Chwalaw

Thanks to and for commissioning 4 new collaborative compositions - first we recorded some beautiful palestinian oud by Oud Resists, and Welsh triple harp and accordion by 🪉🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Our producer .ronin then arranged and produced the tracks, whilst and sat down to write some welsh-language lyrics (and escaping to waterfalls for fresh air of course). Over a few late night evening sessions we laid down the vocals and now we’re at the final mixing stage. We’re planning to release the four original tracks in aid of .eyes.on.masafer.yatta and the amazing .abell is going to make the cover artwork! Keep your eyes peeled for a release date and a listening party date in Cardiff soon.

Diolch i a am gomisiynu 4 cyfansoddiad cydweithredol newydd - yn gyntaf fe recordiom ni oud Palesteinaidd hardd gan Oud Resists, a thelyn ac acordion gan 🪉🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Yna fe wnaeth ein cynhyrchydd .ronin drefnu a chynhyrchu’r traciau, tra bod ac yn eistedd i lawr i ysgrifennu lyrics Cymraeg. Dros ychydig o sesiynau hwyr-nos, fe wnaethom osod y lleisiau i lawr ac nawr rydym yn y cam cymysgu terfynol. Rydym yn bwriadu rhyddhau’r pedwar trac gwreiddiol er budd .eyes.on.masafer.yatta ac mae’r anhygoel .abell yn mynd i wneud y gwaith celf clawr! Cadwch lygad allan am ddyddiad rhyddhau a dyddiad parti gwrando yng Nghaerdydd yn fuan.

For the past two days we’ve been recording with two amazing musicians, on her triple harp and accordion and Salih Hassan aka Oud Resists on his oud. .ronin is now busy working on arrangement and production ready for some fiery vocals from and . We’re working on 4 brand new Welsh-languahe songs through these collaborations and are so excited now we have the foundations in place. Keep your eyes peeled for more news soon… Thanks for supporting this project.

Drost y ddau ddiwrnod diwethaf rydym wedi bod yn recordio gyda dau gerddor anhygoel, ar ei thelyn a’i acordion a Salih Hassan neu Oud Resists ar ei oud. Mae .ronin bellach yn brysur yn gweithio ar drefniant a chynhyrchu yn barod ar gyfer lleisiau a lyrics cryf gan ac . Rydym yn gweithio ar 4 cân newydd sbon yn y Gymraeg trwy’r cydweithrediadau hyn ac rydym mor gyffrous rwan bod y sylfeini yn eu lle. Cadwch lygad allan am fwy o newyddion yn fuan… Diolch am gefnogi’r prosiect hwn.

Mae hi wedi bod yn ddistaw ym mŷd Chwalaw…. We’ve been quiet, but we’re very excited that next week we’re off to Hoyerswerda in the Sorbian region of Germany to do a 5 day music residency! We’ll be collaborating on new music, taking and with us to represent Cymru, and we can’t wait to see our .wakuum friends and to perform at on Friday 16th May ✨🌈 The Sorbian-Welsh friendship continues…..

We’ve been quiet on here, but something’s always brewing in the background…. We’ve got enough songs to put an album together now, so expect a new single or two in early 2024 🪇 This week we’ve been putting down ’s vocals for a dark-folk song 🎻

Mae pawb sydd yn y band ma yn uffernol o brysur efo lot o bethau gwahanol ond mae gyna ni lot o tracs ar y ‘backburner’ ag da ni am ei rhyddhau yn 2024 a gobeithio gorffen ein albym cyntaf! 😁