Welsh-language electronica project
Prosiect electronica Cymraeg
About Us
Chwalaw is a Welsh-language folk-electronica project formed by Welsh singer-songwriter Efa Supertramp and Cardiff-based producer Nick Ronin with collaborators Izzy Rabey, Cerys Hafana, Paul Geigerzähler, Kollektiw Wakuum and Oud Resists.
Ahead of the debut album, their most recent release ‘Y Goriad’ featured four new songs produced in early 2026 with regular collaborators Cerys and Izzy along with Palestinian oud player Oud Resists. With most of the team now resident in Splott, east Cardiff, the entire EP was recorded and mixed in the area and fuses Welsh triple-harp with oud and strains of hip-hop and electronica. The EP garnered radio play on BBC Radio Wales, including a full play through by Rhys Mwyn.
In recent years, Chwalaw took part in a project with musicians in Germany who speak the minority-language Sorbian. This manifested as two songwriting residencies and a series of gigs in the Sorbian region. The project birthed severals single and music videos featuring violin from Berlin-based virtuoso Geigerzähler.
The project began with ‘Diflanu’, a remote-collaboration Welsh-language electronica single released in August 2021 with harp and additional composition by Cerys. The single was voted number 4 on Siart Amgen (alternative chart) 2021 BBC Radio Cymru (Wales).
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releases
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MEHEFIN BRAF – SINGLE
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y goriad – 4 track ep FEATURING IZZY RABEY, CERYS HAFANA + OUD RESISTS
“Typically genre-melting, uncompromising, defiant, uncategorisable”
Adam Walton – BBC Radio Wales
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gigs
WE ARE BASED IN CARDIFF, WALES – MESSAGE US if you can offer us a gig
16.05.25 – Hoyerswerda, GERMANY
At the end of a second music-making residency in the Sorbian region of Gemany we performed a showcase concert
with our friends from Kollektiv Wakkum and other local musicians.
01.10.22 – CARDIFF, UK
For what is a welsh language project, we finally had our first gig in Wales – supporting NoGood Boyo in Cardiff.
7-11.09.22 – SORBIAN SPEAKING REGION OF GERMANY + BERLIN
As the continuation of our Arts Council Wales funded residency, we returned to the Sorbian speaking region of Germany for five nights of gigs, finishing up in Berlin.
30.04.22 – COTTBUS, GERMANY
22.04.22 – BERLIN, GERMANY
Whilst in Germany for our artist residency in the Sorbian region’s capital Cottbus, we played some more shows with our violinst Geigerzähler.
16.04.22 at Crux – in London, UK
As part of our new project (funded by Arts Council Wales) that fuses the sounds, ideas and artistry of contemporary Welsh and Sorbian language musicians we created some initial songs with virtuoso punk-violinist Paul Geigerzähler whilst we were temporarily living in Berlin. Paul joined us in London for the first ever live performance from Chwalaw.