How to sound like COCTEAU TWINS with Guitar Pedals

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MY SHOEGAZE MUSIC, violet oscillation
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gaze

dreamgazer

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FIND ALL THE FEATURED GEAR:

THE GUITAR IM USING

THE AMP IM USING

STRYMON TIMELINE

WALRUS AUDIO SLO

EARTHQUAKER DEVICES AFTERNEATH

EHX SMALL CLONE

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0:00 PINK ORANGE RED

1:05 HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS

1:40 PANDORA

2:20 CRUSHED

3:00 AN ELAN

3:52 FEET LIKE FINS

4:38 CHERRY COLOURED FUNK

6:01 isn't it too dreamy?
6:19 psa
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[pedalpartners]

Iinks to featured gear in above description!!

[runly]

Favorite band of all time. Forever grateful to have seen them live in the early ‘90s. Still have my massive “Evangeline” subway poster above my bed like a college student. I’m pushing 60. 🥰

[PetersPianoShoppe]

;-) Anyone who helps to increase the love/appreciation of CT on this planet is a hero of mine.

[alanhaynes]

If there is one pedal which encapsulates the Cocteau Twins sound, it's the Electroharmonix Clone Theory Chorus/Vibrato - in fact, it's difficult to use this pedal without sounding like the Cocteaus.
I still have one which I bought secondhand in 1982!

[the_architect..]

I was looking for videos that described how to replicate Guthrie's sound a couple of months ago, and it's great to find out that someone actually did it without me noticing it till now. Not only that, but this is some high quality demonstration and explanation. Thank you so very much.

[tomowens]

one of my favorite bands from my teens, still listen often and very familiar with entire catalogue. well done...

[davidellis]

Robin Guthrie set the tone ! 🎸 from another planet. Ethereal brilliance.

[crushthyflowerss]

Pink Orange Red was the song that truly made me fall in love with Cocteau Twins. So this is something special ✨

[KenRubenstein]

what a righteous video to make....you guys seriously have your musical priorities intact....keep up the great work.

[DevolaDraco]

very interesting, I never knew how Guthrie was capable of doing those amazing vibes. but then, we have Elizabeth Fraser as the fundamental element of Cocteu Twins. both did an awesome work back in the 80's.

[JohnSmith-zlrz]

is amazing how Robin create all that in the 80s without any modern pedals or tech. He's a genius.

[matejilakovac]

Wow... Heaven or Las Vegas is 👌 Keep it up with great work😉

[eddy.maldonado.r]

Beautifully replicated sounds and moods... Thank you!

[skyborax]

Can the slö in dream mode get my my kids back from my ex?

[manosduras]

1:30 sounds like tone In The Passions- I'm in love with German Film star.

[AlmaAmbientMusic]

Excellent pedals combination, is really god for ambient music. Amazing Video as always my friend i really enjoyed. 🕉

[gloryxkid]

This is the only video on here with the loomer and afterneath paired together, I was worried they’d sound too similar but this video def helped me pull the trigger on getting a EQD!

[ginamunozpena]

although I don't know any of the tech I loved CT and this video so much, ty ^^

[erikverkoyen]

Robin Guthrie about the sound on Heaven or Las Vegas: "The clean guitar parts were the Paul Reed Smith played through a Marshall 9000 series tube preamp directly into the board with my fave Lexicon pitch shift +10/-10 cents to spread the sound to stereo, followed with a little Roland Dimension D and echo from the TC2290, synched to the bpm, the chorus, more distorted guitar part was played through my Gallien Kruger preamp (channel 2) then the same sort of treatment, tweaked differently. I should have said before but I normally would compress the guitars to tape either with a Urei 1178 or a pair of DBX 160x’s, and usually lots of double tracking."

[acceptancecorp.]

This is fine, fine work. Reminds me I need to experiment with stacking reverbs and find a good vibrato.