Anhrefn Records
Recordiau Anhrefn (Welsh for Anhrefn Records) was a record label established in 1983 by Rhys Mwyn.
Based in the small mid-Wales village of Llanfair Caereinion, before Rhys and his brother Sion Sebon moved to Bangor, North Wales, the record label was initially an outlet for their own band Yr Anhrefn but soon went on to release records by other Welsh groups, providing early exposure for such influential names as Datblygu, Fflaps and Llwybr Llaethog.
Its second release came in the form of a compilation album called Cam o'r Tywyllwch which rose to prominence on its release in 1985 when John Peel played tracks off it on his BBC Radio One show. The album spawned Machlud (who featured a very young Gruff Rhys who would later form Super Furry Animals) and Y Cyrff (two of whom would later form Catatonia).[1]
Although only releasing a handful of records between 1983 and its dissolution in 1990, the label provided a subversive alternative to the ultra-conservative Welsh music scene of the time. Its independent and outward looking approach contrasted drastically with the establishment's isolated entrenchment and brought Welsh language music to corners of the World that had no previous knowledge of its existence, providing a foundation for the Welsh 'Cool Cymru' music boom of the mid '90s, led by Super Furry Animals, Catatonia and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.[2]
In 2007 Rhys Mwyn reactivated the label from his PR office at The Galeri in Caernarfon, and began releasing left-field artists such as Beastellabeast and Patrick Jones.
Discography
- ANHREFN 01 – ANHREFN – Dim Heddwch (7″ single 1984)
- ANHREFN 02 – VARIOUS – Cam o’r Tywyllwch (compilation LP 1985)
- ANHREFN 03 – Y CYRFF – Yr Haint (7″ single 1985)
- ANHREFN 04 – VARIOUS – Gadael Yr Ugeinfed Ganrif (compilation LP 1986)
- ANHREFN 05 – TYNAL TYWYLL – (7″ EP 1986)
- ANHREFN 06 – VARIOUS – Galwad Ar Holl Filwyr Byffalo Cymru (7″ EP 1986)
- ANHREFN 07 – TYNAL TYWYLL – ’73 Heb Flares/Rhwyma Fi (7″ 1986)
- ANHREFN 08 – DATBLYGU – Hwgr-Grawth-Og (7″ EP 1986)
- ANHREFN 09 – LLWYBR LLAETHOG – Dull Di-Drais (7″ EP / Cassette) 1986
- ANHREFN 10 – VARIOUS – Mindless Slaughter (LP 1987)
- ANHREFN 11 – LLWYBR LLAETHOG – Tour De France ’87 / Yo! (7″) 1987
- ANHREFN 12 – FFLAPS – Fflaps (7″ EP 1987)
- ANHREFN 13 – HEB CARIAD – Caneuon o’r De EP (7″ white vinyl) 1987
- ANHREFN 14 – DATBLYGU – Wyau (LP 1988)
- ANHREFN 15 – ANHREFN – Be Nesa 89 (7″ single 1988)
- ANHREFN 16 – JEB LOY NICHOLS – Days Are Mighty (CD 2007)
- ANHREFN 17 – DEVINE & GRIFFITHS – Wheels Get To Heaven (CD 2007)
- ANHREFN 18 – CAYO EVANS – Marching Songs of The Free Wales Army (CD 2008)
- ANHREFN 19 – (unknown)
- ANHREFN 20 – WARRIOR CHARGE – No Foundation No House (CD 2008)
- ANHREFN 21 – KERIEVA – Kerieva (CD 2008)
- ANHREFN 22 – PATRICK JONES – Tongues For a Stammering Time (CD 29May09)
- ANHREFN 23 – FELLOW TRAVELLERS – No Easy Way (download only 2009)
- ANHREFN 24 – FELLOW TRAVELLERS – Just a Visitor (download only 2009)
- ANHREFN 25 – BEASTELLABEAST – Beastiality (CD 2009)
- ANHREFN 26 – BEASTELLABEAST – Stars and Wrong ‘uns (CD 2009)
- ANHREFN 27 – ELIN MANAHAN THOMAS – Papa Haydn (CD 2009)
- ANHREFN 28 – DUKES JETTY – Fine and Dandy (CD May09)
- ANHREFN 29 – DUKES JETTY – Oh Girl (download single 17.08.09)
- ANHREFN 30 – SNOWDON LILY COLLECTIVE (CD Apr10)
- ANHREFN 31 – PLYGAIN - Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Plygain (CD 2010)
- ANHREFN 32 – STELLA CHIWESHE (CD 2010)
- ANHREFN 33 – JAMES J TURNER – Gone Away (download LP 23.11.10)
