On 21 August 2017, Blancmange was a guest on The Synth Hero Show. Blancmange has been played on NTS over 60 times, featured on 60 episodes and was first played on 10 December 2013.

Blancmange was formed in Harrow in Greater London by vocalist Neil Arthur (born on 15 August 1958, in Darwen, Lancashire) and instrumentalist Stephen Luscombe (born on 29 October 1954, in Hillingdon, Middlesex). After the 1979 creation of the new wave group, named for the popular sugary dessert, they released their first EP, titled "Irene & Mavis", the following year. Blancmange had their first real notable exposure via a track on the…