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Praxis Makes Perfect NATIONaL tHEATRE WaLES & NeON NeON NationaL Theatre WaLes & Neon Neon Praxis Makes Perfect Conceived aNd PerfOrMed by Gruff Rhys aNd Boom biP LooseLy based on tHe book seNiOr service by carlo feLtriNelli B #Ntwneonneon Neon Neon bryaN Hollon ‘Boom biP’ Gruff Rhys In 2007, Gruff Rhys and Boom Bip launched Bryan is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio Gruff Rhys is a Welsh musician, performing Cerddor Cymreig yw Gruff Rhys, sy’n perfformio the electro-pop collaboration Neon Neon. and is currently based in Los Angeles. After solo and with several bands. He was born ar ei ben ei hun a gyda sawl band. Cafodd Their first album, Stainless Style, was released starting his career as a DJ – presenting on in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire and grew ei eni yn Hwlffordd, Sir Benfro ac fe’i magwyd in 2008 and is a concept album based on the the radio and hosting club nights – he met up in Bethesda, Gwynedd in north Wales. Gruff ym Methesda, Gwynedd yng ngogledd Cymru. life of John DeLorean, founder of the DeLorean and collaborated with other producers and first found his voice as the front man of the Daeth Gruff i’r amlwg fel prif ganwr Ffa Coffi Motor Company. The album included high-profile artists including rapper Doseone. Boom Bip band Ffa Coffi Pawb (Everyone’s Coffee Beans), Pawb (Everyone’s Coffee Beans), oedd wedi’u guest appearances from the likes of The Strokes’ and Doseone’s collaborative album Circle who were signed to Ankst and became one cofrestru ag Ankstmusik a ddaethant yn un Fab Moretti, Har Mar Superstar, Cate Le Bon was noted by John Peel in the UK, and the of the leading bands on the Welsh language o brif fandiau’r byd cerddoriaeth yng Nghymru. and The Magic Numbers. Stainless Style was two became known in the British underground music scene. Pan chwalodd Ffa Coffi Pawb, nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. hip hop and electronic scene. When Ffa Coffi Pawb disbanded, ffurfiodd Gruff y band Super Furry Animals This attention led to Boom Bip being Gruff formed the band Super Furry Animals gyda’r drymiwr Dafydd Ieuan. Ymunodd tri Neon Neon returned to the studio in 2012 invited to complete his first solo album, Seed to with drummer Dafydd Ieuan. They were joined aelod arall â hwy – Cian Ciaran, Huw Bunford to record their second album, Praxis Makes Sun, for Lex Records in 2002. This was followed by three additional members – Cian Ciaran, a Guto Pryce – ac mae’r aelodaeth wedi Perfect, which was released on 29th April by Corymb, a remix compendium released in Huw Bunford and Guto Pryce – and the lineup parhau’n gyson dros y blynyddoedd. Ym 2013 via Lex Records. Like Stainless Style, 2004. Boom Bip then relocated to Los Angeles has remained consistent over the years. In 1995 ymunon nhw â Creation Records a the album features guest appearances, this and released his second solo album, Blue Eyes 1995 they were signed to Creation Records and rhyddhawyd eu halbwm cyntaf, Fuzzy Logic. time from Sabrina Salerno, Cate Le Bon, Josh in the Red Room, in 2005. This album features released their first album Fuzzy Logic. This was Dilynwyd hyn gan yr albymau Radiator, Klinghoffer and Italian superstar Asia Argento. Gruff Rhys on vocals. Boom Bip’s third solo followed by the albums Radiator, Guerrilla and Guerrilla a Mwng, ac yna ymunon nhw â album, Zig Zaj, was released on Lex Records Mwng, after which they were signed to Sony Sony a rhyddhawyd tri albwm yn gynnar yn You can buy the album now at lexrecords.com in 2011 and also features collaborations with and released three albums in the early 2000’s – y 2000au. Maent gyda Rough Trade ar hyn o well-known artists including Josh Klinghoffer, Hey Venus! and Dark Days/Light Years followed bryd a rhyddhawyd dau albwm – Hey Venus! Alex Kapranos and Cate Le Bon. most recently on the Rough Trade label. a Dark Days/Light Years – ar y label. Yn 2007, lansiodd Gruff Rhys a Boom Bip Boom Bip often tours with a full Gruff also performs as a solo artist Mae Gruff yn perfformio hefyd fel y band electro-pop Neon Neon. Rhyddhawyd four-piece live band which includes traditional and has released three solo albums: Yr Atal artist unigol ac mae wedi rhyddhau tri albwm eu halbwm cyntaf, Stainless Style, yn 2008 instruments as well as synths, gadgets and Genhedlaeth, Candylion and most recently Hotel unigol: Yr Atal Genhedlaeth, Candylion ac yn ac mae’n albwm cysyniadol a seiliwyd ar machines. He has played festivals including Shampoo, for which he won the 2011 Welsh fwyaf diweddar Hotel Shampoo, yr enillodd fywyd John DeLorean, sylfaenydd y DeLorean Glastonbury, Coachella Valley Music and Music Prize. Gruff has performed all over the Wobr Cerddoriaeth Cymru ar ei gyfer yn 2011. Motor Company. Roedd yr albwm yn cynnwys Pukkelpop, toured with Super Furry Animals world and collaborated with bands and artists Mae Gruff wedi perfformio ar draws y byd ac perfformiadau gan westeion proffil uchel fel and Interpol and shared the stage with Sonic including Mogwai, Danger Mouse, Goldie Lookin’ wedi cydweithio â bandiau ac artistiaid yn The Strokes’ Fab Moretti, Har Mar Superstar, Youth, The Cure and Mogwai, amongst others. Chain, De La Soul, Gorillaz and Tony da Gatorra. cynnwys Mogwai, Danger Mouse, Goldie Lookin’ Cate Le Bon a The Magic Numbers. Enwebwyd He has also appeared live with Manic Street Chain, De La Soul, Gorillaz a Tony da Gatorra. Stainless Style am y Mercury Music Prize. Preachers and Paul McCartney. Mae hefyd wedi perfformio’n fyw gyda Manic Daw Bryan yn wreiddiol o Cincinnati, Ohio, Alongside performing, Gruff Rhys Street Preachers a Paul McCartney. ac mae’n byw ar hyn o bryd yn Los Angeles. was the subject of a film called Separado! Ochr yn ochr â’i berfformio, Gruff Rhys Dychwelodd Neon Neon i’r stiwdio yn 2012 i Ar ôl dechrau ei yrfa fel DJ – yn cyflwyno in 2010, which documented his trip to oedd testun ffilm o’r enw Separado! yn 2010, recordio eu hail albwm, Praxis Makes Perfect, ar y radio ac yn cynnal nosweithiau clwb – Patagonia to meet members of his family a gofnododd ei daith i Batagonia i gwrdd ag a ryddhawyd ar 29 Ebrill 2013 trwy Lex cyfarfu â chynhyrchwyr ac artistiaid eraill whose ancestors had emigrated in Victorian aelodau’i deulu yr oedd eu cyndeidiau wedi Records. Yn yr un modd â Stainless Style, yn cynnwys rapiwr Doseone, a chydweithio times. He also provided the music for the mudo yno yn ystod oes Fictoria. Ef ddarparodd mae’r albwm yn cynnwys perfformiadau â hwy. Cafodd albwm ar y cyd Boom Bip a successful iOS game Whale Trail in 2011, y gerddoriaeth hefyd ar gyfer y gêm iOS gan westeion megis Sabrina Salerno, Cate Doseone, sef Circle sylw gan John Peel yn and in the same year wrote and performed lwyddiannus Whale Trail yn 2011. Le Bon, Josh Klinghoffer a’r seren Eidalaidd y DU, a daeth y ddau yn enwog ym myd hip music in artist Phil Collins’ experimental Asia Argento. hop ac electronig tanddaear Prydain. shopping channel event This Unfortunate Arweiniodd y sylw hwn at wahoddiad Thing Between Us at the Hau Theatre, Berlin. Gallwch brynu’r albwm nawr yn lexrecords.com i Boom Bip gwblhau ei albwm unigol cyntaf, Seed to Sun, i Lex Records yn 2002. Dilynwyd hwn gan Corymb, casgliad wedi’i ailgymysgu a ryddhawyd yn 2004. Yna symudodd Boom Bip i Los Angeles a rhyddhau ei ail albwm unigol, Blue Eyes in the Red Room, yn 2005. Mae’r albwm hwn yn cynnwys Gruff Rhys yn canu. Rhyddhawyd trydydd albwm unigol Boom Bip, Zig Zaj, ar Lex Records yn 2011 ac mae hefyd yn cynnwys cydweithio ag artistiaid enwog yn cynnwys Josh Klinghoffer, Alex Kapranos a Cate Le Bon. Mae Boom Bip yn teithio’n aml gyda band byw pedair rhan sy’n cynnwys offerynnau traddodiadol yn ogystal â syntheseiddwyr, teclynnau a pheiriannau. Mae wedi chwarae mewn gwyliau yn cynnwys Glastonbury, Coachella Valley Music a Pukkelpop, wedi teithio gyda Super Furry Animals ac Interpol a rhannu’r llwyfan gyda Sonic Youth, The Cure a Mogwai, ymhlith eraill. Boom Bip, Gruff rhys 1 IMAGE / LLUN: MARK JAMES 2 ‘Do you know how the shower works?’ said Gruff Rhys, in his pants, at the foot of my bed. There are very few moments where you allow yourself to think ‘I’ve made it’ but this was definitely one. Finally, after 20 years of a largely one-way relationship, Gruff and I were in our unmentionables in a European hotel, in need of a wash. researcH Praxis Makes Perfect is about the remarkable life of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli and I was in Rome with Gruff, Boom Bip, iN MiLaN our documentary maker Ryan, and Dr Kiko our tour manager (who deserves a play in his own right) for research. We were there to meet Carlo Feltrinelli, Giangiacomo’s son, who has written a fantastic book called Senior Service telling the life-story of his father. Carlo’s day-job is running Italy’s biggest publishing house Feltrinelli Editore. The equivalent in the UK would be the old-style Virgin store, combined with Waterstones and HMV. There are 5 Feltrinelli stores in Milan. It is the mark of Carlo’s generosity The final night we were in of spirit, that a band and a playwright can Rome was the night of the turn up at his office and say ‘we want to make a synth album and live show with annual Communist Party dramatic interventions based on your of Italy Rally.