Name: Melt
Brand: Blank Gloss

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

KOMPAKT437

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Clear

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Download code: Yes

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-06-18

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Signed copies: No

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4250101426100

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / clear

KOMPAKTCD174


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2022-12-09

4250101447587


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Artist

Blank Gloss

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Electronic

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Kompakt

Kompakt is a renowned music label that was established in 1998. It originated from the transformation of Delirium, a record shop founded in Cologne in 1993. The label operates from its base at the Kompakt record store, which also features an online shop. Over the years, Kompakt has expanded its services to include artist booking and distribution for various artists and labels. Led by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer, Jürgen Paape, and managed by Jon Berry (4), Kompakt has become a prominent figure in the music industry.

With a rich history spanning over two decades, Kompakt has solidified its position as an influential force within the music scene. Its commitment to quality and innovation has garnered them widespread recognition and respect among both artists and fans alike.

As an esteemed label with *Kompakt* as their flagship brand, they have cultivated a diverse roster of talented musicians who continuously push boundaries across genres such as electronic, techno, ambient, and experimental music. Their dedication to curating exceptional sounds has made them a go-to destination for music enthusiasts seeking groundbreaking releases.

Melt is the debut full-length album by Blank Gloss, the Sacramento duo of Patrick Hills and Morgan Fox. A lush dream of an album, it’s a remarkable index of the gilded eternities that you can magic from a reduced tonal palette: glistening guitars, ruminative piano, warps and weaves of subtle drone and hum.

It’s an album that feels sui generis, somehow, much as it clearly sits within a number of fields – pop ambient, touches of new age and drone music. Some provisional clues, though, for music that echoes Melt’s loveliness: the humble ambience of the artists on Cold Blue Music; the eventless horizon of Bark Psychosis’ Pendulum Man; the emotive pointillism of Labradford; some of the snippets of song that drift through Pieter Nooten and Michael Brook’s Sleeps With The Fishes.

Melt

Music GB

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