ANKSTMUSIK 083

Title - BREWER SPINKS E.P.

Artist - TYSTION

Format - 12" only

Tracks

  1. - GWYDDBWYLL(CHESS)
  2. - DAL YMA DAL I FRWYDRO(STILL HERE,STILL FIGHTING)
  1. - M.G. YN Y TY (M.G. IN THE HOUSE)
  2. - CARREG MYNYDD CARRARA(THE ROCKS OF CARRARA

MOUNTAIN.)

TYSTION yw’r band cyntaf i ryddhau cynnyrch ar Ankstmusik a braint yw cael rhyddhau cynnrych gan fand newydd cyffrous hefo talent anferthol ..mae rhywbeth yn digwydd ……….

The first release for the newly revitalized Ankstmusik record label is the debut single from Y TYSTION(The Witnesses) . The single contains 4 tracks . Three culled from their self-released c.d. ‘RHAID I RHYWBETH DDIGWYDD’(SOMETHING’S GOT TO HAPPEN) and a brand new recording CARREG MYNYDD CARRARA .

TYSTION Background

October 1996 - Two young lads - MC SLEIFAR and M.C. GRUFF bullshitting in a pub lock-in in Aberystwyth come up with a mad idea to record a Welsh rap album . 500 gallons of lager and 12 months later the album is finished and they start their assault on Welsh ears with their mixture of hip hop, funk, drum and bass , techno and rap . By doing this they hope to destroy the myth that Wales is about boring shit like choirs ,chapels and mountains . MC GRUFF explains that he knew they wouldn’t get away with lyrics like " I f***ed that Michelle in the bathroom /In the kitchen /Man that b***ch was twitching" . Instead they rapped about going to the SPAR to buy a Wagon Wheel or doing handbreak turns in TESCO’s or getting wrecked in a field and sleeping in a hedge , munching on a twig. Although it must be added that this new single does carry a parental advisory sticker in Welsh .

 

 

 

 

 

SONG Background

  1. - GWYDDBWYLL(CHESS) - A rap about feeling like a piece in a chess game .(GWYDDBWYLL is the Welsh version of Chess which involves the King being in the centre of the board completely surrounded by the other pieces.) Unseen forces running our lives and forcing us down a path that leads to madness and schizophrenia .
  2. - DAL YMA DAL I FRWYDRO(STILL HERE STILL FIGHTING)

Sometimes you can empathize with the Black Nation when you

yourself are repressed , economically and culturally .

  1. - MG YN Y TY(MG IN THE HOUSE)

(MG - Meibion Glyndwr) We grew up in a land where no

government ever tried to do anything about the problem of cheap

housing for local people , while the influx of rich settlers destroyed

our communities.

  1. - CARREG MYNYDD CARRARA(THE ROCKS OF CARRARA

MOUNTAIN)

Carrara Mountain furnished Michaelangelo with the raw materials for

his magnificent sculptures .A song about freeing the potential inherent

in all things .