Foel

Foel is an electronic music producer based in North Wales. A Welsh speaker, he has spent a great deal of time exploring the region’s wild areas. His adventures are shared with his wife and nowadays his two children.

His music runs from minimal ambient to frenetic electronic, its gradual transitions and use of space reflecting the local landscape. His music has been an outlet for dealing with difficult childhood experiences, bringing an element of darkness and sometimes anger.

He builds complex digital systems whose sounds are repetitive but always shifting and evolving, finding a balance between machine-like and natural, order and chaos.

Cynhyrchydd cerddoriaeth electronig o Ogledd Cymru ydy Foel. Yn siaradwr Cymraeg o’r Gogledd, mae o wedi treulio lot o amser yn crwydro ardaloedd gwyllt y rhanbarth. Mae o’n rhannu ei anturiaethau efo’i wraig ac erbyn hyn ei ddau o blant.

Mae ei gerddoriaeth yn amrywio o ambient minimal i electronig gwyllt, efo trawsnewidiadau graddol a defnydd o ofod sy’n adlewyrchu’r tirwedd leol. Mae ei gerddoriaeth wedi helpu fo delio efo profiadau anodd o’i blentyndod, gan ddod ag elfen o dywyllwch ac weithiau dicter.

Mae o’n adeiladu systemau digidol cymhleth sy’n creu seiniau ailadroddus ond bob tro yn newid ac yn esblygu, gan daro cydbwysedd rhwng y peirianyddol a’r naturiol, trefn ac anrhefn.