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Simon Raymonde
Raymonde in 1986
Background information
Born
(1962-04-03) 3 April 1962 (age 62) Lewisham, London, England
Genres
Alternative rock
dream pop
ambient
Occupation(s)
Record producer
musician
record label owner
Instrument(s)
Bass
piano
guitar
keyboards
violin
Labels
Bella Union
Musical artist
Simon Philip Raymonde (born 3 April 1962) is an English musician and record producer. He is the son of the late arranger and composer Ivor Raymonde. He is best known as the bass guitarist and keyboard player with the Scottish band Cocteau Twins from 1983 to 1997.
Raymonde now runs the Bella Union record label and management company Bella Union Artist Management.
Raymonde has acted as producer and mixer on many records, including Clearlake's Cedars, James Yorkston's Moving Up Country, the first two albums by John Grant's first band the Czars, three albums by the Duke Spirit including the hit album Cuts Across the Land, Archie Bronson Outfit's "Kangaroo Heart", Anthony Reynolds' "Just So You Know" and the Open's Silent Hours. He co-produced the posthumous album from Billy Mackenzie. He also mixed the Fionn Regan album The End of History, which was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Music Prize, and the album The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads by Lift to Experience. Raymonde remixed tracks for Archive, Tristeza and Departure Lounge.
On 24 May 2024, Raymonde announced that his memoir In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor Raymonde and Me will be released on 12 September 2024.[1]
Simon Philip Raymonde (born 3 April 1962) is an English musician and record producer. He is the son of the late arranger and composer Ivor Raymonde. He...
Fraser (vocals) in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrumentalist SimonRaymonde in 1983. The group earned critical praise for their ethereal, effects-laden...
record label founded in 1997 by SimonRaymonde and Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins. It is now run solely by Raymonde. After releasing records with 4AD...
credited the band's three members (Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and SimonRaymonde) and Budd individually. A version of the track "Memory Gongs" was released...
"Underwater". In May 2022, Fraser and former band mates Robin Guthrie and SimonRaymonde were awarded the Visionary Award by The Ivors Academy. Her distinctive...
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in April 1984. It was the first recording to be issued after bassist SimonRaymonde joined the band. The EP featured two versions of "Pearly-Dewdrops' Drops"...
band Cocteau Twins, released by 4AD in 1986. Working without bassist SimonRaymonde, vocalist Elizabeth Fraser and guitarist/producer Robin Guthrie opted...
to sour. The band took on new familial responsibilities as bassist SimonRaymonde married his first wife, Karen, and vocalist Elizabeth Fraser was expecting...
initial disc impressed Raymonde and the band was invited to start an album on the Bella Union label. With the help of SimonRaymonde as the producer, the...
Different Stars caught the attention of former Cocteau Twins member SimonRaymonde, who signed Trespassers William to his Bella Union record label. In...
by Will Heggie on track 3; by Guthrie on tracks 4, 6 and 10; and by SimonRaymonde on all other tracks. As on all Cocteau Twins releases, a drum machine...
Across The Land in the UK on 16 May 2005. The album's producers were SimonRaymonde (formerly the bass player in The Cocteau Twins, and now Bella Union...
Ivor Raymonde (born Ivor Pomerance; 22 October 1926 – 4 June 1990) was a British musician, songwriter, arranger and actor, best known for his distinctive...
on WSMV-TV in Nashville, Tennessee Snowbird (band), a band featuring SimonRaymonde and Stephanie Dosen "Snowbird" (song), recorded by Anne Murray in 1970...
UK Indie The Moon and the Melodies (with Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie and SimonRaymonde) Released: November 1986 Format: Vinyl, cassette Label: 4AD 46 1...
formed as a collaboration between members of the bands Cocteau Twins (SimonRaymonde), Lush (Miki Berenyi, Chris Acland) and Moose (Kevin McKillop, Russell...
The Brian Jonestown Massacre, A. C. Newman of The New Pornographers, SimonRaymonde of Cocteau Twins, as well as bands The Pastels, Sleigh Bells and The...
dismay—a much more inoffensive and commercially oriented musical album. SimonRaymonde and Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins wrote two original compositions...
Cocteau Twins discography Cocteau Twins in 1986, from L-R: SimonRaymonde, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Studio albums 9 Live albums 1 Compilation albums...
interview with the UK music website The Line of Best Fit, Bella Union boss SimonRaymonde said: I still think the Czars' singer John Grant has one of the greatest...
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