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Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd - The Moon and the Melodies - LP

Description: Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd - The Moon and the Melodies - LP Remastered from the Original Tapes by Robin Guthrie!First Time on Vinyl Since 1988! The Moon and the Melodies is a singular record within the Cocteau Twins' catalogue - unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free-form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention. Building on the atmospheric bliss of Victorialand, released earlier the same year, it signaled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path they'd never take again. Now, almost forty years after it was first released, it's being reissued on vinyl for the first time since 1988 – remastered, from the original tapes by Robin Guthrie himself. No one involved can recall exactly how it came about. As Guthrie and Simon Raymonde remember it, the independent television station Channel 4 approached them about a film project pairing musicians from different genres. In interviews in the 1980s, however, Budd (who sadly passed away in 2020), believed his publisher linked them after the group had expressed interest in covering one of his songs. In any case, the film never happened. "But we'd spoken to Harold, and we were all quite excited about it," Raymonde recalls. Convening in the band's newly built recording studio, all four got on immediately and, over a fortnight, made a quite astounding record. The Moon and the Melodies has attracted a passionate fan base. Its most atmospheric tracks routinely turn up in ambient DJ sets. "Sea, Swallow Me" is one of the Cocteau Twins' most streamed songs on Spotify. Raymonde believes the record's uniqueness stems from its unpremeditated origins. "It captured a moment in time between friends that are enjoying making music together. That's the essence of it." Features First Time on Vinyl Since 1988 Remastered from the Original Tapes by Robin Guthrie Selections Sea, Swallow Me Memory Gongs Why Do You Love Me? Eyes Are Mosaics She Will Destroy You The Ghost Has No Home Bloody and Blunt Ooze Out and Away, Onehow Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd - The Moon and the Melodies - LP Remastered from the Original Tapes by Robin Guthrie! First Time on Vinyl Since 1988! The Moon and the Melodies is a singular record within the Cocteau Twins' catalogue - unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free-form improvisations of Harold Budd, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention. Building on the atmospheric bliss of Victorialand, released earlier the same year, it signaled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path they'd never take again. Now, almost forty years after it was first released, it's being reissued on vinyl for the first time since 1988 – remastered, from the original tapes by Robin Guthrie himself. No one involved can recall exactly how it came about. As Guthrie and Simon Raymonde remember it, the independent television station Channel 4 approached them about a film project pairing musicians from different genres. In interviews in the 1980s, however, Budd (who sadly passed away in 2020), believed his publisher linked them after the group had expressed interest in covering one of his songs. In any case, the film never happened. "But we'd spoken to Harold, and we were all quite excited about it," Raymonde recalls. Convening in the band's newly built recording studio, all four got on immediately and, over a fortnight, made a quite astounding record. The Moon and the Melodies has attracted a passionate fan base. Its most atmospheric tracks routinely turn up in ambient DJ sets. "Sea, Swallow Me" is one of the Cocteau Twins' most streamed songs on Spotify. Raymonde believes the record's uniqueness stems from its unpremeditated origins. "It captured a moment in time between friends that are enjoying making music together. That's the essence of it." Features First Time on Vinyl Since 1988 Remastered from the Original Tapes by Robin Guthrie Selections Sea, Swallow Me Memory Gongs Why Do You Love Me? Eyes Are Mosaics She Will Destroy You The Ghost Has No Home Bloody and Blunt Ooze Out and Away, Onehow × Buy now! eBay integration by

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