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11/07/2026

Two weeks since dropped probably his best album to date.

Have you listened to it yet? Bring Our Light To Every Corner is in record shops and available to stream in all the usual places.

29/06/2026

Massive and hot happy birthday to our co-founder, man behind much of our artwork and design, and man behind both The Expansions album and EP, plus 1 beat tape and two solo albums on this label.

He’s possibly out cycling somewhere, although it’s a bit hot. Happy birthday Jonny.

21/06/2026

To celebrate the solstice we’re sharing this very special song by Huw Marc Bennett. The opener from his 3rd album Heol Las is a celebration of this very tradition and it’s a joyous one.

Slide 1: Carol Haf
Summer Carol, one of the many examples of a joyful tune to welcome in the summer proper after a long winter. Often connected to the Morris.
The best examples I have seen in recent years are the may day celebrations in Sussex...

Slide 2: If people are dubious of the modern generation’s connection to the old earth, they should consider how people prepare themselves, dedicate time and change their behaviours around this season.

Slide 3: The particular melody used in Carol Haf references an 18th century tune collected from Bro Morgannwg (The Vale of Glamorgan) area.
All the songs on Heol Las are based on, or reference traditional music from Morgannwg / Glamorgan area of South Wales.

Slide 4: To us it is still a powerful, visceral entity of the natural world, that has the power to have such an influence on our lives. This is true whether you’re in a flat in Catford or a field in Wales.

06/06/2026

This beautiful new song from really is ecstatic, joyful creation.

As his secret collaborator on the full length album version says… “so long as we have each other, we can’t be hopeless”.

With Our Eternal Hope & Joy is our wherever you enjoy your music.

You can pre-order vinyl direct on or from shops including and more.

Photography by

Piano
Saxophone and flute .rahman_
Bass
Drums
Voices Scrimshire
Synths, Rhodes, Clavinet, percussion

Mixed produced and mastered by Adam Scrimshire

12/05/2026

This incredible album by is one whole year old! We’re so proud of this deeply moving and ambitious record, a huge life achievement that Arjuna flew across the world to deliver.

It’s been a massive year since, with packed shows at Lower Third, supporting Bilal at Village Underground, the legendary Dingwalls session for Gilles Peterson and Patrick Forge, the Royal Albert Hall, ALPHABET Brighton, Band On The Wall Manchester, one in one out at Brick Lane Jazz Festival last month… the beautiful stories go on!

To celebrate its birthday we’re dropping the price on vinyl to just £20. So go and enjoy this expansive and powerful record.

♥️♥️♥️

16/04/2026

This absolute beauty from Huw’s recent Heol Las album is out today. Such a special piece of music, from those gentle, lullaby synthesiser chords, to the warm fuzzed guitar melody that drifts through it all to the haunting fiddle playing, we can’t get enough of this one.

Cân Y Saer Maen
Translates as The Stonemason’s Song.
The area of Bro Morgannwg, where this melody was recorded, is an area known for its limestone - Blue Lias (look at the debut album Tresilan Bay for a first reference to this local rock).

Blue Lias is a very distinctive geological formation that stretches throughout the Arfodir Treftadaeth Morgannwg (Glamorgan Heritage Coast).
I have friends in the community I grow up with, still making their living from skilfully cutting this stone, adding to the areas many 500 year old buildings and even older stone walls.

This was probably a tune written and sung by Edward Williams (who’s bardic name was Iolo Morgannwg), as he himself worked as local
stonemason in the same area.

All the songs on third album Heol Las are based on, or reference traditional music from the Morgannwg /Glamorgan area of South Wales.

Heol Las is out now on vinyl and digital.

12/03/2026

The opening track from the gorgeous Heol Las by is Carol Haf. The album is out now and getting so much love. We thank you all for all the messages and support.

Slide 1: Summer Carol, one of the many examples of a joyful tune to welcome in the summer proper after a long winter. Often connected to the Morris.
The best examples I have seen in recent years are the may day celebrations in Sussex...

Slide 2: If people are dubious of the modern generation’s connection to the old earth, they should consider how people prepare themselves, dedicate time and change their behaviours around this season.

Slide 3: To us it is still a powerful, visceral entity of the natural world, that has the power to have such an influence on our lives.
This is true whether you’re in a flat in Catford or a field in Wales.

Slide 4: The particular melody used in Carol Haf references an 18th
century tune collected from Bro
Morgannwg (The Vale of Glamorgan) area.
All the songs on Heol Las are based on, or reference traditional music from Morgannwg / Glamorgan area of South Wales.

Slide 5: image of the vinyl and sleeve featuring a drawing by Huw Marc Bennett of a road with houses each side, near where he grew up in Wales.

06/03/2026

We’re so happy to be sharing this one with you today. It’s been a special joy sharing in Huw’s journey over the last 5 years and three albums. From the debut, named after the bay near his home in the Vale of Glamorgan, where we heard the first hints of Huw seeking the country and culture he was born into, through his creativity. But with each subsequent release, that exploration has deepened. And today we find ourselves in possession of this gorgeous new record, Heol Las.

Every track on the album is either drawn directly from, or woven around, archival tunes of the region in South Wales that Huw calls home. His approach is reverent yet expansive, pulling history into the present while staying grounded in community, landscape and living culture.

Thanks to everyone who has supported already. Vinyl is available in great record shops worldwide, or you can buy direct on this Friday. But do support your local shop if you can.

All music written / interpreted and produced by Huw Marc Bennett
Mixed by
Mastered by Jason Mitchell at

All instruments performed by Huw Marc Bennett
Except:

Track 2
Vocals and Lyrics by
Drum Kit by

Tracks 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8
Fiddle by Seth Bye

Artwork and design by from an illustration by Huw Marc Bennett

A&R by Adam Scrimshire for Albert’s Favourites

Vinyl distribution by
Digital by

05/03/2026

The new album Heol Las is out tomorrow and we’ve been so deeply appreciative of all the DJs, writers, artists that have been supporting this record.

Thanks so much to and Gideon Coe playing songs across and beyond.

Thanks to for writing and including Huw in playlists over the last few weeks too.

This record is very special and we can’t wait to share it with you tomorrow.

Vinyl available in record shops and on (and it’s bandcamp Friday!?)

02/03/2026

New album Heol Las is out on Friday. We’re looking at the deep and beautiful history behind this collection of songs, one at a time.

Slide 1: Cân Y Gwartheg
This song is based on the tune Cân Crwttyn y Gwartheg.

One of the many song’s that were played by cattle drivers in Bro Morgannwg (The Vale of Glamorgan) traveling to the border of England tell sell her cattle.

Slide 2: The stories go that drovers from Morgannwg would drive their cattle not with force and sticks, but by singing and playing their flutes in front of them and walking backwards all the way to Gloucestershire as their animals followed...

Slide 3: After selling their cattle at market, they would retire to the local tavern and look on in amusement as the welsh cattle’s new English owners could not figure out how to get their new herd moving.

Slide 4: All the songs on third album
Heol Las are based on, or reference traditional music from the Morgannwg / Glamorgan area of South Wales.

“This is Welsh music like
you’ve never heard it before”
Songlines Magazine

Slide 5: picture of Huw Marc Bennett vinyl featuring a hand drawn image (by Huw) of a street in Heol Las.

“Heol Las out March 6th 2026”

Support independent music, order the vinyl today.

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