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Cwestiynau – Tesni Haf Hughes

Fideo swyddogol ‘Cwestiynau’, y sengl newydd gan Tesni Owen Hughes – allan nawr ar INOIS.

Ffrydiwch ‘Cwestiynau’ yma

Cyfarwyddwr – Osian Cai
Cynhyrchydd – Osian Cai, Ffion Mai
Camera – Ffion Mai, Hedydd Ioan
Golygu – Ffion Mai, Hedydd Ioan
Cynhyrchiad Trac 42

PYST MEWN MIS – Ionawr/January

New year, new music, and there’s PLENTY of new music to come in 2023 12 singles, 1 EPs and 1 albums were distributed by PYST in January. Find the full list below

The Pinkels – Dolig Stonc

New young band from Blaenau Ffestiniog (9 yrs old)

Track recorded as part of the ANTHEM / ATSAIN workshops.

Recorded at Clinc Blaenau Studio.

PODCAST: Show Me Magic with Jimmy Watkins (Running Punks)

For the latest Show Me Magic podcast, Bill Cummings and Jim Auton are joined by Jimmy Watkins a former Welsh athlete. He is also known as a member of bands like Future of the Left and The Vega Bodegas and during lockdown he was part of setting up Running punks a supportive group of runners who love music.

They talk #newmusic, Jimmy’s running reviews including the time he was joined by a member of Idles, heavy music, metal, power pop, 70s influenced sound, The Arctic Monkeys, and how albums by big names don’t flop in the way they used to. They also chat hip hop, the early 00s music scene, post hardcore and 80s music. What Jimmy is up to right now, his new group Joyce and much more. They finish off with chat about some classic tracks.

ZION – MORGAN A JACOB ELWY

Zion is a spiritual journey from the ever present chains of Babylon to the open gates of Zion. A powerful welsh language rock-reggae song by singer songwriter Morgan Elwy, joined by his brother Jacob Elwy’s voice. The music is guitar driven with a roots-reggae core layered with magical vocal harmonies and a nostalgic trumpet melody that longs for the the peaceful grace of Zion.

Drums – Gruff Roberts
Guitars & Bass – Morgan Elwy
Trumpet – Owain Roberts
Mix – Sam Durrant/Studio Un
BV – Mali Elwy

Porth Ar-lein | Online Gateway

We have launched an online gateway!

Full of opportunities, resources and advice for young people who love and want to pursue working in music. You can even join the Gateway discord network!

Go to explore now

Dyddiau Du

A neurodivergent, queer-led community library and art/lit space.

N.E.W. Futures with Larynx Entertainment

Larynx Entertainment recently teamed up with the North East Wales Cohesion team to present N.E.W. Futures, a project with the aim of using rap music as a means to bring positive change to individuals and the community. Throughout the duration of the project the participants: Benzy, JP, Flowan, Xelous and Entah have discussed issues within […]

Operasonic

Operasonic was founded in 2014 and is based in Newport, South Wales.   We create opportunities for people to use their creative power to tell stories and celebrate their communities and open up music as a means of self-expression.   We believe creativity is a human right. It enables imagination, curiosity, and agency, and encourages […]

Gypsy Stars Choir

Gypsy Stars Choir is a music project celebrating Roma culture in Newport. It brings together Roma children and families from across Newport to sing and dance, and is a collaboration between Operasonic, Maindee Primary School, Lliswerry High School and G-Expressions.

OUR TEAM
Choir Leaders: Rhian Hutchings & Stacey Blythe

Choir Support: Diana Horvathova & Martine Smith

The Gypsy Stars Choir is grateful for funding across the project from Newport Participatory Budgeting, Comic Relief Community Fund, and also for support from Travelling Ahead, Maindee Primary School, Lliswerry High School, Riverfront Theatre, and Newport Fusion.

VEHICLES

Vehicles is an educational science and opera project for children aged 6 – 12 years old.

Vehicles is the story of two astronauts embarking on a space journey but something goes horribly wrong. Join Captain Houston and Lieutenant Schmidt as they go on a time-travelling adventure through the history of transport.

On their operatic voyage, Captain Houston and Lieutenant Schmidt travel back in time and see cars, lorries, bikes, balloons and boats from their amazing spaceship. Performed by live singer / musicians on stage, viewers will experience how transport developed throughout history. Vehicles celebrates creativity and innovation in both music and engineering – as well as exploring the history of human transport.

Composer Martyn Harry has spent the last two years researching the themes of the opera and developing it suitably for this age group, focusing on STEAM outcomes.

The Making of A Monster – trailer / rhaglun

A grime-theatre mash-up by Connor Allen


A Wales Millenium Centre Production

09-19/11/22

Too black for my white friends, but too white for my Black friends. Growing up mixed race in Newport, I fell into a cloud of grey.

Absent Black father, ducking the police, working out what it means to be a man. I was struggling to find my place in the world and in danger of spiralling out of control. Then one moment changed my life.

Created from grime culture and inspired by Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Skepta and Kano, The Making of a Monster is my story.

Tickets

THE MAKING OF A MONSTER

Cynhyrchiad Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru

9 – 19 Tachwedd 2022

Stiwdio Weston

Dod o hyd i docynnau £15

Only Leave Love Behind by FFLOW.

With COP 27 around the corner, this song feels urgent. It was written during COP 26 after Carys was chosen to be a part of a Climate Project called ‘Everything Change’ with Taliesin Arts Centre in Swansea and Dhaka Literature festival in Bangladesh, led by Owen Sheers and Margaret Attwood.

This is FFLOW’s second single – a heartfelt, anthemic ballad with powerhouse vocals, a song which asks people to think about the future they leave behind for others ‘The end lyrics are particularly aimed at world leaders’ said writer Carys Eleri. The lyrics are very personal, as it reflects on a loved one, who, as the song says – only left love behind. 

The video is supported by National Botanic Gardens of Wales, Coco & Cwtsh, Dhaka Literature Festival and Taliesin Arts Centre. Shot by Andy Pritchard & Stephen Hart and co-directed by Carys Eleri.

Lyrics and music were written by Carys Eleri, the arrangement, instruments and production all by Branwen Munn at Goldhill Studios.

FFLOW want to direct people to varying climate tackling charities during COP 27, as a course of action.

FFLOW was formed during lockdown. Having spent years collaborating on comedy projects, the two decided to form a band together to express themselves in different ways and go with the FFLOW 😉 Having worked together on a project for National Theatre Wales in lockdown and co-creating a song called ‘Go Tell the Bees – Dod Nol at fy Nghoed’,  which focuses on our connection with nature in light of grief, the two have since embarked on a journey to discover those sounds and lyrics that comfort and lift us in difficult times. 

PODCAST: Show Me Magic Special with Aderyn

For the latest new music podcast Bill Cummings and Jim Auton are joined by the emerging Welsh artist Aderyn, who picks up the Triskel Award for new acts at the Welsh music prize ceremony tomorrow. They chat Welsh music, podcasts, the Swn Festival, punk pop, lounge pop, grunge pop, film soundtracks. How expensive it is to be a self-funded artist, the major labels block booking vinyl production, why the Pitchfork 90s albums list is revisionist, shouty pop men and the randomness of the streaming algorithms. They round off chatting about some classic tracks.

Guava Rockets – Faith in the Animal (Official Video)

Faith in the Animal is the second song on Guava Rocket’s debut six-song EP, Where the Sparks Collide. Megan Angharad Hunter, vocals; Dave Hunter, instruments/production. Released by PYST / Dim Byd Mawr Recording © Guava Rockets 2022 Song © Dave Hunter 2022 (BMI)

PYST MEWN MIS – Hydref/October

22 singles, 5 EPs and 3 albums were distributed by PYST in October. Here’s the full list below. Buy, stream and save your favourites!

Blearz – Changes (Official Music Video)

Flintshire’s Blearz talks life lessons and goals on debut track ‘Changes’.

Hot off the heels of his first live performance at LARYNX LINKED, Blearz’s hopes of rectifying his past and achieving his ambitions are rapped throughout this tracks verses. Documenting his failures and falls, we get someone at a turning point in life who wants more than he’s seeing before him as he raps “I weren’t brought up seeing money, I’ve been fiending a cheque”.

The hook carries the same sentiment as the artist expresses his want for change and how he’s using music as a means to avoid the pitfalls that may await him otherwise.

Blearz’s ‘Changes’ releases to streaming platforms October 28th 2022 on LARYNX LICENSED with a music video shot by Hamnett Films.

Llais 2022

Introducing our line up for Llais 2022.

Mwldan

Mwldan is an arts centre and independent cinema in Cardigan. It is a co-producer of Other Voices Cardigan (with South Wind Blows and Triongl) and programmes the summer season of large-scale outdoor events at Cardigan Castle in conjunction with the Castle. Mwldan is also one half of bendigedig record label (with Arc Music) and produces […]

Blank Face

Blank Face is a musical canvas, that fuses different sounds like Singer/ Songwriter Acoustic music, Hip Hop, Rnb, Soul and Afro.

He believes in the idea of creating vibes and not genres and although predominantly a singer is a genre-less artist and so far no two songs are of the same genre. He is particularly known for his quick lyricism and freestyling capability and calls himself the “One Take God”.

Born and raised in Nigeria, Blank Face says he is influenced by his surrounding from Afro legends like Fela Kuti to modern-day influences across genres like Tay Iwar, Miguel, Masego, Anderson Paak, Logic and many others. The vast contrast in his artistic influence alongside his varying tastes has allowed him to create unique sounds that represent him as a true Blank Face.

Aisha Kigs

Aisha Kigs is a singer songwriter based in Cardiff, Wales. Aisha has been involved with the TuWezeshe Akina Dada fellowship programme in 2017 – 2018. She was also the creative director of G.I.R.L. exhibition, where she curated and showcased Wales’s young black artists through the theme of black female individuality.

Aisha is working on writing songs that elebrate the beauty and complexities of black femininity. Her song writing is inspired by her personal experiences as a dark skin black woman, having grown up in an environment where she felt she had to defend her own femininity against Eurocentric beauty standards. aiming to decolonise the black women tropes and spin them on their head.

Dim Byd Mawr

Guava Rockets is the new musical partnership between Megan Angharad Hunter and Dave Hunter, which is released via the label Dim Byd Mawr.   Megan Angharad Hunter is a Welsh-speaking author, screenwriter, and musician from Dyffryn Nantlle, North Wales. She is best known for her debut novel published in 2021, tu ôl i’r awyr, for […]

Guava Rockets – We’re Just the Bomb (Official Video)

Like the eclectic match-up of Guava Rockets’ personnel themselves, the debut single “We’re Just the Bomb” weaves diverse influences and sounds into a rousing indie-electro-pop anthem that’s simultaneously energizing and ethereal, and resolutely uplifting throughout. Musically, the song is compelling and infectious, from the juxtaposition of its burbling synth lines and dreamy vocals, to its stompingly infectious beat, […]

News: Sweet Baboo announces new album ‘The Wreckage’ & UK tour

Sweet Baboo is back! Stephen Black, the most unique of songwriters, with his playful sense of fatalism and humour, brings out a new album in the New Year. ‘The Wreckage’ is his first long player in five years, after working on his Group Listening project, touring with Gruff Rhys, and Cate Le Bon, and playing […]