Yn 2006, fe fentrodd dau fachgen ysgol entrepreneur-aidd o Wynedd i fyd rheoli a chyhoeddi cerddoriaeth. Dylanwadwyd eu penderfyniad ar ôl cyfarfod cerddor gwerin Cymraeg a oedd yn gweithio o dan yr enw ‘Alun Tan Lan’ a gynigodd y byddai rhyddhau eu cerddoriaeth gwreiddiol ar eu label ei hunain “yn gwneud killing” iddyn nhw.
Dros ddeg mlynedd yn ddiweddarach mae’r label yn parhau i fodoli ac wedi goroesi fiasco breindaliadau Cymreig, dwy dir-wasgiad Prydeinig, tymor cyfan o arweiniad Geidwadol a bron i dymor cyfan o seren teledu realiti Americanaidd yn arlywydd.
Heddiw, wrth i sefyllfa breindaliadau Cymreig barhau i osod sylfaen anesmwyth i fyd cerddoriaeth Gymreig, mae’r label yn gwasanaethu fel allbwn i fyfyrdodau cerddorol Gruff ab Arwel a Dafydd Owain.
In 2006, two sixteen-year-old amateur entrepreneurial school-boys from Gwynedd ventured into the world of record label management. Their decision was influenced after a chance encounter with a Welsh folk artist by the name of ‘Alun Tan Lan’ whom suggested that releasing their own original music through their own record label would “make them a killing”.
The record label has since survived a Welsh language royalty fiasco, two UK-based financial recessions, a full term of Conservative power and nearly another term of an American reality TV star as president.
Today, with royalties continuing to dwindle and surrounded with a general aura of “it’s not like it used to be”, the label serves its purpose as an outlet for the musical day-dreams of Gruff ab Arwel and Dafydd Owain.