PREORDER: 'Asymptote Versatile' by Éliane Radigue The Rhodri Davies-led ensemble featuring OCCAM collaborators play the electronic, drone, and experimental composer's 1964 piece, marking the first time it's ever been performed. www.normanrecords.com/records/2119...

Now playing: Éliane Radigue's L'Île re-sonante (CD 14 of the Ouvres Électroniques box set).

Eliane Radigue Asymptote Versatile (1963-64) Radigue’s oldest surviving composition, hailing to the years prior to her feedback works, faithfully interpreted by Rhodri Davies and an ensemble with a close understanding of her music’s radical subtlety boomkat.com/products/asy...

"it’s synth pop, it’s folk trance, it’s gorgeously cinematic" Neil Laurenson reviews 'Phantasmagoria' the new album from Ani Glass. @aniglass.bsky.social @neillaurenson.bsky.social

Looking forward to running the door with Rhodri D again for our brilliant NAWR Fest. Can't wait to see everyone there. xx

Many thanks to @thewiremagazine.bsky.social for previewing this year’s NAWR Festival which is happening on 08/11/25 in Ty Tawe, Swansea. Tickets are just £15 in advance for the day here: shorturl.at/mGEpa or £20 on the door. We can’t wait to see you there. www.thewire.co.uk/events/gwyl-...

Had a great day at Ara Deg today. Didn't look at my phone or read the news once. Think I'll just put it down again and read a book, everything is so awful.

Braf oedd cael sgwrsio hefo'r telynor arbrofol Rhodri Davies ac Angharad van Rijswijk o'r band ACCÜ. Nes i fwynhau ei set yn fawr. #AraDeg @NeuaddOgwen Siwr o son mwy ar y sioe radio nos Lun bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

And it's done. Almost all Moving Furniture Records and Orphax releases removed from Spotify

Canu yn eglwys Glanogwen, Bethesda heddiw 13/9/25 Fiona a Gorwel Owen 14.30 Rhodri Davies 15.15 Gruff Rhys 16.15 Tristwch y Fenywod 17.30 Wedyn Accu / Kate NV / Wolfgang Flür (o Kraftwerk) a Peter Duggal yn Neuadd Ogwen heno Ara Deg in Bethesda Gwynedd today. I sing 16.15 at Glanogwen church

Bethesda! Mae Ara Deg yn digwydd penwythnos yma, Gulp ar nos wener gyda The Tubs a Ichi 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓 Ara Deg is happening this weekend in Bethesda, North Wales. Gulp play on Friday night with The Tubs and Ichi. See you there 👊 neuaddogwen.com/ara-deg-2025/

Vital Weekly Reviews 1497  Source: Vital Weekly. RHODRI DAVIES & ALFREDO COSTA MONTEIRO – WIDDERSHINS (CD by ICR) YODOK III – NIDAROSDOMEN (CD by Consouling Sounds) WORKSITE & WORKSHOP – CARREIRA’S CROSS (CD by Unexplaind Music Group) SYLVIA BRUCKNER / IVAN PALACKY / QUENTIN ROLLET / YORAM ROSILIO…

Spread the word! A top tier of world class performers. Exclusive performances from critically acclaimed musicians such as Felicia Atkinson. Alongside a wealth of exciting modern international artists, all bringing something inspiring to Sunderland. Tickets from £15! musiccity.uk/whats-on/bou...

Tuesday afternoon listening... this week's show www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... on @bbcsounds Interview with Gwenifer Raymond about her new album + a playlist of inspirations; Ara Deg festival preview; a vibrant selection of new music from all over Wales. Thanks for listening / diolch o galon x

Wonderful weekend at hcmf with the music of Jürg Frey, Jennifer Walshe, Bára Gísladóttir, Éliane Radigue + others. First ever performance of ER’s Asymptote Versatile

Listen to this week's show www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... on @bbcsounds Interview with Gwenifer Raymond about her new album + a playlist of inspirations; Ara Deg festival preview; a vibrant and eclectic selection of new music from all over Wales. Thanks for listening and sharing - diolch o galon x

This week's show is here... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... HUGE PRIZES* for listeners. *great music of Welsh origin for all who enter x

playing RHODRI DAVIES 'Cildraeth Sienco' rhodridavies.bandcamp.com/album/telyn-... #BBCIntroducingOnRadioWales #aradeg

playing GWENIFER RAYMOND 'Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark' gweniferraymond.bandcamp.com/album/last-n... @gweniferraymond #BBCIntroducingOnRadioWales

a rare duo from Rhodri Davies and Mark Sanders, plus a short solo double bass set from yours truly, happening this Saturday at the Rising Sun in Reading www.risingsunartscentre.org/events/autum...

Obligatory #BandcampFriday klaxon. I’ve got a new release up on my page (link in bio), may I also recommend this rare bit of Elaine Radigue from Rhodri Davies and friends. rhodridavies.bandcamp.com/album/asympt...

wormholeworld.bandcamp.com/album/demago... Bandcamp Friday and all that. You too could own the debut album by Fled Astray...

Eich cyfle olaf i wneud cais! Mae Cronfa Cerddoriaeth PYST yn cau am 23:59 heno ⚡ Last chance to apply! The PYST Music Fund closes at 23:59 tonight ⚡ www.ambobdim.cymru/cronfacerddo...

Wow, new "old" Eliane Radigue work! www.soundohm.com/product/asym...

Out end of October Éliane Radigue: ASYMPTOTE VERSATILE (1963-64) Xavier Charles Angharad Davies Rhodri Davies Julia Eckhardt Bertrand Gauguet Susan Geaney Dominic Lash Thierry Madiot Aonghus McEvoy Hannah Miller Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh Carol Robinson

Rhodri Davies doing amazing things with a pegged harp. I'm convinced he's warping the fabric of musical history through sound. Incredible Welsh folk-improv-time travel adventures. www.thesoundprojector.com/2025/08/26/h...

In five days...

moonbuilding.substack.com/.../issue-77.... Nice review of the album I made with Alig Fodder on Wormhole World Records. Likely to be the only time the words 'charmingly quirky' appear alongside anything I've done. You should buy one, it's lovely 🙂 bsky.app/profile/worm...

There is no other winter programme like this ANYWHERE in the UK. A feast of top tier masters of their craft alongside some of the most exciting modern artists performing today. Its a line up full of deep variety, exciting ideas & maverick methods. Tickets from only £15! musiccity.uk/whats-on/bou...

Pat Thomas's relentless dedication to improvisational music has made him a revered figure in the contemporary free jazz scene. Here are some of his standout works.

Wonderful to see French composer Éliane Radigue (b.1932) celebrated in this massive book from Blank Forms. 412 pages in colour and black and white, with interviews, commissioned essays, reproductions of flyers and concert programmes and much more!

Listening to The Vallum by @robertdallasgray.com after cleaning and maintenance on the marantz tape deck. Sounds magical.

Thanks to @johnjnicol.bsky.social for this review of our record.

So so proud to present these beautiful Ani Glass BSL t-shirts designed by the one and only Tom Winf 💙 I’ll be selling them exclusively at my shows so make sure you get yourself down to one. 🎟️🔗 linktr.ee/ani_glass

Autumn Fire is a short series of improvised music gigs coming to the Rising Sun Arts Centre showcasing some of the countries top improvisers. It kicks off on 5 Sept when Rhodri Davies and Mark Sanders unite for a rare meeting of harp and percussion. whatsonreading.com/venues/risin...

Derek Bailey / John Stevens - The Duke of Wellington Derek Bailey - acoustic guitar, amplified acoustic guitar John Stevens - percussion, pocket trumpet Recorded at The Duke of Wellington, London, 24th March 1989 released August 12, 2025 confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-du...

In The Wire 499, the Moreskinsound duo of musician and writer David Toop and performance artist Ania Psenitsnikova argues that categories like music and dance can limit our understanding of sound and movement. Read in full: www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/c...

T-shirts, brand new and out today. Front print: no-input field recording/iii Back print: graph network from This Content is Unavailable in Your Country, kinky words redacted. Local printing means it probably is available in your country! every-contact-leaves-a-trace.printify.me/product/2231...

Feeling very proud to be involved with the incredible Tristwch Y Fenywod Interviewed in today’s Guardian: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a... Photo for print proof Big up @msclairebiddles.bsky.social don’t judge my massive link I’m walking about in my phone :(

Daily unheard album: Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn - Ein Albwm Cyntaf Ni #DailyUnheardAlbum

Ces i’r fraint o gyfweld â Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn ar gyfer @selar.cymru Mor ddiddorol i glywed am ei albwm nhw. I had the pleasure of interviewing Tai Haf Heb Drigolyn for Y Selar recently. So interesting to hear about their album. selar.cymru/cynnwys/uplo...

📡 From the Vault 🎛️ Honestly, every Lifting Gear Engineer release is a treat, but I've always loved this one from May 2006 in particular. Fav track: 'Optimistic Float'. liftinggearengineer.bandcamp.com/album/fridge...

'There’s a way of respecting the past & tradition without the politics of nationalist ideas... It’s unfair that people with conservative politics get to have a monopoly on that culture & history': Tristwch y Fenywod, the gothic trio communing with a mystical Wales www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

"All of my innermost fantastical, romantic notions about my imagination, the ethereal music that I make, was all influenced by the places I grew up. I was haunted by the memory of my experience there." An Interview with Tristwch y Fenywod (No 2 in tQ's Albums of 2024) https://buff.ly/3yFZv8N

‘The Welsh language has been aggressively oppressed’: Tristwch y Fenywod, the gothic trio communing with a mystical Wales

The Wire 499 is out now! Featuring a 10-page Cabaret Voltaire special, plus DJ Haram's Invisible Jukebox, Earshot, Moreskinsound, SANAM, Michael Hurley, Chris Burn, 40 pages of reviews and more. Copies are available to buy from our webshop now, & on newsstands from 7 Aug: www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

Dream interview chatting to Cabaret Voltaire and looking forward to reading all the other essays on them too!

Lovely to see so many acts (and adjacent acts) on the @welshmusicprize.bsky.social longlist ‬who have graced many a NAWR stage such as @gwennosaunders.bsky.social‬, Bisgedi, Kelan and Lifting Gear Engineer. Don’t forget that NAWR Fest #4 is on 8th November in Ty Tawe. Tickets just £15. xxx