So, we've had a little flurry of releases over these recent weeks, all showcased on an amazing night we hosted at the Blue Sky Bangor live music venue on 28.11.18. 

These include Eve Goodman, who has now released her CARNafan EP recorded earlier this summer as part of her residency with the CARN arts project and group. She spent one month spending time in the CARN caravan pitched on the quayside in Caernarfon. Welcoming visitors, hearing their tales, and converting the resulting conversations into the tracks you can hear on this EP. The EP is presently 'only' available via the CEG Records site on her page here. You can watch the video for the track Angor on youtube here.

Courteous Thief then gave us seamless renditions of his recent single Take me Higher, and taunted us with his latest release Mountains & Sea, available via CEG Records now but due for wider release as of December 15th across all platforms. You can watch the video for Take Me Higher on youtube here.

And finally we had Worldwide Welshman, who had his London release event week prior where his undeniably catchy Christmas single Jingle Bells, Christmas Sells was set free on the world. On this night he released his debut album Worldwide Welshman Volume 1. His performance that night was superb, with his scratch band for the night (Ben Ford - percussion, Ed Wright - Violin, Roger Hughes - Bass). His songs are inspired, quirky, intelligent and playful. Brilliant stuff. You can watch his amazing part animated video for his Christmas in Yiwu song on youtube here.

You can watch footage from gig at Blue Sky on our youtube channel here. More edits and outtakes to come soon! 

We have some new signings and release scheduled in the coming months, including a Winter Solstice track from Colossous in the next few weeks. Look out for that one!

Enjoy the music.

CEG R

With the recent sad news and announcement that this will be the last Festival No. 6 for the time being, some good news was well needed. And this is it, the Welsh artists line up has now been released, and it's quite a thing.

In amongst it all and featuring all day on the Saturday 8th Sept we have our very own CEG artists performing from midday until 9pm.

The Friday sees BBC Horizons hosting the stage with a fine line up, and the Sunday Nyth Gwydyr and you only need to look at who they've got playing to want to spend most of the day there! We think it's going to be amazing and we're super chuffed to amongst such reputable hosts.

We've also been very privileged and proud of being able to represent local quality songwriters, musicians, and bands over the last 4 years at Festival No. 6, and we're eternally grateful for the opportunities this has provided us, and many of the acts who we've been able to extend that opportunity, some of whom have gone on to much greater things.

And whilst we've loved being in the woods with our Woodcutters Stage the last 2 years, this year sees us hosting the Bandstand Stage in the Village Green area, which we're super chuffed about being more in the midst of the action for this years festival.

Check out the line ups yourself below, and hopefully we'll see you there. & the CEG acts stage timings are also listed below.

CEG on The Bandstand Stage @Festival No. 6, Saturday 8.09.18, 12 - 9pm

Line up

8.15pm - Billy Bibby & The Wry Smiles (https://www.billybibby.com)

7.30pm - Ap Cooper (https://www.facebook.com/apcoopermusic)

6.45pm - Vulpes Urbana (https://cegrecords.com/vulpes-urbana)

6pm - Colossous (https://cegrecords.com/colossous)

5pm - Roger & The Secret (https://rogerhughesmusic.com)

4.15pm - Eve Goodman (https://cegrecords.com/eve-goodman)

3.30pm - Courteous Thief (https://www.courteousthief.co.uk)

2.45pm - Sera Owen (https://serasongs.com)

2pm - Hannah Willwood (https://cegrecords.com/hannah-willwood)

1.15pm - Tagaradr (https://www.facebook.com/tagaradr)

12.35pm - Beth Celyn (https://www.facebook.com/beth.celyn)

12pm - The Stash (https://www.facebook.com/TheStash1)

Check it out! So if you're there then come find us, have a listen, and say hello :)

Thanks

CEG

Were supper exited and looking forward to this years Focus Wales where we will have Five acts hitting different stages across the festival.

Firstly Velvet will be hosted at Saith Seren, follow'd by Coloussous at Un Deg Un and Sera playing Ty Pawb both on Thursday the 10th of May as well as Courteous Thief playing the Rock Suite and Eve Goodman playing The Fat Boar both on Friday the 11th of May.

Tickets and info can be found by heading HERE to the Focus Wales website. 

Don't forget to check out all the other amazing acts from  starting on Thursday the 10th of May till Saturday the 12th.

See you there!

Colossous is the recording name of singer, songwriter and composer Rich Eardley, who has important past form. When Eardley moved to North Wales in the early 90s he joined the band Melys on bass guitar, and went on to record eleven sessions for BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. Melys built an international reputation and reached the stages of the SXSW Festival in the USA - more recently in 2016 they toured the UK with poet Simon Armitage's favourite indie band, The Wedding Present (I am paraphrasing a bit here, but that is what Armitage's laugh out loud funny collection of prose Gig - The Life & Times of a Rock-star Fantasist says to me somewhere around page 232). That is enough renown and association with the gods to make Colossous' new release worth at least half an ear. 

So to it. Freeway in Texas opens set - a rock road trip that coasts along the empty freeway of its chorus, driven by a brilliantly simple but expansive guitar line. I Found Out follows it, and sustains the mood of carefree, freewheeling ebullience - again it is the guitar that does it. Maybe it takes half a life time to play in such an uncluttered way and convey so much. 

There are two more tracks. Instrumental work out Pen Llithrig Y Wrach starts with a cello then rolls and smokes like the seventies did. Closing piece Vanarchy in the UK is a 'tongue in cheek look at the growing trend of people living in converted motorhomes' - it has a speeding keyboard to replace the guitar lead of the other three compositions, and a satirical lyric with a new wave tone threads archly through it. 

There's an island off Venice, Poveglia, were at some points in history people had to stop for a quarantine period before entering the city to reduce the risk of contamination. In exactly the same way all our review music goes first onto a separate USB stick, often for months on end, to check it is fit to go onto the hard drive, lest a rogue EP plague an afternoon of contentment listening to music on random shuffle. The sparkling then rough edged, dynamic guitars and endearing songs of Vanarchy in the UK get it an immediate free pass. 

In the best possible sense Eardley is not trying to be overly clever here - it's a straight forward, unpretentious, entertaining EP, and very good indeed for all that.

source: http://www.fromthemargins.co.uk/pages/reviews_all/Colossous_Vanarchy_in_the_UK.html

November the 10th will see the release of the new EP, Vanarchy in the UK from Singer/Songwriter/Composer, Colossous aka Rich Eardley. Featuring four very varied tracks, this will be the fourth release from Welsh label CEG Records.  

With a musical background dating back to the early 90s when he moved to North Wales, he (Rich) joined the band Melys on bass guitar. Melys recorded eleven sessions for BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel including many live sessions from live venues and from his home, known as Peel Acres.  

The band shot videos for many national and international TV programs, gained regular appearances on radio, as well as playing at the 2004 SXSW Festival in Austin Texas, USA.  

Vanarchy in the UK is the name of the EP being released by Colossous on CEG Records, being a loosely road trip themed affair, the title track is a tongue in cheek look at the growing trend of people living in converted motorhomes.  

Colossous will be launching the EP with his band at Pie, Rhos On Sea, on the 10th of November, with support from another CEG Records artist, Velvet, who are currently hitting the airwaves of BBC Radio Wales and will be releasing their debut EP very soon. 

For more info and to hear / get the EP you can go to https://cegrecords.com/colossous

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Bydd Tachwedd y 10fed yn gweld lansiad EP newydd o'r enw ‘Vanarchy in the UK’ gan ganwr-cyfansoddwr Colossous, aka Rich Eardley. Yn cynnwys pedwar trac amrywiol iawn, dyma fydd y pedwerydd artist i ryddhau eleni ar y label o Ogledd Cymru, CEG Records.  

Gyda chefndir cerddorol yn mynd yn ôl i'r 90au cynnar pan symudodd i Ogledd Cymru, ymunodd ef (Rich) â'r band Melys ar gitâr bas. Recordiwyd Melys 11 sesiwn i John Peel ar BBC Radio 1, gan gynnwys nifer o sesiynau byw o leoliadau byw ac o'i gartref, a elwir yn 'Peel Acres.'  

Fe wnaeth y band fideo ar gyfer llawer o raglenni teledu cenedlaethol a rhyngwladol, ymddangosiadau rheolaidd ar y radio, yn ogystal â chwarae yn Ŵyl SXSW 2004 yn Austin Texas, UDA.  

‘Vanarchy in the UK’ yw enw'r EP sy'n cael ei ryddhau gan Colossous ar CEG Records, yn dilyn thema 'daith ffordd' yn fras, ac mae'r trac deitl yn edrych yn gellweirus ar y duedd gynyddol o bobl sy'n byw mewn cartrefi modur wedi'u trawsnewid.  

Bydd Colossous yn lansio'r EP gyda'i fand yn Pie, Rhos-on-Sea, ar y 10fed o Dachwedd, gyda chefnogaeth gan artist arall CEG Records, Velvet, sydd ar hyn o bryd i'w glywed ar BBC Radio Wales, ac yn rhyddhau eu EP cyntaf yn fuan iawn.

Am mwy wybodaeth am, neu i gwrando i'r EP, mynd i https://cegrecords.com/colossous

Diolch / Thanks, CEG

Its just been confirmed with the boffins at CEG Records HQ that our latest releases from Velvet and Colossous will both be play listed by the main man, Mr Adam Walton on his BBC Radio Wales show tonight.

This will be Velvet's fourth week on the bounce that their new single "Fire" has been played on Adams Show, with Coloussous new single "Mischief on the Holyhead Road" joining them on the list.

Colossous will be releasing his debut ep on the 10th of November and playing the Live Launch at Pie Records in Rhos-On-Sea the same night, North Wales. find the venue on Facebook by heading here. Velvet will also be playing a stripped down set that night, but a full band set upstairs at Rascals on Bangor this coming Friday as a part of the Curiad Bach Bangor Mini Pulse events in and around the city this weekend. You can check out the upcoming CEG Records shows here.

Velvet will also be releasing their debut ep on the 24th of November, venue and support to be announced soon.

Keep on runnin'

CEG R

As a part of today's 'Colossous' 'Freeway in Texas' single launch, Colossous will be playing on Neil Crud's esteemed Monday night radio show on TudnoFM. 

The show is on from 10pm - midnight and features an eclectic mix of music likened somewhat to John Peele's shows of old in the stunning variety of material played. And tonight's show features one of our latest acquisitions, Mr Rich Eardley aka Colossous.

Today's single launch is our first with Rich and we're excited about the launch of the EP in the coming weeks. The EP 'Vanarchy in the UK' is available to pre-order as of today, and you can listen to samples and get the Single 'Freeway in Texas' immediately via Colossous' CEG Records page here.

Tune in and hear Colossous play some of his new tunes live via this link here, and you can send a message and comment on the show via here!

Or if you're in the area then they are on 107.8 FM.

S'gonna be great!

Thanks for listening,

CEG R

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More info:

Colossous, aka Rich Eardley, is a well seasoned artist who has headed and played for numerous bands - the most notorious being Melys - a John Peel favoured band who recorded twelve sessions for his show on radio one over the years. 

He, Rich, plays songs on acoustic guitar with both pop and punk attitude and overtones, and if you listen to his tracks you'll see the transformation the tracks take from acoustic to an eclectic mix of styles from electronic to harder rock, quite dramatic and impressive!

The single 'Freeway in Texas' is available as of today 04.09.17, and the full EP 'Vanarchy in the UK' is available to pre-order via this link, due for launch in the coming weeks at the upcoming PIE venue in Rhos on Sea, date TBC. 

Festival No. 6 is just around the corner. Check out our stage promo vid featuring some of our CEG Records current and prospective acts!

All looking and sounding good...

Our Full Line up for this years Woodcutter's Lodge stage is:

Njoy!

CEG R

Today sees the announcement of the release of Colossous' new EP 'Vanarchy in the UK'. 

Though the official release date for the EP isn't until November 10th 2017, we're releasing the track 'Freeway in Texas' as a single as of today, Monday September 4th 2017. 

Colossous will be playing tracks in session live on Neil Crud's 10 til midnight Monday night slot on TudnoFM tonight, Monday Sept 4th, so tune in and listen up. 

Colossous, aka Rich Eardley, is a well seasoned artist who has headed and played for numerous bands - the most notorious being Melys - a John Peel favoured band who recorded twelve sessions for his show on radio one over the years. 

He, Rich, plays songs on acoustic guitar with both pop and punk attitude and overtones, and if you listen to his tracks you'll see the transformation the tracks take from acoustic to an eclectic mix of styles from electronic to harder rock, quite dramatic and impressive! 

You can Pre order the new 4 track ep direct from CEG Records. 

Thanks,

CEG R