Date:    Thu, 5 Feb 1998 18:13:33 -0500
From:    Michael Borum <iceblink@TIAC.NET>
Subject: Re: Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd

Maybe I'm oversimplifying this by assuming that you don't know the names of
the members of the Cocteau Twins, but here goes... the "Fraser, Guthrie,
Raymonde" portion of the names mentioned on the Moon and the Melodies refer
to Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, and Simon Raymonde -- the Cocteau
Twins.  Harold Budd collaborated with the trio on the project, which was
originally intended to be a soundtrack to a film.  Funding for the film
project fell through and so the music was released anyway by 4AD.  Since it
wasn't truly a 100% Cocteau record, they decided they would label it "Budd,
Fraser, Guthrie, Raymonde".  No matter how you slice it, though, all the
music is distinctively Cocteau-y -- even with the Harold Budd influences
here and there.  So it's always been considered a sort of
extended/extra/side project work of the Cocteaus...

So there it is.

Mike
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