{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/651cae7e315af9001131d55f/6ad48ffc0c6b30397b907316?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dal:um: Korea, Strung Differently","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/651cae7e315af9001131d55f/1792348625664-d006cb2a-7995-458b-9eee-522633b4f2af.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Two Korean string instruments, two very different ways of shaping a sound. Dal:um’s Ha Suyean and Hwang Hyeyoung join me after their concert in Finland to explore the gayageum and geomungo, from delicate silk-string sounds to surprisingly powerful, percussive playing.</p><p>We get close to the instruments: a bamboo playing stick, frets, pitch bends and movable bridges called “goose feet”. They explain how their modern instruments differ from traditional versions, and demonstrate a way of feeling Korean rhythm through breath and dance movement.</p><p>There’s music from the concert, demonstrations from both players, and a performance recorded especially for the conversation. The video edition lets you see how their hands shape the sounds.</p><p>Later, I share “Basildon Made Me Baby”, a collaboration with spoken-word artist Emy P, through a project with filmmaker and poet Aaron Shrimpton. My music takes a hip-hop direction, with a few nods to Basildon’s electropop heritage; Emy’s words explore place, identity and finding her people.</p><p>Plus: Sound / Visuals / Spoken at the Towngate Theatre on 12th November 2026, and Origin live with Beardyman at Wilton’s Music Hall on 10th March 2027.</p><p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE</strong></p><ul><li>Dal:um in concert and conversation</li><li>Korean rhythm, breathing and dance</li><li>Inside the geomungo and gayageum</li><li>Silk strings, bamboo, frets and “goose feet”</li><li>A performance by the duo</li><li>Emy P, Basildon and a new spoken-word track</li><li>Live dates with Steve Pretty</li></ul><p><strong>WATCH / EXPLORE</strong></p><p>Origin of the Pieces — video editions, transcripts and more</p><p><a href=\"https://www.originofthepieces.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.originofthepieces.com/</a></p><p>Dal:um at Glitterbeat / tak:til</p><p><a href=\"https://glitterbeat.com/artists/dalum/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://glitterbeat.com/artists/dalum/</a></p><p>Sound / Visuals / Spoken — 12th November 2026</p><p><a href=\"https://towngatetheatre.co.uk/estuary-sound-visuals-spoken/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://towngatetheatre.co.uk/estuary-sound-visuals-spoken/</a></p><p>Origin live with Beardyman — 10th March 2027</p><p><a href=\"https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/steve-pretty-and-friends-on-the-origin-of-the-pieces-3/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/steve-pretty-and-friends-on-the-origin-of-the-pieces-3/</a></p><p><strong>MUSIC FROM THIS EPISODE</strong></p><p>Dal:um: Ha Suyean (gayageum), Hwang Hyeyoung (geomungo).</p><p>“Basildon Made Me Baby”: spoken word by Emy P; music and audio production by Steve Pretty, for a project with Aaron Shrimpton.</p><p><strong>CLARIFICATION</strong></p><p>Basildon is shortlisted for UK Town of Culture 2028; my tentative reference to it holding the title this year is mistaken.</p><p><strong>MORE FROM ORIGIN OF THE PIECES</strong></p><p>Join The Open Ear Dispatch and find the Patreon link at <a href=\"https://www.originofthepieces.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.originofthepieces.com/</a></p>","author_name":"Steve Pretty"}