P E I R I A N T - New 'Dychwelyd' Album via NAWR
Welsh-Born Experiemental Drone-Folk Duo 'Peiriant' have released their sublime new album 'Dychwelyd' meaning to 'return' on the 5th of July via the Welsh experimental moniker 'NAWR Music'.
Dychwelyd explores the act of returning to source. It is born from the experience of homecoming and returning to a landscape and culture. Returning to strengthen roots and bring up a young family, albeit a move inland from where we grew up to a place dominated by hills and woven through with rivers. Y Mynyddoedd Ddu/ Black mountains of Bannau Brycheiniog frame our landscape - ancient hills with a rawness and freedom, which connect us through the ages to a sense of place.
'DYCHWELYD' TRACKLISTING
Taflu Dŵr
Y Gors
Carreg
Llethr
Cân Idris
Pits
Toriad / Agoriad
Spoons
RELEASE DATES
Friday 7th June - Single #1 - Taflu Dŵr
Friday 5th July - Album - Dychwelyd
Friday 2nd August - Single #2 - Cân Idris
BIOGRAPHY
Peiriant are a duo of violin and electric guitar, who play with melody and tonality to create atmosphere and soundscape. Electronic equipment, samples and found objects also add to their semi-improvised pieces, which are spun from grounded ideas.
Rose and Dan Linn-Pearl draw from their foundation in folk and classical in addition to post-rock, minimalism and sound art to weave experimental music that is anchored in the Welsh landscape. They play with layers of drone and dissonance, contrasting with songs and pure tones to give a rich and sonorous auditory experience.
‘Welsh-born duo Peiriant’s self-titled LP sculpts startling instrumentals from the bones of folk music, guitar delays and deep drones.’
- Jude Rogers (The Guardian)
Live performances have included BBC Radio 3: Late Junction at Chapter arts centre, Cardiff 2017, NAWR concert series (Swansea & Hay on Wye 2018 to present). They are regular performers at Nozstock festival & How The Light Gets In. In 2021 they released River Songs E.P : A collection of four pieces inspired by the River Wye.
ABOUT
Rose Linn-Pearl balances playing the violin with work as a veterinary ophthalmologist.
Early classical training and folk complemented a lifelong interest in improvisation and experimental music. Her interest now lies predominantly in tonal shifts and playing with discord and pattern.
Dan Linn-Pearl is a composer, songwriter and sound artist. His work includes alternative rock and electronic music, sound installation, experimental film and moving image under Deaf Pictures. He is a founding member of sound art collective Gwaith Sŵn who produce a monthly thematic show for award-winning arts station Resonance 104.4FM.
Both Rose and Dan are members of experimental concert series NAWR whow curate shows featuring established and up-and-coming artists. These take place in Swansea, Aberystwyth and Hay on Wye.
'Peiriant' Online
https://peiriant.bandcamp.com/https://www.instagram.com/peiriantband/
https://x.com/peiriantband?lang=en-GB
