Jylt

Once upon a time Sarah and Nia discovered they lived in the same street. For many years, playing with dolls after school was enough to keep their imaginations occupied. However, by the time they had begun senior school the girls realised (with horror) that they were too old for dolls and began to channel their creative energies into music. It started with just songs around the piano, then to performances in school. Friends joined then left, At age 12 Sarah and Nia 'spotted' Alex in music class and promptly approached him. It wasn't long before Alex suggested his long-time jamming partner, Tim, as drummer. Jylt were born.

Or should we say Narcisse (flowery and cute?), Martha's Leg (after the meat on the spit in the local kebab shop!), and Epik (just so that they could say "and we were Epik" at the end of their set!). Eventually, after these and numerous other name changes, Jylt really were born.

Gigging and gigging Jylt's reputation grew on the local scene. Student123 then gave the band their first opportunity for national exposure. Jylt were voted and hailed as the top unsigned act on the Student123.com CD, which went out to over 100,000 students across the UK. A parallel promotional tour of UK universities followed, sponsored by Student123 themselves. A hefty new fanbase developed and with monies generated from the tour the band went into the studio. The result, single "Anon" gave the band their first taste of national radio, Lamacq picked up the Jylt baton from his Session in Wales colleagues and tipped the band as Wales's new 'rock talent'. At the same time, and with all this activity, Jylt were named BURBs Artist of the Month.

Meanwhile, Uglyman Music had been keeping a close eye on things down in South Wales. Just prior to the band performing at Glastonbury, the Leeds based music company stepped in to make the band an offer, which they duly accepted. Glastonbury was a memorable gig for the band we're sure that Jylt were the only band to play a total of seven gigs @ this year's festival! Post summer, some form of Autumn calm (in the form of studio time) came into place and the band began working with the talent of Tim Wills, (Ian Brown, The Frames). The 3 track single "Surrender" is released on Monday 17th March 2003 on Uglyman Music.

Jylt are Sarah Howells (vocals and guitar), Alex Cooper (guitar), Nia George (bass and vocals), and Tim Ramsey (drums). All four members were born and grew up in the West Wales town of Milford Haven.

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