5055162130169

Gathering Dusk

Huw M

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Format: CD

Cat No: GWYMONCD016

Release Date:  30 July 2012

Label:  Gwymon

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5055162130169

Genres:  Folk  Pop  

  • Description

    Second album from Huw M, 'Gathering Dusk' sits easily between Gorky's Zygotic Mynci's more delicate moments and Gruff Rhys's sweet pop.

    There's no doubting that there's a warmth to Huw M's music and his new album, 'Gathering Dusk' is like answering the door to an old friend.
    True, the word 'lovely' is overused. But from the fragile, ethereal 'For while I wait for you to sleep' to the lush texture of 'Dyma lythyr', 'Gathering Dusk' is a piece of pure loveliness.

    When performing live, Huw usually loops various sounds, so creating his own 'band'. But here, like a house made of Lego, every musical brick is purposely placed, overlapping each other to create a magical arrangement. 'Gathering Dusk' is marginally different to his other albums in that it is more of a collaboration between Huw and real live musicians; Angust West plays the French horn, and Lucy Simmonds on the cello (a member of the Mavron Quartet who featured on The Gentle Good's latest album) draws on her classical background. Frank Naughton (drums, bass guitar, percussion), Alun Bonello (drums) and Bethan Reynolds (vocals) also bring their influences to the table, and between them, cook up a feast.

    There are strains of the vast Welsh folk tradition to be heard in 'Gathering Dusk', but Huw M gives it a bright new coat of paint.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Perfect Silence
      • 2. Dyma Lythyr
      • 3. Chwyldro Tawel
      • 4. Hide Behind You
      • 5. Martha a Mair
      • 6. Babushka, wake me!
      • 7. Ystafelloedd Gwag
      • 8. Brechdanau Sgwâr
      • 9. Be
      • 10. For while I wait for you to sleep