#hey string

NEW MUSIC MONDAY.

Really proud to present a new split (out in December, available on pre-order now) from two of my favourite artists of recent years.

Hey String will be a new name for many. They blend traditional Korean instrumentation and music with mesmerising, pulsing Reichian minimialism. Watch them perform Firefly from blue thirty-seven in the clip above.

Hey String are paired on this split with the amazing Anna Homler (of Breadwoman and other fames), who contributed some very special improvisations with master koto player Elizabeth Falconer.

Was honoured to be invited to make this mix for I Heart Noise, summarising not only Blue Tapes' output over the cursed 2020 but also some of my favourite music that got me through that year.

Features:

Heystring

Okkyung Lee Music Page

Anna Homler

Taralie Peterson

Laura Cannell

The Blue Tapes House Band (feat. Abysmal Growls Of Despair, Benjamin Fingeer, Leedian, Todd Barton, Constantina, Wild Anima and more)

My Panda Shall Fly

Aksak Maboul

Cadu Tenorio

Biga Yut

Oranssi Pazuzu and more

Probably our most critically acclaimed release of the year.

This is just flipping amazing, isn’t it

Well, it's been a big week, full of anticipation. But we're here now and the end is in sight.

That's right, it's Bandcamp Friday.I have two excellent new releases up for pre-order and you should definitely check them out.

Firstly, tape loop mage Stuart Chalmers is back, this time with Claus Poulsen! Recorded entirely live this is a collection of erratic, eccentric miniatures, each with their own slightly warped personality. Swarmandal, Casio Sk1 and globs of alien sound.

Next, we welcome the legendary Anna Homler (aka Breadwoman!) to Blue Tapes, performing here with koto player Liz Falconer. We've partnered them with the magnificent Korean gayageum trio Heystring for an absolute bomb of an EP.

The absolutely fantastic minimal glockenspiel ‘n’ gayageum banger that is Firefly by Hey String was played out on the most recent episode of the Twopenny Hangover podcast, which also features a really cool and intense contribution from Iggy Pop and Bill Laswell! Listen here.

Not new, but this collaboration between Heystring and a dancer is absolutely beautiful.I wish we could get all of the Blue Tapes artists to work with dancers! 

I feel it's my duty to inform you that a new Hey String video has just dropped! Happy new year!