Futurism Restated #77: Considering an Unlikely Ambient Classic

Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie discuss the making of Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd’s The Moon and the Melodies.

This spring, someone from 4AD got in touch with a proposal that left me briefly speechless: Would I like to write a press text for an upcoming reissue of the Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd’s 1986 album The Moon and the Melodies?

I didn’t have to think twice. The album’s an all-time favorite of mine, an easy contender for a desert-island disc. I bought the…