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Bella Union is an independent record label that was started up by Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie in 1997. After releasing records with 4AD for a large part of their career, Cocteau Twins decided to take a step towards independence and started up the Bella Union record label, through which they could release their own work as well as any collaborative efforts. The band split up not long after, but instead of letting the newly formed label go under, Robin Guthrie, Cocteau Twins' founder and lead guitarist and Simon Raymonde, the band's bassist since 1984, decided to take charge of it. Now in it's second decade, going from strength to strength & with well over half a million sales Simon Raymonde took time out to choose his Nuclear Bunker discs & put a copy of each by the front door just in case...
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Jamaican dancehall legend Yellowman comes to the UK
It's official; Clint and Charlie Boon are getting my dental bill. Super popular 'Mrs Boon's Tea Party' is back after a wee break and TinCan popped down to check out the cake. Err, I mean music.
We all love music, right? And we definitely all like free stuff. So as we’re all in this same here boat, let’s share some free music, yeah? Legally, I might add...
You can see Cornershop’s logic. Do what they’ve always done and ignore the accepted way of doing things. When most bands are off round the festival circuit circus and steering clear of the big cities (lack of students, people away on holidays - you see?), Cornershop announce their own headline tour of some big city intimate venues to celebrate their return following a seven year absence. Real whites-of-the-eyes stuff to test the response to the new material, right?
