# Blog Profile: Viola He (aka sandpills)

**URL:** <https://uzu.lurk.org/t/blog-profile-viola-he-aka-sandpills/4921>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [11 October 2023 05:45 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/blog-profile-viola-he-aka-sandpills/4921 "2023-10-11T05:45:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![HighHarmonics](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@HighHarmonics](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/HighHarmonics)\
**Post date:** [11 October 2023 05:45 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/blog-profile-viola-he-aka-sandpills/4921/1 "2023-10-11T05:45:57Z")

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[https://tidalcycles.org/blog/tidal\_profile\_violahe](https://tidalcycles.org/blog/tidal_profile_violahe)

Viola has a non-western percussion background and wields Tidal like an algorithmic percussion instrument using "structured improv for live performances." This blog post is a great read - I loved hearing about how their music has evolved from live coding and the importance of finding sound material "sourced from my life and culture - machine sounds from the shop I work at, gongs and bells and traditional Chinese instruments chopped up in different ways..."

Check out the set livestreamed on FM radio and recorded to SoundCloud. Very hypnotic and mesmerizing.