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Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd Visit ‘The Moon and the Melodies’
- popmatters
- 19 Sep 2024
These days, “ambient music” is almost a household term. In 1986, the phrase wasn’t even a decade old. British musician Brian Eno named and helped formalize and popularize the style with his work in the late 1970s. On some of that work, including Ambient…
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Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde on drugs, reunions and his brain tumour
- The Times
- 26 Aug 2024
The bassist turned record label founder talks about why the Scottish dream-pop trio fell apart and how he discovered Fleet Foxes, as well as living with a tumour for more than 20 years
Simon Raymonde is a baseball cap-clad 62-year-old with…
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Best Reissue Of The Week: Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde - The Moon and the Melodies
- Norman Records
- 22 Aug 2024
An ongoing stretch of Cocteau Twins reissues which kickstarted six or so years ago continues with a newly remastered version of their 1986 collaboration with ambient pioneer and minimalist musician Harold Budd. Credited to Budd and each member of the…
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Remaster of “The Moon and the Melodies” released; Robin Guthrie speaks to SPIN
- SPIN
- 22 Aug 2024
On August 23, The Moon and the Melodies will be available on vinyl for the first time since 1986. Just don’t tell Robin Guthrie it sounds better on cassette.
Robin Guthrie…
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Elizabeth Fraser to join Massive Attack on upcoming US tour
- Cocteau Twins News
- 19 Aug 2024
UPDATE: Massive Attack canceled their planned North America tour. Ticket holders were provided refunds. No further information was provided regarding future performance dates.
Massive Attack have confirmed that Elizabeth…
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Cocteau Twins Official Merch Store Now Online
- Cocteau Twins News
- 09 Jul 2024
Official merch now available for purchase online
Along with the forthcoming re-release of The Moon and the Melodies, Cocteau Twins now have a much-requested and…
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Robin Guthrie Announces New EP, “Atlas”
- COCTEAU TWINS NEWS
- 07 Jul 2024
Through social media, Robin unveiled Atlas, available 19th July.
Robin Guthrie has announced a new release: Atlas, a four-track EP, will be released 19th…
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4AD to Release Remaster of The Moon and the Melodies
- COCTEAU TWINS NEWS
- 05 Jul 2024
Following hints that a re-release was forthcoming, 4AD made the announcement via Instagram and other social channels.
As suggested by Robin Guthrie’s posts of the original studio masters of
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Elizabeth Fraser performs with Massive Attack on European tour
- Cocteau Twins News
- 10 Jun 2024
Cocteau Twins fans delighted as Elizabeth Fraser joins her long-time friends and collaborators Massive Attack on their 2024 European tour.
The news broke via social media last week as photos and video surfaced of Fraser performing live with…
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CocteauFest 2024 announced
- Cocteau Twins News
- 03 Jun 2024
CocteauFest 2024 will be held 16 August in San Francisco.
The announcement was posted to a number of Cocteau Twins-related Facebook Groups. The host of this year’s event will once again be “Dancing Ghosts” at the Cat Club. The event will…
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