Blue Tapes
@bluetapes.bsky.social
Minimal and often abstract music - from grime to gugak, American primitivism to Japanese ambient - presented with minimal and often abstract cyanotype artwork.
https://bluetapes.bandcamp.com
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Blue Tapes
@bluetapes.bsky.social
· Sep 2
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Art of the day
Michael Velliquette
Michael Velliquette
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Art of the day
Michael Velliquette
Michael Velliquette
Reposted by Blue Tapes
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Old cyanotypes revisited 10
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Old cyanotypes revisited 10
Slowly reorganising my record collection into a system no one else will ever comprehend but which takes in myriad variables including year of release, the size of the label it was released on, 'is this metal or not?', how innovative the recording was at the time of release, how much I like it etc.
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Slowly reorganising my record collection into a system no one else will ever comprehend but which takes in myriad variables including year of release, the size of the label it was released on, 'is this metal or not?', how innovative the recording was at the time of release, how much I like it etc.
Our tapes are blue.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Our tapes are blue.
What actually was the difference?
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
What actually was the difference?
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Art of the day
Cube, Jiro Takamatsu, 1968
Cube, Jiro Takamatsu, 1968
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Art of the day
Cube, Jiro Takamatsu, 1968
Cube, Jiro Takamatsu, 1968
Old cyanotypes revisited 09
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Old cyanotypes revisited 09
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Art of the day
AlbarranCabrera
AlbarranCabrera
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Art of the day
AlbarranCabrera
AlbarranCabrera
Old cyanotypes revisited 08
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Old cyanotypes revisited 08
What are the best ambient labels?
While there's lots of labels that release ambient, somehow I'm struggling to think of many that only release that, or are particularly renowned for doing so.
While there's lots of labels that release ambient, somehow I'm struggling to think of many that only release that, or are particularly renowned for doing so.
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
What are the best ambient labels?
While there's lots of labels that release ambient, somehow I'm struggling to think of many that only release that, or are particularly renowned for doing so.
While there's lots of labels that release ambient, somehow I'm struggling to think of many that only release that, or are particularly renowned for doing so.
Has anyone tried doing a scarecrow-themed metal band yet?
THREAD. A collection of photos I have taken of scarecrows I have stumbled across during walks in the British countryside over the last fifteen years.
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Has anyone tried doing a scarecrow-themed metal band yet?
The next James Bond should be a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The next James Bond should be a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen film
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Art of the day
An Ivory 根付 (Netsuke) of an Octopus, Style of Hidemasa, Osaka, Mid 19th century, Unsigned. A Netsuke is a small, carved toggle from Japan, originally used to fasten small hanging containers to a man's sash as kimono's did not have pockets.
An Ivory 根付 (Netsuke) of an Octopus, Style of Hidemasa, Osaka, Mid 19th century, Unsigned. A Netsuke is a small, carved toggle from Japan, originally used to fasten small hanging containers to a man's sash as kimono's did not have pockets.
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Art of the day
An Ivory 根付 (Netsuke) of an Octopus, Style of Hidemasa, Osaka, Mid 19th century, Unsigned. A Netsuke is a small, carved toggle from Japan, originally used to fasten small hanging containers to a man's sash as kimono's did not have pockets.
An Ivory 根付 (Netsuke) of an Octopus, Style of Hidemasa, Osaka, Mid 19th century, Unsigned. A Netsuke is a small, carved toggle from Japan, originally used to fasten small hanging containers to a man's sash as kimono's did not have pockets.
Reposted by Blue Tapes
Latest Blue Tapes radio show available to stream or download from Soundcloud
Features psychedelic rock, free improvisation, art pop, Hindustani classical-ambient, Moondog and more.
Features psychedelic rock, free improvisation, art pop, Hindustani classical-ambient, Moondog and more.
November 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Latest Blue Tapes radio show available to stream or download from Soundcloud
Features psychedelic rock, free improvisation, art pop, Hindustani classical-ambient, Moondog and more.
Features psychedelic rock, free improvisation, art pop, Hindustani classical-ambient, Moondog and more.
Old cyanotypes revisited 07
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Old cyanotypes revisited 07
#TheTwen2ie5 35
Staraya derevnya - Forgot what was important (2022, Ivory Coast/UK/Israel)
youtu.be/u86omQ5dmF4?...
Staraya derevnya - Forgot what was important (2022, Ivory Coast/UK/Israel)
youtu.be/u86omQ5dmF4?...
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
#TheTwen2ie5 35
Staraya derevnya - Forgot what was important (2022, Ivory Coast/UK/Israel)
youtu.be/u86omQ5dmF4?...
Staraya derevnya - Forgot what was important (2022, Ivory Coast/UK/Israel)
youtu.be/u86omQ5dmF4?...
Art of the day
The rings of Saturn. Voyager 2 - 1981
The rings of Saturn. Voyager 2 - 1981
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Art of the day
The rings of Saturn. Voyager 2 - 1981
The rings of Saturn. Voyager 2 - 1981
Old cyanotypes revisited 06
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Old cyanotypes revisited 06