Blanke (DJ)

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Blanke
Birth nameJohn Paul Orchison
Born (1991-12-16) December 16, 1991 (age 32)
Bundaberg, Australia
Origin Canberra, Australia
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • producer
Years active2015–present
Labels

John Paul Orchison (born December 16, 1991), known professionally as Blanke [lower-alpha 1] , is an Australian electronic music producer and DJ from Canberra. [2]

Contents

Career

Blanke's first release was a remix of Death Ray Shake on Ministry Of Sound's Downright Music label in 2015. [3] After that in 2016 he released his first EP "Black Mamba/Koji" under Artist Intelligence Agency. [4] After a year Blanke made his debut under the KLASH label with his first single "Immunity". In 2017 John introduced his second EP "Curiosity" [5] and released few remixes. 2018 has been a very productive year for him. He released collaborations and remixes on Buygore, Dim Mak Records, [6] Kannibalen Records, [7] Etcetc Music, WeDidIt, [8] Ultra Records, Joytime Collective, Circus Media. The following year he released "Mixed Signals" [9] as a result of collaboration with electronic music producer Rezz. In 2019 his collaboration with Illenium "Gorgeous" was featured on Illenium's new album Ascend. [10] Blanke accompanied Nick on his tour across the North America as main support for his new album. [11] Later that year he had his first Deadbeats release "Alt.Colour//Voice In The Machine EP" [12] and then "Change & Decay EP". [13] In 2020 he released his follow up EP titled "Change & Decay: The Fall" on Deadbeats Records, [14] which featured Alchemy, a record that went onto to peak at #1 most played on Australia's triple j. and 2021, Blanke made his debut on Seven Lions label Ophelia Records, release collaborations with Jason Ross, Seven Lions as well as 3 Solo singles. He performed at Lost Lands, EDC Las Vegas and many more festival throughout the North American Summer. Blanke also has a drum n bass project named "ÆON:MODE" which was created during early 2021.

Discography

Extended plays

TitleReleasedRecord LabelAdditional Information
Black Mamba / Koji2016Artist Intelligence Agency
Curiosity [15] 2017Downright Music
Sneaky Plans [16] 2018Downright Music
Alt.Colour / Voice In The Machine2019Deadbeats
Change & Decay [17] Deadbeatswith GG Magree
Change & Decay: The Fall2020Deadbeats
Land of the Wayfarer [18] 2022Ophelia
Emergence [19] 2024Monstercat

Singles

Title [20] ReleasedRecord LabelAdditional Information
"Immunity"2017KLASHincluded in "KLASH: Dime Pieces"
"Resistance"KLASH
"Blue" [21] Downright Musicwith Samsaruh
"Supercharged"2018Dim Mak Recordswith Kayoh
"Chaos"Buygorewith Zeke Beats - included in Zeke Beats "Devastate EP"
"Destiny" [22] -with 1788-L
"Disturbed"-with Avance
"Artifacts"Kannibalen Recordswith JayKode - included in "All I Want For Christmas Is Bass Vol.3"
"Mixed Signals" [23] -with Rezz
"Hacker"2019Kannibalen Recordswith Black Tiger Sex Machine - included in Black Tiger Sex Machine "Download The Future EP"
"Contact" [24] Downright Musicwith ATLiens
"Gorgeous"Astralwerkswith Illenium and Bipolar Sunshine - included in Illenium "Ascend LP"
"Hellraiser" [25] Dim Mak Recordswith Godlands
"Flatline" [26] Downright Musicwith Calivania
"Time Travel" [27] 2020Kannibalen Recordswith Black Tiger Sex Machine
"Fragile Violence" [28] Downright Musicwith Nevve
"Control"-
"Flatline (Reprise)"-
"Mystery" [29] 2021Downright Music
"One More Day" [30] Opheliawith Jason Ross featuring Chandler Leighton
"Spark" [31] with Dia Frampton
"Wild and Broken" [32] with Seven Lions and Trivecta featuring Rbbts
"Survive" [33] with Luma
"Boom" [34]
"Breathe" [35] Deadbeatsfirst track to feature his vocals
"Blackout" [36] Insomniac Records
"Mitosis" [37] Deadbeatswith Deathpact
"Stuck On You" [38] 2022Opheliawith Donna Tella
"Lights Out" [39] with Runn
"Heaven" [40] 2024Monstercatwith Rival and KC
"Crashing Hard" [41] with Casey Cook
"Heavy Heart" [42] with Grant and your friend polly
"Turmoil" [43] with Au5

Remixes

TitleReleasedRecord LabelAdditional Information
"Death Ray Shake & Scribe & Savage - Not Many If Any"2015Downright Music
"Friendless featuring Dirty Hary - Actin' Up"2016Be Rich Records
"Peking Duk featuring Elliphant - Stranger"2017Sony Music Entertainmentincluded in "Peking Duk featuring Elliphant - Stranger Remixes Pt.1"
"Tommy Trash featuring Daisy Guttridge - Sinners"Astrx
"Kilter featuring Gill Bates - No Games"2018Etcetc
"William Black and Rico & Miella - Here At Last"Lowly Palace
"RL Grime - Pressure"WeDidItincluded in "RL Grime - Nova The Remixes Vol.2"
"Carmada featuring Tribes - Ready For It"Circus Media
"Prince Fox featuring Quinn XCII - Space"Dim Mak Records
"Steve Aoki featuring Lil Yachty & AJR - Pretender"Ultra Records
"Jonas Blue and Jack&Jack - Rise"Positiva
"Marshmello featuring Bastille - Happier"Joytime Collective
"Pnau - Changa"Etcetc
"Illenium - Pray"2019Astralwerksincluded in "Illenium - Pray (Remixes)"
"Party Favor & EZI - Be Ok" [44] Area 25included in "Party Favor - Layers Remix EP"
"Cailin Russo and Chrissy Costanza - Phoenix" [45] -
"Crooked Colours - I C Light"[ citation needed ]2020SweatItOut!
"Slander & Said The Sky featuring JT Roach - Potions"Monstercatincluded in "Slander & Said The Sky feat JT Roach - Potions (Remixes)"
"Rynx featuring Kiesza - All For You"Avant Garden/Island Records
"Dabin - Drown" [46] 2021Seeking Blue Records
"Said the Sky, Illenium & Chelsea Cutler - Walk Me Home"2022Lowly

Flips

TitleReleased
"Virtual Self - Eon Break"2018
"Boys Noize - Overthrow" [47]
"K?d - Zero One"
"Skrillex - Reptile"
"Madeon - Imperium"
"Nero - Satisfy"2019
"Paramore - Crushcrushcrush" [48]

Awards and nominations

J Awards

The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
J Awards of 2021 BlankeUnearthed Artist of the YearNominated [49] [50]

Notes

  1. Pronounced "blank" [1]

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