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Blancmange
One of the streaming revolution’s obvious casualties has been the lyric. Where album sleeves often offered them as sustenance for even the casual fan, these days, it requires a conscious…
You’ve Got Mail: Near Future interview
Away from his Blancmange day job, Neil Arthur has teamed up with Jez Bernholz to form Near Future, a musical collaboration all done via email that has spawned an album…
Win one of 10 signed copies of Near Future’s debut album Ideal Home
You could the lucky winner of a signed copy of the debut album from Near Future, Blancmange frontman Neil Arthur’s new project! Blancmange’s Neil Arthur has joined forces with electronic…
Issue 42 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
Available from WHSmith, Tesco, independent newsagents, Tesco Ireland and Easons, in the new issue of Classic Pop magazine we catch up with Johnny Marr to hear about the former Smiths…
Blancmange take the fifth
Blancmange release their fifth album Semi Detached on March 23. It’s effectively a solo album by singer Neil Arthur, as it’s the first without keyboardist Stephen Luscombe, who has longterm…
The Tour of Synthetic Delights
Heaven 17 and Blancmange have announced a joint tour for October, which was dreamed up at our Synthpop Summit earlier this year. Issue Ten’s round-table was the first time Heaven…
Blancmange ‘Happy Families Too…’ UK Tour & Album, November 2013
Blancmange begin their new tour, ‘Happy Families Too…’ on 3rd November. Their 1982 debut album, Happy Families has been re-imagined and re-recorded and will be available as a tour exclusive under…
Blancmange to Re-Release Irene & Mavis EP
Minimal Wave have announced that they are reissuing Blancmange‘s seminal debut EP, Irene & Mavis in November 2013. Formed in the UK by Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe, Blancmange recorded…
Blancmange announce ‘Happy Families too…’ UK Tour and Album, November 2013
Re-imagined and re-recorded, Blancmange’s landmark 1982 debut, Happy Families is to be performed in full during a November 2013 tour, with the new album available exclusively at tour venues. From…
Godfathers of Pop – Blancmange
Here is our exclusive Godfathers of Pop interview with Blancmange, taken from Issue 1 of Classic Pop Magazine… Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe met in 1978 and a year…