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0:00:23 > 0:00:25- Welcome to Ochr 1.
0:00:25 > 0:00:31- I'm going to do this link - a little bit slower than usual...
0:00:31 > 0:00:35- ..because we're a bit short - on content tonight.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38- Here's what's coming up.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40- A session with Swnami.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- A chat with Gwion and Mali - from the group Villagers.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- We have a video for - Hir Oes I'r Drefn by Yr Ods.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50- Singing a song - off their new album...
0:00:51 > 0:00:53- ..their first album - believe it or not...
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- ..here are Swnami with Trwmgwsg.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08- Swnami, here we are once again.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11- Another interview.
0:04:11 > 0:04:12- You've got a new album.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14- That is why you're here.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15- That is why you're here.- - At last.
0:04:15 > 0:04:16- Indeed.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- Tell us about the album, Ifan.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23- It's taken about ten years - for it to come into existence.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- It's our first album. - It's eleven tracks.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- That includes a short intro.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30- You've got a sly intro.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- You've got a sly intro.- - Yes, a sly, cheeky intro.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34- It's 11 tracks.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- We recorded it with Rich - at Ferlas Studio, Penrhyndeudraeth.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- I don't know what else to say.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- I don't know what else to say.- - Have we heard the songs before?
0:04:43 > 0:04:44- Are they 11 new songs?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- There are five, I think...
0:04:47 > 0:04:50- ..that have been kind of released - since last summer.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55- We did some of the songs - for the Radio Cymru programme...
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- ..and there's another song we did - when we went to Eurosonic.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- We wanted to release a song - with that tour.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03- That was Magnet.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- It's not like these songs - have been heard a lot.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- We haven't pushed them. We wanted - to keep them back for the album.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12- Do you have a plan with it?
0:05:13 > 0:05:17- Are you planning on sending it - to British and European radio?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19- Are you going to plug it?
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- Because we went over to Eurosonic, - we have quite a few contacts.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- We've got a lot - of people's email addresses.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- These people are quite influential.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- We're thinking - of sending emails out.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- There is some mention - of plugging with I KA CHING.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- We'll see how the songs go down.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- We'll see what I KA CHING's plan is.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- You've reached a point - with the band now...
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- ..where you've possibly reached - the peak of the music scene.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- What's next? - Is there an extra step you can take?
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- How do you want to do it?
0:05:55 > 0:05:56- It's quite hard.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01- I'm sure many bands in Wales have - felt this and reached this level.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05- I'm sure a lot of bands - just disappear and break up.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- I'm not sure, we'll see.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- It's happened quite quickly for us.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- We haven't released much. - This is our first album.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- It's still quite fresh for us. I'm - sure people have had enough of us!
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- Frizbee released three albums - over five years.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- Maybe we'll take it a bit slower - with the gigs.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- We might concentrate - on releasing music.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32- Someone else writes the lyrics - for you every now and then.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- For this album, Ifan Owain - wrote most of the lyrics.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- Huw Ynyr, who is out in Australia - travelling...
0:06:41 > 0:06:43- ..he pops up every now and then.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Does he email songs to you - from Australia?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- No, usually - in the process of writing...
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- ..we'd come up with the music - and send it over.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- We'd send it to Ifan and maybe he - wouldn't feel the words flowed...
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- ..for a particular song - so then we'd get Huw to take a look.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02- It tends to happen naturally.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- I don't know what else to ask - other than can we see your tattoo?
0:07:07 > 0:07:08- No?
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- I'm fine, thanks, Griff.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15- How much more cash do you need - to show us your tattoo?
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- You haven't paid me anything yet.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- OK, fair enough.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- It's been an excellent year - for Llareggub Brass Band.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29- They've travelled all over Wales...
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- ..opening the minds of music fans - to the sounds of brass.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38- From great sessions on C2 and Ochr 1 - to a packed gig at the Eisteddfod...
0:07:38 > 0:07:43- ..to the highlight so far, the - release of a tribute album to Mwng.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- To celebrate, here they are...
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- ..with their version - of Furries' classic, Nythod Cacwn.
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0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Gwion and Mali, - formerly of Race Horses...
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- ..have been busy travelling - the world with Villagers...
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- ..an Irish artist - signed to the label Domino.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- Ochr 1 caught up with them recently.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29- It started when we were in a band - together called Race Horses.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- We had these managers - called Darren and Julie.
0:11:33 > 0:11:34- As it turns out...
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- ..they were also managing - this other group, Villagers...
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- ..among others.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- When we split up as a band...
0:11:44 > 0:11:50- ..Conor was going through - a transitional period in his music.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53- Darren just phones us.
0:11:53 > 0:11:58- We rehearsed together in Cardiff - to see how things sounded.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- We started doing gigs - straight away then.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- We knew it was definitely - going to be a step up.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- The first gigs were in Ireland too.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- We knew they had a lot of fans. - It's so different to Race Horses.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16- It is totally different.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- I've never played with brushes - before. That's all I do now.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24- There's one song - where I hit with a wooden stick...
0:12:25 > 0:12:27- ..about six times in the whole song.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29- It's a six-minute song.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- That's the only thing that's similar - to what I've done before.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35- It's totally different.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- It's a lot more.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- The audiences are always - totally silent when we're playing.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- We aren't used to that either.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Conor has been writing - for about seven years now.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51- He was in another band - before Villagers.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52- Intermediate? No.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- Intermediate? No.- - Immediate.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56- Whoops, cut that out!
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- As Villagers, - he released two albums.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- Both were nominated - for the Mercury prize.
0:13:05 > 0:13:10- The first was Becoming a Jackal. - I loved that album.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- When it first came out, - I thought, "Oh!"
0:13:13 > 0:13:15- The songs he has on there...
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- ..and the way he's put them together - are great.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- It was definitely - a new experience for us.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28- The first tour was about - seven and a half weeks long.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30- We did it all on a bus.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- It was like a sleeper bus.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- Mali didn't sleep any night.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- She was on a bus - with six smelly blokes.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- It was nice to wake up - in a different city every day.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46- Then wait five hours - for Gwion to get up.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- Then we'd have breakfast.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49- Then we'd have breakfast.- - I went to bed quite late.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- I wasn't very disciplined.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- We had a lot of fun in Germany.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- I'm not sure - if it was where we were...
0:13:57 > 0:14:02- ..or if it was because we played - in a place where they made wine.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- We've done a lot - in Germany actually.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07- The countries we visited the most...
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- ..particularly in the summer - were Germany and the Netherlands.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- For some reason, I'm not sure why, - we're doing alright.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18- We're being whisked from one side - of the world to the other.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- That's an incredible experience.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23- It's totally worth it.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- It's been an incredible year.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Since we started - working with him in January...
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- ..it's just been - one thing after another.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- At no point has it got boring.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Closing tonight's programme - are Swnami with Mewn Lliw.
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