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Lady GoGo Goch (TEASER)

Posted by ChickenboneJohn on December 10, 2013 at 12:09pm

Lady GoGo Goch (TEASER) from Mathew Beckett on Vimeo.

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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/81272993">Lady GoGo Goch (TEASER)</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/mathewbeckett">Mathew Beckett</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

I'd never heard of a Crwth until a few months ago, until I was asked to make one for Kindle Theatre. It's a Welsh 6 string bowed lyre, and it looks like a cigar box joined to the back of a chair..and provides part of the soundtrack to this clip.I was thrilled to be part of this collaborative project with such talented and imaginative people."Drawing electrifying sounds from traditional instruments, and with a voice that will seduce and terrify you, Lady GoGo Goch is a music-theatre show about Welshness by Kindle’s Sam Fox. A provocative piece that breaks down clichés, Lady GoGo Goch brings together the ancient and the modern to explore our relationship to the cultural identities we inherit. Stirring and moving, funny and dark, this is a piece for anyone who loves music, language and a bit of rugby."

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Bluesheart January 7, 2015 at 4:58pm

Very nice!!!
smilingdog1 December 14, 2013 at 1:01am

Very interesting sound bridge. Got the case figured out nicely too.
jabes December 12, 2013 at 2:49pm

i just watched an excerpt from ' bbc show 'flogit 'featuring a crwth, pretty impressive John, seeing as you never built one before..
ChickenboneJohn December 12, 2013 at 6:47am

Here's the Crwth..together with one of the two bows I made for it. The other bow was slightly shorter and stiffer, with a wider band of black Mongolian horsehair, and Ricardo seemed to prefer that one.

And here it is in it's custom case.
ChickenboneJohn December 11, 2013 at 12:24pm

Well, I'm driven to keep diversifying, moving forward and raising the bar...or at least I'm willing to take it on if someone gives me a challenge and raises the bar, as in this example for the commission of this instrument.
jabes December 11, 2013 at 11:50am

we're certainly not used to hi fi sounds like that on cbn..
ChickenboneJohn December 11, 2013 at 1:46am

It's the first time I've posted something from Vimeo, so not sure how compatible it is compared to embedding from YouTube. I saw the premiere of the show and was knocked out...despite a lot of it being in a language I couldn't understand, but that really didn't matter. Sam is a great performer and Ricardo is a wonderful musician. I struggled to get a sound out of the Crwth after I'd made it, but a couple of intensive weeks rehearsals and Ricardo had mastered it. It's really got me interested in ancient instruments and I learned a lot from making it. I had to do a lot of research and it was all pretty challenging.
Steve Mattox December 11, 2013 at 12:42am

COOL JOHN.................SHE IS HOT..........
Uncle John December 10, 2013 at 8:11pm

John, the vid does not play well for me.