AN ABERYSTWYTH Welsh-language music duo have been selected out of hundreds of artists and groups across Wales to receive mentoring from “trendsetters” in the industry.

Former Ysgol Penweddig schoolmates Gwion James, 22, and Steffan Woodruff, 23, formed the electronic music group Roughion in 2014 and were last week announced as one of only 12 artists and groups to be selected by a panel of experts out of more than 200 applicants across Wales.

Also to be named as one of the Horizon 12 artists is Danielle Lewis, the folk-pop singer from New Quay.

Currently in its third year, the Horizons project — a partnership between BBC Cymru Wales and the Arts Council of Wales — is a unique showcase of new, independent contemporary music in Wales, supporting and promoting emerging Welsh music talent to wider audiences.

“It is a great opportunity,” said Gwion, who studied theatre, television and drama studies at Aberystwyth University.

“We have been making music now for two years, trying to create Welsh-language electronic music one genre at a time so that Welsh-language people have no excuses not to listen to us.”

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