Ankst was a

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

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formed in

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at the

University of Wales, Aberystwyth , mottoeng = A world without knowledge is no world at all , established = 1872 (as ''The University College of Wales'') , former_names = University of Wales, Aberystwyth , type = Public , endowment = ...

by Alun Llwyd, Gruffudd Jones and Emyr Glyn Williams. After a handful of low key cassette releases, the label relocated to

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and became a more serious concern, providing a launch-pad for several popular Welsh artists, including

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and

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. The ''Rough Guide to Wales'' described Ankst as "one of the most prolific, eclectic and innovative" of the 1990s Welsh music labels. Between 1988 and 1997, the label put out some 80 releases before splitting in

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into two separate companies. Ankst Management (run by Llwyd and Jones and responsible for

Melys Melys (English translation:"Sweet") are a Welsh independent rock band from Betws-y-Coed in Conwy, Wales, formed in 1996. They sing in both English and Welsh. They have recorded eleven sessions for John Peel on BBC Radio 1, came first in his ...

Los Campesinos! Los Campesinos! are a seven-piece indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in early 2006 at Cardiff University. Though the band formed in Wales, none of the members are Welsh people, Welsh. The band has gone through several lineup changes dur ...

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, and, for a time,

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) and Ankstmusik, the label (which is now based in

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and run by Williams), featuring such bands as

Tystion Tystion (English: Witnesses) was a Welsh language hip hop band from Wales. Background In 1996, MC Sleifar (Steffan Cravos) and G Man (Gruff Meredith) got together and released a few cassettes themselves. A year later they released the album ' ...

Ectogram Ectogram were a Welsh people, Welsh band from Bangor, Gwynedd, Bangor, Wales. Ann Matthews and Alan Holmes were previously members of Welsh language post-punk band Fflaps between 1987 and 1993, touring Europe, releasing three LPs, and recordi ...

Zabrinski Zabrinski were an alternative rock band from Carmarthen and Cardiff, Wales. They formed in the late 1990s and released four albums before splitting up in 2007.MC Mabon and Wendykurk. Ankst moved into film making in the 2000s, releasing the Bafta-winning ''Y Lleill'' in 2005. Alun Llwyd also co-manages, with Kevin Tame, the Cardiff-based indie labe
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and others.

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