Cocteau Twins Cocteau Twins were a Scottish rock band active from 1979 to 1997, known for innovative instrumentation[3] and atmospheric, non-lyrical vocals. The original members were Elizabeth Fraser (vocals), Robin Guthrie (guitar, drum machine) and Will Heggie (bass guitar), who was replaced by multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde early in the band's career. While the entire band earned much critical praise, Elizabeth Fraser's distinctive soprano vocals received the most attention. At times barely decipherable, Fraser seemed to veer into glossolalia and mouth music. History[edit] Formative years: 1979-1983[edit] Rise to fame: 1984-1989[edit] In 1985, 4AD signed an agreement with Relativity Records for distribution of the Cocteau Twins' releases in the US and other territories. Mainstream success: 1990-1994[edit] The group released Heaven or Las Vegas in late 1990. The band's seventh LP, Four-Calendar Café, was released in late 1993. Latest releases and break-up: 1995-1997[edit] Post-breakup[edit]
Home ? Cypress Hill Seeing is Believing Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, ligula, eget lacinia odio sem nec elit. Duis mollis, est non commodo luctus, nullam quis risus eget urna. Donec elementum vestibulum enim. The tooltips can be positioned on the “tip-bottom”, which is the default position, “tip-top” (hehe), “tip-left”, or “tip-right” of the target element by adding the appropriate class to them. Our Company Aenean eget mauris nibh, eu pellentesque ipsum. Tooltips are a quick way to provide extended information on a term or action on a page. Attention: This is an awesome closeable message bar Cocteau Twins When they first emerged in the early 80s, the Cocteau Twins were compared most often to Siouxsie & The Banshees, but in truth they never sounded like anyone – or anything – else. Taken together, their nine albums, and sixteen EPs/singles, sound less like a band and more like an element of nature. Which was very 4AD. Ivo Watts-Russell has always claimed that his aim was to unearth music that was timeless, free of any trend, movement or era and even in their earliest incarnation, the Cocteau Twins were true to that remit, firmly charting their own course. The band's name was plucked from an old Simple Minds track, but the foundations were laid some time before, when old school friends Robin and Will saw Liz dancing in a disco. They stayed a trio, with a drum machine on board, so preserving their tightly knit, private world. Bass player Simon Raymonde, formerly of… Read More Bass player Simon Raymonde, formerly of The Drowning Craze, joined the band at the end of 1983.
The Kills: Blood Pressures Just announced! The Kills will play the Festival d’été de Québec on July 10th. Ticket details: Just announced – the day line ups for Governors Ball in NYC. The Kills play Sunday 8th June. A limited number of single day tickets will go on sale this Friday 4th April, at 12pm EST. www.govball.com/tickets Just announced! Tickets available here: www.superbocksuperrock.pt Exclusively on the Guardian site – Jamie and Alison present Toby Amies’ short film about Great Double Acts in art for the Tate Britain. Featuring double-acts such as Gilbert and George, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Marina Abramovic and Ulay, and Lucian Freud and Leigh Bowery, they examine this most intense bond as part of the Tate Unlock Art series Watch it here. Alison will have her paintings exhibited for the first time in a group show at Art Now in NYC from April 3rd to 26th. Just announced: We’ll play with our friends Arctic Monkeys for two shows in Italy in July. Next up!
Cocteau Twins – Free listening, concerts, stats, & pictures at Last IAMX Elizabeth Fraser talks about why she finds it too difficult to even think about her old Cocteau Twins bandmates The Cocteau Twins had been apart for seven years, the mystique they had attained during their lifetime gradually growing and their influence spreading, when the announcement came that they were to reform. The world was told they would be headlining the 2005 Coachella festival in California, and would follow that with a major tour. According to bassist Simon Raymonde, the band stood to benefit to the tune of £1.5m each for getting back together – enough to guarantee them financial security, enough to secure the future of Raymonde's Bella Union label. There was just one problem. Within weeks of the announcement, the group's singer, Elizabeth Fraser, announced she wouldn't take part. "I don't remember it being that much money and in any case that's not the reason [for reforming]," she says today, in her first interview since the band split in 1998. However, Fraser almost immediately had reservations. It's not just her former bandmates she has left behind. Pop was always Fraser's escape.
PONI HOAX Search Discover Help Site Info Privacy Terms Ad Opt-Out A part of the People / Entertainment Weekly Network. Filter Stream Select the types of content you would like to see. Paris, Ile-de-France, France Bio & Contact Top 8 Top Tracks / View All Similar Artists Influenced By Search Myspace Start typing... Your search did not return any results. Photo from You're now in slide show mode. Hitting < pauses the slideshow and goes back. Press ESC to close. Close Press esc to close. Connecting to your webcam. You may be prompted by your browser for permission. No Filter Grayscale Sepia Nostalgia Hazy Days Orange Love Lomo
An appreciation of the Cocteau Twins On this website I have made an effort to sketch the beauty of the music of the Cocteau Twins, a band from Scotland consisting of Robin Guthrie, Elizabeth Fraser and Simon Raymonde. In all the band were together from 1982-1996, during which period they delivered eight studio albums, many more EP's and singles and several other projects. For those unfamiliar with the band's work this short history will introduce them to the main facts and figures of the Cocteau Twins' career. From 1999 to 2004 roughly every two weeks a review of one of their songs was added. If you are new to the Cocteaus this site may well give you a good impression of their music, and may even encourage you to purchase a few of their albums. In any case: I hope you enjoy the contents of this site as much as I enjoyed creating it! Occasionally a Cocteaufest is organized. See the Cocteaufest homepage page for more info.
Latest posts | trentemøller