Dafydd Ieuan (born 1 March 1969)
is a Welsh musician, best known as the drummer with the band
Super Furry Animals,
The Peth and The Earth.
Ieuan played with
Gruff Rhys in their early band
Ffa Coffi Pawb. He was a drummer for Welsh band
Catatonia
Catatonia is a complex syndrome most commonly seen in people with underlying mood disorders, such as major depressive disorder, or psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia. People with catatonia exhibit abnormal movement and behaviors, wh ...
from 1993 to 1996, recording on their early singles and debut album ''
Way Beyond Blue'' (1996). During the same period, Super Furry Animals formed and Ieuan left Catatonia to focus on them.
Ieuan runs the Cardiff-based label and recording studio Strangetown Records with brother
Cian Ciaran and Mick Hilton. With Ciaran, he was awarded by BAFTA Wales 2011 for Original Music for the S4C drama ''Pen Talar'' filmed by Fiction Factory.
Ieuan released ''The Golden Mile'' with
The Peth ("The Thing" in
Welsh) in 2008, with Welsh actor
Rhys Ifans
Rhys Owain Evans (; born 22 July 1967), known as Rhys Ifans, is a Welsh actor. He has portrayed roles in ''Notting Hill'' (1999), '' Kevin & Perry Go Large'' (2000), and '' Enduring Love'' (2004), in addition to Xenophilius Lovegood in ''Harry ...
on vocals. A second album, ''Crystal Peth'' has been recorded but has yet to be released. With DJ and rapper Rashid "Wibidi" Omar, he recorded and produced music under the band name Wibidi. In 2013, he recorded with The Earth (band), with guitarist Mark Roberts (formerly of
Catatonia
Catatonia is a complex syndrome most commonly seen in people with underlying mood disorders, such as major depressive disorder, or psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia. People with catatonia exhibit abnormal movement and behaviors, wh ...
), bassist Tristan Marley and vocalist Dionne Bennett.
In 2006, Ieuan played drums on
James Dean Bradfield
James Dean Bradfield (born 21 February 1969) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He is known for being the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. His cousin Sean Moore is a ...
's first solo album ''
The Great Western''. Ieuan produced and drummed on tracks on the forthcoming debut album from Gulp (band) with Super Furry Animals bandmate
Guto Pryce.
Personal life
He is musician
Cian Ciaran's older brother
and he has two sisters. His father, Dr.
Carl Clowes,
OBE, was a health consultant, Welsh language campaigner, anti-nuclear campaigner and was the
Honorary Consul
A consul is an official representative of a government who resides in a foreign country to assist and protect citizens of the consul's country, and to promote and facilitate commercial and diplomatic relations between the two countries.
A consu ...
in Wales for the African country
Lesotho
Lesotho, formally the Kingdom of Lesotho and formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Entirely surrounded by South Africa, it is the largest of only three sovereign enclave and exclave, enclaves in the world, t ...
.
[ 2012 New Year Honours#Officer of the Order of the British Empire .28OBE.29]
References
External links
The Earth*
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1969 births
Living people
Super Furry Animals members
Welsh rock drummers
British male drummers
Musicians from Bangor, Gwynedd
Musicians from Cardiff
People educated at Ysgol David Hughes