Blanke (DJ)

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

Blanke
Birth name	John Paul Orchison
Born	(1991-12-16) 16 December 1991 (age 32) Bundaberg, Australia
Origin	Canberra, Australia
Genres	New beat dubstep bass electro breakbeat house future bass drum and bass
Occupations	DJ producer
Years active	2015–present
Labels	Deadbeats KLASH Kannibalen Dim Mak Downright Astralwerks Monstercat Etcetc Joytime Collective Circus Media Buygore Lowly Palace Ophelia Ultra

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

Title	Released	Record Label	Additional Information
Black Mamba / Koji	2016	Artist Intelligence Agency
Curiosity[15]	2017	Downright Music
Sneaky Plans[16]	2018	Downright Music
Alt.Colour / Voice In The Machine	2019	Deadbeats
Change & Decay[17]		Deadbeats	with GG Magree
Change & Decay: The Fall	2020	Deadbeats
Land of the Wayfarer[18]	2022	Ophelia
Emergence[19]	2024	Monstercat

Singles

Title[20]	Released	Record Label	Additional Information
"Immunity"	2017	KLASH	included in "KLASH: Dime Pieces"
"Resistance"		KLASH
"Blue"[21]		Downright Music	with Samsaruh
"Supercharged"	2018	Dim Mak Records	with Kayoh
"Chaos"		Buygore	with Zeke Beats - included in Zeke Beats "Devastate EP"
"Destiny"[22]		-	with 1788-L
"Disturbed"		-	with Avance
"Artifacts"		Kannibalen Records	with JayKode - included in "All I Want For Christmas Is Bass Vol.3"
"Mixed Signals"[23]		-	with Rezz
"Hacker"	2019	Kannibalen Records	with Black Tiger Sex Machine - included in Black Tiger Sex Machine "Download The Future EP"
"Contact"[24]		Downright Music	with ATLiens
"Gorgeous"		Astralwerks	with Illenium and Bipolar Sunshine - included in Illenium "Ascend LP"
"Hellraiser"[25]		Dim Mak Records	with Godlands
"Flatline"[26]		Downright Music	with Calivania
"Time Travel"[27]	2020	Kannibalen Records	with Black Tiger Sex Machine
"Fragile Violence"[28]		Downright Music	with Nevve
"Control"		-
"Flatline (Reprise)"		-
"Mystery"[29]	2021	Downright Music
"One More Day"[30]		Ophelia	with 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]		Deadbeats	first track to feature his vocals
"Blackout"[36]		Insomniac Records
"Mitosis"[37]		Deadbeats	with Deathpact
"Stuck On You"[38]	2022	Ophelia	with Donna Tella
"Lights Out"[39]			with Runn
"Heaven"[40]	2024	Monstercat	with Rival and KC
"Crashing Hard"[41]			with Casey Cook
"Heavy Heart"[42]			with Grant and your friend polly
"Turmoil"[43]			with Au5

Remixes

Title	Released	Record Label	Additional Information
"Death Ray Shake & Scribe & Savage - Not Many If Any"	2015	Downright Music
"Friendless featuring Dirty Hary - Actin' Up"	2016	Be Rich Records
"Peking Duk featuring Elliphant - Stranger"	2017	Sony Music Entertainment	included in "Peking Duk featuring Elliphant - Stranger Remixes Pt.1"
"Tommy Trash featuring Daisy Guttridge - Sinners"		Astrx
"Kilter featuring Gill Bates - No Games"	2018	Etcetc
"William Black and Rico & Miella - Here At Last"		Lowly Palace
"RL Grime - Pressure"		WeDidIt	included 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"	2019	Astralwerks	included in "Illenium - Pray (Remixes)"
"Party Favor & EZI - Be Ok"[44]		Area 25	included in "Party Favor - Layers Remix EP"
"Cailin Russo and Chrissy Costanza - Phoenix"[45]		-
"Crooked Colours - I C Light"[citation needed]	2020	SweatItOut!
"Slander & Said The Sky featuring JT Roach - Potions"		Monstercat	included in "Slander & Said The Sky feat JT Roach - Potions (Remixes)"
"Rynx featuring Kiesza - All For You"		Avant Garden/Island Records
"Dabin - Drown"[46]	2021	Seeking Blue Records
"Said the Sky, Illenium & Chelsea Cutler - Walk Me Home"	2022	Lowly

Flips

Title	Released
"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.

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
J Awards of 2021	Blanke	Unearthed Artist of the Year	Nominated	[49][50]

Notes

1. Pronounced "blank"^[1]

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