{"title":"Blanck Mass","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our collection of Blanck Mass vinyl records, CDs, box sets, and more at Darkside Records. Shop new and used releases with fresh inventory arriving daily.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"blanck-mass-ted-k-original-soundtrack-blue-colored-vinyl-preorder","title":"Blanck Mass- Ted K (Original Soundtrack) - Blue Colored Vinyl","description":" \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SACRED BONES","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44467127189725,"sku":"843563149836","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/NzUtMTg0NS5qcGVn.jpg?v=1771199175"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-blanck-mass-color-vinyl","title":"Blanck Mass- Blanck Mass (Color Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2011, Benjamin John Power (Fuck Buttons) released his first solo album as Blanck Mass on Rock Action Records. The vinyl went out of print shortly there- after and has been largely unavailable ever since. Now, nine years later, Sacred Bones Records is honored to put it back in print. FROM THE ORIGINAL 2011 BIO TEXT: Blanck Mass is Benjamin John Power, a young musician in thrall to Carl Sagan, Ennio Morricone and the infinity of nature, both universal and personal. His eponymous debut album, a collection of tracks loosely themed around cere- bral hypoxia and the beautiful complexity of the natural world, features ten songs which were written, recorded and self-produced at home in London between Summer and Winter 2010. An interstellar journey that defies classification, reveal- ing itself further and further with each listen; offering more with each visit. Out of step with the nostalgic focus of current climes, there's a sense of the unre- solved running through this record. Like perpetually coming up... endlessly walk- ing Escher's Ascending and Descending... swimming for a surface that you will never reach. This paradoxically claustrophobic-but-liberating warmth is brought about through a heavy, shimmering, orchestral, electric guitar prominence on the record, alongside manipulated field recordings, warm analogue synth, heavy sub and deep drone, a palette of sounds as wide and emotional as the world Blanck Mass sees before him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSifted Gold\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSundowner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChernobyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaw Deal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSub Serious\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLand Disasters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIcke’s Struggle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFuckers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat You Know\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeakling Flier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacred Bones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45005327827165,"sku":"843563121894","price":32.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3795579-2565654.jpg?v=1727251110"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-dumb-flesh","title":"Blanck Mass- Dumb Flesh (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBenjamin John Power's newest solo offering as Blanck Mass, Dumb Flesh, was written, produced and recorded in a number of different locations over the space of a year. It began life in Fuck Buttons Space Mountain studio, moved into a windowless attic space in Hatch End, North London, then was finished up at Ben's new home in Edinburgh. The geographical spread of the sessions is reflected in the shifting landscapes of the tracks and the ever-changing sound-palette used to realize Dumb Flesh as an expansive body of work. As a work of art, Dumb Flesh is a comment on the flaws of the human form in it's current evolutionary state. The frailty of the human body naturally became a resonant and inescapable part of the album's gestation.  We are at the mercy of our genetic heritage everyday. No matter how intelligent we are compared to other life forms, we're still made up of the same building blocks and things can go very wrong?. In particular, the first single Dead Format reflects upon this reality, whilst Atrophies and Detritus acknowledge the organic decay we will all inevitably succumb to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Loam \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Dead Format \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  No Lite \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Atrophies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Cruel Sport \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Double Cross \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Lung \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Detritus \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  Life Science Suite \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45005940949213,"sku":"616892275046","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/2850343.jpg?v=1713471699"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-animated-violence-mild-1","title":"Blanck Mass- Animated Violence Mild (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In this post-industrial, post-enlightenment religion of ourselves, we have manifested a serpent of consumerism which now coils back upon us. It seduces us with our own bait as we betray the better instincts of our nature and the future of our own world. We throw ourselves out of our own garden. We poison ourselves to the edges of an endless sleep. Animated Violence Mild was written throughout 2018, at Blanck Mass' studio outside of Edinburgh. These eight tracks are the diary of a year of work steeped in honing craft, self-discovery, and grief - the latter of which reared it's head at the final hurdle of producing this record and created a whole separate narrative: grief, both for what I have lost personally, but also in a global sense, for what we as a species have lost and handed over to our blood-sucking counterpart, consumerism, only to be ravaged by it. I believe that many of us have willfully allowed our survival instinct to become engulfed by the snake we birthed. Animated - brought to life by humankind. Violent - insurmountable and wild beyond our control. Mild - delicious. This is perhaps the most concise body of work I have written to date. Having worked extensively throughout my musical life with dramatics, narrative, and 'melody against all odds', these tracks are the most direct and honest yet. The level of articulation in these tracks surpasses anything I have utilized before.' -Benjamin John Power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Death Drop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e House Vs. House\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hush Money\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Love Is a Parasite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creature\/West Fuqua\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e No Dice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Wings of Hate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacred Bones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006279737565,"sku":"843563117934","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3684502-2409273.jpg?v=1727224363"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-in-ferneaux-iex-magenta-vinyl","title":"Blanck Mass- In Ferneaux (Indie Exclusive Vinyl) (Magenta Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the utility of pain? Can it do anything but fester? In Ferneaux explores pain in motion, building audio-spatial chambers of experience and memory. Using an archive of field recordings from a decade of global travels, isolation gave Blanck Mass an opportunity to make connections in a moment when being together is impossible. The record is divided into two long-form journeys that gather the memories of being with now-distant others through the composition of a nostalgic travelogue. The journeys are haunted with the vestiges of voices, places, and sensations. These scenes alternate with the building up and releasing of great aural tension, intensities that emerge from the trauma of a personal grieving process which has perhaps embraced it's rage moment. \r\n \r\nAn encounter with a prophetic figure on the streets of San Francisco presented the question of \"how to handle the misery on the way to the blessing.\" This is the quandary of the impasse we now all find ourselves in, trapped in our little caves, grappling with the unease of the self at rest - without movement, without the consumerist agenda of \"new experiences.\" The possibility of growth, always defined by our connections with others, held in limbo. Sartre said that \"Hell is other people,\" but perhaps this is the Inferno of the present: the space of sitting with the self. \r\n\r\nA blessing is often thought of as a future reward, above and beyond the material plane. With In Ferneaux, Blanck Mass wrangles the immanent materials of the here-and-now to build a sense of transcendence. Here, the uncanny angelic hymn sits comfortably beside the dirge. The misery and blessing are one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhase I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Phase II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacred Bones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006466187485,"sku":"843563134481","price":21.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3897189-2657248.jpg?v=1727218604"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-in-ferneaux","title":"Blanck Mass- In Ferneaux (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the utility of pain? Can it do anything but fester? In Ferneaux explores pain in motion, building audio-spatial chambers of experience and memory. Using an archive of field recordings from a decade of global travels, isolation gave Blanck Mass an opportunity to make connections in a moment when being together is impossible. The record is divided into two long-form journeys that gather the memories of being with now-distant others through the composition of a nostalgic travelogue. The journeys are haunted with the vestiges of voices, places, and sensations. These scenes alternate with the building up and releasing of great aural tension, intensities that emerge from the trauma of a personal grieving process which has perhaps embraced it's rage moment. \r\n \r\nAn encounter with a prophetic figure on the streets of San Francisco presented the question of \"how to handle the misery on the way to the blessing.\" This is the quandary of the impasse we now all find ourselves in, trapped in our little caves, grappling with the unease of the self at rest - without movement, without the consumerist agenda of \"new experiences.\" The possibility of growth, always defined by our connections with others, held in limbo. Sartre said that \"Hell is other people,\" but perhaps this is the Inferno of the present: the space of sitting with the self. \r\n\r\nA blessing is often thought of as a future reward, above and beyond the material plane. With In Ferneaux, Blanck Mass wrangles the immanent materials of the here-and-now to build a sense of transcendence. Here, the uncanny angelic hymn sits comfortably beside the dirge. The misery and blessing are one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhase I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Phase II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacred Bones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006469824733,"sku":"843563134474","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3897187-2657247.jpg?v=1727218476"},{"product_id":"editors-blanck-mass","title":"Editors- Blanck Mass (Vinyl)","description":" \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Pias America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006703067357,"sku":"5400863006648","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3646863-2614649.jpg?v=1727209465"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-ted-k-original-original-score","title":"Blanck Mass- Ted K Original (Original Score) (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis February the story of the infamous Unabomber Ted Kaczynski will receive it's theatrical debut in a new Tony Stone directed film, Ted K. Kaczynski is notorious for both tragically murdering three people (and wounding an additional 23) via bombs sent in the mail and for his numerous writings on the evils of technology he composed during his primitive residency in the woods of Montana. Stone's choice to have the renowned electronic artist Blanck Mass score the film is somewhat ironic and creates an obvious tension perfect for the controversial and complex subject matter. \r\n\r\n2020 saw the first Blanck Mass movie score, for the soundtrack to Nick Rowland's acclaimed cinematic debut 'Calm with Horses.' This expansion into new areas of melodic composition and textural exploration won Blanck Mass many new fans, with BBC's acknowledged number one film buff Mark Kermode proclaiming the work the soundtrack of the year. In 2021, Blanck Mass won the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for best original film score and has firmly established himself at the forefront of the latest wave of experimental soundscape wizards. \r\n\r\nRecording during lockdown at his studio in Edinburgh, Scotland, Blanck Mass's Ben Power was in the perfect setting for a musical piece intended to capture the isolation central to Kaczynski's story. Power was also working with a director in a time zone 10 hours behind and thus many sessions required working in the middle of the night, which added a fitting intensity to the composition process. He said of the project \"I wanted it to feel like an 'epic'\" and drew on the legends Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone for inspiration in encapsulating the energy of the perceived good vs. Evil. \r\n\r\nThe gentle madness of sound achieved is exquisite and slowly builds in intensity and desperation as the score moves along. Power is able to perfectly capture the complexity, the terror and the deep emotionality of the film while presenting an often breathtakingly beautiful and always masterful album that stands on it's own as a work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScroll\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Montana (Main Theme)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Noise Destroys Something Wonderful\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pesticides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Revenge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Comtech\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Greyhound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Second Test\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Desecration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tell Me Your Heart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dark Materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Becky's Theme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Blue Tunnel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Manifesto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ranger Gary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e At Peace \/ Freedom Club\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prophecy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Skidders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Montana (Reprise)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Sacred Bones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45007025373405,"sku":"843563149799","price":21.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4083987-2817310.jpg?v=1727197919"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-ted-k-original-original-score-1","title":"Blanck Mass- Ted K Original (Original Score) (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis February the story of the infamous Unabomber Ted Kaczynski will receive it's theatrical debut in a new Tony Stone directed film, Ted K. Kaczynski is notorious for both tragically murdering three people (and wounding an additional 23) via bombs sent in the mail and for his numerous writings on the evils of technology he composed during his primitive residency in the woods of Montana. Stone's choice to have the renowned electronic artist Blanck Mass score the film is somewhat ironic and creates an obvious tension perfect for the controversial and complex subject matter. \r\n\r\n2020 saw the first Blanck Mass movie score, for the soundtrack to Nick Rowland's acclaimed cinematic debut 'Calm with Horses.' This expansion into new areas of melodic composition and textural exploration won Blanck Mass many new fans, with BBC's acknowledged number one film buff Mark Kermode proclaiming the work the soundtrack of the year. In 2021, Blanck Mass won the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for best original film score and has firmly established himself at the forefront of the latest wave of experimental soundscape wizards. \r\n\r\nRecording during lockdown at his studio in Edinburgh, Scotland, Blanck Mass's Ben Power was in the perfect setting for a musical piece intended to capture the isolation central to Kaczynski's story. Power was also working with a director in a time zone 10 hours behind and thus many sessions required working in the middle of the night, which added a fitting intensity to the composition process. He said of the project \"I wanted it to feel like an 'epic'\" and drew on the legends Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone for inspiration in encapsulating the energy of the perceived good vs. Evil. \r\n\r\nThe gentle madness of sound achieved is exquisite and slowly builds in intensity and desperation as the score moves along. Power is able to perfectly capture the complexity, the terror and the deep emotionality of the film while presenting an often breathtakingly beautiful and always masterful album that stands on it's own as a work of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScroll\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Montana (Main Theme)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Noise Destroys Something Wonderful\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pesticides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Revenge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Comtech\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Greyhound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Second Test\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Desecration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tell Me Your Heart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dark Materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Becky's Theme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Blue Tunnel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Manifesto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ranger Gary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e At Peace \/ Freedom Club\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prophecy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Skidders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Montana (Reprise)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Sacred Bones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45007091794141,"sku":"843563149805","price":22.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4083989-2817311.jpg?v=1727195780"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-animated-violence-mild-green-lp","title":"Blanck Mass- Animated Violence Mild [Green LP] (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In this post-industrial, post-enlightenment religion of ourselves, we have manifested a serpent of consumerism which now coils back upon us. It seduces us with our own bait as we betray the better instincts of our nature and the future of our own world. We throw ourselves out of our own garden. We poison ourselves to the edges of an endless sleep. Animated Violence Mild was written throughout 2018, at Blanck Mass' studio outside of Edinburgh. These eight tracks are the diary of a year of work steeped in honing craft, self-discovery, and grief - the latter of which reared it's head at the final hurdle of producing this record and created a whole separate narrative: grief, both for what I have lost personally, but also in a global sense, for what we as a species have lost and handed over to our blood-sucking counterpart, consumerism, only to be ravaged by it. I believe that many of us have willfully allowed our survival instinct to become engulfed by the snake we birthed. Animated - brought to life by humankind. Violent - insurmountable and wild beyond our control. Mild - delicious. This is perhaps the most concise body of work I have written to date. Having worked extensively throughout my musical life with dramatics, narrative, and 'melody against all odds', these tracks are the most direct and honest yet. The level of articulation in these tracks surpasses anything I have utilized before.' -Benjamin John Power\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeath Drop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHouse Vs. 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It began life in Fuck Buttons’ ‘Space Mountain’ studio, moved into a windowless attic space in Hatch End, North London, then was finished up at Ben’s new home in Edinburgh. The geographical spread of the sessions is reflected in the shifting landscapes of the tracks and the ever-changing sound-palette used to realize Dumb Flesh as an expansive body of work. As a work of art, Dumb Flesh is a comment on the flaws of the human form in its current evolutionary state. The frailty of the human body naturally became a resonant and inescapable part of the album's gestation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDead Format\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Lite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtrophies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCruel Sport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble Cross\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLung\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetritus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eUPC \u0026gt; 616892275145\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormat \u0026gt; New CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabel \u0026gt; Sacred Bones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46982375080157,"sku":"616892275145","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/2850344.jpg?v=1762923343"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-in-ferneaux-1","title":"Blanck Mass- In Ferneaux (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the utility of pain? Can it do anything but fester? In Ferneaux explores pain in motion, building audio-spatial chambers of experience and memory. Using an archive of field recordings from a decade of global travels, isolation gave Blanck Mass an opportunity to make connections in a moment when being together is impossible. The record is divided into two long-form journeys that gather the memories of being with now-distant others through the composition of a nostalgic travelogue. The journeys are haunted with the vestiges of voices, places, and sensations. These scenes alternate with the building up and releasing of great aural tension, intensities that emerge from the trauma of a personal grieving process which has perhaps embraced it's rage moment.  An encounter with a prophetic figure on the streets of San Francisco presented the question of \"how to handle the misery on the way to the blessing.\" This is the quandary of the impasse we now all find ourselves in, trapped in our little caves, grappling with the unease of the self at rest - without movement, without the consumerist agenda of \"new experiences.\" The possibility of growth, always defined by our connections with others, held in limbo. Sartre said that \"Hell is other people,\" but perhaps this is the Inferno of the present: the space of sitting with the self. A blessing is often thought of as a future reward, above and beyond the material plane. With In Ferneaux, Blanck Mass wrangles the immanent materials of the here-and-now to build a sense of transcendence. Here, the uncanny angelic hymn sits comfortably beside the dirge. The misery and blessing are one.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhase I\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePhase II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46983278002397,"sku":"843563134511","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3897188-2657249.jpg?v=1762925087"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-animated-violence-mild-2","title":"Blanck Mass- Animated Violence Mild (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In this post-industrial, post-enlightenment religion of ourselves, we have manifested a serpent of consumerism which now coils back upon us. It seduces us with our own bait as we betray the better instincts of our nature and the future of our own world. We throw ourselves out of our own garden. We poison ourselves to the edges of an endless sleep. Animated Violence Mild was written throughout 2018, at Blanck Mass' studio outside of Edinburgh. These eight tracks are the diary of a year of work steeped in honing craft, self-discovery, and grief - the latter of which reared it's head at the final hurdle of producing this record and created a whole separate narrative: grief, both for what I have lost personally, but also in a global sense, for what we as a species have lost and handed over to our blood-sucking counterpart, consumerism, only to be ravaged by it. I believe that many of us have willfully allowed our survival instinct to become engulfed by the snake we birthed. Animated - brought to life by humankind. Violent - insurmountable and wild beyond our control. Mild - delicious. This is perhaps the most concise body of work I have written to date. Having worked extensively throughout my musical life with dramatics, narrative, and 'melody against all odds', these tracks are the most direct and honest yet. The level of articulation in these tracks surpasses anything I have utilized before.' -Benjamin John Power\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeath Drop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHouse Vs. 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We understand our hard-wired primal urges and why they exist in an evolutional sense. We understand the relationship between mind and body. Highly evolved and intelligent, we should be able to recognize these genetic hangovers and control them as a means to act positively and move forward as a compassionate species. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Recent global events have proven this. The human race is consuming itself. World Eater, the new album by Benjamin John Power's Blanck Mass project, is a reaction to this. There is an underlying violence and anger throughout the record, even though some of these tracks are the closest Power has ever come to writing, in his words, \"actual love songs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Doe's Carnival of Error\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRhesus Negative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlease\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilent Treatment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinnesota \/ Eas Fors \/ Naked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHive Mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46985566716125,"sku":"616892451648","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3531155.jpg?v=1762929493"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-ted-k-original-score","title":"Blanck Mass- Ted K Original Score (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis February the story of the infamous Unabomber Ted Kaczynski will receive its theatrical debut in a new Tony Stone directed film, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTed K\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Kaczynski is notorious for both tragically murdering three people (and wounding an additional 23) via bombs sent in the mail and for his numerous writings on the evils of technology he composed during his primitive residency in the woods of Montana. Stone’s choice to have the renowned electronic artist Blanck Mass score the film is somewhat ironic and creates an obvious tension perfect for the controversial and complex subject matter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2020 saw the first Blanck Mass movie score, for the soundtrack to Nick Rowland’s acclaimed cinematic debut \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCalm with Horses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This expansion into new areas of melodic composition and textural exploration won Blanck Mass many new fans, with the BBC’s acknowledged number one film buff Mark Kermode proclaiming the work the soundtrack of the year. In 2021, Blanck Mass won the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Best Original Film Score and has firmly established himself at the forefront of the latest wave of experimental soundscape wizards.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecording during lockdown at his studio in Edinburgh, Scotland, Blanck Mass’s Ben Power was in the perfect setting for a musical piece intended to capture the isolation central to Kaczynski’s story. Power was also working with a director in a time zone 10 hours behind and thus many sessions required working in the middle of the night, which added a fitting intensity to the composition process. He said of the project “I wanted it to feel like an ‘epic’” and drew on the legends Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone for inspiration in encapsulating the energy of the perceived good vs. evil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe gentle madness of sound achieved is exquisite and slowly builds in intensity and desperation as the score moves along. Power is able to perfectly capture the complexity, the terror and the deep emotionality of the film while presenting an often breathtakingly beautiful and always masterful album that stands on its own as a work of art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScroll\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMontana (Main Theme)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNoise Destroys Something Wonderful\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePesticides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevenge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComtech\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGreyhound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond Test\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesecration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTell Me Your Heart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDark Materials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBecky's Theme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue Tunnel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManifesto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRanger Gary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt Peace \/ Freedom Club\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProphecy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSkidders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMontana (Reprise) ^1.20\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eUPC \u0026gt; 843563149867\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormat \u0026gt; New CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabel \u0026gt; Sacred Bones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46986147627229,"sku":"843563149867","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4083988-2817312.jpg?v=1762930510"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-calm-with-horses-original-score","title":"Blanck Mass- Calm With Horses (Original Score) (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eUPC \u0026gt; 5051083157629\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormat \u0026gt; New CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabel \u0026gt; Invada\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47541365342429,"sku":"5051083157629","price":16.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4041679-3396212.jpg?v=1772599974"},{"product_id":"blanck-mass-crime-101-o-s-t","title":"Blanck Mass- Crime 101 - O.S.T. 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As the heist approaches, the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur, and all three are faced with life-defining choices- and the realization that there can be no turning back.On creating the music, Power says:\"\"Crime 101 was an incredible movie to have the opportunity to score. At the centre of the story is, of course, the heist. However, it very quickly became apparent to me that this was not just any heist movie, but more a Noir which happens to have a heist in it. The central characters and how their lives become intertwined was more important than the action, in a way. This is high-octane in parts, of course, but what really drew me to this movie was the character development. Lou, Davis and Sharon are the beating heart. I wanted to 'be with them sonically' throughout. 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