Xmal Deutschland was never the crown jewel in 4AD’s black-hearted imperial reign during the ‘80s. Lacking the crossover ...

What do we really want from a record label? In the case of Ivo Watts-Russell, it was perhaps rather more than we have any right to expect in the current digital age: an entity that cared about a ...

The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices are back, thanks to Prophecy Recordings, Lisa Gerrard and others, and in the same year as a new Dead Can Dance album and those (delayed) This Mortal Coil ...

4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell's This Mortal Coil-- a band that never toured, that never really was a band at all-- is the subject of this comprehensive box set, one that offers remastered versions ...

Founded in 1980 by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent as an outlet for the exciting new music they were hearing in their London record shop, 4.A.D. is this year quietly celebrating its 10th anniversary.

There was an enigmatic aura around it, thanks in part to founder Ivo Watts Russell who signed a lot of great gothy artists, and who presented an instantly recognizable façade via the gorgeous ...

label founder Ivo Watts-Russell describes the epiphany that led to his tracking down the mysterious voices of the Bulgarian folk singers to release their music on his label. Interview by Richie ...

Produced by 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell, this collection of danceable post-punk tracks gives off an ominous air. Vocalist Anja Huwe sounds like a Teutonic version of Siouxsie Sioux as she yelps ...