Blancmange

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The Blanc Tapes 6LP vinyl box

LP 1 & 2

Happy Families:

A1. I Can’t Explain
A2. Fell Me
A3. I’ve Seen The Word
A4. Wasted
A5. Living On The Ceiling

B1. Waves
B2. Kind
B3. Sad Day
B4. Cruel
B5. God’s Kitchen

C1. Sad Day (Original Version)
C2. Holland (Demo)
C3. Melodic Piece (Demo)
C4. I Can’t Explain (Demo)
C5. I’ve Seen The Word (Demo)
C6. Black Bell (Demo)
C7. Business Steps

D1. Waves (Original Version – No Strings)
D2. Living On The Ceiling (Extended)
D3. God’s Kitchen (12” Mix)
D4. Feel Me (Extended 12” Version)

LP 3 & 4

Mange Tout:

A1. Don’t Tell Me
A2. Game Above My Head
A3. Blind Vision
A4. Time Became The Tide
A5. That’s Love, That It Is
A6. Murder

B1. See The Train
B2. All Things Are Nice
B3. My Baby
B4. The Day Before You Came

C1. Vishnu (Short Version)
C2. Game Above My Head (Extended)
C3. On Our Way To
C4. Don’t Tell Me (Extended)

D1. The Day Before You Came (Extended)
D2. That’s Love, That It Is (Extended)
D3. Blind Vision (Long Version)

LP 5 & 6

Believe You Me

A1. Lose Your Love
A2. What’s Your Problem
A3. Paradise Is
A4. Why Don’t They Leave Things Alone?
A5. 22339

B1. Don’t You Love It All
B2. Believe
B3. Lorraine’s My Nurse
B4. Other Animals
B5. No Wonder They Never Made It Back!
B6. John

C1. Lose Your Love (Extended)
C2. M Diver (Alternate Dream) (Demo)
C3. River Of Life (Demo)
C4. Scream Down The House

D1. Side Two
D2. What’s Your Problem? (Extended)
D3. I Can See It (Extended)

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Blancmange 2020 Tour

[Tin Soldier]

There isn't even an old York on there.

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New album download

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Blind Vision & Living On The Ceiling live on the Tube.

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Blancmange
Commercial Break CD

Release Date: 17/09/2021

Discs: 1

Blancmange are set to release a new album, Commercial Break - their 14th - which explores acoustic textures and field recordings within their synthesiser exoskeleton.
Co-produced by Benge and mixed at his Memetune Studios in Cornwall, Commercial Break reflects on how the current situation has impacted and re-shaped our perception and experience of everyday life, hinting at new possibilities ahead.

Random field recordings collected for the album triggered many of the songs. Arthur lists them as follows . . .

Two electric saws

Waves breaking on beach

People talking/moving (indistinct words)

A dishwasher

Ambient mic recording to pick up background noise

Close mic recording to collect the body noise of guitar

Bird song (-2 octaves)

Metal gate closing and metal gate locking

Beach with people and waves breaking

Old water pump

www.blancmange.co.uk

1 Share Out The Light
2 Endless Posts
3 This A State
4 Commercial Break
5 Dog Walk In A Cloud
6 Empty Street
7 Strictly Platonic
8 On A Ride
9 Duo
10 Long Way Road
11 Looking After Aliens

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BLANCMANGE - PRIVATE VIEW - (CD ALBUM) - PRE-ORDER [2022-09-30]



Blancmange - Private View - (CD Album,Vinyl & Coloured Vinyl)

Esteemed British electronic outfit Blancmange return with ‘Private View’.
Originally from the UK’s post punk DIY scene, Blancmange found success in 1982, with album ‘Happy Families’ selling Gold in the UK and its three singles becoming international hits. The band went on to have seven Top 40 hits and 70 weeks in the UK album charts.
Long-standing admirers include Moby, John Grant and Honey Dijon, who states that “British synth pop was hugely influential in the burgeoning house music scene and Blancmange was a big part of that.”
40 years and 16 albums later, Blancmange have re-signed to London Records with the captivating and inspired ‘Private View’, melding futuristic electronics, Neil Arthur’s unmistakable vocal hooks, and songs spanning buoyant and joyful to dark and brooding.
"Blancmange - Private View" is out Friday, 30th September 2022 on Integral and available for pre-order now.
NB: All products ordered with a pre-order will be dispatched together close to the latest pre-order release date. If you want earlier dispatched for another product then please place separate order(s).
Track Listing

What’s Your Name
Some Times These
Reduced Voltage
Here We Go Go
Chairs
Who Am I
Everything is Connected
I Tried To Be You
Private View
Take Me


https://www.lexermusic.com/blancmange

Release Date: Friday, 30th September 2022