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  • FOCUS Wales yn POP Montreal 2018

    FOCUS Wales at POP Montreal 2018

    FOCUS Wales at POP Montreal 2018

    Mae FOCUS Wales yn falch i fod yn bartner gyda POP Montreal, Celfyddydau Rhyngwladol Cymru, a’r Swyddfa Llywodraeth Cymru yng Nghanada i arddangos 3 o artistiaid newydd o Gymru yn yr ŵyl yn Montreal, Quebec, Canada, dros y 26ain ar 30 Medi. Mae’r ceisiadau i chwarae wedi cau.

    Beth yw POP Montreal?
    Mae gwyl POP Montreal yn ŵyl rhyngwladol sy’n hyrwyddo annibyniaeth yn y celfyddydau trwy gyflwyno talentau celfyddydol newydd o bob cwr o’r byd. Yn awr yn cychwyn ar ei 17eg flwyddyn, mae’r wyl yn cyflwyno mwy na 400 o artistiaid i gynulleidfaoedd o dros 60,000. Ar gyfer cerddorion ac artistiaid, cefnogwyr, curaduron, beirniaid, labeli recordio a diwydiant. Mwy o wybodaeth YMA

    Ymunwch â ni am y FOCUS Wales @ POP Montreal BBQ:

    RSVP: YMA
    2PM – 5:30PM, DYDD SADWRN 29 MEDI
    Marché des Possibles Park, 5635 rue St-Dominique, Montreal
    Yr amserlen:
    03:00PM HMS MORRIS
    04:00PM ANI GLASS
    05:00PM ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND

    + GWELER EIN ARTISTIAU YN YSTOD POP MONTREAL:

    DYDD IAU 27 MEDI
    11:00PM HMS MORRIS
    Quai des Brumes, 4481 Rue Saint-Denis, Montreal

    DYDD GWENER 28 MEDI
    09:30PM ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND
    Bar le “Ritz” P.D.B, 179 Jean-Talon O., Montreal

    10:30PM ANI GLASS
    Casa Del Popolo, 4873 St-Laurent, Montreal

    PWY YW’R ARTISTIAU O GYMRU @ POP MONTREAL 2018?

    ANI GLASS

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    Disgwyl fersiwn Cymraeg…
    Ani Glass is the persona of Cardiff-based electronic pop musician, producer, artist and photographer, Ani Saunders. Fiercely proud of her heritage, Glass sings in her native languages Welsh and Cornish and in April 2017 released her first EP Ffrwydrad Tawel (Silent Explosion) inspired by Welsh artist Ivor Davies’ major exhibition held at National Museum of Wales, Cardiff in 2016. Ani is currently working on her debut album, due to be released in the Autumn. “Music for the end of the world, and the start of a new one.” Laura Snapes – Pitchfork | “Ani transcends language with her shimmering take on pop.” Eugenie Johnson – DIY | Ani is also known for her work with The Pipettes, joining in 2008 to record the Martin Rushent-produced Earth Vs. The Pipettes album. Prior to her stint with the polka-dotted pop band, Glass was a member of pop group Genie Queen, managed by OMD’s Andy McCluskey


    ‘Music for the end of the world, and the start of a new one’
    PITCHFORK

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    ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND

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    Disgwyl fersiwn Cymraeg…
    There’s a lengthy creative thread running through Art School Girlfriend. Raised in Wrexham, North Wales, she then spent five years in London before eloping the calmer creative climes of Margate. Different projects, different guises have followed, before this young artist settled on her current moniker. A perfectionist, the material on upcoming EP ‘Measures’ – released on Paul Epworth’s Wolf Tone label – has been in the works for some time, a laborious, exacting process. But it’s all been worth it. ‘Measures’ is led out by new song ‘Bending Back’, an entrancing piece of electronic pop music that cuts a little deeper. The billowing, continually evolving production forms a soft bed for Art School Girlfriend’s vocal to relax into, a striking, direct, yet playfully experimental performance. An intriguing debut, the full EP certainly looks worth tracking down.


    ‘Wonderfully gothic doses of twilight pop’
    CLASH MUSIC

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    HMS Morris

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    Disgwyl fersiwn Cymraeg…
    HMS Morris are a Welsh Art-Pop group that delve into the wonky, odd-ball side of psychedelia, finding the balance between bold experimentalism without giving up accessibility. With an undercurrent of post-punk edginess, the group toy with colliding synthesisers and cooing vocals and still manage to create something cohesive and alluring (Clunk). Released in November 2016, the band’s debut album ‘Interior Design’ is ‘a real trip, a multi- dimensional sound that traipses across hitherto unexplored regions of sound’ (Clash). It earned the band a nomination for 2017’s Welsh Music Prize and a showcase at Indie Week Canada. The follow up is on its way very soon…


    ‘Their debut LP is a real trip, a multi-dimensional sound that traipses across hitherto unexplored regions of sound’
    CLASH MUSIC

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    Cyflwynir y prosiect hwn gan FOCUS Wales mewn partneriaeth â POP Montreal, Celfyddydau Rhyngwladol Cymru a’r Swyddfa Llywodraeth Cymru yng Nghanada