Florence and the Machine

Enw recordio cerddorol Florence Welch, ac amryw o gerddorion sy'n cydweithio ar y gerddoriaeth cefndirol i'w llais, ydy Florence and the Machine. Disgrifir sain Florence and the Machine yn gyffredinol fel roc annibynnol sydd wedi ei ysbrydoli gan "Soul". Mae ei cherddoriaeth wedi derbyn clod ar draws y cyfryngau cerddoriaeth, yn enwedig gan y BBC a chwaraeodd ran allweddeddoll yng nghodiad Florence and the Machine i amlygrwydd gan ei hybu fel rhan o BBC Introducing. Arweiniodd hyn at y band yn chwarae mewn nifer o wyliau cerddoriaeth yn 2008, gan gynnwys Glastonbury a Gŵyl Reading a Leeds a T in the Park. Albwm cyntaf y band oedd Lungs, rhyddhawyd ar 6 Gorffennaf 2009, a bu yn yr ail safle yn y siartiau am ei bum wythnos cyntaf, tu ôl i Michael Jackson. Mae'r albwm wedi bod yn 40 uchaf y siartiau Prydeinig am 26 wythnos yn ganlynol.

 Florence Welch 
Ganwyd Florence Leontine Mary Welch ar 28 Awst 1986 yn Llundain yn ferch i Evelyn Welch, Athro Astudiaethau'r Dadeni a Deon Academaidd y Celfyddydau ym Mhrifysgol Llundain y Frenhines Mary, sydd hefyd yn awdures a chynt yn Studio 54, a Nick Welch, sy'n gweithio ym maes hysbysebu. Mae Welch wedi derbyn diagnosis o dyslecsia a dysmetria. Dywed Welch y buasai'n hoffi cael gyrfa tebyg i PJ Harvey a Björk sy'n "creu stwff newydd a cyffrous yn gyson". Canfyddodd Welch gysur yng ngerddoriaeth pan oedd yn 13 oed, yn enwedig Hole, Nirvana, Green Day, Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, The Velvet Underground a Celine Dion. Bu hefyd yn gantores ym mandiau'r Toxic Cockroaches ac Ashok pan oedd yn ei harddegau, ond ymddeolodd o'i chytundeb gyda Ashok oherwydd nad oedd yn teimlo mai hwn oedd y band cywir iddi hi.

 The Machine 
Yn ôl Welch dechreuodd yr enw Florence and the Machine fel jôc. Roedd hi'n gwneud cerddoriaeth gyda ffrind o dan yr enwau Isabella Machine a Florence Robot. Tua awr cyn ei gig cyntaf, doedd dal ddim enw ganddi, felly penderfynodd ar "Florence Robot is a Machine", cyn sylweddoli fod yr enw mor hir buasai'n ei gwneud hi'n wallgo. Yn 2006, dechreuodd perfformiadau Welch mewn llefydd bychain yn Llundain dan yr enw "Florence Robot is a Machine"  dynnu sylw.

The Machine yw band cyfeiliant Florence, mae'n cynnwys sawl cerddor, gan gynnwys Devonte Hynes gynt (Lightspeed Champion a Test Icicles). Yr aelodau presennol yw Robert Ackroyd (gîtar), Christopher Lloyd Hayden (drymiau), Isabella Summers ('Isabella Machine') (allweddellau), Mark Saunders (gîtar fas) a Tom Monger (telyn)."Dog Days Are Over", sengl CD Chwaraeodd Johnny Borrell o'r band Razorlight yr allweddellau am gyfnod, a bu Ritch Mitchell o'r Dogs ar y drymiau.

Caiff Florence and the Machine eu rheoli gan Mairead Nash o'r Queens of Noize. Penderfynodd Nash reoli'r band wedi i Welch ei llusgo i'r toiledau yn feddw, a chanu "Somethings Got A Hold On Me" gan Etta James iddi, yn ystod noson clwb Nash.

 Lungs (2009) 
Rhyddhaodd Florence and the Machine eu albwm cyntaf Lungs yn y Deyrnas Unedig ar 6 Gorffennaf 2009. Rhyddhawyd yr albwm yn swyddogol gyda'r ban yn chwarae set yn y Rivoli Ballroom yn Brockley, de ddwyrain Llundain. Cyrhaeddodd yr albwm yr ail safle yn siartiau'r Deyrnas Uneidg a safle 13 yn Ewrop. Erbyn 6 Awst roedd yr albwm wedi gwerthu dros 100,000 copi yn y Deyrnas Unedig ac erbyn 10 Awst roedd wedi bod yn ail yn y siart am bump wythnos yn ganlynol. Yn dilyn rhyddhad yr albwm ar gyfer ei lawrlwytho yn yr Unol Daleithiau ar 25 Gorffennaf 2009 gan fynd yn syth i safle 17 yn siart "Heatseekers" Billboard . Rhyddhawyd yr albwm yn gorfforol yn yr Unol Daleithiau ar 20 Hydref gan Island Records.

Cynhyrchwyd yr albwm gan James Ford a Paul Epworth. Much of the material on the album was written as reaction to what turned out to be a temporary break-up with Welch's current boyfriend. Welch says "He prefers me not to talk about it. It's funny then singing about it."

The debut single was "Kiss with a Fist". The song was used in the soundtrack of the film Jennifer's Body. The follow-up single "Dog Days Are Over" was recorded with no instruments in a studio the "size of a loo".Florence & The Machine win a Brit BBC 12 December, 2008 The next singles were "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" and then "Drumming Song". Recently Florence and the Machine filmed a video for her cover of Candi Staton's "You Got The Love".

In January, "Hurricane Drunk" was announced as the fifth single from the album.
Ail albwm
Bydd y band yn dechrau recordio eu hail albwm ym mis Ionawr 2010.

Ym mis Hydref 2009, aeth offer ac offerynau'r band ar dân tra oeddent ar daith. Dywedodd Welch "It was dreadful, but we recorded the sound of the burning [instruments] to use as inspiration for our next album".
 Touring 
Florence and the Machine burst onto the London scene playing a handful of gigs in and around London for the likes of The Lock Tavern, Blue Flowers and Filthy Few.http://www.myspace.com/filthyfewuk 

Florence and the Machine were part of the 2009 Shockwaves NME Awards tour. Welch said that she planned a "pretty theatrical" performance. Welch was planning to bring "as many weird clothes" as possible with the idea of deciding what to wear before going on stage.

The group played the Concerts for Teenage Cancer Trust charity event at the Royal Albert Hall in March 2009.. Florence and The Machine supported Blur for their 26 June comeback performance at the MEN Arena in Manchester.Blur sign-up Klaxons and Florence and The Machine for Manchester NME 3 April, 2009 They played at the Lovebox festival this July 18 and 19. In July 2009, the group was supporting Duran Duran.

The group performed at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival, Reading and Leeds festival, Electric Picnic in County Laois, Ireland and the T in the Park festival.Neil Young and Blur confirmed for Glastonbury NME 9 March, 2009Exclusive: The Saturdays join bill for T in the Park Glasgow Daily Record 9 March, 2009 

On the 27 October the group played its first official New York City show and appeared on the television programmes Late Night With David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

Welch has stated although she would like to tour the United States she is fearful of becoming homesick due to the length of time it would take to tour the country.Florence Welch 'fears US homesickness'Digital Spy 28 November, 2009

On December 5, Florence recorded a three song acoustic performance with guitar and harp for the RTÉ show Other Voices in a small venue on the Dingle Peninsula in Kerry, Ireland . The performance was recorded in a separate venue to the main show due to the artist having other tour commitments in Cork, Ireland.Other Voices Blog post Detailing Florence's set'Other Voices Website

On New Year's Eve 2009, the group appeared on the pre-recorded New Year's Eve celebration show Hootenanny. On the show, they performed "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" and "Dog Days Are Over". Welch then performed a cover of "My Baby Just Cares for Me" with Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.

 Critical acclaim 
In early 2008 Welch was interviewed by London events website Run-Riot.com http://run-riot.com/florence-welch-and-the-machine-interview-patrick-hussey. As well as the attention from the BBC they have received a large amount of support from NME magazine who included them in their annual NME Awards Tour for 2009. They supported White Lies, Friendly Fires and Glasvegas on the tour. The Times described her as "the most peculiar and most highly acclaimed female singer of the moment" and "the latest in a line of great English pop eccentrics". Allmusic described Lungs as "one of the most musically mature and emotionally mesmerizing albums of 2009".Allmusic Lungs ReviewSpin Magazine gave Lungs four out of five possible stars and wrote, "You’ve gotta hand it to the girl: She always makes you feel something" . The magazine named the album as the 8th best of 2009.The 40 Best Albums of 2009 Spin Magazine

She appeared on the front cover of The Guide subsection to The Guardian. Florence collected the Critics' Choice Award at the Brit Awards in February 2009. Florence and the Machine came third in the BBC's Sound of 2009http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7766429.stm In 2009 she covered Beyoncé's song "Halo" on the BBC1 Live Lounge; host Jo Whiley stated that it was one of the best covers they have ever had in the Live Lounge.

 Awards 

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|rowspan="9"| 2009 ||rowspan="1"| Florence and the Machine || The Brits Critics' Choice section || 
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|| Florence and the Machine || BBC Sound of 2009 || 
3rd Place
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|| Lungs || Mercury Prize || 
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|| Florence and the Machine || Studio8's Female Voice of July 2009 || 
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|| "Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" || Studio8 Song of July 2009 || 
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|| Florence and the Machine || MTV EMA's Best UK and Ireland New Act || 
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||  Florence and the Machine || Q Awards Best Breakthrough Artist || 
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||  "Drumming Song" || Q Awards Best Video Trophy || 
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||  Lungs || Q Awards Best Album Award || 
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||  2009 || Florence and the Machine || UK Festival Awards 2009 Best Breakthrough Act || 
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Disgograffi
Albymau stiwdio
 Blwyddyn Albwm Safle uchaf y siart Tystysgrif UK IRL NZ AUS US BEL NOR NTD 2009 Lungs
 Rhyddhawyd: 6 Gorffennaf 2009
 Genre: Pop annibynnol
 Label: Island Records 2 1 36 16 179 14 36 37UK: Platinum2011Ceremonials2015How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful2018High as Hope2022Dance Fever2025Everybody Scream

Senglau
 Blwyddyn Sengl Safle uchaf y siart AlbwmUKIRLNZBEL2008"Kiss with a Fist" 51 — — —Lungs"Dog Days Are Over" 89 — — —2009"Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" 12 42 — 50"Drumming Song" 54 — — —"You've Got the Love" 13 21 50 —2010"Hurricane Drunk" — — — — Mae "—" yn dynodi senglau na aeth i'r siart neu na ryddhawyd yn y wlad honno.

Other charted songs
Year Song Peak chartpositions AlbumUK IRL2009"Cosmic Love""Cosmic Love enters Irish singles chart at #3" . chart-track.com. Retrieved 22 July 2009. — 3Lungs

EPs
 A Lot of Love. A Lot of Blood (28 April 2009, 12") 

Music videos
YearVideoDirector2008"Kiss with a Fist"Price James"Dog Days Are Over"Tom Beard2009"Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)"Tom & Tabitha"Drumming Song"Dawn Shadforth"You've Got the Love" Tom & Tabitha

Cyfeiriadau

Dolenni Allanol

Gwefan swyddogol
Safle MySpace Florence
BBC Artist page
Cyfweliad 2008, Run-Riot
NME Artists page
Florence and the Machine, cyfweliad God Is In The TV Zine
Cyfweliad Nick Welsh, The Daily Mail
Erthygl Dazed Digital ar fideo'r gân Drumming Song
Lluniau Florence ar gyfer Dummymag.com, Awst 2009 
Florence & The Machine live, review at Manchester Academy
Cyfweliad gyda cylchgrawn Hearty 

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