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7 inch vinyl single
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
7 inch single on black vinyl in picture sleeve, small hole
Includes unlimited streaming of She's In L.A. (featuring Young Gun Silver Fox)
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Birthed in Brazil and cultivated in Cymru, Rio 18 is an international collective formed by songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Carwyn Ellis after his first visit to South America in 2018 as a touring member of the Pretenders.
This vibrant project has brought together a collection of brilliant personnel as talented as they are varied, coming from Wales, Brazil, Venezuela, the USA, France, England and beyond - each of whom being compelling artists in their own right. After three albums as Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18, all of which bearing their trademark tropical tunes sung in Welsh, Carwyn has stepped back from the mic to focus on showcasing the group’s other members, alongside collaborations with some of the magical friends they’ve made along the way.
First up: Young Gun Silver Fox, featuring velvet voiced Andy Platts (also of Mama’s Gun) and Shawn Lee, the platinum polymath who has played on and co-produced many of Rio 18’s records right since the get go. Together with Rio 18 they deliver a new flavour of lowriding Californian funk, telling a story about the joy of finding a new life in the City Of Angels, the metropolis by the sea. And it’s a BANGER!
There’s more to come so watch this space....
credits
released June 2, 2023
Written by Carwyn Ellis
Produced by Carwyn Ellis, Shawn Lee, Andy Platts & Pierre Duplan
Engineered and programmed by Pierre Duplan & David Page
Mixed by Kassin
Mastered by Andrea de Bernardi
Andy Platts - vocals
Shawn Lee - drums and percussion
Carwyn Ellis - keyboards, guitars and bass
Jim Hunt - flute