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Cymru Cuts #8 – Adwaith, Kim Hon, Ani Glass, YNYS, Sywel Nyw, Blaktrix, Melin Melyn Chroma, Mr Phormula + more

Yes indeed, it’s time for another round-up of Welsh music and musicians and what they’ve been up to both in and outside Wales. We’ve got oodles of reviews of fresh cuts, news on album awards and forthcomigng releases. All that plus a report and photo gallery of the recent Welsh takeover of sunny Birkenhead. So make yourself a big cuppa tea, and dive right in.

Images: Beverley Craddock

IN CONVERSATION – Pixy Jones “I’m quite anal about reverb”

It comes as some relief on the zoom call with Pixy Jones for this interview, to not be greeted by a giant rubber walrus head staring back at me from my laptop screen. His press photos are precisely thus, with a rather splendid pair of tusks giving off a ‘Trout Mask Replica’ and jumper vibe. […]

Dead Method – Marwolaeth

Lŵp and PYST are excited to share the second video from their joint Music Video Fund – Marwolaeth (Death) by Dead Method, animated by Molly Allen. Dead Method is a pop star for the new age, whose music plunges deep into the depths of alternative electro pop with a dark edge as he explores life […]

Mae #YPump yn dod i’r ‘Steddfod! 🎪

Ar nos Sadwrn ola’ ‘Steddfod, bydd actorion yn dod â straeon Tim, Tami, Aniq, Robyn a Cat ar y maes yn fyw mewn gig arbennig yng Nghaffi Maes B. Der i brofi wythnos yn Nhregaron yng nghwmni’r pump ffrind, gyda miwsig gan Eadyth a Lewys.

👀 Eisiau sneak peek o’r gwaith? Bydd awduron a chydawduron y gyfres yn cwrdd i weithio ar eu pennodau a darllen gwaith bob dydd am 18:30 ar Lwyfan y Llanerch. Bydd hefyd cyfle i ddarllen y gwaith gorffenedig mewn zine digidol gan Penglog yn ystod ac ar ôl y gig!

Agor – Sachasom

The first video that received funding was Sachasom’s ‘Agor’. Directed by Sam Stevens and Sion Teifi Rees, the video was inspired by Gasper Noe’s ‘Climax’.

WARNING: This video may potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy. 

Lawnsio label newydd o Ddyffryn Nantlle

Mae Osian Cai a Hedydd Ioan, dau hogyn o Benygroes yn Ddyffryn Nantlle, newydd lawnsio INOIS, label newydd i gerddoriaeth Cymraeg gan rhyddhau cerddoriaeth ei hyn (Cai a skylrk.) a band ifanc o Gaernarfon, Maes Parcio.

CRWTH

Cylchgrawn dwyieithog newydd sbon ar y diwydiant cerddoriaeth gyda ffocws ar newyddion, proffiliau a chyfleoedd yn y diwydiant cerddoriaeth Gymraeg. Mae Crwth wedi’i ddylunio a’i gyflwyno gan bobl ifanc sy’n dod i’r amlwg o fewn y diwydiant, trwy daflu golau dros ddiwydiant cerddoriaeth, diwylliant a chelf yn Gymru fodern. Bydd rhifyn 1 o Crwth yn cael ei lansio yn gynnar yn 2022.

To read the first issues and to get more information on the magazine follow the link HERE

The Bunkhouse Swansea

The Bunkhouse is an multi award winning bar, music venue & community space situated in the back streets of Swansea city centre giving a platform for local emerging artists & large touring bands. ​ Established in 2017 by a collective team of music lovers & misfits in the wrong side of their 20’s, The Bunkhouse […]

Rogue Jones – Englynion Angylion

Cyfarwyddwr / Director : Ynyr Morgan Ifan

Cast :
Heledd Gwynn
Bethan Mai
Ynyr Morgan Ifan
Paul Willis
Tanwen Antur
Myfi Mŵg

Cyfarwyddwr Ffotograffiaeth / Director of Photography : Gareth Bull

Golygydd / Editor : Pixy Jones

Rotosgopio / Rotoscoping : Mathew Young

Ffotograffiaeth Ychwanegol / Additional Photography : Ynyr Morgan Ifan

Cronfa Fideos Cerddorol: tu ôl i’r llen efo Sachasom a Pypi Slysh // Music Video Fund: behind the scenes with Sachasom and Pypi Slysh

Back in March we announced our Music Video Fund in collaboration with Lŵp – 10 x £500 to be awarded to artists and directors performing in Welsh at the start of their careers.

The first to receive funding was the experiemental artist from Machynlleth, Izak Zjalic, aka Sachasom, who pitched an idea in collaboration with exciting upandcoming production company Pypi Slysh (Sam Stevens & Sion Teifi Rees). On the process of creating the video, Izak shared:

“Creating the video with Sam and Sion from Pypi Slysh was a unique process- shot in a fairly impromptu style, based on the original idea and was inspired by the film Climax by Gaspar Noe. Although the video for ‘Agor’ is quite abstract, through the different images and symbols, there is a narrative that follows my experiences in the creative process of making music, moving from the purity of creation for enjoyment, to aspects I inherited through reading about ‘hauntology’ philosophy and the worries of growing up. This is an internal struggle that is being presented over my album Yr Offerynnols Uffernoliadaus! – which aims to promote the idea of creating music that is natural to you and not to follow anyone else’s agenda. The video was filmed over two locations, an old house that burned down, The Vaults in Cardiff Bay, and at BEWT Studios. ”

The video for ‘Agor’, directed by Sam Stevens, is out on the same day as the single, 8th July. Until then, here’s a few pictures from behind the scenes.

Beacons Cymru

Beacons is a pan-Wales organisation aiming to empower the next generation of young people (aged 16-25) aspiring to work in the Welsh music industry. Following the success of regional projects – Forté Project (est. 2015) and Young Promoters Network (est. 2010) – Beacons formed with the support of Creative Wales in 2021.   Our vision […]

Gŵyl Maldwyn 2022

Dau o gyn enillwyr teitl ‘Band Gorau’ Gwobrau’r Selar, Bwncath a Candelas, fydd prif atyniadau nos Wener yr ŵyl eleni, efo Morgan Elwy a’r band yn cychwyn y noson! Dydd Sadwrn wedyn fydd Y Dienw, Efa Bleddyn a Geraint Lovgreen yn dilyn Ymryson y Beirdd yn y prynhawn a wedyn Kizzy Crawford, Aeron Pugh, Yws […]

Bwncath

Dyma gyfle i ddysgwyr Cymraeg ddod ynghyd â gwrando ar ambell i gân swynol gan Bwncath. Bydd hefyd sesiwn holi ac ateb gyda’r band, a chyfle i’r gynulleidfa ofyn cwestiynau. Croeso mawr i siaradwyr Cymraeg eraill hefyd, hefyd, wrth gwrs. Sesiwn wedi ei gadeirio gan Nick Yeo, cyflwynydd podlediad Sgwrsio.

Trefnir gan Dysgu Cymraeg.

Meithrin y Fflam: Avanc

Cyflwyniad i AVANC – Band Gwerin Ieuenctid Cenedlaethol Cymru

Dewch i gyfarfod rhai o aelodau AVANC [Band Gwerin Ieuenctid Cenedlaethol Cymru] a’u hofferynnau. Yn ystod y cyflwyniad cewch gipolwg i fewn i sut beth ydi bod yn gerddor traddodiadol ifanc, yr alawon a chaneuon sy’n eu cyffroi nhw, a’r profiad o fod yn aelod o’r band egnïol a hynod dalentog yma. Yn addas i bobl o bob oedran, yn gerddorion neu ddim.

Song of the Trees

A unique symphony led by the rainforests of Wales.

Launching for the Summer Solstice 2022, CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony empowers a new voice for our fragile ecology, inviting audiences to connect with the environment through a unique collaboration with nature, where for the first time, the rainforests of Wales sing out from beneath the bark. Hearing impaired, environmental sound artist and composer Cheryl Beer, has spent the last year working with the ancient rainforests of Wales, composing music led by the vascular systems of four remaining fragile enclaves. Her work reunites ancient Celtic grounds that would once have been joined together under the soil, by the fine feathery threads of mycelium fungus, as one magnificent rainforest.

By repurposing hearing aid and sensitive biomedical sound equipment, Cheryl has collated biorhythms created by conductivity deep within trees, ferns and moss, using these readings to compose CÂN Y COED Rainforest Symphony, unearthing previously unheard conversations within nature, where every note played is led by the ancient trees, fern and moss, themselves. Through her ground breaking arts & technology fusion, Cheryl’s unique way of composing music is raising awareness of our globally significant eco-system

Llais

Llais is Cardiff’s annual international arts festival inspired by the instrument that connects us all – the voice.   With a mixture of free and ticketed events, Llais presents a programme of adventurous live music, thought-provoking performance and playful experiences for everyone to explore.   Not confined by genre or artform, Llais celebrates internationally acclaimed artists […]

Wales Millennium Centre | Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru

We are a home for the arts in Wales, a cauldron of creativity for the nation. We fire imaginations by creating our own theatre productions, festivals and digital experiences – as well as curating world-class, critically acclaimed touring productions – from musical theatre and comedy to dance and cabaret. We kindle emerging talents with our own fresh, […]

Ara Deg

Ara Deg 2024 August 22 – 24 Neuadd Ogwen