Blanck Mass shares new video for ‘Dead Format’

Blanck Mass – the solo project of Benjamin John Power, 1/2 of Fuck Buttons has shared the new video for Dead Format, directed by Scottish electronic musician & graphic artist Tom Scholefield, aka Konx-Om-Pax. Dead Format is the lead single off Blanck Mass’ newest offering, ‘Dumb Flesh,’ out on May 12 via Sacred Bones Records. Check out the video for Dead Format below via YouTube.

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Video director Konx-Om-Pass says the video is “Inspired by 80s body horror and video nasties by the likes of Cronenberg and Hellraiser. The video is a stream of consciousness in a nightmare world of psychedelic flesh and gore.”

…or listen via Soundcloud below.

 

‘Dumb Flesh’ was written, produced and recorded by Benjamin 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 sessions is reflected in the shifting landscape 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. “We are at the mercy of our genetic heritage everyday. No matter how inteligent 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.

The album went through myriad stages of completion before arriving at this definitive version. Benjamin elaborates “There must have been at least three occasions where I re-produced the whole thing, replacing instrumentation and experimenting with new machines until I was happy with where the evolution of the project had arrived. That’s the difference between the subject matter of ‘Dumb Flesh’ and the process of creating it; an end point can be reached. Saying that, I don’t like to stick around in one place too long so we’ll see where this leads to next.

Track list:

Side A
1. Loam
2. Dead Format
3. No Lite

Side B
4. Atrophies
5. Cruel Sport
6. Double Cross

Side C
7. Lung
8. Detritus

Side D
9. Life Science [Vinyl Only]

 

Pre-order from iTunes and download Dead Format instantly: http://bit.ly/1A2UyPH

Tour dates:
5/02 – Gijon, Spain – L.E.V.
5/09 – Brussels, Belgium – Night Owls for Nuits Botanigue
5/14-16 – Brighton, UK – The Great Escape Festival
6/11 – London, UK – ATP Pop Up Venue
6/19 – Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands – Best Kept Secret Festival
7/24 – Sheffield, UK – Tramlines Festival<
8/21 – Bristol, UK – ArcTanGent