Cocteau Twins / Harold Budd - Moon and the Melodies LP B2B 'Congo Revolution' looks at the

'Congo Revolution' looks at the explosion of music that came out of the Congo in the years leading up to independence in 1960

So here's to old and new

Superbly recorded and mixed by Bunsho Nishikawa

touch on every groove

Konsudd finds the hyperkinetic Konduku teaming up with close pal Aa Sudd as they match subtlety with intensity

Cocteau Twins / Harold Budd - Moon and the Melodies LP B2B 'Congo Revolution' looks at theThe 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, an ambient pioneer who had drifted into their orbit as if by divine intervention. Building on the atmospheric bliss of Victorialand, released earlier the same year, it signaled a possible future for the trio, yet it was a path theyd never take