The Soda Men

Ayres met Stew. Then they met Mike. Then along came Tomo. We think.

Chronology is vague on all this to be honest but, if you're keen to

pursue matters, it's all documented in the 'Ancient Historie Of Ye

Soda Menne' which is tucked away somewhere in the British Library buried

under an intimidating veneer of genuine medieval dust. There you'll

find details about their fave colours, what kind of girls they like

and what's their fave food (it's baked beans by the way). You'll also

hear how they recorded their two albums 'Moon' and 'Musicassette' in

Cardiff and at the illustrious home of valve technology Toerag

Studios in London (using the very same mixing desk used on 'Revolver'. No

really).



Cafodd y Soda Men eu ffurfio gan Iolo Morgannwg yn 1895 a mae rhai ysgolheigion yn honi mai fe oedd gitarydd gwreiddiol y band- yn chwarae gigs achlysurol hefo’r grwp pan oedd ei bartner arferol (Dafydd Iwan) ddim yn rhy brysur. Yn 1916 mi wnaeth Lloyd George ymuno a’r band am un albwm ar y bongos ond doedd hi ddim yn hit hefo beirniad roc Y Cymro. ‘Sal iawn’, oedd ei farn. ‘Sal iawn iawn iawn i ddeud y gwir. Yn enwedig y bongos’. Cynan oedd lead singer y band yn ystod y pumpdegau a wedyn, mewn dipyn o ‘scoop’ gan eu rheolwr (Arfon Haines Davies) ddoth Dafydd Wigley on board i chwara’r moog. ‘Sal iawn’, oedd dyfarniad Y Cymro. ‘Yn enwedig y moog’. Rwan ma’r lein up gwreiddiol wedi penderfynnu rhoi gora i celebrities a ma nhw wedi recordio ei EP cynta i Fflach (i’w rhyddhau cyn y Dolig). Dos na ddim bongos na moog tro ma. Jyst gobeithio fydd critic Y Cymro yn cael ei blesio eh?



'Musicassette' is available from Spillers Records in Cardiff



Mae ‘Musicassette dal ar gael o Spillers yng Nghaerdydd. Prynwch hi’r diawliad!