BLANK EDITIONS Londo ************** UK www.blankeditions.com info@blankeditions.com www.blankeditions.bigcartel.com www.blankeditions.bandcamp.com/music Start : 2012 Found : David Santiago Blanco and Will Shutes Distr. : UK - Norman Sub lab.: The Solo Series 7"s / The Blank Tapes / The Blank Community Style : indie / art rock / psychedelic / punk / future jazz / downtempo / drone / post punk / acid rock / experimental / avantgarde art rock / noise / post rock / folk / post punk / field rec. / free improv. / avant-jazz / ambient / tribal / minimal / Blank Editions is a small recordings house based in Hackney, London. Set up during the winter of 2011 by designer David Santiago Blanco and publisher Will Shutes, The Blank Editions imprint situates itself within a local community of artists in order to edition recordings and other ephemera that documents and illustrates our immediate landscape.Within The Blank Editions imprint you will find three sub catalogues: The Solo Series - Limited edition 7's in handmade packaging from local artists who normally play in bands The Blank Tapes - Mini albums, Extended plays and experimental work from local associates. These editions are released on cassette tape. The Blank Community - An open ended series to service more official work by local bands and artists. [http://blankeditions.com/] The Solo Series: BESS 001 CHARLES BOYER DUCKS 7" 03.2012 A Ducks B You Haven't Got A Chance Edition of 200 5 test pressings 200 on black vinyl with black and white printed labels Matrix reads “Don't shop on Denmark Street" and "All middlemen are bad" Black card covers with photographs of Charles glued to each side. Printed yellow folded numbered insert --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BESS 002 JOSEPH COWARD CHILDREN'S BONES 7" 02.2012 A Children's Bones B Fat & Ugly Edition of 100 0 test pressings 100 on black vinyl with black and white printed labels Blue card covers with black print of a castle Lyric insert printed on different colored paper 25 X Blue / 25 X Orange / 25 X Purple / 25 X Green Original Photograph --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BESS 003 DOUGLAS HART X FILM PLUS ULTRA 7" 05.2013 A X Film Plus Ultra B Pre-Paradise(Memories Of The Future) Edition of 250 5 test pressings 250 on black Vinyl with black on orange printed labels Grey card covers with xerox print, lettraset rubbed on each individual sleeve creating 250 different uniquely different covers Orange folded insert with tracing paper outer, stapled and containing Cut off Super 8 Kodak Ektachrome film strip owned and shot by Douglas Hart. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BESS 004 TED MILTON/BLURT LET THEM BE 7" 11.2013 A Let Them Be B Mide Dans Le Midi Edition of 250 5 test pressings 250 on black Vinyl with black on white printed labels Yellow card covers with xerox print. 100 Dollar bill --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BESS 005 THURSTOM MOORE DETONATION 7" 01.2014 A Detonation B Germs Burn Edition of 500 5 test pressings 500 on black vinyl with colour printed labels Handcut, numbered, stamped and printed card covers Postcard --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BESS 006 YUKI TSUJII I'M RUBBISH BUT I LOVE YOU 7" .2014 A I'm Rubbish But I Love You ( Part 1 ) B I'm Rubbish But I Love You ( Part 2 ) Edition of 300 5 test pressings 300 on black vinyl with light brown and black printed labels 300 gsm printed inner sleeve that is stamped and numbered Printed tracing paper outer sleeve Collectors' insert Leaf taken from local parks in Hackney inserted into each record --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BESS 007 THURSTON MOORE MX LIBERTY/PANIK 7" 03.2018 A Mx Liberty B Panik (Note : 7" on Blank Editions in Risograph printed 170gsm card sleeve. Includes A4 xerox insert and 25mm MX Liberty pin badge) ======================================================================================= TBC 001 HOUSEWIVES NEW DANCE 7"+DLc .2015 1 New Dance 2 Time She Stopped --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 002 TOMAGA FAMILIAR OBSTACLES LP .2015 A1 Train For Owl A2 Hibernation Theme A3 Lettere Di Pezza A4 Central Position A5 Fugue State In Marbles A6 Central Position (Reprise) A7 Over The Cracks A8 Downpurge A9 The Knight With Four Hands B1 Frog March B2 Brutal Gravity B3 Microns In Amber Light B4 Bethnal Grey B5 Special Bass Line For Alan B6 Biscuit Tin B7 The Pegs And The Moon B8 Adventure In Minor Scale B9 Giant Cosmic Tear B10 Closing Thrum --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 003 HOUSEWIVES WORK LP .2015 A1 Fig 1 A2 Docile Body A3 Life Swell A4 Larceny A5 Tele A6 Half Step B1 TSS B2 Autarky B3 Fallen Arches B4 Balm (Icaria Sunstroke) (Note : LP , 600 copies on black vinyl , gatefold) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 004 DOUGLAS HART LET'S FORM A CALL EP 12" .2016 1 Let’s Form A Cell 2 Sex, Psyche, Etcetera 3 Anywhere Out Of This World 4 Death To Credit ( Corrected to Meantime Till Failure) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 005 HOUSEWIVES/MASSICOT SPLIT 7" 06.2017 A Housewives Exc. 281016 4:40 B Massicot Kokteilis 2:30 (Note : 7" , 1000 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 006 BEN VINCE MONUMENTS LP+DLc 04.2017 A. 01 Isle B. Here 08 :14 02 Trinity PM 09 :02 B. 03 Kangeroo 06 :14 04 Fitwichu 10 :47 LP Negative Days NEG 006 2017 UK Sophomore album from minimalist improviser Ben Vince. Ben Vince is also an active DJ, performer, and improviser, in demand for solo gigs, supporting the finest experimental acts old and new, including Keiji Haino and Tomaga. He is also known to be involved in live projects with Charles Hayward (This Heat) and NTS-selector and rising-star, Coby Sey. Comes in reverse board card cover with a stamped envelope, an art print and a collectors insert; 180 gram vinyl; Includes a download code. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 007 AATHENS VIRTUE SIGNAL LP+DLc 11.2017 01 Icewater 02 Appointment 03 Origin Myth 04 Insomnia Scale 05 Man Hours Layered with spiked and twinkly guitars, off-kilter drumming, half-sung half-shouted vocals, and regurgitating details that linger in the head for weeks and months, Aathens have assembled a sincere and driving post-punk album. Harsh and precise, yet all the time containing a rare fluidity not found in the oceans of post-punk records coming out today. Dedicated to community, shared ideas/spaces, and their music, Aathens members also play in London based Ice Baths and H.Grimace. http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/BETBC.007LP.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 008 GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS SUBURBAN HELL EP 7" 11.2017 A1 Suburban Hell 2:58 A2 Phases 2:57 B1 Fucked 1:53 B2 Solid Effect 2:36 (Note : 7"/450 g. sleeve , 125 hand-numb. copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 009 ICE BATHS ICE BATHS LP 05.2019 A1 Freighter A2 Island Of Dogs A3 Circuits A4 Naked Reflection A5 New Strappings Pt. I A6 New Strappings Pt. II B1 Replacer B2 Charnel House B3 Relic B4 Inhabitant (Note : LP/140 g. , 300 copies on black vinyl in reverse-card sleeve) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 010 INCHINDOWN INCHINDOWN LP .2018 A1 Crofton 6:16 A2 Ridley Road I 8:22 A3 Ridley Road II 6:20 B1 Celestile 2:50 B2 Locus 7:35 B3 Judge Penitent 5:58 B4 Ridley Road III 3:42 (Note : LP , 300 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 011 MERLIN NOVA PROTECT YOUR FLAME 12"+DLc 03.2018 A1 Protect Your Flame A2 You're On Your Own A3 Fast Track (Note : 12"/45 RPM , 50 copies , 1-sided) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 012 A LILY ID-DAR-TAL-MISSIER DL 04.2018 1 Banana Moth 4:12 2 Paint Me With Your Blood Again 5:13 3 I Heard The Well Rope Sing 4:53 4 A Swimming Shoal 5:06 5 Mbira Heart 4:11 6 It's Getting Late, You Know 4:16 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 013 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 014 GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS : WE MIGHT NOT MAKE TOMORROW EP 7"+DLc 05.2018 A1 We Might Not Make Tomorrow A2 Sentient B1 Splinters and Rust (Note : 7" , 125 numb. copies + 12 p. booklet) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBC 015 GIRLS IN SYNTHESIS FAN THE FLAMES EP 7"+DLc 11.2018 A1 Fan The Flames A2 You're Doing Fine B1 Howling B2 Internal Politics (Note : 7" , 125 hand-numbered, hand-stamped copies in A3 fold-out sleeve with a set of 4 badges and unique photo print by band photographer Bea Dewhurst) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BETBC 016 HOUSEWIVES TWILIGHT SPLENDOUR LP 04.2019 (Note : LP , black vinyl) BETBCOL 016 HOUSEWIVES TWILIGHT SPLENDOUR LP 04.2019 (Note : LP , coloured vinyl) BETBC 016 CD HOUSEWIVES TWILIGHT SPLENDOUR CD 04.2019 1. Beneath The Glass 2. Speak To Me 3. Dormi 4. SmttnKttns 5. Texu 6. Sublimate pt. I 7. Sublimate pt. II 8. Hexadecimal Wave / Binary Rock London five-piece Housewives return for more anarchic genre-blending adventures on their second LP, Twilight Splendour; A synthesized collage written in Wetherspoons, cafes and anywhere away from their houseboats where they could find a permanent electrical supply. https://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/BETBC.016CD.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BETBC 016.5 HOUSEWIVES SUBLIMATE PT.2 7" 03.2019 A1 Sublimate Pt. II (Note : 7" , 50 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BETBC 017 ICE BATHS DECADENT SPRINTER EP LP+DLc 05.2019 1. Auster 2. (empathy waiting) 3. Marlowe 4. (desperate disappointment) 5. Clusters 6. Simulation (Note : Released on one-sided 12" vinyl because the band wanted the EP to have a "seamless unbroken listening experience". Housed in a die-cut black outer sleeve and color inner sleeve. 300 copies on white vinyl) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BETBC 018 BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD : SUNGLASSES 7" 12.2019 (Note : 7" , 500 copies) BETBC 018 BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD : SUNGLASSES CS 12.2019 (Note : cassette , 120 copies) A Sunglasses B Sunglasses (cont...) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BETBC 019 ZETA ZETA DREAM HOTEL LP+DLc 10.2019 DL 1 CRIMEWATCH 7:29 2 Dolphins Arrive 5:18 3 Foyer 6:06 4 Gymnasium 4:38 5 Karen's Dream 6:31 6 Lodge 8:28 (Note : LP/140 g. , 300 copies) ======================================================================================= The Blank Tapes Series: TBT 001 NEILS CHILDREN SERIAL MUSIC #1 CS .2014 A1 Theme 1 (Variation 1) A2 Theme 1 (Variation 2) A3 Theme 2 (Variation 1) A4 Theme 1 (Variation 3) A5 Theme 1 (Variation 5) A6 Theme 2 (Variation 2) A7 Theme 1 (Variation 4) A8 Theme 2 (Variation 3) A9 Theme B A10 Theme 2 (Variation 4) (Note : cassette , 69 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 002 [][] WAR ROOM CS .2014 A1 Gone A2 Battery A3 Whitechapel (Note : cassette , 51 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 003 NIQAB GREAT WHITE OVERLORD CS .2014 A1 Great White Overlord A2 Kneecap A3 Pain Free B4 27.02.14 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 004 COP COP CS .2014 A1 No Ghosts Walk A2 Hard Cell A3 Nothing Special B1 Code Unknown B2 Hard To Swallow B3 They Make It Small So There's Less For You To Love --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 005 THURSTON MOORE SUN GIFT EARTH C22 08.2014 A1 Rosetta / 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko 7:10 A2 Rebellion Of Joy 4:20 B1 Rosetta / 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko 7:10 B2 Rebellion Of Joy 4:20 (Note : cassette , 700 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 006 TOMAGA FAMILIAR OBSTACLES C53 .2015 A1 Train For Owl A2 Hibernation Theme A3 Lettere Di Pesza A4 Central Position A5 Fugue State In Marbles A6 Ranty Gritface A7 Central Position (Reprise) A8 Mantrap A9 Belgian Renaissance A10 Over The Cracks A11 Downpurge A12 The Knight With Four Hands A13 Ostacoli Familiari B1 Frog March B2 Brutal Gravity B3 Microns In Amber Light B4 Bethnal Grey B5 Special Bass Line For Alan B6 Floated In Huge Letters B7 Biscuit Tin B8 The Pegs And The Moon B9 Adventure In Minor Scale B10 Giant Cosmic Tear B11 Hackney Failures B12 The New Distance B13 Closing Thrum (Note : cassette , 100 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 007 CHARCOAL OWLS COVENTRY CAMPBELL CS 07.2015 1 Hospice Pics 2 Housebound and Proud 3 Cov Campbell 4 Open Wide 5 Mark Stone Rising 6 Mod Saturday 7 Leave Quietly (Note : cassette , 75 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 008 APOSTILLE VIRILE STRAIN TRANSMISSION CS .2016 1 Born Defective 2 The Final Travels 3 Meditations On Desire 4 Friday I Was In Love 5 Slow Giving 6 Slow Giving 7 Two Years Have Passed --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 009 BEN VINCE THE PURGE CS .2016 A1 Ankhering A2 Seb A3 Elliptical Borders A4 Thos Too Shall Pass A5 In Range A6 Flotation B1 The Lodge, Ablaze B2 Cyclical Tendencies B3 The Purge B4 Love (Note : cassette , 66 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 010 BRUISED SKIES GUIDE CS 05.2016 1 Come Out 2 Come Out 3 Come Out 4 Remain 5 Carry Me 6 Lights w/ Moon Zero 7 Tonight 8 Low 9 Come Down 10 Spirit (Note : cassette , 50 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 011 ROBERT HERBERT McLEAN : INFINITY CS .2016 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? 4 ? 5 ? 6 ? 7 ? 8 ? 8 Tracks | 28 Minutes Double sided J card Edition of 100 copies Download code of entire album --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 012 THURSTON MOORE CHELSEA'S KISS C30 09.2019 A1 Chelsea's Kiss 7:53 A2 Sad Saturday 7:52 B1 Chelsea's Kiss 7:53 B2 Sad Saturday 7:52 (Note . cassette , 1000 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 013 YVES LADDER CS 11.2016 1 ABC 2 Whitesnake 3 Ereth 4 Designer 5 Talking 6 Harmonic Work 2 7 Istanbul 8 Sen 9 Meshes 10 Coast 11 "A change Gon' come" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 014 MUCHA THE COLOUR OF LONGING CS 11.2016 A1 Swimming in the waves of A2 The Great Bear A3 and his fleeting sun. A4 Magpie's A5 illusive colours in flight / A lapse B1 in that so often distant B2 calling. B3 A departure B4 in orbit. B5 an imperfect devotion --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 015 BARK! DEAD SUMMER WANDERINGS CS 01.2017 1 Piano Factory 11:16 2 Wanderings 10:25 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 016 DANIEL STEWART RECITALS CS 05.2017 A. 1 Thrice 2:40 2 Lone 4:03 3 VIII 03:10 4 Dual 04:35 5 Fifth 03:55 B. 1 Thrice 2:40 2 Lone 4:03 3 VIII 03:10 4 Dual 04:35 5 Fifth 03:55 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 017 ADSL CAMELS HORIZON MAKER CS 05.2017 A1 Anzugreifengeist 01:39 A2 Expansion Silence 09:36 A3 Horizon Maker 08:18 B1 Nothing Human Is Alien To Me 04:27 B2 Attack The Mind / Recovery 03:31 B3 Witch Breath Incantation / Ferric Memory Stain 04:12 B4 Witch Breath Incantation / Stone 04:11 B5 The Antropocene Epoch: Up And No City 03:15 B6 Gesamtzeit 05:27 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 018 DAIRY CLASSICS EARLY ADOPTERS CS 06.2017 A1 Marathon A2 Done In A3 Empire A4 Back To The Castle A5 Britpop Union Jack Duvet A6 Summer Living A7 Replica B1 New Delhi B2 Copper Tops B3 Turtle Soup B4 Single Crisp B5 The Illusion Of Choice B6 Reactionary Start B7 Improve My Mood --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 019 THEO ALEXANDER POINTS OF DECAY CS 06.2017 1 Black Bunny 2 re; Dying 3 Twice, It Leaves 4 Improvisations (Feb 3rd) 5 Temple (Coda) 6 Please Forget 7 Twice 8 Dying (Coda) 9 Waiting For You to Die (Coda) 10 Temple --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 020 ZETA BIRD CS 08.2017 1 [bird song] 1:45 2 XXX 4:51 3 RAM 5:53 4 Bina 49 5:56 5 Deserts 5:23 6 Cloud Sculptors Of Coral D 6:28 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 021 ELEVATOR FLUIDS SALONIKA CS 08.2017 A1 Intro 2:16 A2 Salonika 17 6:15 A3 Panorama Pavlos 4:00 A4 Barbaric Mystical Bored 8:00 B1 38th Parallel 8:17 B2 Samsung 3:49 B3 Zone Out 8:15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 022 MERLIN NOVA PROTECT YOUR FLAME CS 03.2018 TBT 022 2 MERLIN NOVA PROTECT YOUR FLAME CS 03.2018 A1 Protect Your Flame 3:01 A2 You're On Your Own 2:53 A3 Fast Track 4:11 B1 Protect Your Flame 3:01 B2 You're On Your Own 2:53 B3 Fast Track 4:11 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 023 VANISHING TWIN MAGIC AND MACHINES CS 04.2018 A1 Strange Feedback 15:38 B1 Between Magic & Machines 16:06 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 024 CAMP X-RAY : HARD TIME KILLIN FLOOR BLUES CS 04.2018 A1 Whiteness Is A State Of Mind 1:33 A2 Death To Women Haters 2:37 A3 Lights Out On The Strip 2:38 A4 Gun In Act One 2:42 A5 Having Kids Is Narcissism 1:08 A6 Red Hot Poker 2:20 A7 Jam With Milk 0:48 B1 Whiteness Is A State Of Mind 1:33 B2 Death To Women Haters 2:37 B3 Lights Out On The Strip 2:38 B4 Gun In Act One 2:42 B5 Having Kids Is Narcissism 1:08 B6 Red Hot Poker 2:20 B7 Jam With Milk 0:48 (Note : cassette , 50 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 025 V / A I HEAR MORE CS 07.2018 A. A1 Beck Green Light A2 Cat Power Psychic Hearts A3 Le Volume Courbe Benediction A4 Ashley Paul Illuminine A5 Jem Doulton, Deb Googe, James Sedwards, Eva Prinz, Laura Groves : Silver-Blue B. A1 Beck Green Light A2 Cat Power Psychic Hearts A3 Le Volume Courbe Benediction A4 Ashley Paul Illuminine A5 Jem Doulton, Deb Googe, James Sedwards, Eva Prinz, Laura Groves : Silver-Blue --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 026 LA LEIF VIOLET CS 08.2018 1 Opera 2 Under 3 Throw 4 Body (Note : cassette , 50 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 027 CHARLES HAYWARD OBJECTS OF DESIRE CS 03.2019 TBT 027 2 CHARLES HAYWARD OBJECTS OF DESIRE CS 03.2019 TBT 027 3 CHARLES HAYWARD OBJECTS OF DESIRE CS 03.2019 A1 A Free Monday With Every Machine A2 Carbon Monoxide A3 Neurovision Song Of Catatonia/Birdsong In Refridgeration A4 Pigeon Sisters A5 Botticelli A6 Solution/Solvent A7 Identity Parade B1 Unsure Start Again B2 Sunray Avenue B3 Atomium B4 Anna Blume B5 Arc De Triomphe (Note : cassette , 60 copies for 1st pressing) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 028 DOUGLAS HART X FILM PLUS ULTRA 7" .2019 LET'S FORM A CELL 12" .2019 1 X Film Plus Ultra 2 Pre-Paradise(Memories Of The Future) (Note " 7" , 250 copies) 3 Let’s Form A Cell 4 Sex, Psyche, Etcetera 5 Anywhere Out Of This World 6 Death On Credit (12" , 300 copies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 029 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TBT 030 ICE BATHS/SOFT CASES SPLIT CS 10.2019 A1 Line Call A2 Tolex B1 Alright B2 Brand new M.O --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================================= ======================================================================================= BE 001/012 V / A TOKYO FLASHBACK 2LP 12.2017 LP 1 A1. MARBLE SHEEP & THE RUN-DOWN SUN’S CHILDREN “22. February 1991” A2. HIGH-RISE “Mainliner” B1. GHOST “Tama Yura” B2. WHITE HEAVEN “Blind Promise” LP 2 C1. FUSHITSUSHA “Here – You” C2. VERZERK “Crime And Laughter” D1. KOUSOKUYA “End Of Dawn” D2. KEIJI HAINO “Right Now” --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================================= 391323 WHITE HEAVEN OUT LP 03.2020 391323 WHITE HEAVEN OUT DL 03.2020 1 Blind Promise 4:52 2 Dull Hands 4:54 3 Fallin' Stars End 9:00 4 My Cold Dimension 3:32 5 Mandrax Town 11:51 6 Out 7:24 (Note : LP , heavy tip-on jacket. Tri-panel insert printed on black paper with metallic gold ink) ======================================================================================= www.forcedexposure.com