ANI GLASS Live at Tŷ Pawb
ANI GLASS PHANTASMAGORIA TOUR LIVE + Support from Chwaer Fawr at Tŷ Pawb, Wrexham
Friday, 24th October
Tickets: £8 | £10
Doors: 7pm
“Music for the end of the world, and the start of a new one” (Pitchfork)
Award winning, Cardiff-based artist, Ani Glass, launches her new album ‘Phantasmagoria’ on the 26th of September. What a journey to this moment. Fittingly, Ani’s debut LP ‘Mirores’ (translates as “observer”) was based around movement and progress. It was her first foray into the self-taught art of recording and production. Ani Glass has not stopped progressing or moving, since.
Inspired by working with Martin Rushent as a member of indiepop group, The Pipettes, a strong pop sensibility was cemented as a member of the band, Genie Queen (managed by OMD’s Andy McCluskey. Additional inspirations included 1980s artists and producers Giorgio Moroder, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre and Arthur Russell (who inspired her to learn the cello).
At the start of 2020, just before the release of ‘Mirores’, Ani was diagnosed with a rare benign brain tumour. The diagnosis marked the beginning of the personal journey that has shaped ‘Phantasmagoria’. That final shape is a lush, introspective concept album that delves deeply into her experience of navigating life since then.
Phantasmagoria unites the languages and mediums at Ani’s disposal to express a poignant time in her life, with lyrics in Cymraeg (Welsh), Kernewek (Cornish) and English, as well as some British Sign Language woven into her live performance.
Futuristic, fascinating pop. Ethereal vocals, lush instrumentation and swirling synth pulses echo early Goldfrapp or Enya but this is all Ani Glass, Phantasmagoria is intricate, ethereal, expansive – and newly revealing with every listen.
With Support From CHWAER FAWR
Chwaer Fawr is the solo project of Mari Morgan, known for her time with Rogue Jones, Bitw and Saron. Her debut solo album, oxymoronically titled ‘Diwedd’ (‘end’), pulls inward – created slowly, at home and with friends, after years of playing in other people’s bands. This time, it’s her own quietly defiant voice that’s front and center. Joined onstage by a handful of trusted collaborators, the songs from ‘Diwedd’ don’t rush to explain themselves; they sit with things, leave space, let the edges show. It might not seem like a grand statement, but it’ll stay with you long past the end.
