Ankst

Ankst wani kamfani mai zaman kansa na rikodin ne daga Wales, da aka kafa a shekarar 1988 a Jami’ar Wales, Aberystwyth ta hannun Alun Llwyd, Gruffudd Jones da Emyr Glyn Williams. Bayan fitar da wasu ƴan rikodin kaset kaɗan, kamfanin ya koma Cardiff inda ya zama babban tushe ga fitattun mawakan Wales, ciki har da Llwybr Llaethog, Super Furry Animals da Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. Littafin Rough Guide to Wales ya bayyana Ankst a matsayin "ɗaya daga cikin mafi yawan fitar da rikodi, iri-iri da ƙirƙira" a cikin kamfanonin rikodi na Wales a shekarun 1990.

Daga 1988 zuwa 1997, Ankst ta fitar da kusan rikodi 80 kafin ta kasu gida biyu a cikin 1997. Ankst Management (wanda Llwyd da Jones ke jagoranta, suna kula da Melys, Super Furry Animals, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Los Campesinos!, The Longcut, da wani lokaci Cerys Matthews) da kuma Ankstmusik, sashin rikodi wanda Williams ke gudanarwa daga gidansa da ke Pentraeth a Anglesey, inda ya mayar da gareji zuwa ofis da ɗakin ajiya. Ankst ta ci gaba da kasancewa bisa akidar ƙaramin kasafin kuɗi da rashin neman riba, a lokacin da sashen 'Arts' a Wales ya faɗa ƙarƙashin ikon kamfanoni da kuma tallafin gwamnati. A jimlace, kamfanin ya fitar da fiye da rikodi 170 daga kungiyoyi da mawaƙa daban-daban, kamar Tystion, Ectogram, Zabrinski, Rheinallt H Rowlands, MC Mabon da Wendykurk.

Ankst ta fara aikin shirya fina-finai a cikin shekarun 2000, inda ta saki fim ɗin Y Lleill wanda ya ci kyautar Bafta a shekarar 2005.

Alun Llwyd yana kuma gudanar da kamfanin rikodi mai zaman kansa da ke Cardiff, mai suna Turnstile, tare da Kevin Tame, inda suka wallafa wa Perfume Genius, Christopher Owens, Gruff Rhys, Cate Le Bon da wasu. Yanzu shine babban darakta a kamfanin PR/rarraba na Pyst.

Emyr 'Ankst' Williams ya rasu a gidansa da ke Pentraeth a ranar 17 ga Janairu 2023, yana karɓar magani kan cutar daji. Yana da shekaru 57.

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