BBC Wales and Arts Council of Wales has announced the names of 12 Welsh artists selected to be a part of its Horizons project.
The 12 acts represent the most diverse mix of music since the Horizons project started in 2014.
More than 200 acts applied for a place on the project, which is now in its third year. Horizons is a unique showcase of new, independent contemporary music in Wales, supporting and promoting emerging Welsh music talent to wider audiences.
The selected artists will benefit from exposure across BBC Wales services, direct contact with a BBC producer overseeing the project, a BBC Maida Vale recording session, promotional tools including a professional photoshoot and career mentoring through a music industry development lab.
Lisa Gwilym, BBC Radio Cymru presenter, said: ‘What I enjoy most about the Horizons project is the opportunity to get to know 12 artists so much better.
‘To be able to follow their journey over the year – from all the festivals to the famous Maida Vale studios - is extremely exciting. More importantly, to be able to share the music we play every week on C2 on BBC Radio Cymru with new audiences around the UK and beyond means the world to me. I can’t wait to hear and see the range of music on offer from the Horizons artists this year.’
Horizons is a music promotional partnership between BBC Cymru Wales and Arts Council of Wales, now in its third year.
The full list of Horizon acts is below:
Afrocluster - nine-piece funk and hip-hop band from all over Wales
Anelog - five-piece bilingual psychedelic pop band made up of two families from Denbigh
Casey - five-piece post-hardcore band from Newport
CaStLeS/Cestyll - three-piece band from Rhosgadfan, Gwynedd
Connah Evans - singer-songwriter from Anglesey
Danielle Lewis - folk-pop singer from New Quay, Ceredigion
Fleur Dy Lys - four-piece Welsh-language indie band from Anglesey
Reuel Elijah - hip hop, R&B, and pop singer from Cardiff
Roughion - electronic Producers from Aberystwyth
Tibet - four-piece indie rock band from Cardiff
We’re No Heroes - three-piece indie disco band from Cardiff
Ysgol Sul - three-piece Welsh-language indie rock band from Carmarthen
The 12 acts represent the most diverse mix of music since the Horizons project started in 2014.
More than 200 acts applied for a place on the project, which is now in its third year. Horizons is a unique showcase of new, independent contemporary music in Wales, supporting and promoting emerging Welsh music talent to wider audiences.
The selected artists will benefit from exposure across BBC Wales services, direct contact with a BBC producer overseeing the project, a BBC Maida Vale recording session, promotional tools including a professional photoshoot and career mentoring through a music industry development lab.
Lisa Gwilym, BBC Radio Cymru presenter, said: ‘What I enjoy most about the Horizons project is the opportunity to get to know 12 artists so much better.
‘To be able to follow their journey over the year – from all the festivals to the famous Maida Vale studios - is extremely exciting. More importantly, to be able to share the music we play every week on C2 on BBC Radio Cymru with new audiences around the UK and beyond means the world to me. I can’t wait to hear and see the range of music on offer from the Horizons artists this year.’
Horizons is a music promotional partnership between BBC Cymru Wales and Arts Council of Wales, now in its third year.
The full list of Horizon acts is below:
Afrocluster - nine-piece funk and hip-hop band from all over Wales
Anelog - five-piece bilingual psychedelic pop band made up of two families from Denbigh
Casey - five-piece post-hardcore band from Newport
CaStLeS/Cestyll - three-piece band from Rhosgadfan, Gwynedd
Connah Evans - singer-songwriter from Anglesey
Danielle Lewis - folk-pop singer from New Quay, Ceredigion
Fleur Dy Lys - four-piece Welsh-language indie band from Anglesey
Reuel Elijah - hip hop, R&B, and pop singer from Cardiff
Roughion - electronic Producers from Aberystwyth
Tibet - four-piece indie rock band from Cardiff
We’re No Heroes - three-piece indie disco band from Cardiff
Ysgol Sul - three-piece Welsh-language indie rock band from Carmarthen
