In 1999, Bella Union, the record label founded by Guthrie and Raymonde, released a double-CD Cocteau Twins compilation entitled BBC Sessions.

In addition to forming Bella Union, Guthrie and Raymonde have produced releases from new bands signed to that label.

Simon Raymonde released the solo album Blame Someone Else as the first release on Bella Union.

Bella Union is an independent record label that was started up by Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie in 1997.

Since 2000, when Guthrie moved to France to concentrate on his own music and Raymonde took the reins at Bella Union, the label has signed more artists like Laura Veirs, Lift To Experience, Explosions In The Sky etc.

The album's producers were Simon Raymonde ( formerly the bass player in Cocteau Twins, and now Bella Union Label boss ) and Flood, best known for his work with Nick Cave, NIN and U2.

Raymonde, who was called in to work on the second album by This Mortal Coil, did not participate in the recording of the fourth Cocteau Twins LP, Victorialand ( 1986 ), a predominantly acoustic record which featured only Guthrie and Fraser.

* June 7 – Flying a Caudron G. 3, Raymonde de Laroche of France sets a women's altitude record of nearly 13, 000 feet ( 3, 962 m ).

* June 12 – Raymonde de Laroche again breaks the women's altitude record, flying to a height of 5, 150 m ( 16, 896 ft ).

Simon Philip Raymonde ( born 3 April 1962, London ) is an English musician and record producer.

The band split up not long after, but instead of letting the newly formed label go under, Robin Guthrie, Cocteau Twins ' founder and lead guitarist and Simon Raymonde, the band's bassist since 1984, decided to take charge of it.

Raymonde returned to the group for The Moon and the Melodies ( 1986 ), a collaboration with ambient composer Harold Budd, which was not released under the Cocteau Twins name.

Wong later recorded an acoustic version of " Rilkean Heart " in her 1997 album Faye Wong, in which Guthrie and Raymonde also wrote a new song " Yu Le Chang " (" Amusement Park ") for her.

Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week is held annually during the week including March 8, which marks the anniversary of Raymonde de Laroche's pilot licence and International Women ’ s Day, and aims to foster diversity in aviation by celebrating women ’ s history, raising awareness of aviation ’ s opportunities among girls and women, and shaping the future by introducing girls and women to aviation through industry-wide collaboration.

For Dusty Springfield's mid 1960s hits like " I Only Want to Be with You " — which were the best British equivalents to Phil Spector's Wall of Sound-he relied heavily upon arranger Ivor Raymonde.

Raymonde also did some work on Walker Brothers hits ( like " Make It Easy On Yourself "), which were also competently aided by engineer Peter Olliff ; the more classical sounding Walker Brothers arrangements were frequently handled by Reg Guest.

Bass guitarist Simon Raymonde alluded to it being rushed and unfinished, while guitarist Robin Guthrie referred to the period in which it was made as " arty-farty pre-Raphaellite ".< ref name =" cocteautwins. com ">

Raymonde has acted as producer and mixer on many records, including Clearlake's Cedars, James Yorkston's Moving Up Country, the first two albums by John Grant's first band The Czars, The Duke Spirit's Cuts Across The Land The Open's Silent Hours and co-produced the posthumous album from Billy Mackenzie.

With Raymonde, the band released a series of critically acclaimed albums and EPs that explored their new style.

It was also one of the two songs written and arranged by Fraser, Guthrie and Raymonde for Chinese pop singer Faye Wong for her Mandarin album Fu Zao released in June 1996, the other being " Tranquil Eye " from Violaine released in October 1996.

Pioneer aviatrices include French, Raymonde de Laroche, the world's first licensed female pilot on March 8, 1910 ; Belgian, Helene Dutrieu, the first woman to fly a passenger, first woman to win an air race ( 1910 ), and first woman to pilot a seaplane ( 1912 ); French, Marie Marvingt the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel and the North Sea in a balloon ( October 26, 1909 ) and first woman to fly as a bomber pilot in combat missions ( 1915 ); American, Harriet Quimby, the USA's first licensed female pilot in 1911, and the first woman to cross the English Channel by airplane ; American Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic ( 1932 ); Bessie Coleman, the first African American female to become a licensed airplane pilot ( 1921 ); German, Marga von Etzdorf, first woman to fly for an airline ( 1927 ); Opal Kunz, one of the few women to train US Navy fighter pilots during World War II in the Civilian Pilot Training Program ; and the British Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia ( 1930 ).

The original members were Elizabeth Fraser ( vocals ), Robin Guthrie ( guitar, drum machine ) and Will Heggie ( bass guitar ), who was replaced by Simon Raymonde ( also bass guitar ) early in the band's career.

In 1983, the band participated in 4AD's This Mortal Coil project ( this spawned a cover version of Tim Buckley's " Song to the Siren " performed by Guthrie and Fraser ), and during their work for that, they got to know Simon Raymonde ( formerly a member of Drowning Craze ), who joined the group later that year as bass player.

All songs written by Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie and Simon Raymonde.

In 1984, Raymonde joined Cocteau Twins, filling the void left by the departed bassist Will Heggie.

Their recordings were produced by Mike Smith and Ivor Raymonde.

Recorded with orchestra arranged and conducted by Ivor Raymonde.

The musical direction for both songs was done by Ivor Raymonde.

Later she was approached by her cousin Raymond Belot of Montaillou who needed a servant to replace his sister, Raymonde, who was soon to be wed to Bernard Clergue.

He was later joined by his sister Raymonde who came to work as a servant in the Belot home.

Raymonde Vital was a woman who lived in the Comté de Foix in the early fourteenth century, she was made notable by appearing in Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's Montaillou.

* This Mortal Coil's recording It'll End in Tears ( 4AD ), where it was played by Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins.

All songs written by Cocteau Twins ( Elizabeth Fraser, Robin Guthrie, Simon Raymonde ).

Label founder Simon Raymonde is also in demand as a producer, mixing Fionn Regan's Mercury-nominated debut, and the seminal Lift to Exerience album, the first two Duke Spirit albums, Stephanie Dosen's A Lily For The Spectre, and the forthcoming album by Lucas Renney, ex-Golden Virgins singer, featuring members of Midlake and Stephanie Dosen's band.

It was sung by Engel ( by now called Scott Walker ), arranged by Ivor Raymonde and produced by Johnny Franz, with a full orchestra augmented by session musicians, very much in the style of Phil Spector's productions.

Dusty Springfield recorded " I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself " in a session at Olympic Studios in Westminster with production credited to Philips Records owner Johnny Franz-although Springfield later stated her solo Philips tracks were self-produced-and arranged by Ivor Raymonde who conducted his orchestra ; personnel on the session included Big Jim Sullivan on guitar and Bobby Graham on drums.

In 2010 Raymonde formed the group Snowbird with Stephanie Dosen.

* Tania Raymonde as Cynthia, a Krelboyne girl who had a crush on Malcolm but left for Europe and later returned.

Born on 22 August 1882 in Paris, Elise Raymonde Deroche was the daughter of a plumber.

* Ivor Raymonde – mellotron on " Honesty Is No Excuse "

At one point, Belibaste prevailed on him to marry Raymonde Piquier, a blacksmith's daughter, who was Belibaste's lover and pregnant with his child.

With this album, the band settled on what would, from then on, be their primary lineup: vocalist Elizabeth Fraser, guitarist Robin Guthrie and bass guitarist Simon Raymonde.

In November 1872 he moved to the newly organized Frontier County, Nebraska, in the company of Ena Raymonde, a southern belle from Georgia, whose brother W. H. “ Paddy ” Miles had recently established a trapper ’ s camp known as Wolf ’ s Rest on the Medicine Creek.