John Metcalfe reveals new track: Root to Leaf
John Metcalfe reveals new track Root to Leaf, taken from his album, Tree. Eight compositions chartin...
Wed, 30 August 23
Released 17 July 2020
Liner notes
Ar y 9 is an 8-track live album recorded during the band’s celebratory UK tour of 2019, in support of the 10th anniversary re-release of their debut album. The recording features songs from each of their studio albums, 2009’s 9Bach, 2014’s Tincian and 2016’s Anian, all available on Real World Records.
‘Ar y 9’ is the equivalent Welsh expression to the English “dressed up to the nines” and reflects the band’s feeling after the addition of Andy Gangadeen to the line-up, whose more electronic sensibility and unique drumming style are evident in the recording. It also acts as a nice counter-point the previously released acoustic Noeth EP (Naked EP, in English).
Though subtle, Gangadeen’s presence is an important new dimension to the 9Bach sound, and at the very least reflects the band’s continued, perhaps renewed, desire to push the boundaries of what’s possible in the intersecting world of Lisa Jen’s song-writing and traditional Welsh folk music.
“From first seeing 9Bach, I was bowled over by their unique sound,” says Gangadeen, “so when I was asked if I’d be up for doing a collaboration with them —and then playing live— I jumped at the chance. On this tour I tour started introducing more textures to the set, but it’s the space in their music which allows the beauty of 9Bach’s frontline to stand out so I was very mindful of not ‘filling the space’ with electronics and beats as this would actually take away from 9Bach’s key elements…”
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