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This absolute beauty from Huw’s recent Heol Las album is out today. Such a special piece of music, from those gentle, lu...
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.

The opening track from the gorgeous Heol Las by is Carol Haf. The album is out now and getting so much love. We thank y...
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.

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 y...
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

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

New album Heol Las is out on Friday. We’re looking at the deep and beautiful history behind this collection of songs, o...
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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27/02/2026

One week to go…

third album Heol Las is a miraculously beautiful record with deep roots in the soil and folk musical traditions of the Vale of Glamorgan.

Out on March 6th. Pre-orders up.

Slide 1 music: Can y Saer Maen (Stonemason’s Song)
Slide 2 music: Carol Haf (Summer Carol)

With just over a week to go til shares his 3rd album, we’re going to start diving into its story and influences, track ...
25/02/2026

With just over a week to go til shares his 3rd album, we’re going to start diving into its story and influences, track by track. Heol Las is deeply grounded in the history and culture of his home in Glamorgan. You can pre-order vinyl today, copies ship early next week.

Slide 1: “Social history and music are passions of mine, and to hear echos of different generations through the same song is fascinating to me”

Slide 2: I believe tradition is very important, but traditions can also evolve in order to survive and be more inclusive.

As long as the original is documented we can keep going back.

But what even is ‘the original’? The first recording, the first interpretation written down in clunky western notation...?”

Slide 3: “Growing up, I loved the culture of storytelling. My dad collecting folk tales and ghost books of the area, always one to rattle off a story on a walk”

“Such beautitul music” Cerys Matthews, BBC 6 Music

Slide 4: “On this record there are versions, interpretations and tunes influenced by cerddoriaeth werin, the folk music of Morgannwg; The place I was born, I was raised in and revisit to feel grounded.”

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

Slide 5: ‘Heol Las’ is ancient music seen through a modern prism; acoustic textures rubbing up against hypnotic grooves, tield-worn stories refracted into new shapes. Every track on the album is either drawn directly from, or woven around, archival tunes of the region.

“A really intriguing sound” Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 2

Slide 6: image of the vinyl version of Heol Las featuring a simple illustration of a small Welsh town road, created by Huw Marc Bennett.

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29/01/2026

Tonight!
and band live in the Elgar Room. A beautiful venue for an amazing artist.

There are still a handful of tickets left, so get yourself sorted and we’ll see you there.

Band:
Arjuna Oakes - keys and vocals
- guitar/bassnotman - drums
- trumpet

Ten years ago we’d just finished packaging up and mailing our first ever vinyl release. A 7” vinyl only single by Mind ...
20/01/2026

Ten years ago we’d just finished packaging up and mailing our first ever vinyl release. A 7” vinyl only single by Mind Field/This Is The One

We sold it out in decent time, it got plays all over 6 music and around the world with support from heroes like and and so many more. It was a huge buzz for our completely new and unknown label and along with the accompanying Sub Plot beat tape, helped bring back the cash we’d all put in to get started and then enough to keep going onto the next one… (the terrible selling Modified Man 12” by me and - a trend we never bucked 😭🙃) but then also onto the next one with , which significantly better. ❤️

And on and on for another 10 years of ups and downs, big and small. But it all started here, on this day, 10 years ago.

The 3rd album by is out this March. Huw has reached even deeper into the folk roots of his home in the Vale Of Glamorga...
14/01/2026

The 3rd album by is out this March. Huw has reached even deeper into the folk roots of his home in the Vale Of Glamorgan this time around. He’s created a beguiling set of atmospheric and enchanting songs that draw from traditional folk melodies.

Y Fedwen, a collaboration with is out today along with album pre-orders. AND we’ve finally, after many requests, repressed Tresilian Bay!

So pre-orders for that are up today too.

Go support independent music.

Music: Y Fedwen (The Birch) by Huw Marc Bennett
Art and design by with illustrations by Huw.

See you all at Dingwalls! We can’t wait to see live today at and ‘s legendary Sunday session, this time with special ...
14/12/2025

See you all at Dingwalls!
We can’t wait to see live today at and ‘s legendary Sunday session, this time with special guest

As always there are a limited number of tickets left on the door for early arrivals and there are discount tickets for under 25s too.

Feels like the perfect way to celebrate a beautiful year for Arjuna’s debut album. See you on the dance floor.

Yes it’s Bandcamp Friday and YES WE HAVE A WINTER SALE STARTING TODAY. We’ve loved your support in our tenth year of rel...
05/12/2025

Yes it’s Bandcamp Friday and YES WE HAVE A WINTER SALE STARTING TODAY.

We’ve loved your support in our tenth year of releasing music and we hope this might help you fill your Christmas stockings and maybe those of someone you love. Music is the very best gift for everyone. And buying it through bandcamp is about the most ethical and sustainable thing you could think of this Christmas.

So dive in with code “XMAS25” and enjoy your winter treats.

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