{"id":923404,"date":"2026-07-29T13:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/simon-raymonde-of-cocteau-twins-sells-publishing-catalog-to-seeker-music\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T18:13:09","slug":"simon-raymonde-of-cocteau-twins-sells-publishing-catalog-to-seeker-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/29\/simon-raymonde-of-cocteau-twins-sells-publishing-catalog-to-seeker-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins Sells Publishing Catalog to Seeker\u00a0Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tSeeker Music has acquired the publishing catalog of songwriter, producer, bassist and keyboardist Simon Raymonde, best known as a member of Scottish band Cocteau Twins<\/a>. The deal includes his entire body of work with the dream pop group.<\/p>\n

\n\tTerms of the transaction were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

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\n\tRaymonde joined Cocteau Twins in 1983 and went on to become a main songwriter in the band across albums including Treasure<\/em>, Blue Bell Knoll<\/em> and Heaven or Las Vegas<\/em>. He also put out work as a solo artist. Beyond his work as a musician, Raymonde co-founded and heads the U.K. indie label Bella Union, which has put out music from Beach House, Father John Misty and The Flaming Lips, among others. He has also produced and mixed albums for artists including Clearlake, The Czars, Billy Mackenzie and Fionn Regan.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to a press release, Seeker Music\u2019s portfolio boasts more than 19,000 copyrights with a value of over $400 million. Its other acquisitions include works by The Wombats, Mark Morrison and production duo Future Cut. Seeker is led by CEO Evan Bogart<\/strong>, a songwriter who founded the company in 2020 with backing from M&G Investments.<\/p>\n

\n\tSeeker Music chief creative officer Steven Melrose<\/strong> said of the acquisition, \u201cGrowing up as a little boy just across the water in Edinburgh, Scotland, these songs have always provided the soundtrack to my life. Between the wonderful melodies and Liz Fraser\u2019s incredible vocals, there\u2019s nothing else like the music Simon has made and contributed to. When the chance to work with him presented itself, well, there\u2019s never been a quicker yes \u2026 it\u2019s an honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe added, \u201cBetween the generational impact Simon already holds, and the global creative marketing we do at Seeker, we believe this new partnership makes the perfect pairing to further reverberate Simon\u2019s musical influence the world over.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe enthusiasm for our music appears to be strong 30 years after our last studio album. Maybe stronger than ever, I\u2019m not sure!\u201d said Raymonde. \u201cSeeker Music have shown that passion and excitement since we began talking last year. Hopefully the relationship with them grows alongside the work we are doing with 4AD to keep our fans happy! I\u2019m sure all the fans want is for us to play shows and make new music. While that still seems a long way off, there\u2019s a lot to be done with the music we have left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRaymonds was represented in the transaction by Christy McNaughtan<\/strong> at NMD Solicitors. Seeker was repped by Henry Root<\/strong> for Counsel LLP and Seeker general counsel Dan Stuart<\/strong>, alongside Melrose and Bogart. <\/p>\n


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Music The deal includes his entire body of work with the iconic dream pop band. L-R: Steven Melrose, Simon Raymonde Courtesy of Steven Melrose Trending on Billboard Seeker Music has acquired the publishing catalog of songwriter, producer, bassist and keyboardist Simon Raymonde, best known as a member of Scottish band Cocteau Twins. The deal includes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":923405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":["post-923404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-podcast-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=923404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/923404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/923405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=923404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=923404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}