Mas, by Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18

Mas

by Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18

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1.	Ar Ôl Y Glaw 03:44	buy track
2.	Cwcan 04:30	buy track
3.	Dwyn Dŵr 03:38	buy track
4.	Golau Glas 02:32	buy track
5.	Cestyll Papur 02:45	buy track
6.	Lawr Yn Y Ddinas Fawr 03:14	buy track
7.	Hedyn Ar Y Gwynt 03:17	buy track
8.	Y Cariadon (gyda Elan Rhys) 03:38	buy track
9.	Cynara 03:50	buy track
10.	Cwmwl Pluog (gyda Nina Miranda) 03:05	buy track
11.	Dwfn 02:53	buy track

about

Never one to sit still, Carwyn Ellis is continuing his voyage into Latin Americana with the release of his second album with Rio 18, ‘Mas’.

Like it’s predecessor, the acclaimed ‘Joia!’, this album is a collection of songs sung in Welsh combined with distinct pop and South American flavours drawn from Bossa Nova, Cumbia, Samba and Tropicalismo styles, recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Caernarfon and London.

Mas feels strangely right for our times: an album whose title means several things, as befits its global outlook. Mas means “out” in Welsh, “more” in Spanish, and “but” in Portuguese: these meanings filling that single syllable with promise, potential, but also the subtle edge of a warning. It’s a mood that fits the more political tenor of Rio 18’s second turn around the world, as Carwyn and his friends explore some substantial subjects: the drowning of villages, climate change, migration and the rise of megacities. They do so not in sober, serious settings, but beautiful, uplifting songs. Other tracks also celebrate the vivid pleasures of love, nature and our essential humanity.

Mas is a record of beautiful songs that says, wait, listen, delight, come together, then act. We owe it to ourselves, to each other, to our beautiful world.

credits

released February 26, 2021

Kassin - bass, guitar, synthesizer, percussion
Shawn Lee - drums, percussion, guitars, bass, keyboards
André Siqueira - percussion
Manoel Cordeiro - guitars
Domenico Lancellotti - drums
Elan Rhys - vocals
Marged Rhys - vocals
Nina Miranda - vocals
Maïa Barouh - flute
Maxi Padin - charango, ronroco, cuatro venezolano, percussion
Dominic Glover - trumpet
Paulo Braga - percussion

Produced by Kassin, except tracks 1 & 9 produced by Shawn Lee
Additional production by Aled Wyn Hughes
Engineered by Mauro Araujo and Felipe Arêas in Rio, Aled Wyn Hughes in Llandwrog and Paul Elliott and Pierre Duplan in London
Mixed by Shawn Lee and Pierre Duplan
Mastered by Andrea de Bernardi
Recorded at Audio Rebel in Rio de Janeiro, Stiwdio Sain in Llandwrog and The Shop Studio in London
All songs by Carwyn Ellis, except Track 1 by Carwyn Ellis & Marged Rhys and Track 9 by Carwyn Ellis & Shawn Lee

Art & design by Diego Medina
Photography by Fernando Neumayer
Logos by Cargo Maxima

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Banana And Louie Records Madrid, Spain

discography

Raio

Jul 2021
Mas

Feb 2021
Chaos Wonderland

Jul 2020
My Regime

Sep 2019
Joia!

Jun 2019
Cookie Zoo

Nov 2018
Natural Causes

May 2018

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