Datblygu

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Datblygu (Welsh pronunciation: [datˈbləɡi] meaning "develop" or "developing") are an experimental Welsh rock group formed in 1982. They are regarded as a catalyst of the new wave of Welsh rock in the early '80s.
The band was formed in by vocalist David R. Edwards and instrumentalist T. Wyn Davies in 1982 while they were at Ysgol Uwchradd in Aberteifi, with instrumentalist Patricia Morgan joining in 1984.Edwards' lyrics were almost entirely in the Welsh language, the subject matter reflecting his "extreme disillusionment" with life in Wales in the early 1980s era under Margaret Thatcher.After four cassette-only releases on Casetiau Neon, the band had their first vinyl release in 1987 on Anhrefn Records, with the Hwgr-Grawth-Og EP featuring just Edwards and Morgan, which was picked up by John Peel and led to a session being recorded for his BBC Radio 1 show (the first of five such sessions). While Welsh radio gave the band little airplay, they also found an outlet through Geraint Jarman's Fideo 9 television show on S4C. The band's first album, Wyau (Eggs), was released in 1988, and was followed two years later with Pyst (Posts) on the Ofn label. Davies left in 1990 and the group continued as a duo for a while, before being augmented by a series of musicians, notably drummer Al Edwards. Moving to Ankst Records, the Christmas-themed Blwch Tymer Tymor cassette was issued in 1991. Edwards collaborated with Tŷ Gwydr and Llwybr Llaethog on the 1992 album LL.LL v T.G. MC DRE, before releasing a final Datblygu album in 1993 with Libertino.After a single, "Alcohol"/"Amnesia" in 1995, the band split up.

In August 2008 a new 7" single "Can y Mynach Modern" (The Song of the Modern Monk) was released. The song recounts (over its brief ninety seconds) the turmoil and madness that engulfed Edwards as the band fell apart in the mid nineties and the long road to recovery that resulted from the fallout. The track is intended as a full stop on their legacy rather than a brand new start. Datblygu have been cited as a major influence on the generation of Welsh bands that followed, including Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Super Furry Animals (who covered Datblygu's "Y Teimlad" on their Mwng album).
In a rare TV appearance, David featured on S4C documentary programme O Flaen dy Lygaid in 2009, presented by Cardiff-based broadcaster and friend of David's, Ali Yassine, which followed David and his battle to recover from mental illness. The programme also featured Datblygu bandmember and former Pobol y Cwm actress Ree Davies and her own battle against mental illness. In 2012 an exhibition celebrating the band's history was held in a Cardiff coffee shop. Edwards and Morgan reunited in 2012 for the EP Darluniau'r Ogof Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain. A new mini-album, Erbyn Hyn, was released in June 2014 and a new album, Porwr Trallod (Tribulation Browser), in December 2015. In 2017 David released a series of poems for the very first time in his second language English compiled in a book called "Search In English For The House Of Tolerance", released with an accompanying CD of the book audio read with music by Ashley Cooke on the small Welsh label Recordiau Prin.

Edwards passed away in June 2021.

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Y Teimlad

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Casserole Efeilliaid

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Am

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Can i Gymru

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Braidd

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March 17, 2017

Pontio

Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

  • 1. Ond nawr mae hyn

  • 2. Mynd

  • 3. Dafydd iwan yn y glaw

  • 4. Nid chwiwgi pwdin gwaed

  • 5. Pwynt

  • 6. Gwenu dan bysiau

  • 7. Problem yw Bywyd

  • 8. Cliriach


October 28, 2016

The Continental

Preston, England, United Kingdom

  • 1. Dafydd iwan yn y glaw


April 25, 2015

Wales Millennium Centre

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

  • 1. Llawenydd diweithdra

  • 2. Y llun mawr

  • 3. Mynd

  • 4. Nesaf

  • 5. Nid chwiwgi pwdin gwaed

  • 6. Slebog bywedeg

  • 7. Gwenu dan bysiau


April 15, 2015

Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park

Prestatyn, Wales, United Kingdom


March 6, 1993

Stoke Newington Samuel Beckett

London, England, United Kingdom

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Datblygu has released 6 albums between 1988 and 2015. Notable releases include Porwr Trallod, Wyau & Pyst = 32 Bom = 1987-90, Putsch. Explore their complete discography on this page.

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Datblygu (Welsh pronunciation: [datˈbləɡi] meaning "develop" or "developing") are an experimental Welsh rock group formed in 1982. They are regarded as a catalyst of the new wave of Welsh rock in the early '80s. The band was formed in by vocalist Da... Read the full biography on this page.

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