4AD: "The studio-based outfit comprised East London duo Alex Ayuli and Rudi Tambala, who described their music as "dreampop". After releasing their debut EP on the One Little Indian label, they moved to 4AD in 1987 and issued the Lollita 12", which was produced by Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins." A.R. Kane short info.
AllMusic: Noise Pop. "In the late '80s, noise pop was the chief inspiration for the British shoegazing movement, which made the lyrics more introspective and the melodies more fragile."
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Chris Jones: Cocteau Twins review on BBC.co.uk. "The fact remains that despite a whole host of post-punk wannabes adopting the flange 'n' drum machine tactics of the Twins, no-one has ever come remotely close to emulating their sound."
Hyperium Records: "Ethereal, Gothic & Dark Ambient", CD order form, booklet insert of the Beneath the Icy Floe v. 3 compilation (German pressing), released in 1995
Discogs: Cover of the Projekt: Gothic compilation (see tagline), released in 2002
Fred Perry Subculture: Book presentation of Martin Aston's Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4ADArchived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, September 2013. "...the 4AD roots lay within a sub-set of post-punk, and it is this period in the 80s where 4AD have developed a cult status. The label, alongside its artists, nurtured and raised a new and defined sound, predominantly ethereal and dark..."
Sage Weatherford: "Sam RosenthalArchived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine", Heathen Harvest, 27 December 2011. "Sam Rosenthal is a name synonymous with the darkwave and ethereal genres that were largely popular and highly influential throughout the '90s, and though popularity and exposure for these genres has waned over the past decade, Rosenthal's now nearly three decade old label Projekt is still running..."
Heather Phares: "The Glee Club review ('Mine'). The Michigan Daily, p. 7, September 9, 1994. "The Glee Club are a dreamy Irish band that follow in the tradition of the Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Echo and the Bunnymen and many other mid-'80s Goth-Ethereal bands. Although they missed the genre's high point (about 1986–87)...".
Jason Morehead: Love Spirals Downwards. Idylls, Opus Zine, October 2009. "Ryan Lum's guitars create the same sort of jawdroppingly gorgeous soundscapes as those produced by Robin Guthrie, Suzanne Perry's gorgeous voice echoes Elizabeth Fraser's gossamery glossolalia, and beneath it all, there's the cold, artificial thump of a drum machine (which serves only to highlight the music's ethereal aspects)."
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Pascal Verloove: Saigon Blue Rain, Peek-a-boo music magazine, October 2014.
Simon Reynolds: 4AD. The Dozen, Director's cut, eMusic, 2006. "4AD will be forever identified with its signature Goth-lite group the Cocteau Twins, but other key signings of this period include Dead Can Dance..."
Stuart Maconie: Ride. Sex and the Singles Band, New Musical Express, 8 February 1992. "They are the model '90s pop group; sensitive young men with floppy hair and languid tunes, displaying cherubic belligerence laced with existential angst. But surely RIDE belong to the blank generation of anonymous musicians who are killing the glamour of pop?"
Spectrum Culture: "Interview with Sam Rosenthal", 9 April 2013. "In the '90s, the three big acts on Projekt were Lycia, Black Tape For a Blue Girl and Love Spirals Downwards."
Fred Perry Subculture: Book presentation of Martin Aston's Facing the Other Way: The Story of 4ADArchived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, September 2013. "...the 4AD roots lay within a sub-set of post-punk, and it is this period in the 80s where 4AD have developed a cult status. The label, alongside its artists, nurtured and raised a new and defined sound, predominantly ethereal and dark..."
Staci Bonner: "Interview with the Cocteau Twins", Reflex magazine, September 1988. "In 1982, they hand-picked their record label, 4AD — a company that had corralled all that was gothically ethereal...".
MTV News Staff: "In 1983, Heggie left the band, and the group recorded Head Over Heels as a duo. The album was highly improvised and is the first recording to feature the Twins' signature sound — Guthrie's lush guitars under Fraser's mostly wordless vocals. The group became a trio again when bassist Simon Raymonde joined in 1984. Later that year, they released Treasure, an album that hit #29 on the UK charts and cemented the band's ethereal sound.", Cocteau Twins short biography, January 4, 1998
Sage Weatherford: "Sam RosenthalArchived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine", Heathen Harvest, 27 December 2011. "Sam Rosenthal is a name synonymous with the darkwave and ethereal genres that were largely popular and highly influential throughout the '90s, and though popularity and exposure for these genres has waned over the past decade, Rosenthal's now nearly three decade old label Projekt is still running..."
