This Mortal Coil
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Interview by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 4 October 1986
THIS MORTAL COIL have been called everything from post-punk pioneers to precious studio purists. Simon Reynolds meets IVO, the man behind the whole thing, and ...
'Song to the Siren''s irresistible tang
Retrospective by Martin Aston, The Guardian, 17 November 2011
Its writer refused to record it. Pat Boone almost killed it. Then it was resurrected as a B-side to an indie prestige project. Martin Aston on how ...
4AD Records: The "pure" label behind Pixies and Cocteau Twins
Retrospective and Interview by Martin Aston, The Guardian, 10 October 2013
Little was known about Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent, the enigmatic founders of celebrated indie label 4AD, until they were tracked down in the US. ...
4AD Records: Labelled with Love
Retrospective and Interview by Wyndham Wallace, Classic Pop, November 2013
A new book, Martin Aston's Facing The Other Way, tells the story of a label that scored just a single number one hit during the ...
see also Cocteau Twins
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