Interviews
Interview (2020)
Dave Goodwin speaks to Neil Arthur from seminal electronic group Blancmange about their 80's-influenced new and twelfth album, 'Mindset'.
Interview (2016)
In our third interview with him Neil Arthur from electronic act Blancmange speaks to John Clarkson about 'Commuter 23', his band's new album
Interview (2012)
in our second interview with him, Neil Arthur from synthesiser duo Blancmange speaks to John Clarkson about their new double CD compilation, 'The Very Best of Blancmange', which feature several rarities and unreleased tracks
Interview (2011)
John Clarkson speaks to Neil Arthur from 80's electronica act Blancmange about their reformation after a break of 23 years and just released fourth album, 'Blanc Burn'
Profiles
Profile (2017)
Tony Gaughan examines a detailed and in-depth nine CD retrospective from synth pop duo Blancmange, which compiles together their first three albums with remixes, session tracks, demos and live performances
Live
Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 24.5.2024
Synth pop pathfinders Blancmange are on sterling, career-spanning form in Nottingham. Dave Goodwin reviews.
Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 12/11/2013
Dave Goodwin sees reformed 80's electronic act Blancmange play an exuberant set at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham
Blancmange
Darren Aston photographs Neil Arthur from 80's synth pop duo Blancmange at a show at the 02 Academy in Liverpool
Reviews
Commercial Break (2021)
1980s synth-pop progenitors Blancmange maintain their highly prolific release rate with a solid new addition to their discography
Mindset (2020)
Fabulous twelfth album from synth pioneers Blancmange which returns to their early poppy 80's heyday
Wanderlust (2018)
Thought-provoking and challenging ninth album from seminal synth pop act Blancmange, which shows an increasingly uneasy relationship with technology
Unfurnished Rooms (2017)
Slowed-down but enjoyable seventh studio album from seminal 80's synth pop pioneers Blancmange
Semi Detached (2015)
Enjoyable but experimental fifth album from electropop act Blancmange, the first to feature Neil Arthur without his co-founder Stephen Luscombe who has had to retire because of long-term illness
Related
Live
Temple Island Meadows, Henley-on-Thames, 19th...21st August
Nick Dent-Robinson attends exuberant 80's festival Rewind South, which included set from Holly Johnson The Human League, Midge Ure, Belinda Carlisle, Blancmange and The Selecter.
Blancmange/Heaven 17
Hangar 34, Liverpool, 11/11/2017
Guest reviewer Karl Hamel enjoys a double bill of classic and up-to-date material from 80's electro giants Blancmange and Heaven 17.
Blancmange
KOKO, London, 15/3/2011
Anthony Strutt watches influential 80's electro act Blancmange make a triumphant return to the London stage at the KOKO in Camden after an absence of twenty three years