Gwarth Ar Y Teulu #2 allan rwan!

Mae Gwarth Ar Y Teulu #2 allan rwan – cafoedd ei rhyddhau wythnos diwethaf am #BandcampFriday olaf y flwyddyn, ac cafodd ei lawnsio yn ffair ffansins a celf radical yn Dyddiau Du yng Nghaerdydd ar Dydd Sadwrn 2il Rhagfyr!

Mae’n bosib prynu y zine o ein tudalen Bandcamp – https://afiach.bandcamp.com/merch

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Super excited that the second edition of Gwarth Ar Y Teulu (shame on the family) was released last week for the last Bandcamp Friday of 2023, and launched irl last Saturday at the Radical zine and arts fair at Dyddiau Du in Cardiff 🏴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Gwarth ar y Teulu is a bilingual (Welsh/English) and art based zine, which is now available to buy from our Bandcamp page. This edition is 24 pages long and features:

  • Cover by Joe Baines / Potatws
  • Rants (in Welsh) and art by Efa Supertramp / Afiach
  • 2 poems by Izzy Rabey (one in Welsh, one in English)
  • Article in Welsh about prison, shame and the welsh language by Diffrwys Criafol
  • Art by Twinkle & Gloom
  • Interview with the Maori punk band Half Time from Aotearoa (New Zealand)
  • Poem in Welsh by Rhys Trimble
  • Art by Black Lodge Press
  • Article about ‘shame’ in Welsh by the psychologist ‘Pluen’
  • Art by Sara Rhoslyn
  • Art by Anhurusonhardi (from Brittany)
  • Interview in English with Kolektiw Wakuum from the Sorbian region of Germany, who are working on creating a subculture through their minority language!

Gwarth Ar Y Teulu #2 – Extended Deadline – 18/08/23

Helo pawb! Mae dyddiad cau am gyfraniadau i ail rhifyn zine Gwarth ar y Teulu wedi newid i Dydd Gwener Awst 18 👌🏻❤️‍🔥☔️ Diolch i’r rhai sydd wedi gyrru cyfraniadau a wedi dangos diddordeb mewn cyfrannu ond angen mwy o amser i sgwennu 📝🩵 Mae @potatws wedi creu clawr hollol lysh sydd yn adlewyrchu ysbryd y zine yn berffaith (edrych mlaen i ddangos i chi!) 😍 Gyrrwch eich celf, rants, erthyglau a sgwennu i ni!

Hey everyone… incase you were interested in submitting your art / rants / poetry to issue 2 of Gwarth Ar Y Teulu (shame on the family) zine, the deadline has been extended to Friday 18th August! Got some lush submissions already and a beautiful illustrated cover by @potatws (to be revealed soon). The zine is loosely about shame and conformity within minority language cultures, and also shame in general and how it holds us back. It’s also about being a misfit in your hometown and about being imperfect and never living up to expectations put on you by others. It’s a bilingual zine, any questions or to submit e-mail recordiauafiach@gmail.com 🌈

#zine#gwartharyteulu#zinecymraeg#diyzine#shame#shameful

Gwarth ar y Teulu #2 – Zine callout

Themes: Shame, Judgement, Family, Being a misfit, Welshness, Addiction, Mental Health.

[English below]

Zine am siom a cywilydd yn y byd Cymraeg ydi Gwarth Ar Y Teulu – gofod i’r pobl sydd ddim yn ffitio mewn i herio ac rantio am y pethau sy’n neud nhw deimlo’n flin…….sud fedra ni disgwyl chwyldro, os mae pawb mor blydi cwrtais? Sud mae disgwyl newid y byd, os di pobl ddim isho newid traddodiadau crap nhw’i hunain? Dyma zine gan y misfits, y cwiars, y dosbarth gweithiol ag y radical…

Croeso i chi yrru celf, rants, erthyglau, cerddi, be bynnag ‘da chi isho rili, cyhyd â’i fod yn ffitio i mewn i’r thema rhydd…. obviously ‘da ni ddim yn givio shit os ‘da chi methu treiglo, neu meddwl bod chi methu sgwennu Cymraeg ‘perffaith’ – dyna’r union fath o shit da ni’n flin am ag mae croeso mawr i Wenglish yn y zine yma!

Gyrrwch eich stwff i: recordiauafiach@gmail.com

NAIS ONE CONT!
DYDDIAD CAU: Gorffenaf 10fed 2023


English: Gwarth ar y Teulu is mostly a Welsh-language and art based zine, however if you have work in English or any other language around the zine’s theme you are welcome to submit your work or contacting us to see if you think it’s relevant.

DEADLINE: 10 July 2023

Gwarth Ar Y Teulu – ZINE newydd! Archebwch nawr! New zine! Pre-order now!

Clawr GWARTH AR Y TEULU – wedi ei ddylunio gan Twinkle & Gloom

Mae zine newydd o’r enw GWARTH AR Y TEULU wedi mynd i’r printers ag yn barod i gael ei rhyddhau wythnos nesaf! Mae’n bosib rhag-archebu y zine heddiw, gan fod hi yn Ddydd Gwener Bandcamp, ble mae Bandcamp yn stopio codi ffioedd ar artisiaid ac labeli.

Zine am siom a cywilydd yn y byd Cymraeg ydi Gwarth Ar Y Teulu – gofod i’r pobl sydd ddim yn ffitio mewn i herio ac rantio am y pethau sy’n neud nhw deimlo’n flin…….sud fedra ni disgwyl chwyldro, os mae pawb mor blydi cwrtais? Dyma zine gan y misfits, y cwiars, y dosbarth gweithiol ag y radical… Mae’r zine yn 36 tudalen wedi printio mewn lliw, mae’r clawr wedi ei ddylunio gan Twinkle & Gloom, artist o Ogledd Cymru..

Os ydych methu afforddio pris y zine, ond eisiau copi, plis ebostiwch recordiauafiach@gmail.com a nawni neud siwr fod chi’n cael un! Dylia arian ddim fod yn rwystr rhag cael access i stwff fel hyn!

A new zine compiled by Afiach called GWARTH AR Y TEULU (Disgrace on the Family) has gone to the printers and will be arriving next week. It’s possible to pre-order the zine today as it’s #BandcampFriday, when Bandcamp waive their fees for artists and labels.

The zine includes a lot of Welsh-language content, but also some in English and a lot of art. However if you don’t speak Welsh there is a lot of content you won’t be able to read – we still think it’s worth getting one if you’re interested in Welsh music and art! The zine is loosely about shame, it’s a space for people who don’t fit in to tease and rant about the things that make them angry… how can we expect a revolution when everyone is so fucking polite? This is a zine by the misfits, quuers, working class and radical… It’s 36 pages, printed in full colour. The cover is printed by Twinkle & Gloom, a North Wales artist.

If you can’t afford the price of the zine, but you’d like a copy, please email recordiauafiach@gmail.com and we’ll make sure you get one! Money shouldn’t be an obstacle to accessing stuff like this!

Cynnwys / Content

CELF GAN / ART BY

AC HEFYD / ALSO

  • Yr artist Sara Rhoslyn yn ysgrifennu am celf/hunaniaeth Cymraeg
    The artist Sara Rhoslyn writing about art/welsh identity, mostly in English.
  • Erthygl ‘Lladd Y Gwryw Gormesol er mwyn y Gymru Chwyldroadol’, sydd yn edrych am ysbrydoliaeth o’r Mudiad Rhyddid Cwrdaidd.
    Welsh language article about what Wales can learn from Kurdish activists, English translation available online
  • Cerdd gan Rowen Jones
    Poem by Rowen Jones [mostly in English, some Welsh words]
  • Cyfeweliad efo Eädyth & Izzy, gan Boodikah
    Interview with Eädyth & Izzy, by Boodikah [in English]
  • Erthygl am Lumpen + Classwork Project [in Welsh]
  • Lyrics Efa Supertramp [in Welsh]
  • Cyfweliad gyda Ufferndaith, band newydd metal Cymraeg o Ferthyr Tudfil
    [Welsh-language interview with Ufferndaith, a new metal band from Merthyr Tudfil]
  • Whatsapp Voice Note Rants gan merch dosbarth gweithiol sydd yn ffed up.
    [rant about class in Welsh]
  • The Self Pitying Narrative of a Alkoholik Bitch, ysgrifennu o’r ysbytu.
    [rants from hospital, mostly in Welsh]
  • Cyfweliad efo Cerys Hafana
    [Interview with Cerys Hafana, in Welsh]
  • chydig mwy o gyfraniadau di-enw / and some more anonymous submissions!

GWARTH AR Y TEULU – zine newydd yn galw am gyfraniadau gan sCumbagz Cumraeg

Mae GWARTH AR Y TEULU yn zine sydd eisiau cyfraniadau gan scumbags Cymraeg!

Ydych chi wedi tyfu fyny yn teimlo fel fod y crachach ac y ‘so-called’ Cymry Cymraeg yn edrych lawr eu trwyna arna chi? Dyma zine sydd eisiau edrych ar cywilydd Cymraeg ag sud mae o’n ein dal ‘ni nôl…

….sud fedra ni disgwyl chwyldro go iawn, os mae pawb mor blydi cwrtais? Sud mae disgwyl newid y byd, os di pobl ddim isho newid traddodiadau crap nhw’i hunain?

Croeso i chi yrru celf, rants, erthyglau, cerddi, be bynnag ‘da chi isho rili, cyhyd â’i fod yn ffitio i mewn i’r thema rhydd…. obviously ‘da ni ddim yn gifio shit os ‘da chi methu treiglo, neu meddwl bod chi methu sgwennu’n Gymraeg – dyna’r union fath o shit da ni’n flin am ag mae croeso mawr i Wenglish yn y zine yma!

Gyrrwch eich stwff i: recordiauafiach@gmail.com

NAIS ONE CONT!
DYDDIAD CAU: Ionawr 8fed

English: Gwarth ar y Teulu will be a mostly Welsh-language based zine, however if you have work in English or any other language around the theme of shame you are welcome to submit your work and we’ll let you know if it’s relevant. It’s mostly focused around shame within families, and shame within small communities. Much of the gossip and shame that happens in the Welsh community, also happen in many other places! Feel free to be our English token.
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OS YDYCH EISIAU RHANNU Y ‘CALL-OUT’ YMA AR SOCIAL MEDIAAAAAAARGH CROESO I CHI NEUD ‘IMAGES’ EICH HUNAIN NEU DEFNYDDIO Y RHAI STUPID ‘MA DWI WEDI GREU. UP THE PHOTOSHOP PUNX!!!!!

Plucked from the archives: Interview with artist Elen Mai Wyn-Jones

Elen Mai Wyn-Jones was a queer feminist artist and an outspoken advocate for mental health – she often participated in Afiach’s events. Most people knew her as Ellie and she was a much-loved character in Cardiff, who died in November 2015. In 2019 we held an exhibition of her work at RUG Gallery in Cardiff, and it felt like we finally got to celebrate her life in a way she would be proud of. I still have some of the zines we made for the exhibition ‘Knitting & Screaming’ available here on Bandcamp.

This is an interview I did with Ellie in 2013 when I was writing an article for our student newspaper about Metanoia… I feel quite cringey about some of the questions I asked (please ignore my voice!), but when I found this interview on the depths of one of my old hard-drives it really made me laugh and smile. It captures Ellie at her best – passionate about art and community, full of positive energy and ready to take on the world! I hope you’ll enjoy listening to it as much as I did ❤

I used parts of the interview as samples on my tribute song to her on my Efa Supertramp album ‘Apocalipstick Blues’ – Ellie had so much good messages to give to the world! I hope we can keep spreading them ❤

Efa Supertramp NEW ALBUM ‘Apocalipstick Blues’ + Double A-side 7″ Pink Vinyl

We’re pleased to tell you that our newest releases Afiach 009 and Afiach 010 are OUT NOW!

Efa Supertramp’s 7″ pink vinyl features a re-record of ‘All My Friends Are Freedom Fighters’ off her debut album RHYDDID YW Y FREUDDWYD, and ‘Prosecco Punx.’ The new album ‘Apocalipstick Blues’ features 15 brand new folk-punk songs to get you through these dark times!

7″ Vinyl artwork (left) by ONESLUTRIOT
Apocalipsticke Blues artwork (right) by POTATWS

Press Release:

‘Apocalipstick Blues’, the long-anticipated bilingual second album of feisty folk-punk songs from the Welsh singer-songwriter Efa Supertramp, is released on Friday 2 October.

This collection of 15 songs written in both her native tongue of Welsh and her adopted English was refined and recorded during the lockdown period. 

After her first album introduced her solo acoustic songs to the world, Efa combined touring with activism. The pandemic finally forced her to focus on finishing her new album.

Efa says: “The album title’s play on words is an attempt to capture the spirit of these uncertain times – there are humorous songs on the album, and there are angry songs. I guess most of us are just trying to survive these dark times.

“Overall the album is hopeful that we can build a better future. We’ll only get through this with a fabulous rebellious attitude and the support of our communities and that’s the message of my album.”

Like many a musical lockdown project, this work was recorded and mixed in a home studio, staying true to the DIY punk spirit. 

Her album includes topics such as refugee’s rights (Illegal), the Rojava revolution in northern Syria (Rhosyn Rojava), the impact of social class structure (The Scars) and solidarity movements (How Far? and Prosecco Punx) whilst as well lighter touches in the form of personal (Cigarettes and Stamps), whimsical and humorous songs (Apocalyptic Love Song). 

Some of the tracks take the form of mature and tender ballads that show off Efa’s refined vocal techniques and singing styles – whilst others are more spikey and hold true to her punk background with The Stilletoes and later crossover electronic-punk act Killdren. She has performed at Rebellion Festival and Boomtown Fair and supported punk legends such as TV Smith and The Damned, as well as some of folk’s contemporary offerings like Grace Petrie and Beans on Toast. 

The new album will be available from 02/10/20 on digital download, CD and cassette from Bandcamp and Big Cartel – where you can also catch lead single Prosecco Punx on 7” vinyl. Apocalipstick Blues will also be available digitally from all major online retailers and streaming services.

Killdren – ‘Dismembers of Parliament’

Infamous rave-punk band Killdren release a politically charged and scathing new album of songs recorded during the lockdown period.

The notorious Killdren, who in 2019 were taken off the bill of Glastonbury Festival amidst heated controversy surrounding their song Kill Tory Scum (Before They Kill You), return with a more crafted and mature third release entitled Dismembers of Parliament.

The eight songs feature blistering attacks on a wide range of contemporary themes – inequalities and food bank use, privatisation of the NHS, the Anthropocene era and what the band sees as the inherently corrupt nature of organised religion and police forces. Despite the serious undertones of each song the tongue remains firmly in cheek, with gallows humour running through much of the lyrics.

Dismembers of Parliament by Killdren

The gruesome album title refers to the fragmentation of parliamentary politics that is being silently spearheaded by Boris Johnson and his advisor Dominic Cummings. All of the songs were completed and recorded during the lockdown period in their home studio – with one song, No More Normal, written as a last-minute response to the UK’s handling of the Coronavirus crisis and how it can shape the future.

Aside from deriving lyrical inspiration from the legacy of punk music the ‘rave’ music productions take influence from drum and bass, breakcore, grime, dub, electro and old-skool hardcore. This broad musical and lyrical fusion results in a highly original sound that doesn’t have many close relatives – but Killdren have been compared to Atari Teenage Riot, The Prodigy and Moscow Death Brigade on the electronic side; Sonic Boom Six and Bikini Kill as other female-fronted bands and even the Beastie Boys and Chumbawamba from a theatrical standpoint.

The overarching sentiments of the songs – that flits between pro-active critique and nihilistic despair – are ably brought to life in the cover art by regular Killdren artwork artist Russell Taysom, who has also produced work for Idles and Craig Charles. Highly lurid and technicolour in its gruesomeness, the band deplore the fact that their surrealistic artwork ideas are never actually that far removed from reality.

Killdren began life in spring 2017 with a single bit of agit-prop, originally a t-shirt idea, that would two years later spiral out of control as the media pack set upon the band for a bad-taste comedy-horror music video that seemingly encouraged people to murder Tory politicians and supporters. The outcry in June 2019 saw them being culled from that year’s Glastonbury Festival and sparked a censorship debate in the UK and international press.

The band’s tongue-in-cheek and politically charged mix of rave music and punk sensibilities is a nod to the existing back catalogue of the two primary band members Efa Supertramp and Nick Ronin. The former is a singer-songwriter who is part of the European DIY punk scene with her solo folk-punk act. The latter is an electronic music producer, live performer and free party veteran. Each brings their own energy and talents into the project and they choose to use their uniquely spiky and fun rave-punk fusion to project their political outlook and thirst for change.

Dismembers of Parliament is available from Bandcamp on Friday 5 June and from all other major outlets from the 12 June.

Folk-punk benefit for Radio Ava at New River Studios, London

25th January is the Chinese New Year (woohoo), as well as being Burns Night in Scotland and Diwrnod Santes Dwynwen (the Welsh valentine’s day), so seems like we have a pretty good excuse to celebrate….. It’s 2020 but for those who had a false start to the year, let’s get together and celebrate our solidarity, love and our allies at this benefit for Radio Ava (sex workers community radio).

SUGGESTED DONATION £5
(but no one turned away for lack of funds!!)

SHARP KNIVES
Sharp Knives are a Lisbon based DIY anarcho-folk punk band. Transposing our hopes, fears, doubts, frustrations, inconsistencies & dreams to words, screaming them out loud as self-empowerment, travelling and playing, we hope to create an affinity network of friends, while standing together against all forms of authority, coercion & oppression.
https://sharpknivespunk.bandcamp.com/releases

EFA SUPERTRAMP
Efa Supertramp is a folk-punk grrrl armed with just an acoustic guitar and a powerful voice. She regularly tours across Europe appearing at festivals, bars, squats, venues, living rooms and street corners to perform her songs.
www.efasupertramp.co.uk

MANIFIESTA
Manifiesta is a UK musician based in Latin America, performing Cumbia-Dub Balkan-Jungle fusion live on accordion with original electronic production, to create a uniquely bizarre live show. Mixing Balkan and Klezmer melodies with Cumbia rhythms, while raised on Punk and ‘UK-bass’, Manifiesta’s electic sounds back up a radical message within danceable beats.
https://manifiesta.bandcamp.com

SAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE (from BinBandits)
This nomadic busker is back in London and ready to rock your sox off with some originals and some Britney covers!

GLITTASPHYXIA
Poems by the feral diva Glittasphyxia, with her tales of love, sex, adventure and mental health.

SARAH JANE BAKER
The world’s greatest trans anarchist violinist will be opening up the show for us!

HOSTED BY PUSSY WILLOW

“Radio AvA is for and by sex workers and allies. A cultural community space broadcasting our voices. A framework through which we can express explore and expand our talents, share our spectrum of experiences, improve our safety, vent, reflect, critique and celebrateRadio AvA is here for us to be heard. To debunk myths. To give non Sex Workers direct access to information and knowledge about our realities, our struggles, our demands. It is a political tool to fight intersectional oppression and stigma.”