Editing Dafydd Ieuan

{{Short description|Welsh drummer}}
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{{distinguish|text=the folk singer and politician [[Dafydd Iwan]]}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Dafydd Ieuan
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| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1969|3|1|df=y}}
| birth_place     = [[Bangor, Gwynedd]], Wales
| origin          = [[Cardiff]], Wales
| genre           = [[Alternative rock]], [[hard rock]], [[pop rock]]
| occupation      = Drummer
| associated_acts = [[Gruff Rhys]], [[Ffa Coffi Pawb]], [[Super Furry Animals]], [[The Peth]], [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]], The Earth
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'''Dafydd Ieuan''' (born 1 March 1969)<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/superfurryanimals/pages/dafydd_ieuan.shtml| title=Dafydd Ieuan biography|access-date=9 November 2007|publisher=BBC}}</ref> is a Welsh musician, best known as the drummer with the band [[Super Furry Animals]], [[The Peth]] and The Earth.<ref>{{cite web|last=Powell|first=David|title=Super Furry Animals back on tour|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/find-things-to-do/super-furry-animals-back-tour-2864911|work=Daily Post|access-date=24 May 2014|date=14 September 2007}}</ref>

Ieuan played with [[Gruff Rhys]] in their early band [[Ffa Coffi Pawb]]. He was a drummer for Welsh band [[Catatonia (band)|Catatonia]] from 1993 to 1996, recording on their early singles and debut album ''[[Way Beyond Blue]]'' (1996). During the same period, Super Furry Animals formed and Ieuan left Catatonia to focus on them.<ref>{{cite book|last=Owens|first=David|title=Cerys, Catatonia and the Rise Of Welsh Pop|date=2011|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781448116362}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Elfyn|first=Bethan|title=Pre-Cool Cymru: the pioneering bands|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/posts/Pre-Cool-Cymru-the-pioneering-bands|work=BBC Wales|date=9 July 2013|access-date=16 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Peter|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|date=2003|publisher=Rough Guide, Penguin|location=London|isbn=1843531054|pages=1034–1035|edition=3rd}}<!--|access-date=18 May 2014|last=Hill|first=Sarah|title=Blerwytirhwng?: The Place of Welsh Pop Music|date=September 2007|publisher=Ashgate|location=Cardiff, Wales|isbn=978-0-7546-5898-6|page=200}}--><!--|access-date=18 May 2014|last=Yates|first=Henry|title=6 career defining records of SFA's Dafydd Ieuan|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/6-career-defining-records-of-sfas-dafydd-ieuan-235271|work=Music Radar (from Rhythm Magazine)|publisher=Future|access-date=23 May 2014|date=2 February 2010}}--></ref>

Ieuan runs the Cardiff-based label and recording studio Strangetown Records with brother [[Cian Ciaran]] and Mick Hilton. With Ciaran, he was awarded by BAFTA Wales 2011 for Original Music for the S4C drama ''Pen Talar'' filmed by Fiction Factory.<ref>{{cite web|title=BAFTA Cymru|date=29 May 2011|url=http://www.bafta.org/wales/awards/2011-bafta-cymru-awards,1770,BA.html#jump180|publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref>

Ieuan released ''The Golden Mile'' with [[The Peth]] ("The Thing" in [[Welsh language|Welsh]]) in 2008, with Welsh actor [[Rhys Ifans]] on vocals. A second album, ''Crystal Peth'' has been recorded but has yet to be released.<ref>{{cite web|last=Abrams|first=Jonny|title=Interview: The Earth|url=http://rocksucker.co.uk/2013/06/interview-the-earth.html|work=Rocksucker|publisher=Sinton Media Limited|access-date=23 May 2014|date=11 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518134047/http://rocksucker.co.uk/2013/06/interview-the-earth.html|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> With DJ and rapper Rashid "Wibidi" Omar, he recorded and produced music under the band name Wibidi. In 2013, he recorded with The Earth (band), with guitarist Mark Roberts (formerly of [[Catatonia]]), bassist Tristan Marley and vocalist Dionne Bennett.<ref>{{cite web|last=Owens|first=David|title=Former Catatonia guitarist Mark Roberts returns with new project The Earth|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/former-catatonia-guitarist-mark-roberts-2028977|publisher=WalesOnline|access-date=23 May 2014|date=13 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Pyke|first=Chris|title=Six Nations: Watch the perfect video to fire you up for Wales' visit to Twickenham|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/six-nations-watch-perfect-video-6781879|publisher=WalesOnline|access-date=23 May 2014|date=6 March 2014}}</ref>

In 2006, Ieuan played drums on [[James Dean Bradfield]]'s first solo album ''[[The Great Western]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yates|first=Henry|title=6 career defining records of SFA's Dafydd Ieuan|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/drums/6-career-defining-records-of-sfas-dafydd-ieuan-235271|work=Music Radar (from Rhythm Magazine)|publisher=Future|access-date=23 May 2014|date=2 February 2010}}</ref> Ieuan produced and drummed on tracks on the forthcoming debut album from Gulp (band) with Super Furry Animals bandmate [[Guto Pryce]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Owens|first=David|title=What the Super Furry Animals did next|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/what-super-furry-animals-next-2029128|publisher=Wales Online|access-date=24 May 2014|date=15 June 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life==

He is musician [[Cian Ciaran]]'s older brother<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> and he has two sisters. His father, Dr. [[Carl Clowes]], [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], was a health consultant, Welsh language campaigner, anti-nuclear campaigner and was the [[Honorary Consul]] in Wales for the African country [[Lesotho]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Henry|first=Graham|title=House where two Super Furry Animals grew up goes on the market|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/house-two-super-furry-animals-2030344|publisher=WalesOnline|access-date=23 May 2014|date=7 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Profile: Volume 17 Number 4: A Passion for Wales and the World|url=http://www.forachange.net/browse/1950.html|work=For a Change|publisher=Initiatives of Change|access-date=23 May 2014|date=1 August 2004}}</ref><ref>[[2012 New Year Honours#Officer of the Order of the British Empire .28OBE.29]]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20141218105849/http://theearthearthearth.com/ The Earth]
* {{IMDb name|1889841}}

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[[Category:Musicians from Cardiff]]
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