Robin Guthrie is a musician best known as co-founder of the Cocteau Twins. During his career Guthrie has played guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, drums and other musical instruments, in addition to programming, sampling and sound processing. Guthrie also works extensively as a producer and engineer.

Following the break-up of the Cocteau Twins in 1998, Guthrie would go on to work on his solo career, collaborating with other talented artists as well as helping to found and run Bella Union Records.

In 2006, Guthrie signed a four-album solo deal with Darla Records, the first product of which was the LP Continental. He subsequently released two four-track EPs, Everlasting and Waiting for Dawn, and the track "Argenta" on the compilation Little Darla has A Treat For You v.24: Endless Summer Edition.

Guthrie has also collaborated with singer Siobhan de Maré (formerly of Mono) as the band Violet Indiana. Their first full-length LP, Roulette, was released in 2001 to much critical acclaim. A second album, Russian Doll, followed in 2004. In March 2006 Guthrie reported on his weblog that the group had started work again on new material. A new solo LP Carousel was released on Darla Records on September 28th, 2009. Additionally,

Guthrie issued the Angel Falls EP in the Spring of 2009, and will release the EP , Songs To Help My Children Sleep on November 17, 2009. A further EP Sunflower Stories has been recorded but a release date has not yet been given.

The release of the album Carousel offers the drifting beauty of Robin's guitar work with a nice uplifting melody, especially with the track "Sparkle".