# Robin Guthrie discography

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 |
| 2003 | Imperial Released: 17 March 2003 Label:Bella Union (BELLACD 48) |
| 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" |
| 2006 | 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 |
| 2006 | 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 |
| 2009 | 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) | With Harold Budd Production and instrumentation |
| 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 |
| 2001 | Special EP Released: 8 October 2001 Label: Bella Union (BELLACD 26) | Production and instrumentation |
| 2001 | 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 |
| 2004 | 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) | With Harold Budd, Simon Raymonde & Elizabeth Fraser Production and instrumentation |
| 1999 | Fifty-Fifty EP Released: April 1999 Label: Bella Union (BELLACD 12) | With Sneakster Remix |
| 2000 | Pseudo Nouveau / Fifty-Fifty Released: March 2000 Label: Shadow Records (SDW076.2) | With Sneakster Remix on track No. 10 "Fireheart", No. 11 "Stolen Letter" and No. 12 "Kinda Blue" |
| 2004 | Ai no Wakusei Released: June 2004 Label: Victor Entertainment (VICL-61419) | With Atsushi Sakurai Composed and played all instruments on "Märchen" |
| 2007 | After The Night Falls Released: 16 July 2007 Label: Darla (DRL182) | With Harold Budd Production and instrumentation |
| 2007 | 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) | With John Foxx Instrumentation |
| 2011 | Bordeaux Released: February 2011 Label: Darla (DRL244) | With Harold Budd Instrumentation |
| 2011 | Winter Garden Released: November 2011 Label: RareNoiseRecords (RNR021) | With Eraldo Bernocchi and Harold Budd Instrumentation |
| 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) | With This Mortal Coil Guitar on track No. 2 "Song to the Siren" |
| 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) | With The Autumns Additional guitar |
| 2000 | Poison Released: April 2000 Label: RCA (74321 73098 2) | With Jay-Jay Johanson Instrumentation on track No. 14 "Far Away" |
| 2000 | Trickle Released: 30 May 2000 Label: Maverick (9362 47709 2) | With Olive Guitar |
| 2000 | Undark One – Strange Familiar Released: July 2000 Label: Instinct (INS526-2) | With Russell Mills / Undark Guitar |
| 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 | With Halou Guitar |
| 2008 | Halou Released: September 2008 Label: Vertebrae | With Halou Guitar on track No. 1 "Professional", No. 3 "Evensong" and No. 6 "Seabright" |
| 2008 | 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 |
| 1984 | The Wolfgang Press | Water EP | Co-production |
| 1984 | The Wolfgang Press | Sweatbox EP | Production and engineering |
| 1985 | Dif Juz | Extractions | |
| 1985 | Felt | Primitive Painters / Cathedral single | Production on track No. 1 "Primitive Painters" |
| 1985 | Felt | Ignite the Seven Cannons | |
| 1985 | 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)" |
| 1986 | 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 | |
| 1987 | Edwyn Collins | Don't Shilly Shally EP | |
| 1987 | Various artists | Lonely Is An Eyesore | Production on track No. 7 "No Motion" by Dif Juz |
| 1987 | A R Kane | Lollita EP | |
| 1987 | Mory Kanté | Yé ké yé ké EP | Engineering on track No. 1 "Yé ké yé ké (The Afro Acid Remix)" |
| 1987 | 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 |
| 1988 | The Gun Club | Breaking Hands EP | |
| 1988 | 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 |
| 1990 | Chapterhouse | Sunburst EP | Production on track No. 1 "Something More" |
| 1990 | Big Hard Excellent Fish | The Imperfect List single | Recording |
| 1990 | Various artists | Alvin Lives | Production on track No. 1 "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" by Lush |
| 1990 | 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" |
| 1991 | Lush | Black Spring EP | |
| 1991 | Lush | For Love EP | Production on track No. 1 "For Love" |
| 1992 | Lush | Spooky | |
| 1992 | Ian McCulloch | Lover Lover Lover EP | Production on track No. 3 "Ribbons & Chains" and No. 4 "Birdy" |
| 1992 | Ian McCulloch | Mysterio | Production on track No. 9 "Vibor Blue" and No. 10 "Heaven's Gate" |
| 1992 | 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 |
| 1997 | Guy Chadwick | This Strength EP | Production and mixing |
| 1998 | Guy Chadwick | Lazy, Soft and Slow | Production and mixing |
| 1998 | Yu-Ra | Innocent Time | |
| 1998 | Yu-Ra | Beyond The Pale | Production and guitar |
| 1998 | Guy Chadwick | You've Really Got a Hold on Me | Production and mixing |
| 1998 | Yu-Ra | Snow Doll | |
| 1999 | Dif Juz | Soundpool | Production on track No. 9 "No Motion" |
| 1999 | Russell Mills & Undark | Pearl & Umbra | Co-mixing and additional guitar |
| 1999 | 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 |
| 2000 | The Wave Room | Love Medicine | Mixing and guitar |
| 2001 | Rothko (band) | In The Pulse of an Artery | Mastering |
| 2001 | Yu-Ra | Kumo EP | |
| 2001 | Lift to Experience | The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads | Co-mixing |
| 2002 | Al Brooker | Quixotic | Mastering |
| 2003 | Aeriel | So Warm EP | |
| 2003 | Ulan Bator | Nouvel Air | Mixing and mastering |
| 2005 | Sophie Barker | Earthbound | Production on three tracks and co-written two of them |
| 2005 | Amber Smith | Hello Sun / Blue Eyes Digital single | Mixing on track No. 1 "Hello Sun" |
| 2006 | Amber Smith | RePrint | Mixing |
| 2006 | 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 |
| 2007 | Annie Barker | Mountains and Tumult | Production, mixing and instrumentation |
| 2007 | Manual | Lost Days, Open Skies And Streaming Tides | Production, mixing and writing on track No. 9 "Marbella" |
| 2007 | Apollo Heights | White Music for Black People' | |
| 2008 | Resplandor | Pleamar | Production, engineering and mixing, additional guitar and bass on track No. 3 "Raindrops" |
| 2008 | 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 |
| 2010 | Heligoland | All Your Ships are White | Production and mixing |
| 2011 | Annie Barker | ... For a Better Place | Production and guitar |
| 2011 | 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)" |
| 1996 | 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)" |
| 1998 | Mandalay | Flowers Bloom EP | Remix on track No. 4 "Flowers Bloom (Remixed by Robin Guthrie)" |
| 1998 | Superstar | Superstar EP | Remix on track No. 4 "Superstar (Robin Guthrie Melody FM Mix)" |
| 1998 | 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)" |
| 1999 | 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)" |
| 2007 | School of Seven Bells | My Cabal single | Remix on track No. 2 "My Cabal" |
| 2007 | Mobiil | Mobiil Remixed | Remix on track No. 9 "Entropic Guinea-pig Miix by Robin Guthrie (Rayons)" |
| 2007 | Alsace Lorraine | Dark One | Remix on track No. 15 "The Tall Grass (Robin Guthrie Mix)" |
| 2007 | 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)" |
| 2011 | 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 |