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For Cocteau Twins’ Robin Guthrie, It’s All About the Journey
- Flood Magazine
- 17 Nov 2024
The groundbreaking dream-pop trio’s co-founder reflects on his storied career leading up to his recent solo EP Atlas.
When Robin Guthrie was still a teenager he co-founded Cocteau Twins, one of the most beloved bands to ever…
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Robin Guthrie releases new EP, Astoria
- Cocteau Twins News
- 07 Nov 2024
Robin Guthrie has had a busy year.
In addition to remastering for reissue three — all right, almost three — Cocteau Twins LPs (Four-Calendar Café, Milk & Kisses, and The Moon and the Melodies),…
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An Interview with Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins
- ClassRockHistory.com
- 15 Oct 2024
As a member of the Cocteau Twins, Scottish-born guitarist, bassist, and producer Robin Guthrie helped reshape the sound of alternative rock in the ’80s and ’90s.
Guthrie’s studio techniques, drum sampling, programming, and sound processing…
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Simon Raymonde appears on “Word In Your Ear” podcast discussing memoir
- “Word In Your Ear” podcast
- 30 Sep 2024
Simon Raymonde’s affecting and beautifully written memoir ‘In One Ear’ records life in the ’60s growing up with a father who wrote and arranged for Dusty Springfield, Helen Shapiro and the Walker Brothers, the impossibly shy promotional activities…
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A Stan’s Guide to the Cocteau Twins
- Crack Magazine
- 30 Sep 2024
Reddit’s r/cocteautwins moderator compiles the band’s most obscure music, underrated covers and surprising celebrity fans—from Arca and Prince samples to Robert Smith’s pre-wedding playlist and Winona Ryder’s Edward Scissorhands soundtrack.
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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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