Table Talk: Simon Raymonde

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🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Musician Simon Raymonde is perhaps best known as part of the Scottish band the Cocteau Twins, but he has found further success as the co-founder of Bella Union Records. Bella Union produce music by Father John Misty, the Fleet Foxes, and Beach House, amongst others. His memoir In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor Raymonde and Me is released on the 12 September 2024.

On this episode of Table Talk, Simon tells Olivia Potts and Lara Prendergast about the influence of Jewish food as he was growing up, life on tour, how he spends his time in his new home of Brighton, and his love of the restaurant chain Dishoom.

Produced by Patrick Gibbons.

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0:21.4	Hello and welcome to Table Talk, the spectators' food and drink podcast.
0:26.0	I'm Lara Pindigast and I'm Olivia Potts.
0:28.7	And today we're delighted to be joined by Simon Raymond.
0:32.4	Simon is an English musician and record producer
0:34.9	and is perhaps best known for being the bass guitarist and keyboard
0:38.7	player with the Scottish band Cocteau Twins. He co-founded Bella Union Records, which represents
0:44.6	artists including Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes and Beach House and his new memoir, In One Ear,
0:51.6	Cocteau Twins, Ival Raymond and me is out now.
0:55.0	Simon, welcome to Table Talk.
0:57.0	Thank you very much. Thank you for having me.
0:59.0	Simon, it's lovely to have you here.
1:01.0	Let's start where we always do at the very beginning and ask you,
1:05.0	what are your earliest memories of food?
1:08.0	At least memories of food. Well, my mom was a fantastic cook.
1:12.6	So I guess I was born lucky.
1:15.3	We had four in the family.
1:17.1	So my elder brother and two older sisters.
1:20.7	So being the youngest, I probably was like spoiled rotten by everybody.
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