{"id":29342,"date":"2017-08-10T12:24:26","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T11:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=29342"},"modified":"2017-08-10T16:44:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T15:44:46","slug":"instant-lama-ex-cocteau-twins-multi-instrumentalist-robin-guthrie-re-mixes-new-ummagma-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/08\/instant-lama-ex-cocteau-twins-multi-instrumentalist-robin-guthrie-re-mixes-new-ummagma-release\/","title":{"rendered":"INSTANT LAMA &#8211; Cocteau Twins Multi-Instrumentalist Robin Guthrie Re-Mixes New Ummagma Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29349\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29349\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/08\/instant-lama-ex-cocteau-twins-multi-instrumentalist-robin-guthrie-re-mixes-new-ummagma-release\/ummagma-1-photo-credit-alexander-kretov\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ummagma-1-photo-credit-Alexander-Kretov.jpg?fit=1024%2C681&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,681\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Ummagma 1 &amp;#8211; photo credit Alexander Kretov\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Picture by Alexander Kretov&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ummagma-1-photo-credit-Alexander-Kretov.jpg?fit=640%2C426&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29349\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ummagma-1-photo-credit-Alexander-Kretov.jpg?resize=640%2C426&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture by Alexander Kretov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Canadian-Ukrainian space pop duo <strong>Ummagma<\/strong> have unveiled the new video for their collaboration with <strong>Cocteau Twins<\/strong> co-founder\u00a0<strong>Robin Guthrie<\/strong>.<\/h4>\n<h4>Taken from their forthcoming\u00a0<em><strong>LCD<\/strong><\/em> EP,\u00a0<em><strong>L<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>ama<\/strong><\/em>, features Guthrie&#8217;s trademark soaring guitar arpeggios and sound washes over\u00a0<strong>Shauna McLarnon<\/strong>&#8216;s cool clear vocals.<\/h4>\n<p>Coming hot on the heels of their <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-ummagma-and-a-r-kane-winter-tale\/\">Winter Tale<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>maxi-single with\u00a0<strong>Rudy Tambala,\u00a0<\/strong>of <strong>A.R.<\/strong> <strong>Kane<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0i<\/strong>t&#8217;s Ummagma&#8217;s second hook-up with a former <strong>4AD<\/strong>\u00a0label luminary this year.<\/p>\n<p>Shot in Sao Paulo by award-winning Brazilian videographer\u00a0<strong>Dimitry Uziel<\/strong>, the video<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>is a dazzling visual interpretation of a song, which originally featured on the Ontario-based band&#8217;s debut album\u00a0<em><strong>Antigravity<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Formed after McLarnon met Ukrainian multi-instrumentalist\u00a0<strong>Alexander Kretov<\/strong> in Moscow, Ummagma also secured the talents of \u00a0<strong>SPC ECO<\/strong> mainman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/06\/together-apart-maverick-producer-dean-garcia-on-his-new-transatlantic-collaboration-with-preston-maddox-of-the-bloody-knives\/\"><strong>Dean Garcia <\/strong><\/a>(ex-<strong>Curve<\/strong>)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on a couple of tracks on their new EP.<\/p>\n<p>A wistful ethereal tune, with haunting, almost whalesong vocals,\u00a0<em><strong>LCD<\/strong><\/em> is transformed by Garcia into a haunting percussive mantra, which sounds like a different song entirely,<\/p>\n<p>Both versions of <em>LCD<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>are available on the new EP, which is out next month and serves as a taster for \u00a0Ummagma&#8217;s crowdfunded album scheduled for the Autumn.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia also takes the mixing reins on\u00a0<em><strong>Back To You<\/strong><\/em>, a sinister industrial sound sculpture vaguely reminiscent of\u00a0<strong>Massive<\/strong><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><strong>Attack<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0<em><strong>Karmacoma<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The\u00a0<em>LCD<\/em> EP is released\u00a0September 22 via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.labelobscura.com\/\">Label Obscura<\/a> (cassette) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SomewherecoldRecords\/\">Somewherecold Records<\/a> (CD).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It&#8217;s available to pre-order through Ummagma&#8217;s own\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ummagma.bandcamp.com\/\">Bandcamp<\/a>\u00a0site.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gk0tuoIgWX0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian-Ukrainian space pop duo Ummagma have unveiled the new video for their collaboration with Cocteau Twins co-founder\u00a0Robin Guthrie. Taken from their forthcoming\u00a0LCD EP,\u00a0Lama, features&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":29351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,9,640],"tags":[6154,6372,3640,1497,3013,2517,6196,10892,3757,5451,10894,10893,364,939,1945,3440,6373,3641,1660,10895,10896,2516,8715],"class_list":["post-29342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-4ad","tag-a-r-kane","tag-alexander-kretov","tag-ambient","tag-cocteau-twins","tag-curve","tag-dean-garcia","tag-dimitry-uziel","tag-dream-pop","tag-industrial","tag-label-obscura","tag-lcd-ep","tag-massive-attack","tag-new-ep","tag-new-video","tag-robin-guthrie","tag-rudy-tambala","tag-shauna-mclarnon","tag-shoegaze","tag-somewherecold-records","tag-space-pop","tag-spc-eco","tag-winter-tale"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-7Dg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25174,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-ummagma-and-a-r-kane-winter-tale\/","url_meta":{"origin":29342,"position":0},"title":"Essential Advent Calendar: Ummagma And A.R. 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