pre-social media and this is the song's 1st time ever being uploaded to the cloud.  Enjoy!

Backwards Mask

Rebel Lion

Fitness

Don't Cry

Urgent reggae call to action... for us to stop hurting our Mother Earth!

Mother Earth

Just Be Nice

Herb is a plant that offers quality healing. Roots reggae!

Grow and Grow (Covid Dub)

Grow And Grow (COVID Dub)

Smooth groove on this track... roots reggae!

Cool and Easy

Cool And Easy

A glimpse back in time...old school reggae club vibes!

Maybelline (Sundown Ryddim)

An up tempo version to one of the greatest reggae tunes, written by the great "Chinna" Smith and voiced by the indomitable Junior Byles. Sweet culture reggae.

Fade Away

Reggae declaration of love for the Almighty! Acoustic chant!

All I Have

Since the release of their first critically acclaimed album “Letters from Afar”, Budapest West have delighted audiences around the Pacific Northwest and beyond with their unique “electro-world-groove” sound. Budapest West have performed at many of Washington’s largest festivals, including the Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival, Spokane Pig Out, Choochokam Music & Arts Festival, Apple Blossom Festival, just to name a few. Their sound has been heard on live stages from Alaska to Hollywood and across the Midwest and Great Lakes region. In addition to traditional music and arts venues, Budapest West regularly performs at craft breweries, wineries, weddings and fine restaurants. 

Their sound fuses the multi-textural and multi-style playing of guitarist Rob Rigoni with the trance-like and hypnotic synth/bass/percussion lines of keyboardist Santia. Merging old fashioned live performance techniques with modern looping, advanced synthesis, and triggered sounds, Budapest West achieve a lush, melodic, sound that is sure to take the listener on a “sonic adventure around the world”. 

In addition to their compelling live show, Budapest West music has been heard on National Public Radio, and their song “Tranquility in E Minor” from the 2010 album reached #1 on the Ourstage.com “all instrumental” station. In 2012, Santia penned the trance-rock anthem “Moon Goddess” especially for Tacoma’s 12/22/12 Winter Solstice Event and the recorded version was debuted as the clock struck midnight, much to the delight of the Solstice revelers. With the 2014 release of “Journey of Imagination”, Budapest West carries on their tradition of engaging and entertaining world-rock music. 


Backwards Mask

Budapest West

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