Acclaimed Welsh band 9Bach make their long awaited return to the music scene after a five-year hiatus, with a new single and a series of live performances coming up in May / June 2025.

A new single from 9Bach – LLaw – 101 Mix – is out right now. It’s an exclusive on Bandcamp and sees them on a new stage in their musical journey through collaboration with Andy Gangadeen. He’s an artist with extensive experience working with leading bands, among them, Chase & Status and Lava La Rue (not to mention, although we will, Steve Hogarth of Marillion).

Llaw – 101 Mix is the first opportunity to hear their exciting musical partnership, bringing “powerful big beats and up-tempo grooves” not to mention, although we will, a certain amount of dubby funk to 9Bach’s unique sound.

Live Dates in May – STARTING TODAY!

09/05 – Tafarn Y Plu –  Llanystumdwy

10/05 – FOCUSWales Wrexham –  Llwyn Isaf

06/06  – Neuadd Ogwen – Bethesda

10/06 – The Grace – London

FOR THE RECORD…

The recording process has been different for this new collaboration. 9Bach’s last studio album Anian was recorded live in Real World Studios, but the new material has been recorded by Lisa, Martin & Andy in different cottages around North Wales, with Andy’s mobile 101 Studio, Sdiwdio 9Bach in Bethesda and Andy’s 101 Studio’s in Bow, with Mirain & Dan adding sparkle from their home studios in London and Cardiff.

The new material draws deeply from Lisa and Martin’s personal roots in the acid house movement of the ’80s and ’90s. It was an amazing time of togetherness. Although Martin and Lisa didn’t know each other then, they both connect on a level where those powerful beats of a London warehouse party or rave in a North Wales quarry puts them both back in that joyful place of freedom and euphoric pulse to move your body. It’s a powerful energy they crave to relive through their own music

9Bach stand as one of Wales’ most visionary bands, establishing themselves as a unique creative force on the music scene. Led by Lisa Jên Brown, they have broken new ground by combining Welsh musical heritage with contemporary sounds.

Here’s a throwback to when we caught the band at The Met in 2019

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