GRUFF RHYS PERFORMS AT THE GWYN HALL
Gruff Rhysappears at Neath Arts Festival following the release of his glorious new soloalbum, ‘Dim Probs’. One of Wales’s most creative and prolific songwriters,Gruff rose to prominence as lead singer of Super Furry Animals, but has alsoenjoyed huge success as a solo artist recording music in English and Welsh. Weare delighted to bring Gruff to the main stage at the Gwyn Hall as part of thisyear’s festival.
‘Dim Probs’ isGruff’s ninth solo album and was inspired by listening to Welsh electronicmusic recorded on cassette from the ‘80s. The title of the record is tongue incheek as the songs’ lyrics refer to modern preoccupations in a world that’srapidly changing.
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Gruff Rhys is a touring songwriter and recording artistbased in Cardiff, Wales who has consistently sought a variety of outlets for awide spectrum of creative ideas that include 26 studio albums to date.
Renowned for their blissful melodies, his solo albums haveexplored untapped areas musically and lyrically. 2021’s Top Ten chartingSeeking New Gods climbed fresh lyrical and musical terrain, a conceptual recordabout his own mountain and became his most critically and commerciallysuccessful solo album yet. 2024 saw the release of its follow up, thewidescreen, baroque pop ‘Sadness Sets Me Free’. Recorded on the outskirts ofParis with his band, it garnered further rave reviews and was widely acclaimedto be amongst his finest work. 2025 sees the release of his latest Welshlanguage album Dim Probs.
Gruff Rhys has been releasing records since 1988 with hisfirst band Ffa Coffi Pawb before becoming well known as the frontman of SuperFurry Animals – a band that has been able to achieve that rarest of mixes -artistic adventure with popular devotion – blending fuzz-filed rock, pureharmonies and cutting edge electronics.
MAE GRUFF RHYS YNPERRFFORMIO YN NEUADD GWYN
Mae Gruff Rhys ynymddangos yng Ngŵyl Gelfyddydau Castell-nedd yn fuan wedi iddo ryddhau ei albymarbennig newydd, ‘Dim Probs’. Un o gyfansoddwyr mwyaf creadigol a chynhyrchiolCymru, daeth Gruff Rhys i sylw’r cyhoedd gyda’r grwpiau Ffa Coffi Pawb a SuperFurry Animals. Ond mae Gruff wedi cael llwyddiant mawr fel artist unigol hefydac rydym yn falch iawn o’i groesawu i Gastell-nedd eleni.
Daeth yrysbrydoliaeth am ‘Dim Probs’ – nawfed albwm unigol Gruff – wrth iddo ail wrandoar gerddoriaeth electronig Cymraeg oedd wedi ei recordio ar gasetiau o’r ‘80au.Mae’r teitl yn chwareus gan bod geiriau’r caneuon yn ymateb i bryderon cyfoesmewn byd sydd prysur yn newid.
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Mae Gruff Rhys yn gyfansoddwr ac artist recordio hynod ogreadigol a dyfesigar sydd wedi rhyddhau 26 albwm stiwdio hyd yn hyn.
Mae cerddoriaeth Gruff yn enwog am ei melodïau bendigedig.Mentrodd Seeking New Gods i dir newydd o ran geiriau a cherddoriaeth yn 2021gan gyrraedd y Deg Uchaf. Mae'n record gysyniadol am ei fynydd ei hun a daethyn albwm unigol mwyaf llwyddiannus yn feirniadol ac yn fasnachol hyd yma. Yn2024 rhyddhawyd ei ddilyniant, y gân bop baróc sgrin lydan 'Sadness Sets MeFree'. Wedi'i recordio ar gyrion Paris gyda'i fand, cafodd yr albwm adolygiadaugwych pellach a chafodd ei ganmol yn eang fel un o weithiau gorau Gruff. Yn2025 rhyddhawyd ei albwm Cymraeg diweddaraf Dim Probs.
Mae Gruff Rhys wedi bod yn rhyddhau recordiau ers 1988gyda'i fand cyntaf Ffa Coffi Pawb cyn dod yn adnabyddus fel prif leisydd SuperFurry Animals – band sydd wedi gallu cyflawni'r cymysgedd prinnaf hwnnw - anturartistig gydag ymroddiad poblogaidd - gan gyfuno roc ffwzz, harmonïau pur acelectroneg arloesol.
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