Gorwel Owen
Gorwel Owen is a Welsh producer and musician who has played a key role in the Welsh musical world since the early 1980s. His work was acknowledged through the Special Contribution Award from Y Selar magazine in 2025. He also co-writes, records and performs with his wife, the poet Fiona Owen; their third album Releasing Birds was released in 2015 via their label Yamoosh!.
Gorwel Owen
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- 1959
- Occupation
- record producer · composer
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Gorwel Owen is a Welsh producer and musician who has played a key role in the Welsh musical world since the early 1980s. His work was acknowledged through the Special Contribution Award from Y Selar magazine in 2025. He also co-writes, records and performs with his wife, the poet Fiona Owen; their third album Releasing Birds was released in 2015 via their label Yamoosh!.
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His work encompasses many styles of music, with a tendency towards the experimental, but also with strong connections to various traditions, including songs and historical ballads, free improvisation, composition and sound installation.
• Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic, 1996 - co-producer • Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Barafundle, 1997 - co-producer • Super Furry Animals - Radiator, 1997 - co-producer • Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Gorky 5, 1998 - co-producer • Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - The Blue Trees, 1997 - co-producer • Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Spanish Dance Troupe, 1999 - co-producer • Super Furry Animals - Mwng, 2000 - co-producer • Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - How I Long to Feel That Summer in My Heart, 2001 - co-producer • Pondman - In Between, 2002 - co-writer and performer • Euros Childs - Chops, 2006 - co-producer • Hwyl Nofio - Hounded by Fury, 2006 - performer • Fiona & Gorwel Owen - Spring Always Comes, 2008 - co-writer and performer • Gruff Rhys - Hotel Shampoo, 2010 - co-producer • Fiona & Gorwel Owen Releasing Birds (Yamoosh!), 2015 - co-writer and performer • Gwenno Le Kov (Heavenly), 2018 - engineer • Llio Rhydderch Sir Fôn Bach (Fflach), 2019 - engineer • Steve Eaves Y dal yn dynn, y tynnu’n rhydd (Sain), 2019 - co-producer • Gorwel Owen Craig y Llew (Ofn), 2025 - writer and performer • Melys Second Wind (Sylem), 2025 - mixing engineer • Fiona & Gorwel Owen Hela'r Dryw (Ofn), 2025 - arranger and performer
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