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Sain (Welsh for Audio, Welsh pronunciation: [saɪn]), in full – Sain (Recordiau) Cyf. (Audio (Records) Ltd) is a Welsh record label, which took part in the Welsh folk revival. Sain was founded in Cardiff in 1969 by singers and songwriters Dafydd Iwan and Huw Jones, and businessman Brian Morgan Edwards, as a home for Welsh-language rock and folk music, which was otherwise finding it difficult to 'break through' in the UK market. Sain is regarded as being the first Welsh record company to be self-sufficient in terms of independence from other British companies, and laid the foundation for subsequent Welsh labels.The company released its first single in October 1969, Huw Jones' "Dŵr" (Welsh for Water), a song about the drowning of the Tryweryn Valley, in the north of Wales, to form Llyn Celyn reservoir. Many of the company's early releases were recorded at the Rockfield Studios in Monmouthshire. In the early 1970s Sain moved to the Caernarfon area, and opened their first recording studio in 1975 near Llandwrog. Musicians who have recorded for the label include Meic Stevens, Geraint Jarman and Bryn Terfel.Today Sain remains the biggest producer of music of Wales, covering traditional, folk, rock, pop, hip-hop, rap, country and classical music. The label has several subsidiaries including Crai, which was founded in 1988 and has released music by Yr Anhrefn, Mike Peters and Big Leaves, as well as a series of Crai Tecno compilations featuring Welsh dance music artists.Rasal Cyf. is the latest label, and this signs young Welsh bands. Maartin Allcock has produced many Sain albums. The label's Chief Executive is Dafydd Roberts, the harp and flute player of the folk band Ar Log.In 2017 Sain released over 7,000 audio clips and 498 album covers under a Creative Commons license. These are available on Wikimedia Commons.
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@_1000so0 | Unknown Album | 3:47 |
All Black Suburban | Unknown Album | 3:01 |
Alone | Unknown Album | 3:25 |
Anointed | Unknown Album | 3:07 |
Asura balbalta | Unknown Album | 3:03 |
Behind the mask | Unknown Album | 1:42 |
Blessing/Intro (feat. Nhlaka Canvas) | Unknown Album | 3:53 |
Blockin | Unknown Album | 3:15 |
Canto das Baixas | Unknown Album | 4:41 |
Champion | Unknown Album | 3:41 |
Change December | Unknown Album | 2:46 |
Cicatrizes | Unknown Album | 3:15 |
DSS : Tempus Omnia Sanat - Tempus Omnia Sanat | Unknown Album | 3:51 |
Dark Chocolate [Bonus Track Version] | Unknown Album | 3:22 |
Dark chocolate | Unknown Album | 3:22 |
Day 1 | Unknown Album | 2:26 |
Dazed(Unmastered) | Unknown Album | 2:33 |
Deixa a Luz Baixa | Unknown Album | 3:31 |
Demanda | Unknown Album | 2:35 |
Depressed Generation | Unknown Album | 2:58 |
Disaster 1 | Unknown Album | 2:34 |
EsCApE | Unknown Album | 2:34 |
Fei Niao | Unknown Album | 2:04 |
Fei Niao : (Fan Mo Li )_Say Goodbye To My Memories - The Maze | Unknown Album | 3:11 |
Fine | Unknown Album | 3:53 |
For you | Unknown Album | 3:00 |
Future | Unknown Album | 3:05 |
Grateful | Unknown Album | 2:58 |
Habanero | Unknown Album | 3:03 |
Highteen Error [Short Version] | Unknown Album | 3:52 |
Homeless | Unknown Album | 2:43 |
In The Night | Unknown Album | 3:26 |
Lendas | Unknown Album | 3:05 |
Life After Death | Unknown Album | 2:19 |
Lifr After Death(Part2) | Unknown Album | 3:05 |
Lite Work | Unknown Album | 2:13 |
Maze II | Unknown Album | 3:41 |
Menage à Trois | Unknown Album | 3:29 |
More Liquor | Unknown Album | 2:14 |
Piei Brotei | Unknown Album | 3:21 |
Poetas No Topo 2 | Unknown Album | 8:43 |
Quarter | Unknown Album | 2:53 |
Record 051-2 | Unknown Album | 2:09 |
Rectify | Unknown Album | 3:29 |
Reunião | Unknown Album | 3:53 |
SMILE | Unknown Album | 3:02 |
Save me | Unknown Album | 3:03 |
Save me + Quarter | Unknown Album | 5:54 |
Sem Colete | Unknown Album | 2:40 |
Set Dj Br da Tijuca 2 | Unknown Album | 7:12 |
Sherry | Unknown Album | 3:36 |
Silver Dream | Unknown Album | 3:09 |
Sphelele | Unknown Album | 3:13 |
Story Of Luu (feat. Lethu Nkwanyana) | Unknown Album | 3:05 |
Sway Garden | Unknown Album | 1:54 |
This Far (feat. Nhlaka Canvass & Melva) | Unknown Album | 3:43 |
Tranquilo e Calmo | Unknown Album | 2:43 |
Vivência Maldita | Unknown Album | 2:22 |
Zulu Queen | Unknown Album | 3:18 |
adeuria | Unknown Album | 2:24 |
tuhon | Unknown Album | 5:20 |
yeojeonhi | Unknown Album | 3:58 |
Álcool e Seus Olhos Azuis | Unknown Album | 4:48 |
넋두리, 방랑 | Unknown Album | 5:08 |
백일몽 | Unknown Album | 3:28 |
봄날이 왔다 | Unknown Album | 2:41 |
해로운 새 | Unknown Album | 2:54 |
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