Simon Raymonde

Producer, composer, musician, born April 3, 1962 in Lewisham, England, son of composer Ivor Raymonde. Simon originally found himself playing bass for the London-based band the Drowning Craze and soon thereafter spawned an exceptional career as bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and co-producer with the beautiful, elusive Cocteau Twins. In 1997 Simon's self-produced debut solo album was released to wide critical acclaim. He has since continued this successful production career, along with running the [l=Bella Union] label (also founded in 1997 with fellow-Cocteau Robin Guthrie), producing, writing and performing with various artists. In 2017 he formed a new band with Richie Thomas from Dif Juz another [l=4AD] band, called Lost Horizons and released the debut Ojalá and in 2021 he released the second lp In Quiet Moments which he produced and mixed.