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Robin Guthrie discography
Studio albums5
EPs6
Soundtrack albums2
Compilation albums4
Singles1
With Violet Indiana7
Collaborative albums10
Guest appearances16
Production66
Remixes23

Robin Guthrie (born 4 January 1962 in Grangemouth) is a Scottish musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Twins. This article contains information related to his recordings and his work as a producer and engineer.

Studio albums

Year Title Notes
2003 Imperial
2006 Continental
  • Released: 16 May 2006
  • Label: Darla (DRL174)
2009 Carousel
  • Released: 15 September 2009
  • Label: Darla (DRL226)
2011 Emeralds
  • Released: 24 May 2011
  • Label: Rocket Girl (RGIRL77)
2012 Fortune
  • Released: 27 November 2012
  • Label: Darla (DRL258)
2021 Pearldiving
  • Released: November 2021
  • Label: Soleil Apres Minuit

Compilation albums

Year Title Notes
2006 Fractured Beauty
  • Released: May 2006
  • Label: Mute Song (MH34)
  • Track No. 15 "Lost in Monterey"
Little Darla has a Treat for You vol. 24: Endless Summer Edition
  • Released: June 2006
  • Label: Darla (DRL175)
  • Track No. 11 "Argenta"
2009 Little Darla has a Treat for You vol. 27: Eternal Spring Edition
  • Released: May 2009
  • Label: Darla (DRL225-2)
  • Track No. 25 "'The Flight of the Painted Lady"
2011 3... 2... 1... A Rocket Girl Compilation
  • Released: January 2011
  • Label: Rocket Girl (RGIRL74)
  • Track No. 6 "Love Never Dies a Natural Death" and No. 25 "Broken Hearts"

EPs

Year Title Notes
2006 Everlasting
  • Released: 25 July 2006
  • Label: Darla (DRL180)
  • Label: Rocket Girl (rgirl46)
 Four tracks:
  • bordertown
  • a sigh across the ocean
  • fountain
  • everlasting
Waiting for Dawn
  • Released: July 2006
  • Label: Rocket Girl (rgirl49)
 Four tracks:
  • darkness of the heart
  • amber
  • sunshine after midnight
  • waiting for dawn
2009 Angel Falls
  • Released: 30 June 2009
  • Label: Darla (DRL224)
  • Label: Rocket Girl (rgirl59)
 Four tracks:
  • camera lucida
  • love never dies a natural death
  • red moon rising
  • delicate
Songs To Help My Children Sleep
  • Released: 13 October 2009
  • Label: Darla (DRL228)
  • Label: Rocket Girl (rgirl61)
 Four tracks:
  • laughter in the dark
  • fireflies
  • white bear in honolulu
  • misty
2010 Sunflower Stories
  • Released: 23 February 2010
  • Label: Darla (DRL233)
  • Label: Rocket Girl (rgirl70)
 Four tracks:
  • horse heaven
  • petals
  • slightly out of focus
  • sunflower stories
2024 Atlas
  • Released: 19 July 2024
  • Label: Soleil Après Minuit (SM2401CD)
 Four tracks:
  • atlas
  • metropol
  • without a work
  • la perigrina
2024 Astoria
  • Release expected: 08 November 2024
  • Label: Soleil Après Minuit (SM2402CD)
 Four tracks:
  • a most remarkable woman
  • starting fires
  • jura
  • smoulder

Singles

Year Title Notes
2006 Flicker
  • Released: March 2006
  • Label:
  • Digital single, exclusively released on Robin Guthrie's MySpace

Soundtracks

Year Title Notes
2005 Mysterious Skin – Music from the Film
  • Released: 24 May 2005
  • Label: Commotion (CR008)
2008 3:19 Bande Originale du Film
  • Released: July 2008
  • Label: Darla (DRL213)
2014 White Bird in a Blizzard – Original Music
  • Released: October 2014
  • With Harold Budd

With Violet Indiana

Violet Indiana is a collaboration between Robin Guthrie and Siobhan de Maré (formerly of Mono).

Year Title Notes
2000 Choke EP
  • Released: November 2000
  • Label: Bella Union (BELLACD 22)
  • Production and instrumentation
2001 Roulette
  • Released: April 2001
  • Label: Bella Union (BELLACD 24)
  • Production and instrumentation
Special EP
  • Released: 8 October 2001
  • Label: Bella Union (BELLACD 26)
  • Production and instrumentation
Killer Eyes EP
  • Released: 16 October 2001
  • Label: Bella Union (BELLACD 28)
  • Production and instrumentation
2002 Casino
  • Released: 22 January 2002
  • Label: Instinct (INS593-2)
  • Compilation album
  • Production and instrumentation
2004 Russian Doll
  • Released: 8 June 2004
  • Label: Bella Union (BELLACD 66)
  • Production and instrumentation
Beyond the Furr single
  • Released: 6 July 2004
  • Label: Bella Union (BELLACD 67)
  • Production and instrumentation

Collaborative albums

Year Title Notes
1986 The Moon and The Melodies
  • Released: June 1986
  • Label: 4AD (CAD 611)
1999 Fifty-Fifty EP
  • Released: April 1999
  • Label: Bella Union (BELLACD 12)
  • With Sneakster
  • Remix
2000 Pseudo Nouveau / Fifty-Fifty
  • With Sneakster
  • Remix on track No. 10 "Fireheart", No. 11 "Stolen Letter" and No. 12 "Kinda Blue"
2004 Ai no Wakusei
2007 After The Night Falls
  • Released: 16 July 2007
  • Label: Darla (DRL182)
  • With Harold Budd
  • Production and instrumentation
Before The Day Breaks
  • Released: 16 July 2007
  • Label: Darla (DRL183)
  • With Harold Budd
  • Production and instrumentation
2009 Mirrorball
  • Released: May 2009
  • Label: Metamatic (META23CD)
2011 Bordeaux
  • Released: February 2011
  • Label: Darla (DRL244)
  • With Harold Budd
  • Instrumentation
Winter Garden
  • Released: November 2011
  • Label: RareNoiseRecords (RNR021)
2020 Another Flower
  • Released: December 2020
  • Label: Darla (DRL360)
  • With Harold Budd
  • Production and Instrumentation

Guest appearances

Year Title Notes
1983 Sixteen Days/Gathering Dust
  • Released: September 1983
  • Label: 4AD (BAD 310)
1984 It'll End in Tears
  • Released: 1 October 1984
  • Label: 4AD (CAD 411)
  • With This Mortal Coil
  • Guitar on track No. 2 "Song to the Siren", No. 6 "The Last Ray" and No. 11 "Not Me"
  • Co-written track No. 2 & No. 6
1989 In the Heat of the Night
  • Released: August 1989
  • Label: Nightshift (NISHI 208T)
  • With Kid Congo Powers
  • Programming on track No. 1 "In the Heat of the Night" and No. 2 "La Historia de un Amour", bass on track No. 2
1994 Afrodisiac
  • Released: February 1994
  • Label: Mercury (731451834929)
  • With The Veldt
  • Guitar on track No. 15 "Outro (Shaved)"
1996 Found Sound
  • Released: July 1996
  • Label: Generic (GENRCD001)
  • With Spooky
  • Instrumentation on track No. 9 "Hypo-Allergenic"
1997 Blame Someone Else
  • Released: October 1997
  • Label: Bella Union (BELLACD 01)
  • With Simon Raymonde
  • Instrumentation on track No. 8 "Muscle and Want"
1998 Undark
  • Released: January 1998
  • Label: e:mt (3396)
  • With Undark
  • Features Guthrie's "Ziggurat Rhythm"
2000 In the Russet Gold of This Vain Hour
  • Released: February 2000
  • Label: Risk Records (RSK-4112)
Poison
  • Released: April 2000
  • Label: RCA (74321 73098 2)
Trickle
  • Released: 30 May 2000
  • Label: Maverick (9362 47709 2)
Undark One – Strange Familiar
  • Released: July 2000
  • Label: Instinct (INS526-2)
2006 Solo Cholo
  • Released: October 2006
  • Label: New York Night Train (NTNT 001)
  • With Kid Congo Powers
  • Compilation album
  • Programming and bass on track No. 2 "La Historia de un Amour"
2008 Sawtooth EP
  • Released: February 2008
  • Label: Vertebrae
Halou
  • Released: September 2008
  • Label: Vertebrae
  • With Halou
  • Guitar on track No. 1 "Professional", No. 3 "Evensong" and No. 6 "Seabright"
Halo Inside (Come la Luna)
  • Released: December 2008
  • Label: Matteite (CD MTTTE 0003-2008)
  • With Honeychild Coleman
  • Guitar on track No. 4 "December"
2011 Werkschau
  • Released: January 2011
  • Label: BPitch Control (BPC 227)
  • With Telefon Tel Aviv
  • Compilation album, track No. 17 "The Sky is Black"
  • Instrumentation

Production

Year Artist Album Notes
1984 The Wolfgang Press Scarecrow EP Production and guitar
The Wolfgang Press Water EP Co-production
The Wolfgang Press Sweatbox EP Production and engineering
1985 Dif Juz Extractions
Felt Primitive Painters / Cathedral single Production on track No. 1 "Primitive Painters"
Felt Ignite the Seven Cannons
The Wolfgang Press The Legendary Wolfgang Press and other Tall Stories Production and engineering
1986 Harold Budd Lovely Thunder Mixing on track No. 5 "Flowered Knife Shadows (For Simon Raymonde)"
Felt The Ballad of the Band EP Production on track No. 3 "Candles in a Church" and No. 4 "Ferdinand Magellan"
1987 The Gun Club Mother Juno
Edwyn Collins Don't Shilly Shally EP
Various artists Lonely Is An Eyesore Production on track No. 7 "No Motion" by Dif Juz
A R Kane Lollita EP
Mory Kanté Yé ké yé ké EP Engineering on track No. 1 "Yé ké yé ké (The Afro Acid Remix)"
Felt Final Resting of the Ark EP Production on track No. 2 "Autumn", No. 3 "Fire Circles" and No. 5 "Buried Wild Blind"
1988 Harold Budd The White Arcades Engineering on track No. 2 "Baltus Bemused By Color" and No. 4 "The Real Dream of Sails
The Gun Club Breaking Hands EP
Heavenly Bodies Rains on Me EP Recording of track No. 1 "Rains on Me (Extended Mix)" and No. 2 "Rains on Me (Short Version)"
1990 Lush Mad Love EP Production and engineering
Chapterhouse Sunburst EP Production on track No. 1 "Something More"
Big Hard Excellent Fish The Imperfect List single Recording
Various artists Alvin Lives Production on track No. 1 "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" by Lush
Lush Gala Production on track No. 4 "Deluxe", No. 5 "Leaves Me Gold", No. 6 "Downer", No. 7 "Thoughtforms", No. 14 "Hey Hey Helen" and No. 15 "Scarlet (New Version)"
1991 Chapterhouse Whirlpool Production on track No. 3 "Autosleeper" and No. 9 "Something More"
Lush Black Spring EP
Lush For Love EP Production on track No. 1 "For Love"
1992 Lush Spooky
Ian McCulloch Lover Lover Lover EP Production on track No. 3 "Ribbons & Chains" and No. 4 "Birdy"
Ian McCulloch Mysterio Production on track No. 9 "Vibor Blue" and No. 10 "Heaven's Gate"
Various artists Volume Five Production and engineering on track No. 4 "Wildfire" by Fuel and track No. 6 "Help Me Lift You Up" by Macbeth, guitar and bass on track No. 6
1994 Fuel Timeless EP Production and guitar on track No. 1 "Butterfly Knife" and No. 5 "Wildfire"
1995 Various artists The Event Horizon Psi Production, mixing, guitar and atmospheres on track No. 5 "Half Light" by Aether
1997 The Bitter Springs Absence Makes the Hair Grow Blonder EP Mixing of track No. 1 "Absence Makes the Hair Grow Blonder" at September Sound
Guy Chadwick This Strength EP Production and mixing
1998 Guy Chadwick Lazy, Soft and Slow Production and mixing
Yu-Ra Innocent Time
Yu-Ra Beyond The Pale Production and guitar
Guy Chadwick You've Really Got a Hold on Me Production and mixing
Yu-Ra Snow Doll
1999 Dif Juz Soundpool Production on track No. 9 "No Motion"
Russell Mills & Undark Pearl & Umbra Co-mixing and additional guitar
Yu-Ra Remember EP Production and mixing
2000 Various artists Outlandos D'Americas – Tributo a Police Additional instrumentation and mixing (at September Sound) on track No. 8 "Sol Invisible" by Lucybell
The Wave Room Love Medicine Mixing and guitar
2001 Rothko (band) In The Pulse of an Artery Mastering
Yu-Ra Kumo EP
Lift to Experience The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads Co-mixing
2002 Al Brooker Quixotic Mastering
2003 Aeriel So Warm EP
Ulan Bator Nouvel Air Mixing and mastering
2005 Sophie Barker Earthbound Production on three tracks and co-written two of them
Amber Smith Hello Sun / Blue Eyes Digital single Mixing on track No. 1 "Hello Sun"
2006 Amber Smith RePrint Mixing
Mahogany Connectivity Mixing of track No. 3 "Supervitesse (Robin Guthrie Mix)", No. 8 "Renovo", No. 10 "My Bed is My Castle", No. 12 "Supervitesse (Extended Mix)", No. 13 "My Bed is My Castle (feat. Lucy Belle Guthrie)" and No. 14 "Domino Ladder Beta (feat. Robin Guthrie)"
2007 Broaddaylight The Bell Jar EP Mastering
Annie Barker Mountains and Tumult Production, mixing and instrumentation
Manual Lost Days, Open Skies And Streaming Tides Production, mixing and writing on track No. 9 "Marbella"
Apollo Heights White Music for Black People'
2008 Resplandor Pleamar Production, engineering and mixing, additional guitar and bass on track No. 3 "Raindrops"
Apollo Heights Everlasting Gobstopper EP Production on track No. 3 "Angel Heart (Robin Guthrie Version)"
2009 Broaddaylight Stars Out EP Mastering
2010 Dark Orange Clouds, Paperships And Fallen Angels Mastering
Heligoland All Your Ships are White Production and mixing
2011 Annie Barker ... For a Better Place Production and guitar
Sealight Dead Letters EP Mixing and mastering
2012 Heligoland Bethmale EP Mixing and mastering
2013 Broaddaylight Anniversaries and Reunions Mastering

Remixes

Year Artist Album Notes
1988 Heavenly Bodies Celestial Remix on track No. 14 "Rains on Me (Robin Guthrie Remix)"
1989 A R Kane Rem'i'xes Remix on track No. 1 "Miles Apart", No. 3 "Crack Up" and No. 6 "Crack Up (Space Mix)"
1990 The Primitives You are the Way EP Remix on track No. 3 "You are the Way (September Mix)"
1992 Candyland Rainbow EP Remix on track No. 1 "Rainbow (E-Bow Mix)"
1993 Peace Together / Therapy? Be Still EP Remix on track No. 3 "Be Still (Robin Guthrie Remix)"
1994 Medicine Sounds of Medicine EP Remix on track No. 1 "Time Baby 3"
1996 Definition of Sound Child EP Remix on track No. 3 "Child (Robin Guthrie Mix)"
Frente! What's Come Over Me? EP Remix on track No. 2 "What's Come Over Me (Robin Guthrie Mix)"
1998 Autour de Lucie Immobile Remix on track No. 14 "Chansons Sans Issue (Remixé)"
Mandalay Flowers Bloom EP Remix on track No. 4 "Flowers Bloom (Remixed by Robin Guthrie)"
Superstar Superstar EP Remix on track No. 4 "Superstar (Robin Guthrie Melody FM Mix)"
Moonshake Remixes Remix on track No. 1 "Cranes (Robin Guthrie Remix)"
1999 Yu-Ra My Cosmic Wave Remix on track No. 4 "My Cosmic Wave (Remixed by Robin Guthrie)"
Robin Guthrie Drifting A.F.U. Album-length D.J. mix by Guthrie of his own sounds and those of such artists as Labradford, Sonic Youth, Silo, Tony Conrad, Chris & Cosey and Pan American, among others
2005 Flat7 Lost in Blue Remix on track No. 8 "Smile (Robin Guthrie Remix)"
2007 Colour Kane Seaside Dream Remix on track No. 11 "Seaside Dream (Robin Guthrie Mix)"
School of Seven Bells My Cabal single Remix on track No. 2 "My Cabal"
Mobiil Mobiil Remixed Remix on track No. 9 "Entropic Guinea-pig Miix by Robin Guthrie (Rayons)"
Alsace Lorraine Dark One Remix on track No. 15 "The Tall Grass (Robin Guthrie Mix)"
Ulrich Schnauss Quicksand Memory EP Remix on track No. 3 "Gone Forever (Robin Guthrie Version)" and No. 4 "On My Own (Robin Guthrie Version)"
2008 Ulrich Schnauss A Strangely Isolated Place Remix on track No. 9 "Gone Forever (Robin Guthrie Remix)" and No. 10 "On My Own (Robin Guthrie Remix)"
2011 The Cinema Twin Black Window single Remix of track No. 1 "Black Window (Robin Guthrie Version)"
The Cinema Twin Red Guitar single Remix of track No. 1 "Red Guitar (Robin Guthrie Version)"
2017 Ummagma Lama single Also track 3 on LCD EP
2018 Hatchie Sure single

References

  1. Ankeny, Jason. "Cocteau Twins: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  2. "Cocteau Twins' Robin Guthrie Remixes Ummagma's 'Lama'". Louder Than War. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

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