Fflach is a Welsh record label and recording studio.Parker, Mike & Whitfield, Paul (2003) The Rough Guide to Wales, Rough Guides, It was founded in 1980 in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales by brothers Richard and Wyn Jones, Gareth Lewis and Robin Davies, members of Welsh new wave music group Ail Symudiad. Their first release was in early 1981, with their single/EP, Twristiad yn y Dre. The label gave an opportunity to record more new wave music in Wales for bands such as Y Ficar, Eryr Wen, Malcolm Neon, Angylion Stanley, Y Diawled, Rocyn and Maffia Mr. Huws.
Fflach has two subsidiary labels: Rasp, formed in 2000, which records and releases music by new rock and pop bands; and fflach:tradd, formed in 1997, which records and releases traditional music, specialising in indigenous musical instruments such as triple harp, crwth, pibgorn and Welsh bagpipes, thus gaining the label an internationally respected reputation.
Subsidiary labels Fflach – Main label Rasp – Rock and pop label fflach:tradd – Traditional Welsh music, world music and jazz
Selected artists On Fflach Ail Symudiad Dom Malcolm Neon
On Rasp Mattoidz Lowri Evans Garej Dolwen Y Ffug Bromas Castro
On fflach:tradd Llio Rhydderch Julie Murphy and Dylan Fowler Ceri Rhys Matthews Cass Meurig Sild Gwilym Bowen Rhys DnA (Delyth and Angharad Jenkins)
See also List of record labels
References
External links Fflach official website