#Yfory

[ourladyofomega]

Great news for most of you: @rivetgoth has summoned me to choose ten of my favorite listens of September ‘23. Expanding the time span to thirty days meant holding out until the end of the month just to be sure. Picking out only ten was easy to do, and whether you like me or not, you’re gonna’ have to deal with it.

Your winners are:

#1: Replacements, The: "Unsatisfied" #2: Cult, The: "Rain" #3: Chemical Brothers: "No Reason"

This group of three is what happens when you’re following a mutual who’s super-obsessed about music. @tewz is an open book with plenty of audio and music video posts for the taking, plus a couple of Spotify playlists to rifle through. (Stay for the cat videos, too.) She’s my go-to and because of her, I had easy assembly of one of my recent radio broadcasts.

A fellow dee-jay asked me to fill-in for him not long ago. Now I had a double-broadcast (four hours) to set up. I had enough reserves from her to pull it off, so The Replacements’ “Unsatisfied” and The Cult “Rain” made the cut. Chemical Brothers: "No Reason" reminded me why they retained a feverish fan base to begin with, going all the way back to their “Setting Sun” days. Dare I say it reminded me of Daft Punk? Really, I thank her for everything music-wise she’s given me, ever.

#4: Crime Of Passing: "Off My Shoulder"

I love everything about this track. Unmistakably reminds me of Diat and the rest of the record follows with goth rock, post-punk / d.i.y, and coldwave. As a whole, Crime Of Passing displays a great style, aesthetic, seriousness, and urgency; all coming together and consistent as a gloomy yet smoking-hot nine-track album.

#5: Yfory: "Chwaer Pwy?" #6: M(h)aol: “Therapy” #7: Es: "Emergency"

I did an all post-punk / d.i.y. broadcast last month. One portion of the show had me group together female-fronted bands from Europe. That block started with Germany’s Maraudeur, continued on with Scotland’s Breakfast Muff, and then these three. Anyone paying attention knows that Europe (and especially the UK) is giving every other city scene a run for their money.

Also from Germany, Yfory struck me with their album cover (If anyone can identify that typeset, do let me know), their fluid Welsh lyrics which is new to me, and their great craftsmanship; hence "Chwaer Pwy?". I went with “Therapy” from feminist band M(h)aol because it sounds so rough. It’s the Irish equivalent of Guerilla Toss’ “Eraser Stargazer Forever” which sweeps the floor of everything. (If you really want to set yourself on fire, listen to “Period Sex”. Wow.) And, I got excited for new sounds from England’s Es. I played their opener “Emergency” at least 20 times and I still haven’t figured them out. That’s a good thing. Fortunately, the hopeful sounds of “Emergency” follows towards Less Of Everything and far away from Object Relations, and that’s from Flora Watters on keyboards, who is that special ingredient that makes Es. Their uniqueness pushes them near the very top of post-punk / d.i.y.

#8: Mamalarky: “Green Earth”

No way! What is this?! As if Palm’s Dog Milk and Mr. Elevator got a room, fucked, and made this. And I don’t know why I’m also equating Todd Rungren’s “Hello It’s Me”, maybe Peter Max, and other late-Sixties / early-Seventies standards in the mix, but this sounds amazing. It has that lo-fi, drowsy, malfunctioning feel with a wondrous charm to it. It’s really beautiful.

Now get this: “Green Earth” is on the environmentally- conscious The Eleventh Hour: Songs for Climate Justice compilation (and later Pocket Fantasy: B-Sides), and then you can clearly hear vocalist Livvy Bennett breathe in and inhale before singing each verse. Get it? Any song that can transport you to a new, undiscovered world is a unanimous winner in my book.

#9: Blonde Redhead: “Melody Experiment” #10: Tan Cologne: "Visitation"

To describe these in one word: inexplicable. They can be a soundtrack to a future world that could very well be possible, but in the same measure possibly not. These would fit right in with the annual ‘second chance’ broadcasts I do to end the year. ‘Second chance’, meaning, songs I enjoy but simply don’t fit into a specific category, so they have one all of their own. Think Erasers’ “Easy To See”, Mega Bog’s “Maybe You Died”, New Chance’s “Real Time”, Lily’s “New Fries”, and Il Quadro Di Trosi’s “Sfere Di Qi”.

“Melody Experiment” from Blonde Redhead sounds unreal to me. I still don’t believe it even exists. If it does, it’s the definition of ‘slick’. Sonically, it has wavelengths of “Corrections” from Phil Western and a breath similar to Pixel Grip’s Rita Lukea. Don’t ask me why I came up with that. To each, everyone’s own. Tan Cologne’s new single had to be influenced by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood “Sand“; the all-encompassing heat during the pending sundown on a blazing-hot Summer day. These final two picks I’ve already heard at least thirty times, and I plan on hearing them thirty more.

Good news: I tag no one. As always, play at your own risk.

[omegaplus]

# 4,481

Top 10 Of September 2023.

Great news for most of you: @rivetgoth has summoned me to choose ten of my favorite listens of September ‘23. Expanding the time span to thirty days meant holding out until the end of the month just to be sure. Picking out only ten was easy to do, and whether you like me or not, you’re gonna’ have to deal with it.

Your winners are:

#1: Replacements, The: "Unsatisfied"

#2: Cult, The: "Rain"

#3: Chemical Brothers: "No Reason"

This group of three is what happens when you’re following a mutual who’s super-obsessed about music. @tewz is an open book with plenty of audio and music video posts for the taking, plus a couple of Spotify playlists to rifle through. (Stay for the cat videos, too.) She’s my go-to and because of her, I had easy assembly of one of my recent radio broadcasts.

A fellow dee-jay asked me to fill-in for him not long ago. Now I had a double-broadcast (four hours) to set up. I had enough reserves from her to pull it off, so The Replacements’ “Unsatisfied” and The Cult “Rain” made the cut. Chemical Brothers: "No Reason" reminded me why they retained a feverish fan base to begin with, going all the way back to their “Setting Sun” days. Dare I say it reminded me of Daft Punk? Really, I thank her for everything music-wise she’s given me, ever.

#4: Crime Of Passing: "Off My Shoulder"

I love everything about this track. Unmistakably reminds me of Diat and the rest of the record follows with goth rock, post-punk / d.i.y, and coldwave. As a whole, Crime Of Passing displays a great style, aesthetic, seriousness, and urgency; all coming together and consistent as a gloomy yet smoking-hot nine-track album.

#5: Yfory: "Chwaer Pwy?"

#6: M(h)aol: “Therapy”

#7: Es: "Emergency"

I did an all post-punk / d.i.y. broadcast last month. One portion of the show had me group together female-fronted bands from Europe. That block started with Germany’s Maraudeur, continued on with Scotland’s Breakfast Muff, and then these three. Anyone paying attention knows that Europe (and especially the UK) is giving every other city scene a run for their money.

Also from Germany, Yfory struck me with their album cover (If anyone can identify that typeset, do let me know), their fluid Welsh lyrics which is new to me, and their great craftsmanship; hence "Chwaer Pwy?". I went with “Therapy” from feminist band M(h)aol because it sounds so rough. It’s the Irish equivalent of Guerilla Toss’ “Eraser Stargazer Forever” which sweeps the floor of everything. (If you really want to set yourself on fire, listen to “Period Sex”. Wow.) And, I got excited for new sounds from England’s Es. I played their opener “Emergency” at least 20 times and I still haven’t figured them out. That’s a good thing. Fortunately, the hopeful sounds of “Emergency” follows towards Less Of Everything and far away from Object Relations, and that’s from Flora Watters on keyboards, who is that special ingredient that makes Es. Their uniqueness pushes them near the very top of post-punk / d.i.y.

#8: Mamalarky: “Green Earth”

No way! What is this?! As if Palm’s Dog Milk and Mr. Elevator got a room, fucked, and made this. And I don’t know why I’m also equating Todd Rungren’s “Hello It’s Me”, maybe Peter Max, and other late-Sixties / early-Seventies standards in the mix, but this sounds amazing. It has that lo-fi, drowsy, malfunctioning feel with a wondrous charm to it. It’s really beautiful.

Now get this: “Green Earth” is on the environmentally- conscious The Eleventh Hour: Songs for Climate Justice compilation (and later Pocket Fantasy: B-Sides), and then you can clearly hear vocalist Livvy Bennett breathe in and inhale before singing each verse. Get it? Any song that can transport you to a new, undiscovered world is a unanimous winner in my book.

#9: Blonde Redhead: “Melody Experiment”

#10: Tan Cologne: "Visitation"

To describe these in one word: inexplicable. They can be a soundtrack to a future world that could very well be possible, but in the same measure possibly not. These would fit right in with the annual ‘second chance’ broadcasts I do to end the year. ‘Second chance’, meaning, songs I enjoy but simply don’t fit into a specific category, so they have one all of their own. Think Erasers’ “Easy To See”, Mega Bog’s “Maybe You Died”, New Chance’s “Real Time”, Lily’s “New Fries”, and Il Quadro Di Trosi’s “Sfere Di Qi”.

“Melody Experiment” from Blonde Redhead sounds unreal to me. I still don’t believe it even exists. If it does, it’s the definition of ‘slick’. Sonically, it has wavelengths of “Corrections” from Phil Western and a breath similar to Pixel Grip’s Rita Lukea. Don’t ask me why I came up with that. To each, everyone’s own. Tan Cologne’s new single had to be influenced by Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood “Sand“; the all-encompassing heat during the pending sundown on a blazing-hot Summer day. These final two picks I’ve already heard at least thirty times, and I plan on hearing them thirty more.

Good news: I tag no one. As always, play at your own risk.

[backstreetsbackalright]

Yfory, “Baled Y Dolmen” [Static Age, 2023]

[bandcampsnoop]

4/5/23.

Twofer Wednesday. If you like your music influenced by Marine Girls, The Raincoats, Life Without Buildings or Wire, look no further than divorcer (Vancouver, British Columbia) or Yfory (Berlin, Germany).

These bands are not related in any way, but both came across my radar on the same day. Yfory's Bandcamp page states that there is a physical release on Static Age Musik, but I couldn't find it yet. Yfory's music is sung in Welsh and there is a member who also plays in Diät.

Domestic Departure is releasing divorcer's "Espionage" 7". You'll need to order directly from the label.

[omegaradiowusb]

AUGUST 12, 2023 (#356)

Lewsburg: "Sweets" Deeper: "Build A Bridge" (***NEW) Dendrons: "Double Ending" Dumb: "Dropout" Lovely Little Girls: "Procreation (Of The Wicked)" White Denim: "Magic" Cheekface: "If I Catch On Fire Please Put Me Out" Maraudeur: "Death / Suicide" + "Es Ist Kein Stehlen" Breakfast Muff: "You're Not Written In My Stars" + "Used" Yfory: self-titled (***NEW) M(h)aol: "Therapy" (***NEW) Es: Fantasy (***NEW) Cel Ray: "Dog War" Transy Warhol: "Deadname" (***NEW) Upright Forms: "They Kept On Living" Easy Bruiser: "Clutter" Grocer: "Calling Out" Guerilla Toss: "Heathen Money" (***NEW) Special Interest: "Foul" Mamalarky: "Green Earth" Ibex Clone: "There Is No Light" Rotary Club: "Planet 67" Blonde Revolver: "Good Girls, Bad Girls" Screensaver: "No Movement" Shake Chain: "Mike" Glaas: "The Moon" Dust Star: "Nothing In My Head" Terms: "Mouthful Of Moss" P.E.: "I Felt Something Today" (***NEW) Rong: "Coincidence" (***NEW)

We're winding down on another Summer broadcasting season at Omega Radio. We put our best foot forward delivering two great hours of new, current, and relevant post-punk / d.i.y., and city magic all played during the Leonid meteor shower. We feature Lovely Little Girls' cover of a Sepultura song, a Eurpoean block of femme-punk, and plenty of returning favorites.

Our final round of this Summer sounds are on the way. We'll see you in two weeks.

August 26, 2023 (10PM New York City): final deluxe Summer Omega

[nasains]

✍️

[pontydd-a-choed]

Wythnos Pedwar

Mae wythnos pedwar yn hwyl hefyd. (Bydd Wythnos pump yn barod yfory) Ond mae gen i lawer o arholiadau a ac areithiau o hyd, dyna pam does dim gen i amser i ysgrifennu yn y Gymraeg yma.

Ond mae amser gen i rŵan a dw i yma i ysgrifennu nodyn.

Ysgrifennais i dri arholiad yr wythmos 'ma: Lithwaneg, mathemateg a cystrawen a morffoleg. Gwela i ai i wedi pasio achos dw i'm yn siŵr am gystrawen a morffoleg o gwbl. Ond mae'r araith yn annaearol, dw i ddim yn gallu egluro, ond mae hi'n annaearol iawn.

Yfory dw i'n mynd i redeg efo fy chwaer i. Trwy'r goedwig. Dw i ddim yn nabod y llwybr eto, rhaid i fi ddyfalu ond dw i'n hoffi fy mod yn nabod digon o'r dre 'ma. Gobeithio.

Dyma popeth ond ysgrifenna i rywbeth yfory neu drennydd achos dw i wir eisiau ysgrifennu rhywbeth bob wythnos

Geiriau newydd:

Lithwaneg, be - Lithuanian ai - whether annaearol - weird trennydd - the day after tomorrow

[hushimstressed]

Si Hwi Hwi lyrics

Si-hwi-hwi, si-hwi-hwi, Si-hwi-hwi, Iwli,

TIwe dy fam, O paham

Y gwneir cam iti?

Daw'r dyn gwyn gyda'i ffyn

Erbyn dydd yfory,

O! na chawn i fynwes lawn

Fel y cawn wylo,

Byddai'r bedd imi'n wledd

Mi gawn hedd yno

English Translation:

"Si-hwi-hwi-; si-hwi-hwi, si-hwi-hwi- wli; your mother's darling. Why do they harm you? Tomorrow the white man will come with his whips. Oh, that my heart were full so that I might cry; the grave would be a joy, for me - there would I find peace.

The melody on which this song is based is very old, and is usually referred to as 'Rhuddlan Marsh". The present singer was often lulled to sleep by this song; his mother learned it when she was a young woman, but apart from being able to give the name of the man she heard singing it, she could supply no more details about it. The words clearly belong to the last century, and were associated with the struggle for slave-emancipation. They express the feelings of a slave woman singing her baby to sleep.

Source to read more about the song’s history and how it was saved: https://huwmeredydd.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/si-hwi-hwi-in-memory-of-mered/

[dustedandsocial]

Dusted&Social EP #12 (5-15-23)

Nape - The Loneliest Man In Southwark [00:00] Yfory - Baled Y Dolmen [05:52] Bathouse - Enjoy [9:48] Decha - Mujeres [11:12] Deprogram - Steamfields [13:53] HiTech - Cashapp [17:35] Blind Delon - La Violence [19:17] During - HoloLens [22:30] Dim Garden - Soleil Tartare [25:25] The Creative Technology Consortium - Beautifully Polluted Sunset [28:27] Loopsel* - Öga for Öga [32:29] mantarochen - глаза (glaza) [37:15] TERNET - sitcom [40:31] Elements of Joy - Oscillation 3 [41:58] Aemong - Playing Possum [44:29] Romance - Some Enchanted Evening [48:36] Fred und Luna - Es ist so schön [50:56] Maxine Funke - River Said [56:09] empathische empörtheit - beach body [59:01]

On Mixlcoud as well: https://www.mixcloud.com/dustedandsocial/dustedsocial-ep-12-5-15-23/

[dealgemeneverwarring]

De Algemene Verwarring #94 - 26 juni 2023

The ninety-fourth episode of De Algemene Verwarring was broadcast on Monday, June 26, 2023, and you can listen to it by clicking on the link below that will take you directly to the Mixcloud page:

https://www.mixcloud.com/MedialabKortrijk/de-algemene-verwarring-94-26-juni-2023/

Pictured below is a band called The Charlottes, a female fronted shoegaze/pop band from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire in England. They formed in 1988, released two albums and a few EP’s, and got lost in the enormous amounts of shoegaze bands that were active in that area. To be honest, I had never heard of them before. I usually also don’t buy Record Store Day releases, but this one was smiling at me at a recent flea market in Kortrijk. The seller had attached some much needed “duiding” to the record, calling it ‘a milestone of the whole shoegaze and c-86 Indiepop era’, and compared the band to Black Tambourine and The Swirlies, So yes I was intrigued, especially by the reference to the C-86 cassette that was released by NME magazine in 1980 (later also released on LP by Rough Trade), so I bought it and wasn’t disappointed at all. It collects the LP “Lovehappy” with tracks from the 12″ “Liar” and the 12″ “Love In The Emptiness”. It also has a raging cover of Shocking Blue’s “Venus”. Iwanted to play a track from this record, and because I wasn’t really prepared for this episode, I quickly selected some records of what I call “meisjespop”, or girlie pop I guess. Some of the other girlie bands featured on this episode are Shop Assistants, Ribbon Stage, En Attendant Ana, Moxie, Dum Dum Girls, and Neo Boys. New stuff from Yfory, Annelies Monseré and Tramhaus, and old stuff from Cop Shoot Cop, Myelin Sheaths and My Bloody Valentine of course. Oh, and I’m also ranting about late night Brussels shows that I can’t attend. And below the photo you can find the playlist for this show. Enjoy!

Playlist:

Myelin Sheaths: Stackticon (7” “Stackticon” on Bachelor Records, 2009)

Frankie Traandruppel: Divided By Zero (LP “Castling” on Ronny Rex & Feles Music, 2023)

Neo Boys: Empty My Head (2xLP “Sooner Or Later” on K Records & Mississippi Records, 2013)

En Attendant Ana: I’ll Be Your Mirror (12” “Songs From The Cave” on Nominal Records, 2017)

Honey Radar: Carousel Society (LP “Ruby Puff Of Dust” on What’s Your Rupture Records, 2019)

Ribbon Stage: Nowhere Fast (LP “Hit With The Most” on K Records & Perennial records, 2022)

Yfory: Baled Y Dolmen (7” “Yfory” on Static Age Records, 2023)

Shop Assistants: All Day Long (LP “Shop Assistants” on Blue Guitar Records & Chrysalis Records, 1986)

The Charlottes: Liar (LP “Lovehappy” on Radiation Reissues, 2020, originally released on 12” “Liar” on Cherry Red Records, 1990)

My Bloody Valentine: Lose My Breath (CD “Isn’t Anything” on Creation Records, 1988)

Moxie: A Day Off (CD “Blue Sky, Maybe” on My First Sonny Weissmuller Records, 1998)

Dum Dum Girls: Bedroom Eyes (LP “Only In Dreams” on Sub Pop Records, 2011)

Naked on The Vague: All Aboard (LP “The Blood Pressure Sessions” on Siltbreeze, 2008)

Tramhaus: Beep Beep (7” “The Goat” on Subroutine Records, 2023)

Cop Shoot Cop: Interference (CD “Release” on Big Cat Records, 1994)

Algebra Suicide: Heat Wave (LP “Still Life” on Dark Entries, 2019)

Troth: Aether Frolic (LP “Oak Corridor” on Knekelhuis, 2021)

Annelies Monseré: My Finest Hour (LP “Mares” on Horn Of Plenty <O, 2023)

[mistarurdd]

/Allan o gymeriad (/Out of character)

FYND I'R STEDDFOD YFORY!!!

GOING TO THE EISTEDDFOD TOMORROW

[ourladyofomega]

Top-notch Welsh post-punk / d.i.y. I can’t wait to play this on the air.

[backstreetsbackalright]

Heavy Rotation in 2023

Troth, “Days Became a Circle” (2023, Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox)

Yfory, “Baled Y Dolmen” (2023, Static Age)

Yo La Tengo, “Aselestine” (2023, Matador)

Tresa Leigh, “I Miss You” (1971, Great World of Sound/Efficient Space)

William Henry Meung, “Airport Song” (2023, Horn of Plenty)

Maxo, “Free!” (2023, Def Jam)

Marcellus Pittman, “Facid Trunktion” (2023, Acid Test)

billy woods & Kenny Segal, “Rapper Weed” (2023, Backwoodz)

Mal Waldron, “The Call” (1971, Japo)

Earl Sweatshirt, “Making the Band (Danity Kane)” (2023, Tan Cressida/Warner)

Jon Collin & Niclas Anderstedt Lindgren, “12:48” (2023, AKTI)

Purelink, “We Should Keep Going” (2023, Peak Oil)

K-Group, “Settings / Extension Pack” (2023, Knotwilg)

Laura Not, “Still Wading” (2023, phncrs)

Maxine Funke, “Cherry Blossom Gin" (2023, Disciples)

As always, art by MB.

[futuresandpasts]

Intro HONEY BANE – Guilty Color Xerox THE PINKIES – Target Searching YFORY – Chwaer Pwy? PURPUR SPYTT – Flying Knives DANNY & THE PARKINS SISTERS – On My Block Doubt My Existence A 5 – Längst Vorbei? LIFE IN GENERAL – That’s Life TERRY – Excuses PLUS INSTRUMENTS – Freundschaft Lost the Beat SARA GOES POP – Sexy Terrorist TYVEK – Invisible Girls THE MALE NURSE – Magic Circle in the Sky PLAYTHINGS – Pure Frost Limited Time BAROQUE BORDELLO – From Your Eyes BRILLIANT COLORS – Mythic DANCER – Ferret Fancier STRIPSEARCH – Hey Kid Outro MIRRORS – She Smiled Wild

[temporary-dysphoria]

Ni allaf gredu bod yn rhaid i mi fynd i'r gwaith yfory. Mae bywyd yn wirioneddol annheg weithiau 😞

[bore-cymylog]

Uned Dau Geirfa

enwau benywaidd (feminine nouns)

cacen(nau) - cake(s)

pêl (peli) - ball(s)

wythnos(au) - week(s)

enwau gwrywaidd (masculine nouns)

bwyd - food

caws - cheese

cerdyn (cardiau) - card(s)

cig(oedd) - meat(s)

coffi(s) - coffees

criced - cricket

dillad - clothes

dydd(iau) - day(s)

golff - golf

gwin - wine

hoci - hockey

llefrith/llaeth - milk

papur newydd - newspaper

pêl-droed - football

radio - radio

siocled(i) - chocolate(s)

siwgr - sugar

teledu - television

tennis - tennus

tiwtor(iaid) - tutor(s)

tost - toast

berfau (verbs)

bod - to be

bwyta - to eat

canu - to sing

chwarae - to play

dawnsio - to dance

gweithio - to work

gweld - to see

gwneud - to do, to make

hoffi - to like

licio - to like

mynd - to go

prynu - to buy

siopa - to shop

smwddio - to iron

yfed - to drink

ymddeol - to retire

ansoddeiriau (adjectives)

bendigedig - fantastic

coch - red

gwyn - white

neis - nice

newydd - new

siŵr - sure

arall (other)

ar - on

be?/beth? - what?

chwaith - either

dim - not, nothing, zero

hefyd - also

heno - tonight

mynd am dro - to go for a walk

pryd? - when?

wrth gwrs - of course

ych a fi - yuck

yfory - tomorrow

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This list comes directly from the Entry level North Welsh Dysgu Cymraeg textbook, created by the National Centre for Learning Welsh. To find it free online, visit dysgucymraeg.cymru (learnwelsh.cymru). The books are underneath the ‘Curriculum and Coursebooks tab). The audio files can be found on the same page.

Following along here: https://learnwelsh.cymru/learning/digital-resources/entry/ is recommended. Good luck!

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Vocab masterlist can be found here.