Blanck Mass

Blanck Mass
Origin	Bristol, England
Genres	Drone music, post-rock, electronic, experimental
Years active	2011–present
Associated acts	Fuck Buttons
Members	Benjamin John Power

Blanck Mass is a British electronic solo project by Benjamin John Power, one of the founding members of drone band Fuck Buttons.^[1] Their track "Sundowner" was used at key points during the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic games.^[2] It was first heard as the Union Flag was brought into the stadium by members of the Armed Forces. Later it was played when the Olympic Flag was paraded, and finally as the Olympic Flame was brought to the stadium in a speedboat. Blanck Mass opened for Icelandic band Sigur Rós on their 2013 UK tour.^[3] In 2014, Power announced that he was close to finishing off a new Blanck Mass album,^[4] and supported Jon Hopkins at the Royal Festival Hall in September.^[5]

Discography

• Blanck Mass (2011, Rock Action Records)
• White Math / Polymorph (2012, Software Recording Co.)
• Hellion Earth (2012)
• Dumb Flesh (2015, Sacred Bones Records)
• Blanck Mass Presents - The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears Re-Score (2015, Death Waltz Originals)
• The Great Confuso EP (2015, Sacred Bones Records)

References

1. "Fuck Buttons' Power Goes Solo as Blanck Mass". Pitchfork.com. 2011-04-28. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
2. "Olympics Opening Ceremony: Arctic Monkeys, Underworld, Dizzee Rascal... and Fuck Buttons". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2013-02-24.
3. "Sigur Rós world tour". Sigur-ros.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-04.
4. "Elektronauts". Elektronauts.com. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
5. "What's On". Southbankcentre.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-06-19.

External links

• Blanck Mass on Bandcamp