Cocteau Twins & Harold Budd - The Moon and the MelodiesAlmost forty years after it was initially released, The Moon and the Melodies by Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd is being reissued on vinyl for the first time remastered, from the original tapes, by Robin Guthrie himself. The Moon and the Melodies is a singular record within the Cocteau Twins catalogue unusually ethereal, even by their standards, and largely instrumental, guided by the free form improvisations of Harold Budd. Genre: Esoteric Jazz Ambient

Genre: Electronica / Techno / Dance

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