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The Strange World Of… This Mortal Coil

As 4AD reissue the three albums of their “in-house covers band” – Blood (1984), Filigree & Shadow (1996) and It’ll End In Tears (1991) – we look at This Mortal Coil’s distinctive strain of introspective melancholy
Books

Facing The Other Way: Ivo Watts-Russell & Vaughan Oliver On 4AD Records

Wyndham Wallace talks to 4AD's founder and chief design artist about the history of the label and Martin Aston's new book

Anniversary

4AD Founder Ivo Watts-Russell On Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares

Thirty-five years on from 4AD's reissue of the first volume of recordings of Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares, 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 Troughton

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