Did the Cocteau Twins really record music for a Fruitopia commercial?
Yes indeed, although the commercial’s only been shown in the UK. (Fruitopia, for those not in the know, is a brand of obnoxiously sugary fruit juice sold by the Coca Cola company. The ads are unintentionally hilarious pastiches of trippy rave/psychedelic imagerie and save-the-planet slogans.) Unfortunately there are no plans for the commercial to be shown elsewhere or for the music to be released separately. With luck it may show up on a b-side in a few years. Until then, you can listen to hydroallergenic on the LP Found Sound from Spooky which samples from this commercial. Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie have also done the music for a Volkswagon commercial, although I haven’t seen that one.
