Cian Ciaran

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Welsh musician (born 1976)

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Field	Value
name	Cian Ciarán
image	Cian Ciaran Summersonic 2008.jpg
caption	Cian Ciarán performing with Super Furry Animals at the Summer Sonic Festival, Tokyo, Japan on 10 August 2008.
birth_date
birth_place	Bangor, Wales
instrument	Keyboards
guitar
backing vocals
drums
occupation	Musician, songwriter, producer
associated_acts	Super Furry Animals
Acid Casuals
Paps
Kirkland
Wilding
Zefur Wolves
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| name = Cian Ciarán | image = Cian Ciaran Summersonic 2008.jpg | caption = Cian Ciarán performing with Super Furry Animals at the Summer Sonic Festival, Tokyo, Japan on 10 August 2008. | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = Bangor, Wales | instrument = Keyboards guitar backing vocals drums | occupation = Musician, songwriter, producer | associated_acts = Super Furry Animals Acid Casuals Paps Kirkland Wilding Zefur Wolves

Cian Ciarán (born 16 June 1976) is a Welsh musician best known as the keyboard player in the band Super Furry Animals. In addition to keyboards, he plays guitar and drums and sings, and is a songwriter, composer and producer.

Career

Cian was born in Bangor, Wales. Prior to the formation of Super Furry Animals, he played in the electronica groups Wwzz and Aros Mae. He has been a member of techno collective Acid Casuals and is currently producing under the names Paps, Kirkland and as himself. He has guested with, produced and mixed several artists, including Kaiser Chiefs, Mogwai, and Manic Street Preachers.

His first solo single "Martina Franca", was released in June 2012, with the full album, Outside In, released in July 2012 on Strangetown Records. Ciarán's second solo album, They Are Nothing Without Us, was released in 2013.

In 2013 and 2014 Ciarán took part in several anti-nuclear and pro-clean energy protests, including a solo performance at the top of a wind turbine in Norfolk in September 2013. In 2013, he travelled to Fukushima, Japan to witness the devastation from the nuclear power plant meltdown in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. He appeared as a guest on the Channel 5 programme The Wright Stuff in 2013 to discuss his views.

Ciarán is also label manager for SomBom and Strangetown Records. As part of Strange Village, a television production company, Cian and his brother Dafydd Ieuan were presented with a BAFTA Cymru Award for the soundtrack to Pen Talar, and were nominated for awards in 2012 for Alys and 2013 for Gerallt.

Personal life

Cian's brother is musician Dafydd Ieuan and he also has two sisters. His father, Dr. Carl Iwan Clowes OBE, was an anti-nuclear campaigner, health consultant and official consulate in Wales for African country Lesotho. His mother's name is Dorothi. Cian's partner is musician Estelle Ios. The two lead the band Zefur Wolves, while Ios is also a member of the group Baby Queens, which Cian manages as part of Strangetown Records.

Campaigner

In September 2018, Ciaran launched a legal challenge against the decision by EDF to dredge mud from the seabed near the Hinkley Point C building site in Somerset, and dump it in the Bristol Channel near Cardiff Bay. On behalf of the Campaign Against Hinkley Mud Dumping, he submitted an application for an interim injunction against the dumping.

Discography

Solo albums

Outside In (2012) Dell'Orso Records
They Are Nothing Without Us (2013) Strangetown Records
Rhys a Meinir (2016) Strangetown Records
20 Millisieverts Per Year (2018) Strangetown Records

Acid Casuals

"Omni" (2006) Placid Casual Recordings

Ciaran & Wilding

"Missing Her" / "Stuck in the Middle" (singles, 2014) Strangetown Records

Filmography

2000 Beautiful Mistake (Camgymeriad Gwych) (with Super Furry Animals) (himself) 2004 9 Songs (with Super Furry Animals) (himself)

References

"Cian Ciaran biography". BBC.
(6 June 2011). "Medieval marketing: a winner for Kaiser Chiefs' return".
Stratton, edited by Andy Bennett, Jon. (2010). "Britpop and the English music tradition". Ashgate.
(13 May 2014). "Manic Street Preachers stream new song 'Europa Geht Durch Mich' – listen". IPC Media.
[https://www.nme.com/news/super-furry-animals/71524 Super Furry Animals' Cian Ciaran announces release of second solo album], NME
(15 December 2013). "Rock star Cian Ciaran speaks of his fears over the building of a nuclear energy plant in Wales". WalesOnline.
Adam Vaughan. (25 September 2013). "Super Furry Animals' keyboardist to perform atop wind turbine". The Guardian.
(26 September 2013). "Super Furry Animals' Cian Ciaran plays wind turbine protest gig". BBC News.
(15 December 2013). "Rock star Cian Ciaran speaks of his fears over the building of a nuclear energy plant in Wales". Wales Online.
Fletcher, Alex. (26 September 2013). "Digital Spy". Hearst Magazines UK.
Owens, David. (15 June 2012). "What the Super Furry Animals did next". Wales Online.
(14 May 2014). "Interview: Cian Ciaran - part two - Rocksucker".
"Pen Telar". S4C.
(16 June 2014). "BAFTA Cymru".
Waldram, Hannah. (27 August 2010). "Super Furry Animals break to pursue solo projects". [[The Guardian]].
(2012-05-06). "House where two Super Furry Animals grew up goes on the market".
[[2012 New Year Honours#Officer of the Order of the British Empire .28OBE.29]]
(10 September 2018). "Legal challenge to Hinkley nuclear mud dumping off Cardiff".

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