Drum and Bass with a touch of Mr Vandross, oops!

Pass

Long Weekend

"Y Wennol" (The Swallow). The swallow migrates south to Africa. Will it return? [a reference to biodiversity loss and climate change]. Along the way, the swallow passes people migrating Northward, leaving home and risking everthing on the waves [of the mediterranean] in search of a better life. 
Siôn wrote these lyrics on the 27th of December, 2022, after a brainstorming session. We composed the music there and then, recorded a demo over the coming days, added Lewis Williamson on fiddle (via fibre-optic internet cables from Scotland), and sumitted it to Cân i Gymru (Wales's annual Welsh-language song contest)15mins before the deadline. We were selected for the final, and we performed this song live on S4C on the 3rd of March, 2023!

Dyma'r clip: https://youtu.be/o3FDhTpILTM

Lyrics/geiriau:
Sbïa'r wennol chwim
Yn hollti'r awyr gwyn.
Mi deimlaf heddwch prin
O'i gwylio ar eu hynt

Ar adenydd brau
Mor driw ei hediant clau
Aderyn diwyd, dwys ei thaith 
Pererin dewr y gwynt

O wennol o wennol
I ble rwyt ti'n mudo?
Dros foroedd drycinol
Er gwyntoedd gorlethol 
O wennol o wennol
Be sy'n dy orfodi
I adael ein glannau?
Glastiroedd Cymru
O wennol o wennol
O be ti di gwylio
Yn teithio mor uchel, 
Mor bell ar dy chwilio
O wennol o wennol 
A wyt ti'n hiraethu? 

Dwi di blasu dŵr 
Llynnoedd Cymru
Geirionnydd, Elsi, Efyrnwy
Uwch bannau
Brycheiniog, Eryri
Y Pyrenees, Ffrainc, a Sbaen

Dwi di yfed aer sych y Sahara
Newyn, unigrwydd, a galar
Dros goedwig y Congo 
A'i thrannau 
Cyn gorffwys fy adenydd bach main

O wennol, o wennol
Pam wyt ti'n ymadael? 
O wennol
Oes rhaid i ti adael?
O wennol, o wennol
A ddoi di yn ôl?
Pan ddaw eto'r haul

O nid yw fy mywyd yn foethus
A wir does gen i ddim dewis
Ond gadael cyn troad y tywydd
I deithio (Trafaelio) dros hanner y byd

Ac wrth ddod yn ôl
Gwelais eraill fel fi
Ymfudwyr mewn cychod 
Ar drai ar y llu
Yn gadael pob cysur
Mewn gobaith
Ar drugaredd y tonnau cryf

O wennol, o wennol
Pam wyt ti'n ymadael? 
O wennol
Oes rhaid i ti adael?
O wennol, o wennol
A ddoi di yn ôl?
Pan ddaw eto'r haul

Credits:
Siôn Rickard - geiriau/lyrics, cyfansoddiad/composition, pre-production, priflais, accordion
Liam Rickard - cyfansoddiad/composition, ail lais/backing vocals, gitar, bas
Lewis Williamson - ffidil/ fiddle
Mei Gwynedd - cynhyrchydd/producer
Rhys - drymiau/drums

Y Wennol

Nebula - Sinister Motives  [Scientific Wax, SW035]

Dub-One & Inphiltrate - Bunco Man  [Scientific Wax, SW036]

Dub-One & Inphiltrate - The Badway  [Scientific Wax, SW036]

Included in the album "To the Disappointment of..."

Purchase on Bandcamp :
https://uneternally.bandcamp.com/album/to-the-disappointment-of

Sample from The Face of Another (1966)
Credits to :
Quattro
https://soundcloud.com/q-be_music
for production advices and providing lead melody.
NUCLEARSILO
https://soundcloud.com/user-547552802
for production advices

Analog Teardrop

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Release on Pinecone Moonshine - The Painting Spaces Vol. 4, Track 3 (PCMS027).

ATG [PCMS027] (Clip)

IMG 0169

The final part of our Bring Back The Funk LP features another collaboration with our buddies Volatile Cycle and it certainly aims to put the "fun" in neurofunk.

Get the track or the entire album here:
https://www.beatport.com/release/bring-back-the-funk-lp/3211687


Out on Cause4Concern Recordings

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