Podcast appearances and mentions of benjamin john power

Blanck Mass aka  Benjamin John Power aka la moitié de fuck botton, a commencé en parallèle de ses autres activités la composition de musiques de films et de documentaires. Certes, pour l'instant il n'y a eu que 5 musiques qu'il a composées, mais elles sont marqués par une lecture immédiate de son style musicale, on l'ou trouve une ambiant éléctro faite de couches superposées. Parfois, en fonction de ses disques, on rencontre aussi des morceaux un peu plus agressifs, faisant ressentir un déluge de sons divers mais formant un ensemble curieux et cohérant. Musiques de films obligent on y trouve parfois des compositions permettant de ressentir tout de suite une ambiance, par exemple un curieux morceau d'Italo Disco… Sont présentées dans ce numéro l'ensemble de ses BO...

Having Mercury nominated, platinum selling indie rockers Editors on Lost And Sound might seem somewhat a curveball, but then so to is the band asking Benjamin John Power, aka electronic composer and Ivor Novello winning Blanck Mass to join as a full time member. Round about the time Editors were setting indie dancefloors alight with their mid noughties anthems, Munich and Blood, Benjamin was setting volumes alight as half of drone-rockers Fuck Buttons. It's such an usunual pairing and Paul caught up with Benjamin alongside synth player Elliot Williams to talk about how an epic alt band and an experimentally leaning electronic producer came together on their new album, EBM, about 80s pop and industrial and lots more. This episode is sponsored by Audio-TechnicaPaul's debut book, Coming To Berlin: Global Journeys Into An Electronic Music And Club Culture Capital is out now on Velocity Press. Click here to find out more. Lost and Sound title music by E.S.O

Experimental electronic musician turned film composer Benjamin John Power (aka Blanck Mass) joins The Film Scorer Podcast! We initially set out to talk about his score for Ted K, which mixes gentle, ambient textures and pounding melodies to get into the head of domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski. However, we take a detour and first talk about his other new score (which, as of recording, hadn't released) for Gazza, which covers the troubled life of British footballer Paul Gascoigne (aka Gazza). Blanck Mass also talks about how hearing Ennio Morricone's score to The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly at six years old inspired him to score for film, his long journey to finally having that opportunity (the Irish crime drama Calm with Horses), and the new scoring challenges he hopes to one day face.   Ted K is available to watch digitally in the US (but is forthcoming in the UK) while Gazza is available via BBC iPlayer (but is forthcoming in the US). Blanck Mass's score for Ted K (though not Gazza), and almost all of his other music, is available digitally, particularly on BandCamp.

Friend of the pod and very nice chap Benjamin John Power used to make music as part of a duo under the name of Fuck Buttons. However, since 2010 he’s been banging out some solo stuff under the moniker Blanck Mass and boy howdy is it some goooooood shit. In order to dismiss accusations of nepotism, and with Dave away moving house this week, we asked our other good friend of the pod Vicki Henry to pick an album. This was her choice. Naturally we could not decline. Our second ever interview was with Ben, and you can find all three parts of that chat here, here and here. As a result we don’t talk much about influences and such like as he more than covers that in his interview. In this episode we talk about Ben’s career as Blanck Mass, chat a little about his past in Fuck Buttons and then go through each of his albums to decide if his second album Dumb Flesh is indeed the most unsung. What transpires as a delightful conversation about the unsettling, often strange atmosphere in his music, and we also highlight the superb attention to detail in both the production and songwriting across his entire catalogue. Granted, after All Pigs Must Die, this marks two weeks on the bounce where we’ve did intense, malevolent music but hey, it’s our party and we’ll make everyone feel regularly ill at ease if we want to. Is Dumb Flesh worthy of a place in our discography? You decide.

It’s taken more than a bloody year for us to arrange our second interview, but we did it! We promise not to wait so long for the next one. Promise. This week we sit with producer and musician Benjamin John Power, best known for his work in Fuck Buttons and Blanck Mass. In part 1 we talk early life, early influences, the health of electronic music, broken washing machines and sordid rap-metal pasts. Also, Chris raps. Which is a true feast for the eardrums. Mark is sadly absent from this episode as he’s was ill at the time for recording but don’t worry, you’ll hardly notice that he’s missing.

You might be wondering how I made a radio edit of an interview with a band called "Fuck Buttons"... but don't worry! I did it. Like many others, I was really into last year's Blanck Mass record, World Eater (2017, Sacred Bones Records). I was surprised to discover that Blanck Mass is the side project of Benjamin John Power who is also one half of Fuck Buttons. I spent one hot summer night with both members of Fuck Buttons (Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power) in their tour van. The duo were in good spirits, despite the fact that we were all sweating profusely. Rumor has it that the band is working on new material as I write this. Hopefully we'll see some new Fuck Buttons music soon. How do you say "Fuck Buttons" in a family friendly radio environment? How do you make a great radio edit of a long track? What's it like to "jam" when you are in an electronic act? What's it like to have your music selected to be in the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games? What place does patriotism have in the lives of Fuck Buttons? You'll have to listen to find out. Tracks played on the radio edit of the show... 1) Fuck Buttons "The Red Wing" (radio) edit (12"/download single, ATPR, 2013) 2) Fuck Buttons "Surf Solar" (radio) edit (7?/download single, ATPR, 2009) 3) Fuck Buttons, Slow Focus (2013) "Stalker" (background) 4) Fuck Buttons "Olympians" (radio) edit (12"/download single, ATPR, 2010) 5) Fuck Buttons "Brainfreeze" (radio) edit (12"/download single, ATPR, 2013) NO songs CANCON

Like many others, I was really into last year's Blanck Mass record, World Eater (2017, Sacred Bones Records). I was surprised to discover that Blanck Mass is the side project of Benjamin John Power who is also one half of Fuck Buttons. I spent one hot summer night with both members of Fuck Buttons (Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power) in their tour van. The duo were in good spirits, despite the fact that we were all sweating profusely. Rumor has it that the band is working on new material as I write this. Hopefully we'll see some new Fuck Buttons music soon. How do you say "Fuck Buttons" in a family friendly radio environment? What were these guys like in art school? What's it like to "jam" when you are in an electronic act? What's it like to have your music selected to be in the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games? What place does patriotism have in the lives of Fuck Buttons? You'll have to listen to find out. Tracks played on the podcast edition of the show... 1) Fuck Buttons, Slow Focus (2013) "The Red Wing" 2) Fuck Buttons, Tarot Sport (2009) "Surf Solar" 3) Fuck Buttons, Slow Focus (2013) "Stalker" (background) 4) Fuck Buttons, Tarot Sport (2009) "Olympians" 5) Fuck Buttons, Slow Focus (2013) "Brainfreeze" NO songs CANCON

Midge Ure chats with us about his last 2 records, tour & the weather. Benjamin John Power (Blanck Mass) reflects on working on the Editors 'Violence' record & missing an important episode of 'Drag Race' ... today on pdxpodcast.com (Music: Mark Kay, Illocanblo, Metayar, Eg0n, Kai Engel, Rushmo, Csum).Support the show (https://www.paypal.me/pdxpod)

Dedicamos este programa a Benjamin John Power, productor de música electrónica británico a tiempo parcial y arquitecto de mundos sonoros infinitos en los que perderse a tiempo completo. Para ello hablaremos tanto de su trabajo en el duo Fuck Buttons a la par que su carrera en solitario como Blanck Mass, en las que no centraremos especialmente en su último álbum de estudio que nos ha volado un poco los sesos. PSA: Este programa puede contener trazas de post rock y black metal sintéticos, progresiones electrónicas incandescentes y perretes cuquis sonrientes. Suenan: LCD Soundsystem: 45:33 (Pt. 2) Fuck Buttons: Sweet Love for Planet Earth Fuck Buttons: Olympians Fuck Buttons: Brainfreeze Blanck Mass: Sundowner Blanck Mass: Loam Blanck Mass: Double Cross Blanck Mass: John Doe's Carnival of Error Blanck Mass: Rhesus Negative Blanck Mass: Silent Treatment Blanck Mass: Hive Mind

Dedicamos este programa a Benjamin John Power, productor de música electrónica británico a tiempo parcial y arquitecto de mundos sonoros infinitos en los que perderse a tiempo completo. Para ello hablaremos tanto de su trabajo en el duo Fuck Buttons a la par que su carrera en solitario como Blanck Mass, en las que no centraremos especialmente en su último álbum de estudio que nos ha volado un poco los sesos. PSA: Este programa puede contener trazas de post rock y black metal sintéticos, progresiones electrónicas incandescentes y perretes cuquis sonrientes. Suenan: LCD Soundsystem: 45:33 (Pt. 2) Fuck Buttons: Sweet Love for Planet Earth Fuck Buttons: Olympians Fuck Buttons: Brainfreeze Blanck Mass: Sundowner Blanck Mass: Loam Blanck Mass: Double Cross Blanck Mass: John Doe's Carnival of Error Blanck Mass: Rhesus Negative Blanck Mass: Silent Treatment Blanck Mass: Hive Mind

Blanck Mass is better known as Benjamin John Power, one half of Fuck Buttons. In 2015, Power was commissioned by the East End Film Festival to curate a rescore for Bruno Forzani and Héléne Catet's film. The original score for The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears wasn't actually original. Instead, as the University of Wisconsin's Mike King wrote in a blog post for UW's Cinematheque, "much of the soundtrack is directly lifted from the 1970s cinema that inspires them."

Benjamin John Power – one half of Fuck Buttons and the whole of Blanck Mass – discusses skateboards, Michael Jackson and his dark new album 'World Eater'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shock World Service 053 Obelisk High by Chequerboard 03/10/13 Dublin, Ireland 1. J.R. Alexander – Memories The beautifully produced opening track from an EP released in 2012 by Jerome Alexander of Message to Bears featuring the sounds of the cups & saucers jostling about as patterned percussion. 2. Holden – The Illuminations (Excerpt) A brief tumble through the stars via an excerpt from James Holden's new album 'The Inheritors'. 3. Clark – Soft Eruptor One of five tracks from the Iradelphic sessions sent out to people on Clarks mail out list recently & described as some extra material from his recent release 'Iradelphic', it contained some of my favourite Clark tracks ever. The blurred use of Martina Topley Birds vocals here envelop the guitar beautifully. 4. Recomposed by Max Richter – Autumn 3 (Vivaldi, The Four Seasons) A brief striking piece from Max Richter's interesting Four Seasons recomposition project. 5. Girls Names – Pittura Infamante The key track from the brilliant LP 'New Life' by the Belfast 4 piece. 6. Wax Stag – Fantasy Gay A lovely leisurely piece of electro pop from the 80s referencing synth maestro Robert Lee aka Wax Stag. 7. Tim Hecker – No Drums Ghostly, poignant, hopeful and bleak, this piece from Tim Heckers amazing Ravedeath 1972 album is the audio equivalent of a haunting. 8. Chequerboard – Obelisk A brief track from my new album 'The Unfolding' out now on Lazybird records. http://www.chequerboard.com 9. Christ – One Sunny Cloudy Day A melting glacier of nostalgia under a blanket of surface noise from the elusive Scottish electronic artist Christ. The accompanying video by Stefan Larsson depicting two mysterious figures mirroring the movements of robotic trees in a snowy realm is a masterpiece. 10. Bark Psychosis – All Different Things A beautiful exercise in the extremes of quiet & loud from English shape shifting post rock/musical project Bark Psychosis. 11. Red House Painters – Sundays & Holidays An old tumbling autumnal gem from Red House Painters 1994 Shock Me EP. 12. Ethernet – Current (Loscil Remix) Scott Morgan remixes Ethernet creating a stunningly vast realm of icey tones. Listen out for the distant bombs going off. 13. ilex – ilk Great piece from Dublin based Holly McGowans ilex project recalling Susumu Yokota via Orbital. 14. Colleen – Break Away An interesting vocal montage from Cecile Schotts brilliant new album ' The Weighing Of The Heart. 15. Library Tapes - Sun Peeking Through The beautifully poignant title track from Swede David Wenngren's recent album as Library Tapes. 16. Ametsub - Opening Above the clouds time with this strident gem from little known Tokyo-based Japanese artist Ametsub. 17. Blanck Mass - Sundown Music to watch stars explode to would be a fitting description for the music of Benjamin John Power, one of the founding members of Fuck Buttons. 18. Clark – Guy Fawkes/Night Night A hungry robot bird beckons in an unspooling guitar loop in this intriguing vignette from the Iradelphic Sessions mailout EP. 19. Luigi Boccherini – La Musica Notturna (Excerpt) I couldn't resist finishing on this charming snippit of Boccherini. Playful, charming but hinting at so much more.