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Call the Hive: Jonny Ash (Bryn Rock Live)

We are proud to present our first episode of Bryn Rock Live.

This is Jonny Ash smashing out their most recent single ‘Call The Hive’.

Artist – Jonny Ash
Videographer – Lindsay Walker
Audio engineer – Osian Huw Williams
Editor – Jack Wells
Director – Jacob Elwy

Special Thanks to Creative Wales and Stiwdio Sain!

Chwarel Biws – Dafydd Hedd (Bryn Rock Live)

Bryn Rock live Ep 2

Dyma fersiwn byw o Chwarel biws gan Dafydd Hedd.

Artist – Dafydd Hedd
Videographer – Lindsay Walker
Audio – Osian Huw Williams
Editor – Jack Wells
Director – Jacob Elwy

Special thanks to Creative Wales and Stiwdio Sain.

8 Flowers – Osian Gierke (Bryn Rock Live)

Bryn Rock Live Episode 3 presents the amazingly talented musician from North Wales, Osian Gierke. ‘8 Flowers’ is the first track we recorded with Osian at ‘Stiwdio Sain’. It is a song that is so beautifully written by such a young artist — we cannot wait to share this one with everybody!

Artist – Osian Gierke
Videographer – Lindsay Walker
Audio engineer – Osian Huw Williams
Editors – Jack Wells, Jacob Elwy
Director – Jacob Elwy

Special Thanks to Creative Wales and Stiwdio Sain!

Bia Y Nos – Dafydd Hedd (Bryn Rock Live)

Bryn Rock Live Episode 4. Fersiwn byw pwerus o sengl diweddaraf Dafydd Hedd ‘Bia y Nos’ —Anthem Indie ffeministiaid sy’n tynnu dylanwad o artistiaid fel Radiohead, Chroma a Sam Fender.

“Ysgrifennais “Bia y Nos” blwyddyn yn ol, yng nghanol yr argyfwng sbeicio diodydd i magu hyder dioddefwyr ac anfon neges. Dylai pawb allu mwynhau noson allan heb ots pwy ydyn nhw.”

“I wrote “Bia y Nos” last year, amid the drink-spiking crisis to empower victims and send a message. Everyone should be able to enjoy a night out regardless of who they are.”

Cinematographer – Lyndsay Walker
Audio Engineer – Osian Huw Williams
Video Editor/Director – Jacob Elwy

Special Thanks – Creative Wales & Stiwdio Sain.

Dyblu cronfa fideos cerddorol Lŵp x PYST

S4C’s Lŵp and PYST financial funding to create Welsh music videos will be doubled in order to fund twenty new videos over the next year.

For more information about how to apply, please contact owain@pyst.net.

The Gentle Good – Galarfan

“There is so much to read, see and listen to on AM it’s hard to know where to begin. My advice would be that anywhere is absolutely fine, and you’ll soon find yourself falling down a wonderous rabbit hole of Welsh culture. I found new work by artists I already love and discovered amazing new people and projects in no time. You can put your finger right on Wales’ cultural pulse just by visiting this website. Lush.”

Enjoy The Gentle Good’s DEWIS now!

Modulate

After a popular call-out, Disability Arts Cymru have chosen the 8 Disabled Musicians And Music Industry Workers Aged 18-30 who will share their passion, skills, wants and needs and Help Create Wales’ First Music Development Scheme For Young Disabled People: Modulate..

The program runs in two stages – a consultation stage where the group designs a program to suit their interests, and then a series of workshops on the themes we have discussed, bringing in musicians and industry experts to learn more.If you’d like to learn more about Modulate, or be part of the scheme in future, get in touch: Rosey@dacymru.com

Meet the panel here!

Eisteddfod Genedlaethol 2023

We have had a unforgettable week at the Eisteddfod. It has been a week full of socialising, fun and laughter.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us through donations. It has given us the opportunity to go to the eisteddfod this year. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this unforgettable experience.

Theatr Clwyd: Medi / September 2023

07/09/2023 – Learning To Fly Tickets & More Info 7:30pm . From £10 08/09/2023 – Piece Of Work Tickets & More Info 7:30pm . From £10 10/09/2023 – Comedy Club Tickets & More Info 7:30pm . £10 12-16/09/2023 – Faith Healer Tickets & More Info 2:30pm / 7:30pm . From £10 15/09/2023 – NWIMF – […]

Hyll – Mike

Dyma Mike, oddi ar ein albwm newydd Sŵn o’r Stafell Arall

Dancer – Kate Morange

Director / Concept – Charlotte Lewis
DoP & Colour Grade – Joe Blake
Editor – Owain Jones

Brwydr y Bandiau: Alis – Llonydd

Alis Glyn is a young artist from Caernarfon who’s been part of the Merched yn Gwneud Miwsig project, and she’s “delighted to reach the final round. I’m really looking forward to performing on Llwyfan y Maes on Wednesday afternoon in the Eisteddfod and to watching the other three finalists perform.” Her favourite music includes Mared, Lizzie McAlpine, Gwilym and The Beatles.

BRWYDR Y BANDIAU MAES B + BBC RADIO CYMRU 2023

Maes B and BBC Radio Cymru are happy to announce the four shortlisted artists in this year’s Battle of the Bands competition. This is the nineteenth year that the competition has been held, and this year fourteen artists or bands applied.

The four finalists are Alis Glyn, Francis Rees, Moss Carpet and Tew Tew Tennau.

Brwydr y Bandiau: Tew Tew Tennau – Rho fo’n ôl

Tew Tew Tennau is a young band from Denbigh and Eban Elwy Williams, the lead singer of the band says “Brwydr y Bandiau has been our goal since we started, we feel very lucky to have this platform to share our music with an audience in the Eisteddfod.” They listen to a lot of different music as a band, but their main influences come from rock, rap and reggae music. 

BRWYDR Y BANDIAU MAES B + BBC RADIO CYMRU 2023

Maes B and BBC Radio Cymru are happy to announce the four shortlisted artists in this year’s Battle of the Bands competition. This is the nineteenth year that the competition has been held, and this year fourteen artists or bands applied.

The four finalists are Alis Glyn, Francis Rees, Moss Carpet and Tew Tew Tennau.

Brwydr y Bandiau: Francis Rees – Pell

This is the second year for Francis Rees from Tywyn, to reach the final four, in the competition, and she’s also benifited from the Merched yn Gwneud Miwsig project. She describes the community created by this project “a growing community, keen to help and support each other.” She describes her music as “dream pop, but I get a lot of inspiration from European music after Eurovision this year!” 

BRWYDR Y BANDIAU MAES B + BBC RADIO CYMRU 2023

Maes B and BBC Radio Cymru are happy to announce the four shortlisted artists in this year’s Battle of the Bands competition. This is the nineteenth year that the competition has been held, and this year fourteen artists or bands applied.

The four finalists are Alis Glyn, Francis Rees, Moss Carpet and Tew Tew Tennau.

Brwydr y Bandiau: Moss Carpet – Jugworm

Moss Carpet is a project from Caernarfon, which experiments with different genres and likes to “experiment with different techniques and see how it goes! The result is a mixture of sonic textures…” He’s been creating music for five years, “alone in my bedroom, I never thought people would listen and enjoy [my music].”

BRWYDR Y BANDIAU MAES B + BBC RADIO CYMRU 2023

Maes B and BBC Radio Cymru are happy to announce the four shortlisted artists in this year’s Battle of the Bands competition. This is the nineteenth year that the competition has been held, and this year fourteen artists or bands applied.

The four finalists are Alis Glyn, Francis Rees, Moss Carpet and Tew Tew Tennau.

Mellt – Diwrnod Arall

Fel taran mae Mellt yn dychwelyd i fyd arallfydol fel gyda’u sengl newydd ‘Diwrnod Arall’. Mae cytuno ar syniad cychwynnol er mwyn creu fideo gyda thîm cynhyrchu yn beth anodd gyda’r posibiliadau’n ddiddiwedd. A doedd y ‘prosiect’ yma ddim yn eithriad, gyda thensiynau’n uchel, stormydd yn corddi, Dydd y Farn ar y gorwel… Ond yn achos Mellt, doedd dim angen chwilio ymhell am ysbrydoliaeth. Mae’r band yn cymryd yr awenau eu hunain, hawlio’u hawen greadigol yn ôl a gadael i’r gerddoriaeth siarad drosti hi ei hun. Felly gwyliwch, gwrandewch, mwynhewch. Daw gosteg wedi’r storm.

Actorion: Hedydd Ioan
Cyfarwyddo: Griff Lynch
Cynhyrchu: Aled Wyn Jones
Cyfarwyddwr Celf: Dafydd Roberts
DOP: Andy Pritchard
Cyfarwyddwr BTS: Elis Derby
Rheolwr Cynhyrchu: Iona Rhys

Diolchiadau: Cwmni Da

Ify Iwobi – WAY U MOVE (feat. Mace)

‘Way U Move’: Ify Iwobi (ft Mace) Official Video

‘Way U Move’ comes from ‘Identity’ by Ify Iwobi. ‘Identity’ can be gotten on iTunes, Amazon Music and all good streaming stores now!

‘Way U Move’
Composed and Co-Produced by Ify Iwobi
Featuring Mace
Produced by Dai Griff Productions
Lyrics by Mace
Video Design by c-bloc
(c)IfyIwobiMusic

BRWYDR Y BANDIAU MAES B

Maes B and BBC Radio Cymru are happy to announce the four shortlisted artists in this year’s Battle of the Bands competition. This is the nineteenth year that the competition has been held, and this year fourteen artists or bands applied.

The four finalists are Alis Glyn, Francis Rees, Moss Carpet and Tew Tew Tennau. Judging this year’s competition were Glyn Rhys-James (Mellt), Marged Siôn (Artist and member of Self Esteem), Marged Gwenllian (Y Cledrau + Cube), and Sion Land (Alffa).

The competition was amazing this year, and the judges had a very difficult task choosing the top four. Marged Gwenllian, Y Cledrau and Ciwb’s bassist, said, “The standard this year was fantastic, and the number of entries made things difficult for us, but it was a wonderful problem to have.”

Siôn Land, the drummer of Alffa, who won in 2017, said “Brwydr y Bandiau is one of the most important competitions in the Eisteddfod, especially for contemporary Welsh music. The competition enables artists to go to the next stage and gain more awareness across Wales and beyond! The competition was an essential part of our journey and without the competition we wouldn’t be where we are now.”

The four artists have recorded sessions at Sain’s studio and the performances can be seen over on Maes B’s YouTube.

The Brwydr y Bandiau final will be held on Llwyfan y Maes on Wednesday 9 August between 15:30 and 17:50.

GAI TOMS – Melys Gybolfa

GAI TOMS – Melys Gybolfa

Oddi ar yr albwm ‘Baiaia!’, Recordiau Sain, 2023

From the ‘Baiaia!’ album on Sain Records, 2023

Recordiau Tŷ Cerdd

The Tŷ Cerdd Records label enables us to promote Welsh music to the world.   We make recordings in our in-house studio as well as in venues around Wales, working with a range of artists – from some of Wales’s best-known, to rising stars – and many of our releases have garnered plaudits and reviews […]

amrwd – Angharad Jenkins, Patrick Rimes

amrwd (the Welsh for raw) is the debut album from two artists who are simply at the top of their game on the Welsh folk scene.

As founding members of the multi award-winning band CALAN, Angharad Jenkins and Patrick Rimes (also a founding member of Vrï) have spent fifteen years at the cutting edge of Welsh traditional music, constantly bending and beating it into unfamiliar shapes with their relentlessly innovative interpretations of old repertoire.

Through five studio albums and gruelling tours across three continents a deep musical rapport has grown, a shared instinctive musical language and a yearning to hear these ancient melodies as they are: raw and unfiltered. 

“amrwd encapsulates the sound of our strings, our voices, with foot percussion and keys. The presentation is raw, stripped-back, pure and simple.”

Buy the ‘amrwd’ CD here

Mr Phormula – Tir

Fideo Swyddogol i “Tir”. Official music video for “Tir” (Land).

A.W.D.L (Artsit With Dual Language) OUT NOW / ALLAN RWAN!

Billy – Wigwam

Fideo ar gyfer ‘Billy’, sengl diweddaraf Wigwam – allan nawr ar Recordiau JigCal.

Billy – Steffan Thompson
Cyfarwyddwr / Golygydd – Gareth Scourfield
Cynorthwyydd Camera – Mared Lloyd
Cynorthwyydd Golygu – Rhys Morris

Wigwam yw – Griff Daniels, Gareth Scourfield, Rhys Morris, Dan Jones

Gyda diolch i Owen Morgan + y teulu Bleasdale.

GIG KLUST 01

Highlights of our first showcase event, held at the Victoria Dalston in London on 22 April 2023, with Sŵnami, Malan, Wrkhouse + Talulah.

GIG KLUST 02

Highlights of our first showcase event, held at the Victoria Dalston in London on 22 April 2023, with Sŵnami, Malan, Wrkhouse + Talulah.

Sywel Nyw – Deuddeg

Twelve months, twelve singles, twelve artists. This is a collection of alternative and melodious pop songs, all of which are songs co-written by Sywel Nyw and another Welsh artist. From musical pioneers such as Mark Roberts and Endaf Emlyn to emerging artists in the Welsh music scene such as Gwenno Morgan and Lauren Connelly. ‘Deuddeg’ is an eclectic collection of singles, with each artist bringing their own special relationship to Welsh culture and a unique way of expressing themselves through the language.

There are soulful dancefloor-fillers such as the effervescent banger ‘Amser Parti’ featuring the powerhouse vocals of Dionne Bennett, with drums curtesy of Kliph Scurlocks (ex-Flaming Lips and Gruff Rhys drummer). Also, nostalgia inducing moments on ‘10/10’ where Lauren Connelly’s compelling spoken word is layered over a pulsating 80s’s drum machine. Then there are the edgier moments found in the harder dance beats of ‘Y Meddwl Lliwgar Yma’ (feat Steffan Dafydd’s razor sharp delivery), and the electroclash punk attitude of ‘Seagal’ (feat. Iolo Selyf of Y Ffug).

Sywel Nyw is musician Lewys Wyn. According to Lewys, the project was a way of creating music outside the “formulaic” and “monotonous” album process, whilst simultaneously tapping into Wales’ diverse music scene with the album featuring both established and upcoming Welsh artists from far reaching genres. They are all artists who successfully present their own unique style of songwriting, each with its own unique relationship with Welsh culture and a unique way of expressing themselves through the language.

Sywel Nyw – Disgo Newydd

Lwcus T presents ‘Disgo Newydd,’ the latest single by artist and producer Sywel Nyw. It continues with the collaborative ethos of the musician, but this time embracing transatlantic sounds. ‘Disgo Newydd’ (meaning ‘New Disco’) is a track that reflects international friendship, as it samples a conversation over WhatsApp with Meirion Griffiths from Trelew, Patagonia. Meirion […]

Hyll – Hanner Marathon

A day in the life of Spiwan Williams

Lyrics:

Reckon you can tell two hearts apart?
Tell whole hearted from half arsed.
Get out of your little room, if you want it to start.
To be alone like that. To be alone like that!

Ddim yn siwr am neithiwr, sicr oedd hi’n brofiad.
Nai neud hanner marathon os nei di’r hanner arall.
(Sai’n meddwl ymlaen)
Nai neud hanner marathon, chi ond yn meddwl bo chi’n hard.
(Sai’n meddwl ymlaen)
Calon dal I rhedeg, ond coesau’n blino erbyn nawr.

Rho dy got efo’r gweddill, stedda lawr
(Braf yw cael dod mewn o’r glaw)
Llenwi’r gegin fach, fel llaw yn llenwi llaw.

Get out of your little room, you want it to start.
To be alone like that, to be alone like that!

Ddim yn siwr am neithiwr, sicr oedd hi’n brofiad.
Nai neud hanner marathon os nei di’r hanner arall.
(Sai’n meddwl ymlaen)
Garry’s house, gwario’r nos, cario mlaen, love the boys.
(Sai’n meddwl ymlaen)
Putting in the hours down the local and it’s really paying off.
(O ni na, yn y bar, a o ni’n meddwl, well na)

To be alone like that.
To be alone like that.
To be alone like that.

And you could have it all, my lover

2023 Applications Now Open

A collective of like-minded young people, aged 16-25, working together to connect fellow young people to music industry opportunities.

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