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    4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name Axis Records by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980...
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  • This Mortal Coil (category 4AD artists)
    collective led by Ivo Watts-Russell, founder of the British record label 4AD. Although Watts-Russell and John Fryer were the only two official members...
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    Cocteau Twins (category 4AD artists)
    what would become shoegaze. In 1982, the band signed with the record label 4AD and released their debut album Garlands. The addition of Raymonde in 1983...
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    Lush (band) (category 4AD artists)
    made me think I needed to get my act together." In 1989, the band signed to 4AD Records and released their first recording Scar, a six-track mini-album....
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    Neil Halstead (category 4AD artists)
    Label: 4AD; Copyright: 2002 4AD Ltd; Length: 48:19" iTunes – Music – Sleeping on Roads by Neil Halstead. "Released: Jul 01, 2001; ℗ 2001 4AD; Length:...
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  • into prominence in the 1980s through groups associated with the UK label 4AD, most prominently Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, and A.R. Kane. Subsequently...
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    Clan of Xymox (category 4AD artists)
    Nooten – and gained success in the 1980s, releasing their first two albums on 4AD, before releasing their third and fourth albums on Wing Records and scoring...
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    Black Francis (category 4AD artists)
    under the name Frank Black. After releasing two albums with record label 4AD and one with American Recordings, he left the label and formed a new band...
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    The Breeders (category 4AD artists)
    independent record label 4AD because both the Pixies and the Throwing Muses were signed to the label. Upon hearing the tape, 4AD head Ivo Watts-Russell...
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    Daughter (band) (category 4AD artists)
    three albums, and are currently signed to Glassnote (North America) and 4AD (Europe). After playing the local London circuit, they toured supporting...
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    Camera Obscura (band) (category 4AD artists)
    (December 1999, Quattro) Japan-only 4AD Sessions EP (19 April 2014, 4AD) Record Store Day Making Money (23 April 2022, 4AD) Record Store Day Acoustic 07 (2007...
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    Ex:Re (category 4AD artists)
    28 November. Ex:Re came out digitally on 30 November 2018 via the labels 4AD and Glassnote. It was later released physically on CD and vinyl on 1 February...
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  • Come On Pilgrim (category 4AD EPs)
    American alternative rock band Pixies, released on September 28, 1987, on 4AD. Produced by Gary Smith, the release consists of eight tracks from a seventeen-song...
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  • The Wolfgang Press (category 4AD artists)
    known for its 1992 international hit single "A Girl Like You". The official 4AD band profile describes them as "post-punk", transforming to "avant-dance...
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    Capacity (Saddle Creek, 2017) U.F.O.F. (4AD, 2019) Two Hands (4AD, 2019) Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (4AD, 2022) Naddaff-Hafrey, Benjamin (November...
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    Throwing Muses (category 4AD artists)
    press. Demo producer Gary Smith of Fort Apache Studios led them to sign with 4AD, where they became the label's first American band. Kristin recalls, "I signed...
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    Aldous Harding (category 4AD artists)
    and 4AD. She has collaborated with Marlon Williams, John Parish, Mike Hadreas (better known by his stage name Perfume Genius), and Fenne Lily. 4AD announced...
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  • playing the pump organ. Her next release would not be until 1995 when the 4AD label issued her debut solo LP, Five Ways of Disappearing, described by Trouser...
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  • recorded a track for the 4AD Records 12" compilation Presage(s) in 1980 and performed at 4ad sponsored gigs in London with other 4ad artists including Modern...
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    Efterklang (category 4AD artists)
    two albums on England's the Leaf Label; the attention led to a deal with 4AD. The band has recorded five studio albums and are currently signed to City...
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  • Vaughan Oliver (category 4AD)
    close relationship with record label 4AD between 1982 and 1998 and gave distinct visual identities for the 4AD releases by many bands, including Mojave...
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  • as an outgrowth of gothic rock, ethereal wave was mainly represented by 4AD bands such as Cocteau Twins, This Mortal Coil, and early guitar-driven Dead...
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  • It'll End in Tears (category 4AD albums)
    It'll End in Tears is the first album released by 4AD collective This Mortal Coil, a loose grouping of artists on the label brought together by label...
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    Tanya Donelly (category 4AD artists)
    recorded on Sire/Reprise Records and 4AD Records; Donelly's solo works have been released on Warner Bros. Records and 4AD. Over the years, she has listed several...
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  • Ivo Watts-Russell (category 4AD)
    executive. He was joint-founder with Peter Kent of the independent record label 4AD. He has produced several records, although he prefers to use the term "musical...
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    Grimes (category 4AD artists)
    Geidi Primes and Halfaxa, in 2010 on Arbutus Records, before signing with 4AD and rising to prominence with the release of her 2012 album, Visions. The...
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  • Red House Painters (category 4AD artists)
    demos from 1989 to 1992. The band were signed to 4AD in 1992, on the strength of a demo tape passed to 4AD boss Ivo Watts-Russell by American Music Club...
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  • Swallow were a British-based duo of Mike Mason and Louise Trehy. Signed to 4AD, they only released one studio album and one remix collection before leaving...
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    signed with 4AD Records where they disbanded in 1998. Their catalogue was remastered by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab and released in June 2008 by 4AD, initially...
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  • Heaven or Las Vegas (category 4AD albums)
    alternative rock band Cocteau Twins. It was released on 17 September 1990 by 4AD. It is the band's second major-label release, following Blue Bell Knoll in...
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