Part Five - The 2000s: Mwng, the mainstream and MCs
Huw Stephens and Sian Eleri tell the story of Welsh language pop in 2000s.
Huw Stephens and Sian Eleri tell the story of Welsh language pop in 2000s. A new millennium. A new dawn for Wales and the world. This is a story of hit records and hip hop, of a digital revolution and a dig back into the Welsh language music’s past from an unlikely source.
It’s the story of Super Furry Animals’ Mwng becoming the first all Welsh language album to make the UK Top 20; Gruff Rhys shares the inside story of how the band stripped it all back to record the now iconic record.
It's the story of Welsh lending itself perfectly the rhymes and raps of MCs. Of Andrea Parker from Melys revealing how Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1 tastemaker and long-time Welsh language music champion John Peel influenced their career.
Across the Atlantic, music is making a mark on Kansas-born Flaming Lips drummer Kliph Scurlock, who tells how an Ankst compilation inspired a love for music in a language previously unknown.
