Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde speaks with Mark Wheat

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Published 2017-11-09
While in Reykjavík, for Iceland Airwaves, Mark Wheat spoke with Simon Raymonde, head of record label Bella Union, formerly of the Cocteau Twins. Raymonde and Wheat talked about the early era of the Cocteaus, the founding of Bella Union records and the label's strong ties to Iceland via artists like John Grant and Mammut. They also discussed Raymonde's new act, Lost Horizons.

All Comments (21)
  • @ShaneChapman954
    He acts exactly how I would expect, eloquently, gentlemanly, and intelligent. Thank you for the music…
  • @pgbear
    Lovely interview with Simon Raymonde. What a kind and thoughtful man he is.
  • @svanhoogstraten
    The ending of the cocteau twins was the saddest ending of the most Briliant music ever. Its a shame they couldnt keep it together or start touring again when all the issues are way in the past.
  • @breevwhyman2985
    Simon is such a lovely guy. So down to earth and genuine. .......Gus Gus ....what a band...... It's indicative of the type of guy he must be to have a record label for 23 years.....amazing
  • @meowzer999
    Love the wonderful rubbery melodic bass guitar sound Simon got.
  • @mschirmersf
    I was devastated when they cancelled their Coachella reunion.
  • @jbasti227
    Simon mentioning Explosions In The Sky made me very happy
  • @hyperborean72
    What a nice, talented and handsome gentleman Simon is
  • Simon is a diamond 💎, a gentleman of the highest order. He signed a few vinyl sleeves for me too! 😉 - C 2023
  • Elizabeth Fraser was Lovely, in all of her sounds. A beloved friend of mine from Newcastle, knew Elizabeth and I was blessed to meet her when she played at The Stone in San Francisco.
  • would love to speak for all of America, but I can only for myself but we'd love to have Lost Horizons play here. Perhaps at SXSW in spring it will work out for all. I'll be first in line.
  • @seabud6408
    Love the “cover photo” for this. I thought Simon was being interviewed by Mother Teresa.
  • @7428marcus
    It’s a battle between Peter Hook and Simon for best sounding post punk bass
  • lost horizons is lost horizons, coctear twins is cocteau twins, in their own way both are the best
  • 2018 and Simon still has to answer fifty ‘Twins” questions before he can talk about what he is doing now...
  • @krasteff
    1982 - 1996 is early 80's? Simon Raymonde joined the band in 1984, has nothing to do with the referenced early 80's period, he actually brought the Yamaha DX7 sound to the band of which Robin said somewhat negatively referring to the 1984 LP that it was the most easily recognizable Cocteaus LP because DX7 was ubiquitous.