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0:00:22 > 0:00:26- Welcome to Ochr 1. - We've got lots in store tonight.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29- We're celebrating - I KA CHING'S fifth birthday.- - http://ikaching.co.uk/
0:00:29 > 0:00:31- We've also got Gwenno in the studio.
0:00:32 > 0:00:33- We start tonight...
0:00:33 > 0:00:37- ..with an artist making his first - appearance on Ochr 1 - here's ACCU.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- Since releasing - her first album in 2014...
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- ..Gwenno has gone - from strength to strength.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Here she is talking - about the past year.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- It feels like the album has been out - for a long time.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- It only came out in November 2014.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48- I've always felt - and finally managed...
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- ..to realize an album that isn't - linguistically compromised.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- From my experience of meeting - people outside of Wales...
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- ..I know that fans everywhere...
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- ..particularly - alternative music fans...
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- ..and people - who really like music...
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- ..they like it in any language, - it doesn't matter to them.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- So I knew if the music - was good enough...
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- ..it would be good enough - in any language.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- Amongst all the fun and touring, - Gwenno found out she was pregnant.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- I found out I was pregnant...- - http://www.heavenlyrecordings.com/author/kat/
0:05:30 > 0:05:35- ..the same time as the contracts - for Heavenly came.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- I had to think - about what I was going to do.
0:05:39 > 0:05:45- Then, I thought about MIA - doing the Grammys heavily pregnant.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- I think she was due - on the day she did the Grammys.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54- If she can do that, then I can keep - touring until I can't tour.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59- It's down to the individual too. - I had an easy pregnancy.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- I couldn't have done it - without a lot of help from Rhys.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11- It was scarier to start gigging - again and not be pregnant.
0:06:11 > 0:06:16- I thought, they can't be too mean, - I'm a pregnant lady.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21- Even if you didn't like the gig, - you'll feel bad if you say so!
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- I'd like to record more in Cornish.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30- I find it very interesting.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- From my experience, - people find it interesting.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39- What's nice is - I don't play folk gigs.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- It's not like roots music.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- It's just quite indy.
0:06:44 > 0:06:50- So I'm looking forward to making - more music in that sphere...
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- ..and just developing ideas, - I think.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- I've got to follow this path - and improve.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- I hope the next album is an - improvement on Y Dydd Olaf.- - http://louderthanwar.com/gwenno-interview/
0:11:34 > 0:11:37- After the break, - more from Gwenno Saunders...
0:11:37 > 0:11:41- ..a chat with Y Bandana and - a look at five years of I KA CHING.
0:11:41 > 0:11:42- See you after the break.
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0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Welcome back. I KA CHING - is five years old this year.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- Here's some of the label's history.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- Every successful band or artist...
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- ..has an organized label - behind them.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- I KA CHING was started by Gruff Ifan - from Texas Radio Band...- - http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/texas-radio-band/pages/biography.shtml
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- ..and Gwion Schiavone, - formerly of Jen Jeniro.- - http://www.bbc.co.uk/cymru/cerddoriaeth/artistiaid/jen_jeniro.shtml
0:12:18 > 0:12:20- We started the label five years ago.
0:12:20 > 0:12:25- Gruff and I started it. I was - playing in a band called Jen Jeniro.
0:12:26 > 0:12:27- Gruff played for Texas Radio Band.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Both bands had new stuff to release - but no label.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- We just thought we'd start a label.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38- Before then...
0:12:39 > 0:12:45- ..we'd seen good stuff come out - of labels like Peski and Ankst.- - https://www.facebook.com/peskirecords/ - http://www.ankst.net/
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- We wanted to do something similar.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51- Peski was a label - we wanted to emulate.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- That was an obvious reason - for setting up.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- We didn't really know - what we wanted to do.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- Bands have just come to us.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06- Sen Segur were the first - to come to us.- - https://sensegur.bandcamp.com/
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- They asked us to make - two cassette singles.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- From there, we carried on.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- Bands came to us - and we went after a few ourselves.
0:13:15 > 0:13:20- I work with some new young bands - like Cpt. Smith and Ysgol Sul.- - http://ikaching.co.uk/cy/artist
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- We're looking forward - to helping them...
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- ..with their first EPs and albums.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- The label has released music...
0:13:30 > 0:13:36- ..from Yr Eira, Swnami, Violas, - Huw M and Candelas.- - http://ikaching.co.uk/cy/artist
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- I released Candelas' second album - with I KA CHING...
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- ..and Siddi and Palenco albums too.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- I think we chose I KA CHING - with Candelas...
0:13:49 > 0:13:52- ..because we're good friends - with Gwion anyway.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55- Branwen is my sister too - so that helps!
0:13:56 > 0:14:00- If you phone for advice or help, - it's like talking to a friend.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02- But they're also very professional.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- If you need money to go to - the studio, they help with that.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11- They help with marketing when the - album comes out. That's a big help.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- To celebrate their birthday...
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- ..the label is releasing - a special compilation album...
0:14:17 > 0:14:20- ..and a big gig at Pontio, Bangor, - to accompany the launch.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- We'll be playing at that launch gig - for I KA CHING on 23 July.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- The idea they've had - to release this vinyl is madness.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- They got everyone on the label - to record a new song.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- That's incredibly ambitious. - I don't know what that is in Welsh.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- To celebrate the label's - fifth birthday...
0:14:42 > 0:14:47- ..we've asked all the artists - we work with, 16 in total...
0:14:47 > 0:14:48- ..to record a new song.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51- For those who don't exist - any more...
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- ..there are some remixes - and live tracks.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58- We're releasing the album digitally, - on CD...
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- ..and a limited number - of very swish double vinyls.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09- The day after we release the vinyl, - we've organized a birthday gig...
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- ..with pretty much every band - that's still going.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17- They're performing here at Pontio - in Bangor on 23 July.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21- Tickets are 12 - and are available on the web.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25- That gig will be a big boost - to the label.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- It's nuts that they've been going - for five years.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- They deserve - all the attention they get.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- They're signing a lot of bands.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37- Hopefully, we'll be back here...
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- ..to celebrate a tenth birthday - next year.
0:15:41 > 0:15:47- If we could reach another 16 artists - in the next five years, great.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- We'll see.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- For more information about the gig - and compilation album...
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- ..follow I KA CHING - on Twitter and Facebook.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Y Bandana - released a new album recently.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- Ochr 1 went to see them - making the cover.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15- Can I get you all in - so we can mark it out?
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- This hopefully - will be the album cover.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23- It's the four of us standing blankly - like mannequins...
0:16:23 > 0:16:26- ..wearing a lot of different things.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30- We're going to edit our bodies so - we wear lots of different things...
0:16:31 > 0:16:32- ..from top to bottom.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36- They go into each other. - This is where we've reached so far.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37- Do I look into the camera?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39- Do I look into the camera?- - Straight down the lens.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- Try rolling your sleeves up.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- Every album we've made - is different...
0:16:48 > 0:16:50- ..or at least we like - to think they are.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- At Swn Productions, we made sure - everything sounded good.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- In the past, we've played - and thought "That'll do".
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- This time, we fiddled to make sure.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06- The sound is more professional.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07- The more we wear the more variety.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08- The more we wear the more variety.- - Around 15 each.
0:17:08 > 0:17:09- Around 15 each.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- Just start somewhere.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14- Work clothes.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- In terms of production, it's a - combination of the last two albums.
0:17:18 > 0:17:22- You've got your - heavy-bass rock side...
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- ..but also the slower side - like Dim Byd Tebyg too.- - http://www.sainwales.com/store/copa/copa-cd018
0:17:28 > 0:17:30- It's nice to have the combination.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- There was more discussion - beforehand.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35- We've all worked on these songs.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- Before, Gwion had an idea - and we ran through them...
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- ..and took them straight - to the studio.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45- This time, we rehearsed for a week - before going to the studio.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- I bought them - because I had the intention...
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- ..of doing some weird techno stuff - while dressed weirdly one day.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55- It won't happen but if it does, - I've got the clothes!
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- Once we release it, - we'll just gig.
0:18:00 > 0:18:05- After that, we're looking forward - to the summer gigs and Maes B.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13- That's it.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- Come back next week - for the last in the series.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- It's a special session from Ffug.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23- We leave you tonight with Gwenno - Saunders and Calon Peiriant.
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