Blancmange - Commercial Break

Release 24th September 2021.

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, the album includes the following sounds within the songs, so listen out for . . . 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.

“Listening to Blancmange obsessively. Probably the most under-rated electronic act of all time.”
–Moby

“Blancmange have been a part of the soundtrack to my life ever since ‘Happy Families’ was releas