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* Shoegaze * Indie * Post-Rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Psych-Rock * Ethereal *
ARTIST..: Robin Guthrie
ALBUM...: Mockingbird Love
GENRE...: Indie
STYLE...: Ethereal, Ambient, Dream Pop
YEAR....: 2021
LABEL...: Soleil AprΦs Minuit
COUNTRY.: France
PLACE...: Rennes, Brittany
ORIGIN..: Grangemouth, Scotland
ENCODER.: LAME 3.100 -V0
BITRATE.: 251 kbps avg
QUALITY.: 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
SOURCE..: CDEP
TRACKS..: 4
SIZE....: 23.33 MB
URL..: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Guthrie
- TRACKLIST
1 Copper 3:05
2 Eight East 2:44
3 In Love And At War 4:11
4 My Courtesan 2:53
Total Playtime: 12:53
Robin Guthrie returns with Mockingbird Love, a four track EP, the first in a
short series of newly recorded instrumental releases for late 2021. Guthrie,
whose production and signature guitar sounds are said to have shaped multiple
genres was the co-founder and producer of Cocteau Twins. Over forty years he
has produced and remixed countless artists, recorded instrumental albums,
movie soundtracks and collaborated with many outstanding artists.
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'Mockingbird Love' is the first new music from Guthrie since the 'Another
Flower' album with the late Harold Budd, released just days before Budd's
passing in December 2020.
"Of late I've been very focused on my instrumental music, which is
increasingly an intense endeavour, all the more so as I don't really share it
with anyone. So here I am, finally, with some words about my next releases.
'Mockingbird Love', a four track EP, is the first small collection of music
that I have felt comfortable to release for a while. This is my October,"
says Robin Guthrie.
"'Mockingbird Love' is concise, to the point, with a big sound and baritone
guitars. But it's just an appetizer as my November release and subsequent
December releases will show. I have everything in production now and, hmmm,
what could go wrong?"
The first in a series of releases that Guthrie will be releasing this year,
Brooklyn Vegan notes that "it's a typically gorgeous instrumental, drenched
in Guthrie's signature shimmery layers".
39 years on from Cocteau Twins' debut release 'Garlands', Robin Guthrie has
certainly been the most prolific member, offering a steady and stellar stream
of material over the years. Having formed Violet Indiana with Siobhan de MarT
(formerly of Mono) following Cocteau Twins' dissolution, he has since
strongly focused on creating instrumental music, while also releasing
collaborative albums with Harold Budd, John Foxx (Ultravox) and Mark Gardener
(Ride).
Apart from the film scores for Gregg Araki's 'Mysterious Skin' and 'White
Bird In a Blizzard', which were co-written with Harold Budd, Guthrie has also
scored the film '3:19', Kaboom and the TV series 'Now Apocalypse'...
More recently, Robin produced and mixed the new Heligoland album 'This Quiet
Fire', as well as creating remixes for artists such as Hatchie, Fawns of
Love, Resplandor, Ummagma, Ulrich Schnauss, and Tamaryn at his studio in
France.
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Shoegaze
is a genre of alternative rock that
originated in the late 80s. The genre is very
difficult to define, and it is even more difficult to evaluate music
within it. Generally, the genre is characterized by its
shimmering vocals, reverberating guitars, and
textural distortion that create
a tranquil, opaque
feeling.
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