| Two seminal Peel Sessions by hip-hop pioneers Llwybr Llaethog from 1987 and 1989. The last ever release on Ankst Musik.
An appreciation of LLWYBR LLAETHOG by Emyr Glyn Williams
“First of all , I love LLWYBR LLAETHOG because they came from BLAENAU FFESTINIOG. Hailing from a place that was once the slate capital of the world that now, in the 21st century, finds itself to be redefined as a radical and pioneering new green self-sufficient kind of town fighting the devastating effects of post-industrial capitalism - head-on! It is one of the poorest places in the UK.
Secondly, I love LLWYBR LLAEHOG because they understand the Hip-Hop basics when and where it mattered - the sound and the context (according to Simon Reynolds ace 'Bring The Noise book). If you have no grasp of the low end of the social and sonic spectrum - then get out of the room! It is crucial to HipHop and Rock o have that BOOM!! - THE BOLLOCKS As is the notion of the epiphany - the realisation that this is it!!!! the epiphany came in 1984 for LLWYBR LLAETHOG when John Griffiths visited the USA and was forever changed seeing DJ Red Alert at work on his decks - 'in downtown's tiny art-rammed sweatboxes, whites were watching young brown and black b-boys go off to throbbing afro-latinized versions of soundtrack music from spaghetti westerns - the nightclub become a communal sacred space, a space to watch the rules become liquid and peer into possibility - no segregation and everyone joining in. ”
I love LLWYBR LLAETHOG because of the records they made, (DA!, BE?, PAM?, MEWN DUB, LL. LLvsMCDRE, FYDD Y CHWYLDRO, MAD!, MAGNETIC, MERA DESH, DUB CYMRAEG) and the people they worked with - all the Welsh legends knew whose bell to ring in Grangetown to get John and Kevs to the party. . . in their turn they all came to record . . . . . . Super Furry Animals, Gwenno, Geraint Jarman, David R. Edwards, Datblygu, Tystion, MC Seilfar, Y Kontia, DJ Jaffa, Ninja Taf, Harvinder Singh, Mr Phormula, Lleuwen Steffan, Li'l Miss, Elliw Iwan, Dafydd Iwan, Tich Gwilym, Sian James, Cofi Bach a Tew Shady, MC Pendafad, Ceri C, Gai Toms, Delyth Eirwen, Rheinallt H. Rowlands, . . . ac eraill. . . . . .
Finally I love LLWYBR LLAETHOG because we walked the milky way together x If the rumours are true and this will be the last Ankst release - then I couldn't be prouder. The best band, the best music, the honour is all ours xx Hwyl Fawr Ankst xxxx “ |
