Fideos/Videos

_{^{Remix by FishWidow of a piece from Ynys y Cedairn — out 20.03.06
Note: this remix is a one-off and not included on the album.}}
_{^{Recorded on the ancient Roman Road, Lôn-y-Bwbach, near Llanddyfnan, the original piece captures the layered history of the landscape—echoes from Roman times to local folk memory. The road, now worn and fading, carries the resonance of past movements and events, its sounds evoking the ghosts of history.}}

^{_{“…or y kyfarffo y gwynt ac ef, ef ae gwybyd…”
“…ef ae gwybyd…or y kyfarffo y gwynt ac ef…”
“…Math ac Euuyd, hutwyt geluyd ryd eluinor…”
“Ti a wdost,” heb ynteu, “kynnedyf Math vuab Mathonwy,—ba hustyng bynnac yr y uychanet a uo y rwng dynnyons or y kyfarffo y gwynt ac ef, ef ae gwybyd.”
“Thou knowest,” said he then, “the quality of Math son of Mathonwy ; whatever whisper, however small, that may be between men, if the wind has met it, he will know it.” [Quote from the Red Book of Hergest (Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi) and the translation by W.J. Gruffydd]
This work calls upon the instruction of Math fab Mathonwy in alchemically transforming my own pre-existing harmonic string material and field recordings captured during Storm Darragh (an extratropical cyclone which hit the British Isles in December 2024) into portals of magickal insight. My triptych emulates the divinatory aspect of Math’s capacity to perceive voices on the wind’s wing.}} _{^{Soundwork / Performance / Editing: Tristan Rhys Williams; Camera: Richard Craig}}.

_{^{Mae’r gwaith yma yn galw ar gyfarwyddyd Math fab Mathonwy wrth drawsnewid fy deunydd llinynnol harmonig a recordiadau maes, a gasglwyd yn ystod Storm Darragh (seiclon alldrofannol a darodd Ynysoedd Prydain ym mis Rhagfyr 2024) i byrth o fewnwelediad magickal. Mae’r gwaith yn efelychu agwedd ddiwinyddol gallu Math i ganfod lleisiau ar adain y gwynt.}}

_{Ynys Dywyll – Tristan Rhys Williams}

_{dymchwel o’r awyr – Tristan Rhys Williams}

_{^{Din Sylwy (geiriau W.J. Gruffydd)
Ynys Gysegredig | Tristan Rhys Williams}}

_{^{‘Llŷr Llediaith’ (aligned with the air element) features a field recording of the wind from within Barclodiad y Gawres Neolithic passage grave during a storm from the Irish Sea at Porth Trecastell. It features a chant-like invocation of Llŷr (the father of Brân, Branwen and Manawydan in The Mabinogi). Llŷr refers to the sea and Llediaith suggests ‘half-speech’ or ‘half-language’. Consequently, the name has been evoked for oceanic liminality. Appears on Ynys Gysegredig | Tristan Rhys Williams}}. _{^{Soundwork / Performance / Editing: Tristan Rhys Williams; Camer: Richard Craig}}.

^{_{Mae ‘Llŷr Llediaith’ (ym ymwneud â’r elfen aer) yn cynnwys recordiad maes o’r gwynt o fewn Barclodiad y Gawres yn ystod storm o Fôr Iwerddon ym Mhorth Trecastell. Mae’n cynnwys swyngyfaredd ar gyfer Llŷr (tad Brân, Branwen a Manawydan yn Y Mabinogi). Mae Llŷr yn cyfeirio at y môr ac mae Llediaith yn awgrymu ‘hanner llafar’ neu ‘hanner iaith’. O ganlyniad, mae’r enw yn cael ei alw ar gyfer agwedd drothwyol cefnforol.}}

^{_{‘Buarth Wyf’ (aligned with the earth element) includes a dense layering of field recordings from ground level, harmonium channeling and intoning from Buarth Beirdd from The Book of Taliesin:
“wyf dur, wyf dryw, wyf syw, wyf saer;
wyf sarff, wyf serch…”
[‘I’m as hard as steel, I’m a wizard, I’m a sage, I’m a craftsman;
I’m a serpent, I am desire…’] translation Marged Haycock}}
_{^{Appears on Ynys Gysegredig | Tristan Rhys Williams}}. _{^{Soundwork / Performance / Editing: Tristan Rhys Williams; Camer: Richard Craig}}.

_{^{Mae ‘Buarth Wyf’ (sy’n ymwneud â’r elfen ddaearol) yn cynnwys haeniad trwchus o recordiadau maes o lefel ddaear, sianelu harmoniwm ac llafar-ganu o Buarth Beirdd o Lyfr Taliesin.}}

_{Ffynnon Ddu – Tristan Rhys Williams}

_{^{Mithraeum I is the first in a series of sound-works for untrained voice and pre-recorded elements.
Audio: Vocals and Recordings by Tristan Rhys Williams; Raven Head: William Wyld (worn by Tristan Rhys Williams); Video: Camera: Richard Craig (edited by Tristan Rhys Williams)}}
_{^{Available on The Shining Pyramid | itdreamedtome, Facing the Ocean, John Harvey, Embla Quickbeam, Tristan Rhys Williams, Leona Jones | Listen to the Voice of Fire}}. _{^{Soundwork / Performance / Editing: Tristan Rhys Williams; Camer: Richard Craig}}.

_{^{Mithraeum I yw’r cyntaf mewn cyfres o weithiau sain ar gyfer llais ac elfennau a recordiwyd ymlaen llaw.}}

^{_{The second in my series of ‘Mithraeum’ pieces (footage from Din Lligwy and Bryn Celli Ddu on Ynys Môn)}}.

_{^{Yr ail yn fy nghyfres o ddarnau ‘Mithraeum’ (fideo o Din Lligwy a Bryn Celli Ddu ar Ynys Môn).}}

^{Crochan Llanddwyn}

_{Llyn Llwydiarth}

_{Blaenau Braint}

_{Tre’r Dryw}

_{Llyn Cerrig Bach}

_{Afon Menai}

_{Llanfair-Mathafarn-Eithaf}