Ankst was a

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formed in

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at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth 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 Llwybr Llaethog, Super Furry Animals 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, Super Furry Animals,

, Los Campesinos!,

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, and, for a time, Cerys Matthews) and Ankstmusik, the label (which is now based in

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and run by Williams), featuring such bands as Tystion, Ectogram, Zabrinski, Rheinallt H Rowlands, 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
Turnstile
home of Perfume Genius, Christopher Owens,

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, Cate Le Bon and others.

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