Digital Booklet - Tincian

8/11/2019 Digital Booklet - Tincian

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Lisa Jn


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Martin Hoyland


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Esyllt Glyn Jones


4/12Dan Swain


5/12Mirain Haf Roberts


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Lliwia

Lliwia means colours. Its a song written about childbirth. Its a positive outlook on all

the pain and craziness that is giving birth to this beautiful being. It is a psychedelic

description of labour and contractions comparing it to the rush of Ecstasy. All the

colours you can see, brightly coloured shapes, the tunnel vision, when you close your

eyes and the instant love that you feel for this soul that comes out.

Tlws wyt ti fel Lliwia translates as pretty you are like colours (chorus). It

describes smelling the babys forehead, the comfort it gets in your cesail - which

means armpit (cesail is a poetic, comforting word in the Welsh language, similar

to bosom in English). Its about love and a promise to never leave, nothing elsematters, you are perfect, and pretty like colours.

Llwynog

Llwynog means fox. Away from his home he kills best. It references Gyrn Wigau,

which is a summit amongst the Carneddau. They include the largest contiguous areas

of high ground (over 2,500 or 3,000 feet (910m) high) in Wales and England. The

fox stands still at the foot of this mountain, hiding behind the rushes. Hes escaped

the shot of the gun and is much faster than the farmers dog. The carcass of the

lamb stains the stream red whilst the fox returns in triumph, and heads towards the

Carneddau, back to his home in the Earth.

PebyllPebyll is a ruin in Llanddewi - Bre, Ceredigion, Wales. It was written after

discovering this derelict but beautiful building on a walk with my dog. He barked and

refused to come in. I saw old shoes and the metal springs of old beds, the replace,

the coal shed, the beautiful stone work and the skeleton of the tiny stairs.

Its a fantasy song about who may have lived here. A young girl with her

grandmother.

It echoes my relationship with my Nain (grandmother). Its a story from the past.

They sleep together in the bed, the child by the wall and Nain at the edge of the bed,

the child sleeps in her nains arms. The re turns to ashes by the morning, where

the eldfare, thrush and sparrow feed on the nearby threshold, the snowdrops push

themselves through the black soil to make Nain happy.

It references the Foelallt, the rock that the Ox split by bleating nine times, which is an

old tale about the village. It describes them walking down to the village as Nain gets

older and more dependent on the child, the grass grows thicker. One night, death cast

a shadow on the valley, the sparrow knocked its beak on the window (a sign of death)

and the child saw Nains eyes setting like the sun for the last time, in this dwelling

with no one but each other.


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Wedi Torri

Wedi Torri is a song about seeing someone you love in a state. Wedi Torri means Its

Broken. In this song the loved one is a broken man. Its the panic that sets in when

you see this in someone, that haunted look on their face, the empty eyes, and hiding

from everyone. I sing about the guilt, the self-blame, the dry mouth, and sending you

off to somewhere dark, so you end up with two broken people.

Pa Le?

Pa Le means which place? and its a version of a traditional Welsh folk song, al-

though we have tampered a bit with the format. Its the only traditional song on the

album. Shes asking where is my loved one? and is worried. Its so late, there are

clouds over the moon, the wind is rising, and temperature plummeting. My favourite

line is Maer Pridd yn goch, ger twr y Llan. It means the soil is red by the tower of

the church, and so implies the loved one is dead by the end of the song.

Ffarwel

(Featuring Cr Penrhyn)

Ffarwel is a poem that comes from a book of local songs collected by Ieuan Wyn,

a nationally acclaimed bard and writer from Bethesda they are songs that have

been written by local people over the centuries. It has a suggested melody, but I wrote

my own melody to it. It is about a quarry man leaving the quarry for the last time.

Retiring? Or because of a strike? Who knows? But he is nostalgic and sad to leave.

He will miss his tools Ebillion Caib a Rhaw which are gimlet, mattock and spade.

He will miss the banter with the men and the old dinner hour where there would have

been lots of talking, political debating, and singing. There are lots of local references to

places within the quarry like Talcan Mawr and Braich Cafn - all places that are now

forgotten and those old place names are not mentioned any more.

The chorus is Glywi di? Glywi Di?, which means Can you hear? Can you hear?

Plentyn

(Featuring Lou Bennett of The Black Arm Band Company & Shellie Morris)

A child is snatched from her mothers breast by erce men laughing. They hold her

skinny arm too tight and throw her in a car, her black eyes and cheek pressed against

the glass. Screaming for her mother. Her mother is kicked and thrown to the ground,

covered in red dust, hollering and screeching for her child (plentyn). The mother

sings to please remember her when shes grown up, knowing that she will never see

her child again. She misses her daughters just woken up face, and the smile she

gives rst thing in the morning.

It is an imaginary story about an Aboriginal child, based on real life stories during mytime with The Black Arm Band. The Stolen Generation of Australia is recent, I met

people affected. I broke down when I heard Archie Roachs song Took The Children

Away. I wrote this in the back of a 4x4 travelling with The Black Arm Band to the

remote community of Papunya in the Northern Territory. I was breastfeeding my

youngest daughter during that time. It hit a nerve then, and continues to make my

blood boil.


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Llwybrau

Llwybrau means pathways. This is a poem called Llwybrau Unig by William Grifths,

Hen Barc. Quite often we will add the name of a persons dwelling as an extra

surname, Hen Barc being William Grifths home. The poem is from a book he wrote

and contains a collection of old sayings and amusing anecdotes that arose from

this quarrying village. Theres lots of references to misuse of the English language

amongst the people of Bethesda, as of course they very rarely had to talk in their

second language back in the day. But I came across this lonely poem in the book and

fell in love with the words.

The person is walking paths, and feels nothing, things have changed and too manyfriends lost, the person walks and visits gravestones of loved ones and wishes he were

buried deep like them. This world is no longer theirs, and the person feels comfort by

nothing but angau death, and wishes to not be a burden to anyone. This person is

very lonely although the world is full of people.

Babir Eirlys

(Featuring Lou Bennett)

I read a book by Jerry Hunter called Gwreiddyn Chwerw (Bitter Root) and stayed up

until 5am to nish it. I was transxed. Babir Eirlys means Snowdrop Baby. A woman

in the late 1890s gives birth at home, in the middle of the night in extreme weather.

The wind is howling and trees are crashing. Its a difcult labour that panics the father.

He comes racing up and down the stairs, up and down banging his feet in anger andfrustration. The only comfort the lady has is the sweet smell of the snowdrops in a

cup thats by her bed. The lady nally gives birth to a boy. It is clear to the mother and

father that he is very small and has a bent back. It is instant love from the mother and

pure hatred from the father. He insists she puts the baby under the bed to die by the

morning. He has no wish to bring this strange looking baby in to their lives and wishes

him dead. She is weak, confused and scared. She complies. In her exhaustion and pain,

she kisses him and cries, then bends over in agony and places him under the bed.

But by the morning, in her sleep, she has subconsciously picked the baby back up and

placed him on her breast, and both mother and baby wake up together as healthy as

anything. The father is furious. The song says it was no bad luck bringing the owers

to the house (it was regarded as bad luck in Wales to bring owers in to the house!),

it was pure comfort, the night you were born, that stormy night, I knew you would be

my snowdrop baby. The mother sings this song to her grown up son who is a beauti-

ful and talented man. It is a truthful ode to her boy, explaining what happened that

night. Lou sings the backing vocals, all of the parts.

Asteri Mou

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It means My Star in the Greek Language. This is a very simple song. I saw you in my

dream and then you came to me, found me, to shine, in the dark, my star. It is about

wishing for the qualities in someone, that love you crave, and then it comes to you

when you least expect it. It is written in my third language Greek. I am not uent by

any means but I am learning. I have Greek family, Greece is a special place. The land,

the people, the food, the culture plays a big part in my life, and has helped to mould me.


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Diolch o galon i:

Thank you from the heart to: Guto Roberts, Cwm Idwal, Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri, Bethesda, Dewi a Denise, Llanw ac Eban, Guto Brychan, Gwion Llwyd, Rhys Mwyn,

Elen Ap Robert, Black Arm Band Family, Cat a Gruff, Lisa Matthews, Alan James, Falyri Jenkins, Colin Bass, Katerina Pavlakis, Cen Roberts, Ieuan Wyn, Elwyn

Hughes, Sain Ffagan, Joel Mills, Sarah Coxon, Jon Savage, Laurie Gane, Owen Cob, Vyrnwy, Llanddewi-Bre, Martin Beattie, Cor y Penrhyn, Owen Arwel Davies, Capal

Jeriw, Bonnie Dobson, Amanda and Sophie and all at Real World. Lou Bennett, Shellie Morris, Klimentini, Ccile Guihneuc, Gareth Iwan, Lisa Gwilym, Krissy, Eluned

Haf, Antwn Owen Hicks. Mervyn a Rosemary, Lleuwen.

Mirain: Diolch i Mam a Dad, Tizz a Shons, Efan Jac a Noa Jac

Ali: Thanks to Anna, Billy, Betsy,Bryn, Mum and Dad, Bruv and Sis. Bruce, Ruth, Ted, AW and AFR.and BB

Esyllt: Diolch i Math am fod mor gefnogol, caru ti mwy na tin gwybod, ac i Nanw ac Idris am ddioddef fy absenoldeb! Diolch hefyd i Llinos a Bob am ysgogi ni i fod yngerddorion ac am fod yn Famgu ar Tadcu goren y byd

Martin a Lisa: Diolch i Liwsi M a Betsi L, Mam a Dad, Car a Dic a Pom am neud hyn yn bosib. Caru chi gymaint! Thanks Bill and Carole. Efharisto Vas kai Klimentini,

Poll agpi. Diolch Bobirakimou. Diolch Teulu 9Bach!

Dan: Diolch Katie-anna Whiting. Thanks JB

Tlws wyt ti fel lliwia

Ymhell oi gartra man lladd ar i ora

Ar gwaed yn llifo i lawr, man llifo fel y diawl

Gai gysgun gesail drw nos

Dwin colli gweld dy wyneb bach yn gwenu pan tin gweld , ben bora ar ol chdi gysgu

Ma ngheg in sych dwin boddi

Maer pridd yn goch, ger twr y LLan Glywi di?

Rwyf yn unig er fod eraill yn y byd

Ac ogla melys yr eirlys mewn cwpan yn tynnu fy meddwl or boen ar griddfan


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Ali Byworth(drymiau, offerynnau taro / drums, percussion)

Dan Swain(gitr bas / bass guitar)

Esyllt Glyn Jones(telyn, llais / harp, vocals)

Lisa Jn(llais, harmonium / piano, vocals)

Martin Hoyland(gitrs, offerynnau taro / guitars, percussion)

Mirain Haf Roberts(llais / vocals)

Geiriau ac Alawon / Lyrics & Melody: Lisa Jn, Cerddoriaeth a Threfniannau / Music & Arrangements: Martin Hoyland & Lisa Jn

Ffarwel Sgr a trefniant Cr Penrhyn gan / Penrhyn Choir scored and arranged by Owain Arwel Davies; Plentyn Trefniant y lleisiau cefndir /

backing vocal arrangement: Lou Bennett, Shellie Morris, Lisa Jn; Pa Le? Traddodiadol, trefniant gan / Trad. arranged by Brown, Byworth, Glyn Jones,

Hoyland, Swain, Roberts; Babir Eirlys Trefniant llais Lou Bennett gan Lou / Lou Bennett vocal arrangements by Lou Bennett

Cynhyrchwyd gan / Produced by Martin Hoyland, Lisa Jn, & Colin Bass

Recordiwyd gan / Recorded by Krissy Jenkins yn, Bryn Derwen Studio, Musicbox Studios, Stiwdio Un, a Wings For Jesus

Recordio ychwanegol / Additional Recording by Colin Bass at Wild End Studio

Lou & Shellie ar Plentyn wedi ei recordio gan Martin yn Stiwdio 2, Galeri Caernarfon / recorded by Martin

Lou ar Babir Eirlys wedi ei recordio gan Lou ar dr Dja Dja Wurrung, Awstralia / recorded by Lou on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung, Australia

Cymysgwyd gan / Mixed by Colin Bass at Wild End Studio

Mastro gan / Mastered by Donal Whelan at Hafod Mastering

Cr Penrhyn Recordiwyd gan / Recorded by Owain Arwel Davies yn Clwb Criced a Bowlio Bethesda / Bethesda Cricket and Bowling Club.

Cyhoeddwyd gan/ Published by Real World Works Ltd/9Bach

A Real World Design by Marc Bessant. Ffotografaeth & Chyfarwyddo Celf Weledol / Photography & Visual Art Direction: Dewi Glyn Jones. www.dewijones.co.uk

Cyfarwyddo Celf ychwanegol / Additional Art Direction: Lois Prys

Made in Wales

Management by Alan James, Hold Tight < [email protected] >

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Lliwiau

Llwynog

Pebyll

Plentyn

Wedi Torri

Pa Le?

Ffarwl

Llwybrau

Babir Eirlys

Asteri Mou

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