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Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon.

Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light. Favorite track: Olá!.
Samuel Gill
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Samuel Gill A beautiful album with sublime melodies and great grooves. One of the best records of 2021 for me. Favorite track: Cariad, Cariad.
Bob Hill Illicit Grooves
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Bob Hill Illicit Grooves I love everything about this album; the tunes most certainly but also the concept and how it was made. Many a track from this will be finding a place on the playlists of The Illicit Grooves Radio Show. Class, sheer class.
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santilagger Supreme experience!!
Fav track: "Y Ferch Ar Y Cei" with Nina Miranda.
LaZyLiFe
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LaZyLiFe Cannot select a favorite track. this entire album is just stunning good.
Rwy'n caru/Eu amo Welsh tropicália.
roirizla
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roirizla It takes me back to a sunny Sunday morning at Green man 2022. I walked in just as they started their set and thought to my self, "oh hey! Brazilian music sung in Norwegian...how nice". By the time it dawned on me that it's actually sung in Welsh I was already beyond totally in love with it. It is a great memory & this album allows me to relive it. Favorite track: Olá!.
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1.
Ydych chi ishe ymuno
 Yn y dathlu a’r dawnsio?

 Ydyn - ni ishe ymuno 
 Yn y dathlu a’r dawnsio

 Ydych chi ishe ymuno 
Yn y canu a’r gwrando? Ydyn - ni ishe ymuno Yn y canu a’r gwrando 
Ydych chii ishe ymuno
 Yn y rhannu a’r joio? Ydyn - ni ishe ymuno Yn y rhannu a’r joio
2.
Olá! 03:47 video
Wel, co ni off
 Neb ar goll? 
Ni ar y ffordd 

Mas i wlad arall
 Gwlad tropical 
 Y carnifal 

 Ola, Ola, Ola
 Ola, Ola, Ola
 Ola, Ola Ola,
 Bom dia!

 Teimla’r curiad ‘ma
 Teimlad da
 O’r samba

 Dere mas i’r haul
 Gwych neu gwael
 Ni am adael

 Ola, Ola, Ola 
Ola, Ola, Ola 
Ola, Ola Ola, 
Bom dia!

 Ola, Ola, Ola, Ola
 Bom Dia! Hiya, Hiya, Hiya, Hiya Bore da!
3.
Mae’r bywyd llonydd Tu ôl i’r gorchudd Yn y tŷ rydym ni gyda’n gilydd Mae’r drws hyn ar agor Bydd e wastad ar agor Fel dylai fod o hyd Dros y blynydde Roedd y camgymeriade’n Fwy na ddisgwylio'n ni'n dau Ond mae ‘na dal siawns I ailgynnu'r rhamant Mae’n dibynnu arno ni’n dau Anghofia’r camgymeriadau Yr holl bethau bychain Fu’n tyfu rhyngo ni shwt gymaint Os tyfo'n nhw gymaint Ni oedd ar fai Os o’n ni’n ffeulu symud mlaen Ond mae na dal amser I lenwi’r holl wacter Fi ishe bod ble'r o’n ni o’r blaen
4.
Açai 00:40 video
Açaí Piws ydy'r lliw Juice Piws! Juice Piws! Açaí Sudd unigryw Juice Piws! Juice Piws! Açaí Piws ydy'r lliw Juice Piws! Juice Piws!
5.
Rwy’n moyn popeth eto Sai ishe bod ofn Fi ishe rhoi mewn mwy Cariad, fi moyn rhagor - Teithio tan fi’n blino Penwythnosau ger y mor Ishe mynd mas i’r byd Moyn cwtsho ffrindiau eto Fi moyn gwilio mwy o ffilmiau A darllen mwy Mynd mas mwy Sai moyn becso cymaint, ishe aros mas yn hwyr Ishe eiliadau o heddwch Ishe gwennu mwy a helpu mwy Ishe bod yn hapus Ishe bach o heddwch Ishe bach o heddwch Sai’n moyn aros rhagor Moyn edrych mlaen i’r dyfodol Llai o ymddiheurio Teimlo’n llai euog Sai moyn methu ti gymaint Fi moyn mwy a phopeth arall Mi ddaw’r gweddill yn araf bach Be wnai, os na? Cariad, Cariad
6.
7.
Ynys Aur 03:32 video
Rhywle draw, draw ymhell Ddim rhy bell o’r cyhydedd Mae 'na le Ym Môr Y De Paradwys hyfryd yw hi Ynys breuddwyd yw i ni Mae’i fel y nef I fi a nghred Hwylio’i hafonydd hirion Dringo’i mynyddoedd mawrion Rhannu’r Gair I’r Ynys Aur Cysgu’n sownd mewn caban pren Sêr anfeidrol uwch fy mhen A’r heulwen Diddiwedd Pan mae’r haf yn dod yma Mae’n aeaf draw fanna Ond wastad yn braf O leiaf Berwi’n boeth fwy nag erioed Nofio’n noeth dan olau'r lloer Rhannu’r Gair I’r Ynys Aur Casglu cregyn ar y traeth Anghofiai byth fy nhaith Yn rhannu’r Gair I’r Ynys Aur
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9.
Arpoador 03:00 video
Arpoador Y garreg aur ar lan y môr Ble licen i fod Trysor Rio Fi ishe mynd na unwaith to Mae'n disgleirio! Y lle gore i wylio Yr haul yn araf gwympo Hwyr y prynhawn Os bydd y telerau yn iawn Bydd y glannau’n llawn A phan ddaw’r awr (Mae’r) haul yn cael cynulleidfa fawr Wrth iddo fynd lawr Pawb yn clapio’r machlud Am olygfa hyfryd! Ipanema A hefyd Copacabana - Mae’r ddau yna! Am gyfuniad! Arpoador A’i draethau hardd ar naill ochr Yn edrych mas i’r môr Arpoador
10.
Ai dyna’r awr? Gwell i mi fynd nawr Fi di joio’n hun mas draw Oriau braf Mewn cwmni da Ond mae’r amser wedi rhedeg mas Ble aeth yr amser? Ble aeth yr amser? Gobeithio daw ryw gyfle to Y byddai nol ryw dro Ble aeth yr amser? Ble aeth yr amser? Ai dyna’r awr? Fi di blino nawr Sa nai’n aros diolch yn fawr Wel dyna ni Am heddiw Mae’n bryd i ni rhoi’r gorau iddi Ble aeth yr amser? Ble aeth yr amser?

about

Late in 2020 as a global pandemic was raging, BBC Radio Cymru approached Carwyn Ellis with a view to performing a radio concert with Rio 18 and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
There would be no audience present. The orchestra would have limited numbers due to social distancing measures. And as the pandemic worsened, it became clear that Rio 18 themselves would not be able to travel or rehearse together either.

But the show must go on! So Carwyn adapted. He came up with these songs, and began recording them alone at home. Then, he sent them to his co-producer Shawn Lee who added drums and percussion at his studio in London. With these elements, the rest of the band were able to add their contributions from wherever they were, with Shawn co-ordinating the group’s recordings into the super tight tracks you hear here. Rio 18 did not see each other, or play together at all during the course of this process! Which is truly remarkable because the energy, joy, love and pure magic is palpable in these recordings.

In conjunction with these musical elements, Carwyn worked alongside two brilliant arrangers to make the orchestrations: the Brazilian Christiaan Oyens and Welshman Owain Gruffudd Roberts, who also conducted the orchestra.

The words are in Welsh. The music is international. In Rio 18 alone, there are Brazilian, American, Venezuelan, English and of course, Welsh members. The album is mixed by a French man. It is mastered by an Italian. The record label is German.

The title of this album, ‘Yn Rio’ reflects the theme and the sentiment behind the performance - it’s loosely based around a day in Rio. The first two Rio 18 albums were recorded mostly in Rio de Janeiro at the studio of producer Kassin in the Botafogo district, and this is where Carwyn stayed on his visits. Arpoador is the spot between Ipanema and Copacabana beaches where people go to see the sunset. Açai is what the band drink during their breaks in the studio. Y Bywyd Llonydd’ is a cover of Kassin’s masterful song, ‘A Paisagem Morta’ translated by Carwyn into Welsh. And ‘Y Ferch Ar Y Cei’ is a musical reflection of a poem by the great bard, T.H. Parry Williams written after his visit to Brasil a hundred years ago. These songs make up a heartfelt love letter to Rio, and to better times for us all.

And so, at 8pm on March 20, 2021, Carwyn Ellis sang and played these songs with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in one performance, over the course of an hour or so. The full show was broadcast the following day on BBC Radio Cymru (no time for re-takes or overdubs!) and was more than we could ever have hoped for. This record is a document of the thrilling new music created in that performance.
These are songs of hope, history and harmony, recorded in exceptionally challenging circumstances but in a spirit of international brother- and sisterhood, showing just what we can achieve if we dream, work and play… together.

- Mr Mellow (Légère Recordings)

"I sat in the room when the BBC National Orchestra of Wales accompanied Carwyn Ellis at this very special concert. I’m so glad this record is being released; it shows the depth of Carwyn’s talents and takes us somewhere very special!"

- Huw Stephens (BBC Radio Cymru / BBC 6 Music)

credits

released October 22, 2021

Carwyn Ellis - voice, guitars, piano and harpsichord

& Rio 18:

Shawn Lee - drums and percussion
Baldomeru Verdu - percussion
Andre Siqueira - percussion
David Page - guitars
Joe Carvell - bass
Elan Rhys - voice
Marged Rhys - voice
Nina Miranda - voice
Jim Hunt - flute

With the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Owain Gruffudd Roberts.

Produced by Carwyn Ellis and Shawn Lee
Mixed by Pierre Duplan

Rio 18 recordings co-ordinated by Shawn Lee
and engineered by Paul Elliott and Aled Wyn Hughes

Carwyn Ellis & BBC National Orchestra of Wales recordings engineered and recorded by Simon Smith at Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff.

Mastered by Andrea de Bernardi

Tracks 2,3,5 & 9 arranged by Christiaan Oyens
Tracks 1 & 8 arranged by Carwyn Ellis
Track 7 arranged by Carwyn Ellis and Christiaan Oyens
Tracks 6 & 10 arranged by Owain Gruffudd

Orchestrations and score preparation by Owain Gruffudd Roberts

Cover Art by Michael Gillette
Design by Richard Chitty

These performances were originally broadcast on BBC Radio Cymru on Sunday March 21, 2021.

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