Blanke. The e is silent.
In just 3 years, JP Orchison has taken the Blanke project from his native Australia to the World. Inking a deal with United Talent Agency, Blanke (in his first year of North American Touring) was booked to play on festivals like Paradiso, Global Dance, Illfest Austin, Hard Summer, Dancefestopia & EDC Las Vegas, a regular on lineups for Brands like Deadbeats and Brownies & Lemonade, and was selected as a support act for Illenium’s assive Ascend Tour.
Recently named Break Out Artist of 2019 on Subreddit R/EDM’s best of 2019, Blanke has seen continuous support from various international Dance music media including Run The Trap (who named him on their 'Australian artists to Watch' list in 2018 + #7 on their Breakout Artists of 2018 ) YourEDM (named #3 on their top 40 artists to watch in 2019), Dancing Astronaut, Nest HQ, Insomniac, Bass Rush, Life Without Andy, UKF and Noiseporn. Blanke's music has found itself on Labels like Astralwerks, Ultra, Dim Mak, Deadbeats, Sweat it Out, Ministry Of Sound, Deadbeats, Lowly Palace and Buygore, has scored airtime on Triple J, BBC Radio 1 and Sirius XM, featured in mixes and radio shows by Diplo, NGHTMRE, Slander, Alison Wonderland, Noisia, and Zeds Dead as well as landing in DJ Sets at festivals like Tomorrowland, Ultra Miami, EDC Las Vegas, Coachella, Splendour in The Grass, Shambala and Lost Lands thanks to the likes of Rezz, k?d, BTSM, Ekali, Kayzo, Grandtheft, Illenium, Steve Aoki, Peking Duk, Zeds Dead, GTA and more.
Blanke’s standout Collaboration with global superstar REZZ ‘Mixed Signals’ has reached 3 Million plays on spotify, was featured in Ultra Music Festival Miami’s recap video’s and played during the fireworks display at EDC Las Vegas this year. His collaboration with Global Superstars Illenium and Bipolar Sunshine ‘Gorgeous’ is featured on Illenium’s Billboard Dance #2 charting Album Ascend, and recent EP Change and Decay on Deadbeats landing in official playlists on the platform with a reach in excess of 15 million listeners.
Official remixes for Marshmello, Illenium, RL Grime, PNAU, Gryffin, Jonas Blue, Party Favor, Steve Aoki, Peking Duk & Tommy Trash have reached over 20 Million plays collectively on Spotify alone & found themselves in the Mint, Fresh Electronic, Happy Beats giant playlists along the way, with the PNAU Remix named as one of Billboard Dance’s Top Ten Remixes of 2018. Collaborations with ATLiens, 1788-L, JayKode, ZEKE BEATS and Godlands along with Bootleg’s of Virtual Self, Boys Noize, Madeon & Skrillex have collectively seen over 2 million plays on soundcloud. Not reserved to editorial support, Blankes music has landed in the artist lead playlists by the likes of Marshmello, JAUZ, Ghastly, Illenium, Slander, Zeds Dead, NGHTMRE & Deadmau5. Most recently, Blanke was tapped by Global gaming Phenomenon League of Legends to officially remix their 2019 World Cup Anthem ‘Phoenix’, reaching 150k plays on Spotify in one weeks as well as 750k on YouTube!
Kicking off 2020 with a 40+ date tour across North America as main support for Black Tiger Sex Machine and being announced at the Circuit Grounds for EDC La Vegas 2020, this year is looking to really be a step up in the Blanke story.