Datblygu (Welsh pronunciation: [datˈbləɡi] meaning "develop" or "developing") are an experimental Welsh rock group formed in 1982. They are regarded as a catalyst of the new wave of Welsh rock in the early '80s. The band was formed in by vocalist David R. Edwards and instrumentalist T. Wyn Davies in 1982 while they were at Ysgol Uwchradd in Aberteifi, with instrumentalist Patricia Morgan joining in 1984.Edwards' lyrics were almost entirely in the Welsh language, the subject matter reflecting his "extreme disillusionment" with life in Wales in the early 1980s era under Margaret Thatcher.After four cassette-only releases on Casetiau Neon, the band had their first vinyl release in 1987 on Anhrefn Records, with the Hwgr-Grawth-Og EP featuring just Edwards and Morgan, which was picked up by John Peel and led to a session being recorded for his BBC Radio 1 show (the first of five such sessions). While Welsh radio gave the band little airplay, they also found an outlet through Geraint Jarman's Fideo 9 television show on S4C. The band's first album, Wyau (Eggs), was released in 1988, and was followed two years later with Pyst (Posts) on the Ofn label. Davies left in 1990 and the group continued as a duo for a while, before being augmented by a series of musicians, notably drummer Al Edwards. Moving to Ankst Records, the Christmas-themed Blwch Tymer Tymor cassette was issued in 1991. Edwards collaborated with Tŷ Gwydr and Llwybr Llaethog on the 1992 album LL.LL v T.G. MC DRE, before releasing a final Datblygu album in 1993 with Libertino.After a single, "Alcohol"/"Amnesia" in 1995, the band split up. In August 2008 a new 7" single "Can y Mynach Modern" (The Song of the Modern Monk) was released. The song recounts (over its brief ninety seconds) the turmoil and madness that engulfed Edwards as the band fell apart in the mid nineties and the long road to recovery that resulted from the fallout. The track is intended as a full stop on their legacy rather than a brand new start. Datblygu have been cited as a major influence on the generation of Welsh bands that followed, including Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Super Furry Animals (who covered Datblygu's "Y Teimlad" on their Mwng album). In a rare TV appearance, David featured on S4C documentary programme O Flaen dy Lygaid in 2009, presented by Cardiff-based broadcaster and friend of David's, Ali Yassine, which followed David and his battle to recover from mental illness. The programme also featured Datblygu bandmember and former Pobol y Cwm actress Ree Davies and her own battle against mental illness. In 2012 an exhibition celebrating the band's history was held in a Cardiff coffee shop. Edwards and Morgan reunited in 2012 for the EP Darluniau'r Ogof Unfed Ganrif ar Hugain. A new mini-album, Erbyn Hyn, was released in June 2014 and a new album, Porwr Trallod (Tribulation Browser), in December 2015. In 2017 David released a series of poems for the very first time in his second language English compiled in a book called "Search In English For The House Of Tolerance", released with an accompanying CD of the book audio read with music by Ashley Cooke on the small Welsh label Recordiau Prin. Edwards passed away in June 2021.
2023
Ankstmusik
3xCD, Comp, Ltd
2020
Ankstmusik
LP
2015
2014
Ankstmusik
CD, MiniAlbum
2013
2012
Ankstmusik
7", EP
2008
Ankstmusik
7", Spl
2004
Ankstmusik
2xCD, Comp, Sli
1999
1995
1994
1993
Ankst
Cass, Advance, MiniAlbum, Promo, Smplr
1993
1992
1992
1991
Ofn
Cass, Single
1991
Ankst
Cass, EP
1990
1988
1986
Recordiau Anhrefn
7", EP
1984
Casetiau Neon
Cass, Album, Ltd
1984
Casetiau Neon
Cass, EP, Ltd
1983
Casetiau Neon
Cass, EP, Ltd
1983
Casetiau Neon
Cass, MiniAlbum, Ltd
2018
2005
1985
Recordiau Anhrefn, Recordiau Anhrefn
LP, Comp
2018
Casetiau Neon
2xCDr
2018
Not On Label
CDr, Comp, Mixed
2016
Hope Not Hate
File, MP3, Comp
2007
Ankstmusik, Ankstmusik
CD, Comp
2005
Fitamin Un
CDr, Comp
2005
2004
Ankstmusik
DVD
2003
2001
Neud Nid Deud
CD, Album
1999
Ankstmusik
CD, Comp
1997
Ankst
CD, Comp, Smplr
1995
1993
In-Press Communications
CD, Comp, Promo, Transcription
1993
Ankst
VHS, Comp, PAL
1993
1991
1990
Ankst
Cass, Comp
1989
Fflach
Cass, Comp
1988
Central Slate Records
Cass, Comp
1988
Ofn
7"
1985
Recordiau Anhrefn
LP, Comp
1984
Casetiau Neon
Cass, Album, Ltd, Smplr
Groucho Productions
Cass, Album, Comp
1987
Not On Label
Cass, Unofficial
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