• Ivo Watts-Russell (born 1954) is a British music producer and record label executive. He was joint-founder with Peter Kent of the indie record label 4AD...
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  • a British music collective led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were the only two official...
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  • Blood (This Mortal Coil album) (category Albums produced by Ivo Watts-Russell)
    label co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell. The supergroup consists primarily of artists attached to the 4AD label, of which Watts-Russell was boss and president...
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  • Filigree & Shadow (category Albums produced by Ivo Watts-Russell)
    together by label boss Ivo Watts-Russell. The supergroup consists primarily of artists attached to the 4AD label, of which Watts-Russell was the co-founder...
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    Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name Axis Records by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records. The...
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  • Signing the band based on the quality of the recordings, 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell whittled its track-listing down to eight songs, remixing them to become...
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  • released 1 July 1985 by 4AD. The album was produced by 4AD co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell and recorded at Palladium Studios in Edinburgh. The remixes included...
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  • release of Pixies' debut mini-album Come On Pilgrim in October 1987, Ivo Watts-Russell, head of 4AD, suggested they return to the studio to record a full-length...
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  • credited as producers on all tracks, except for "Wax and Wane", where Ivo Watts-Russell was credited as co-producer. AllMusic review Cameron, Keith (October...
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    band recorded some tracks which were sent as demos to John Peel and Ivo Watts-Russell of 4AD which led to their signing by the London-based label and a...
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  • theatre director Ivo Viktor (born 1942), Czech football goalkeeper Ivo Vojnović (1857–1929), Croatian and Serbian writer Ivo Watts-Russell (born 1954), English...
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  • backing vocals on "Dear Heart", "Hearsay Please" and "Hazel" Technical Ivo Watts-Russell – production Eric Radcliffe – engineering at Blackwing Studios John...
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    because of this. Murphy picked Ivo Watts-Russell of 4AD records as the producer his first solo record. Despite Watts-Russell never producing a record before...
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  • programme, Classic Scottish Albums in 2007. Despite 4AD president Ivo Watts-Russell proclaiming it one of the best-ever releases on his label, he released...
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  • Goswell, and McCutcheon's acoustic demos found its way to 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell, who was taken by the songs and agreed to sign the trio to his label...
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  • Ivo Watts-Russell handpicked the track listing for the group's debut release Come on Pilgrim, he intentionally left out "Here Comes Your Man". Watts-Russell...
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  • by This Mortal Coil, a supergroup assembled by Ivo Watts-Russell for his record label, 4AD. Watts-Russell had signed Modern English in 1980. A few years...
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  • recorded a country-infused demo in 1989, leading to 4AD co-founder Ivo Watts-Russell funding an album, Pod, recorded that year at the Palladium studio...
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  • Drowning" – 5:53 Matt Johnson – vocals, producer, instrumentation Ivo Watts-Russell – producer (tracks 2, 4–8, 10) B.C. Gilbert & G. Lewis – producers...
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    an A.R. Kane creation. The link-up was suggested by label founder Ivo Watts-Russell after the two groups had independently suggested the possibility of...
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  • interested in classical music at that point," said Ivo Watts-Russell. Nooten had told Watts-Russell that he had some "basic, but still intimate, melancholic...
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  • It'll End in Tears (category Albums produced by Ivo Watts-Russell)
    grouping of guest musicians and vocalists brought together by label boss Ivo Watts-Russell. The album was released on 1 October 1984, and reached #38 on the...
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    American band. Kristin recalls, "I signed with them because [owner] Ivo [Watts-Russell] was funny and goofy, and that was about it." In 1986, they released...
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  • Former name of 4AD, a record label started in 1979 as Axis Records by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent A budget record label derived from EMI This disambiguation...
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  • Studios, Edinburgh and Rooster, West London. Record label executive Ivo Watts-Russell originally tried to hire Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois to produce the...
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  • to 4AD in 1992, on the strength of a demo tape passed to 4AD boss Ivo Watts-Russell by American Music Club frontman Mark Eitzel. Journalist Martin Aston...
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  • Guthrie – guitar, drum machine Will Heggie – bass guitar Production Ivo Watts-Russell – production John Fryer – engineering John Turner – engineering Raggett...
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  • Bulgare, recorded in Paris in 1955 by Le Chant du Monde. In the 1980s, Ivo Watts-Russell (founder of the British 4AD label) was introduced to the choir from...
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    Pixies' manager, and he passed the demo to Ivo Watts-Russell of the independent record label 4AD. Watts-Russell found the Pixies too normal and "too rock...
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  • Wolfgang Ellerbrock Drums: Manuela Zwingmann Production Produced by Ivo Watts-Russell and Xmal Deutschland Engineered by John Fryer Design by 23 Envelope...
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