At the request of Paul McCartney, Super Furry Animals remix Beatles tracks for the About Collage exhibition at the Tate Liverpool, curated by Beatles artist, Peter Blake. Read about it on DotMusic, NME and Playlouder.

Super Furry Animals collaborate with another musical icon, John Cale, for the forthcoming film, Camgymeriad Gwych / Beautiful Mistake. Cale is a Welsh-born member of the influential New York-based Sixties band, the Velvet Underground. He and director Marc Evans speak to Session: Wales about working with Super Furry Animals, Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia, and Tystion.

Mwng features a cover of Datblygu's Y Teimlad. Works of this groundbreaking band are compiled on the Ankstmusik release Datblygu 1985 - 1995, featuring liner notes written by Gruff Rhys. He says of this band, 'They were a big influence on us, especially their lyrical outlook.'

Dafydd Ieuan guests on the new EP from Brave Captain, The Fingertip Saint Sessions Volume 1. This recording by former Boo Radley, Martin Carr was produced by Gorwel Owen at his studio in Anglesey, and is a Wichita Recordings release.

Gruff works with big beat act FC Kahuna on a track for their forthcoming album. Read more on DotMusic.

In May, members of Derrero host an art exhibition at Ecocentrig in Cardiff. Hybrids features artwork from Pete Fowler, Elfyn Lewis (Catatonia and Big Leaves artist), Andy Fung and Mary Wycherley of Derrero, Angharad Jones, and more. Gruff brings musical rounds and his Irony Bored to the opening night, and is joined by members of Gorky's Zygotic Mynci and Infinity Chimps. Read about it on Virtual Cardiff (see What's New/Music Reviews/Hybrids).

Watch out for Super Furry DJs: Daf works the decks at a Big Leaves show in Llandudno in May, and Cian and Guto DJ before a Terris gig in Edinburgh in April.

The debut single by Bench entitled Bliss, features a Super Furry remix. It's out on CD and as a limited edition, double 7" single.

Past collaborations have seen Gruff and Cian providing instrumental settings for the poems of Patrick Jones on his album Commemoration and Amnesia. In 1999, Gruff joined a multi-artist album project, The Serpents, on Ochre Records.

News by: Hope Music Media