Harold Budd, Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde – The Moon and the Melodies

The Moon and the Melodies was a collaborative 4AD effort with the late minimalist Harold Budd. Featuring the three central figures behind the Cocteau Twins and Richard Thomas (Dif Juz’s saxophonist), the group expanded their ethereal, guitar-laden sounds into Budd’s 1980’s Southern California minimalism territory. The pairing was ideal, especially after the Cocteau Twins’ virtually percussion-less Victorialand. The result is this beautiful and moody one-off. Budd: “We went to a Cocteau Twins gig, Elizabeth Fraser’s voice was remarkable, then went backstage to meet them. They initially wanted to only cover one of my pieces, from the Eno collaboration, The Plateaux Of Mirror, but we eventually decided on recording an album of new work together. I developed my friendship with Robin Guthrie there and then. It took about a month of daily work in the studios to do Moon…. There was a very good pub nearby, in White City, I remember, which I took scandalous advantage of, I must say.”

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