In episode 3 of the CoDi Off-grid podcast Glyn Roberts talks to acclaimed experimental music maker, Meilir. Please note this interview is conducted in Welsh.

Meilir is one of contemporary music’s most provocative and audacious artists, melding expert songcraft with a fearless lyrical approach and wildly eclectic sonic sensibility. Born and raised in Flintshire, North Wales, he first made waves in his youth as a classically trained pianist and vocalist. Despite his success, Meilir, yearned to create something altogether his own. He co-founded the band Manchuko, making their live debut with a national broadcast on the Welsh-language television channel, S4C.

In 2009 Meilir began crafting his own unique music, creating soundscapes with an idiosyncratic blend of piano, electric guitar, and assorted synthesizers with such unlikely instrumentation as a thumb piano, an antique typewriter, wine glasses and even a tray full of gravel. A series of critically acclaimed singles and EPs followed, including 2009’s BYDD WYCH, 2011’s CELLAR SONGS, and the 2014 single, “Arabella,” all available now via Meilir’s Bandcamp HERE. His debut album In Tune was digitally released in December 2020 and was followed by a vinyl release in April 2021, and has since received regular plays on BBC 6Music, Radio Wales & Radio Cymru and all over the world. 

Recording produced by Glyn Roberts for CoDI Off-Grid - a Tŷ Cerdd project.

Music played:

Eighteen by Johno Wells, from Sounds for Freedom:

https://modulatetv.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-for-freedom

Marrakech by Feenix

https://cardiffepn.bandcamp.com/album/product-001-lunar

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