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Dark Retreat

by Blank

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i don't exactly know i never said i did i may use some help here i may not be the one you need and if you're disappointed please teach me what to say to keep my own fears quiet to take your pain away i'm sorry i still feel unable to survive unable to understand what makes you feel alive it's louder than before at night you haunt my dreams it's not enough what i know these shadows hiding me i'll never question things i'll wait until you'll do this is not for me to tell it's up to you, it's true please let me show you my world it's everything i own i'm uninvited and i have to walk this path alone what if I'm not what you need? what is it that we don't see? this dream might just break free what's this feeling that makes me bleed what's this thing what's this thing what's this thing
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DioChemicals 03:36
you got it coming you got it coming you know you got it coming i'm going to take you you got it coming you got it coming you got it coming now i'm going to break you my eyes are weak my senses broken i fear i cannot speak as time goes by i'm running backwards my thoughts are crystal clear you scratch my face my scars are bleeding i've got no point of view i kiss the floor you're pushing me down and i can't help but ask for more my hands are shaking my head exploding help me i cannot breathe you kill the light you keep on running time slips away like pouring rain. come on baby you gotta take the blame you gotta show me how you're gonna play the game come on baby you gotta take the blame you gotta step outside you gonna fade away
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you can't control what you promise your time was almost over and left for meaningless now you're looking for something else there's nothing you can say that i will believe and nothing can make me feel the way that you want me to feel you're gonna fade out can you see the burning bridge right behind your neck feel the heat and the storm that's coming down to wash you away there's nothing you can say that i will believe and nothing can make me feel the way that you want me to feel you're gonna fade out
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Dreamscape 05:45
see what i see i'm in your hands tell me what to believe and breathe there's nowhere else where I would like to be this time this temporary blindness is welcome and i wonder why i'm going to stop i'm going to stop right now feel what i feel i'll lose myself in details just like these and i'll be gone away from you just for a while mesmerized i will wander through some safe illusions and i'll feel alive there is nothing there is nothing wrong if I try to make it mine i'm not afraid and i don't know why still looking without shame protect me from the nothingness of the common days my hands are shaking and i am still here reaching for the flame tonight it's only painful it's only painful when i try to fight i'm going to stop i'm going to stop right now i'm trying to make it mine i'm not afraid and i don't know why
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Eigengrau 06:24
everytime you watch me while i run away from you i set fire to what i feel, yeah, just to hide the truth. where should I go when the end of everything will come? maybe i'll run someplace else, just waiting for someone. lie down there, forgetting everything i really just don't care 'cause nothing really matters when i can walk away i know nothing really matters and i wonder if you'll feel the same if only you could see what i just cannot believe staring at the starless night until this stupid sky will bleed we could fly away from here and we could do so much more we could cross back all the bridges that we burned so long ago. lie down there, forgetting everything i really just don't care 'cause nothing really matters when i can walk away i know nothing really matters and i wonder if you'll feel the same
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Ah river of doubts open my heart singing from hell above. Ah ghostly sunspot turn into stone everytime’s Fall. River of dread Hoarse voice Anima River of dread Tricky sky River of dread. Tell me let me know all my names oh, guide me and hail me. oh, shiny night River of dread take me so lovely whisper me slowly gambler of creed glorious rain filler loyal friend killer my Light of dread. Shiny night, tell me it’s ok, with glorious rain, with Light of dread. Ghostly night, guide me now, In spring tone frames, my loyal friend Whisper me, my Light, River of dread. Dimmi come uscire da un inverno che non sembra più finire Dove il gelo sembra un’onda di calore idiota Teach me how to reach my insane aim and how to get my mournful nest and tear the skyline from a false faith Don’t forget to tell me Goodbye…
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Dusk Devil 05:37
i want to become your worst experience i want to see the world without you i want to rise above babe we're falling deep down it's easy not to feel slide through the air because this sky is liquid oh yeah
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Weak Machine 04:47
precious guilt - you shine my day i will show you my real face i can't turn my eyes to watch you we've never been as close as today shadows dancing - flames approaching dancing they deceive me i can't try - i don't know why i'm still here there's no more time when the ice that's on your lips turns off all the other voices i dive into this ocean's blue i drown inside my toughts of you look into my twisted soul and keep on thinking not to feel it i pretend it isn't burning but my thoughts are hurting me setting fire to all this games tired of losing - everytime all i know my arms are empty holding tight the usual void precious guilt - inside of me begging me to take a chance and while i think my time is over i just want my future back look into my twisted soul and keep on thinking not to feel it i pretend it isn't burning but my thoughts are hurting me precious lies you die and die trying to keep you by my side precious guilt you stare behind it never stops this burning fire
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sometimes i think of places i could be and i wonder which is right for me i've felt so lost, will you help me find a place where i can leave this world behind? i will give you secrets and wishes, i will give you clues if you help me find a place where everything is true i had visions of how it all should be but like snowflakes in the sun they slipped away and i have spent a hundred years searching for a sign of something pure, something special something that is mine i’m walking down down down down the dead roads to find your life to find your reason why to find the place where it all feels right to find your life show your way to me bring me back to life i tried to see the possibilities i tried to see the crystal clarity
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Timespace 05:02
you see me older that's what i am you never noticed it now you don't understand so tell me once more what can i do for you? you seem to know what i need much better than i do caressing my dreams while hearing all the sounds they seem so loud and rough confusion's pushing me around think about all the choices somebody made for me all i want is to fade out and forget everything you're blaming my desire and all i dare to feel you're staring at my skin while blades are cutting me you're blaming my existence if i don't live your lies and in my mind i'm running through space and time there isn't anything that i can touch and trust i'm not afraid of this noise that's getting so much louder now there's no reply there's no need to forgive 'cause even if it seems to matter now there's nothing more
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Fallen 05:50
when i watch you sleeping quietly a warm breeze caresses me to see you crying out so hard again fills my heart with pouring rain and if you're not feeling safe with me nothing makes no sense at all 'cos I just can't let you down I will never let you fall I'll keep you warm at night I'll keep you safe from sight when you fall I'll hold you tight and show you there's still a light if i touch you still i'm trembling overwhelmed by what i see and i just can't help but notice this is all i want to feel

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It's been five years since Italy's electronic duo Blank released their second album, Impact Zone, and it's about time we got another taste. 2013 marks the return of Blank with their third album, the gloomier, more introspective Dark Retreat. The album marks a stylistic change for Blank: atmospheric pop tracks replace the previous dancefloor focus, and a sombre mood pervades the skillfully rendered production. The album features guest appearances from Kirlian Camera's Elena Alice Fossi as well as Elenor Rayner from The Crystalline Effect. The duo even enlisted Chris Peterson (Front Line Assembly, Delerium, Decree) and Sebastian R. Komor (Icon of Coil) on production duties with the result being a polished, dignified, and honest album.

"Less and less inspired by what we were seeing and hearing around us, we basically retreated looking for perfect darkness and silence, and let the deeper aspects of our innermost selves arise."

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released April 1, 2013

Sound Engineer: EdM
Nothing You Can Say, Dusk Devil: Produced by Davide Mazza, premastered by Chris Peterson;
Dio/Chemicals, Zero Tolerance: Produced by Sebastian R. Komor;
Dreamscape: Produced by Chris Peterson;
All other tracks produced by Blank with EdM;
Mastered by Martin Bowes at the Cage Studios.
Lost Symmetry written by Davide Mazza, Angelo Bergamini and Elena Alice Fossi.
Dead Roads written by Davide Mazza and Elenor Rayner.
All other tracks written by Davide Mazza.

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Blank Italy

Exploring dark paths of electronics since 2000.
Introspective body music, for the dancefloor and for the heart.
Drifting slowly...

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