Blume are an Italian

electronic music Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroac ...

band formed in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

in 2008. The group consists of Enrico Filisetti (Vocals), Ivan Savino (Synthesizers & Programming), and Daniele De Fabritiis (Guitars).
Their sound blends EBM-

Futurepop Futurepop is an electronic music genre that has been characterized as a blend of synthpop, EBM and dance beats, based on trance and techno.Peter Matzke, Tobias Seeliger: ''Das Gothic- und Dark-Wave-Lexikon.'' Schwarzkopf und Schwarzkopf, Berlin ...

with

Synthpop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...

and

Darkwave Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as be ...

History

With the online release of the first recordings, they capture the curiosity of media and critics, arousing the interest of the following and of some labels. In February 2009, the band signed a record deal with the US label

A Different Drum A Different Drum was an independent record label and online store based in Smithfield, Utah, founded in 1996. The label specialized in synthpop and related genres. A Different Drum has released hundreds of albums, singles, and compilations and ...

, which releases ''Rise From Grey'', in January 2010. The debut album achieved success from the press with several specialty magazines praising the band for their work. After the first European tour, the band signed new recording contract with the label

WTII Records WTII Records is an independent record label created in 2001 by former Wax Trax! Records employee Bart Pfanenstiel, and David Schock. History WTII established The concept behind WTII started in 1999 while Bart Pfanenstiel was employed at Wa ...

, which releases the single "Western Rust" in July 2013, and their second studio album ''Autumn Ruins'', in September 2013. On October 20, 2017, the band released a new single, "Blackening", immediately acclaimed by fans and critics. On May 4, 2018, the third album called ''Ashes'' is being distributed globally. Over the years, their music leads them to play in some of the most important Clubs and Festivals throughout Europe, like the

Wave-Gotik-Treffen The Wave-Gotik-Treffen (WGT; ) is an annual world festival for "dark" music and "dark culture" in Leipzig, Germany. 150+ bands and artists from various backgrounds (gothic rock, gothic metal, EBM, industrial, noise, darkwave, neo-folk, neo-cl ...

. The band shared the stage in Italy, Germany, England, Russia, Spain and Greece with some influential bands of the dark alternative scene, including:

Covenant Covenant may refer to: Religion * Covenant (religion), a formal alliance or agreement made by God with a religious community or with humanity in general ** Covenant (biblical), in the Hebrew Bible ** Covenant in Mormonism, a sacred agreement b ...

, Kirlian Camera,

VNV Nation VNV Nation is an Irish alternative electronic project led by Ronan Harris in the roles of singer, songwriter, and producer. VNV Nation's sound combines lyrics with sounds that ranges from melodic industrial dance anthems, to haunting ballads ...

She Wants Revenge She Wants Revenge is an American rock band, based in San Fernando Valley, California. Formed in 2004, the band is a duo of singer and guitarist Justin Warfield and multi-instrumentalist Adam Bravin. Their music has been influenced by post-punk, ...

De/Vision De/Vision is a German synthpop musical group formed in 1988. The band started as a quartet consisting of Thomas Adam, Steffen Keth, Stefan Blender, and Markus Ganssert. Blender left the band in 1991 and Ganssert departed in 2000. The name De/V ...

, Seabound,

Apoptygma Berzerk Apoptygma Berzerk (; commonly abbreviated to APB or APOP) is a Norwegian musical group. They have achieved success with a brand of synth-pop, and ballads backed with electronic rhythms, commonly known within the scene and referring to themselve ...

and many more.

Band name

The band name comes from a German word that means ''Bloom'', ''Flower''. Their name was taken from the song ''Blume'' by German

industrial Industrial may refer to: Industry * Industrial archaeology, the study of the history of the industry * Industrial engineering, engineering dealing with the optimization of complex industrial processes or systems * Industrial city, a city dominate ...

band,

Einstürzende Neubauten (, 'Collapsing New Buildings') is a German experimental music group, formed in West Berlin in 1980. The group is currently composed of founding members Blixa Bargeld (lead vocals; guitar; keyboard) and N.U. Unruh (custom-made instruments; perc ...

. The band chose this for the symbolic and allegorical meaning. In their lyrics is often present an apocalyptic scenery.

Band members

* Enrico Filisetti (Vocals, Songwriting) * Ivan Savino (Songwriting, Production, Keyboards) * Daniele De Fabritiis (Guitars)

Discography

Albums

* ''Rise From Grey'' (2010) * ''Autumn Ruins'' (2013) * ''Ashes'' (2018)

Singles and EPs

* ''Western Rust'' (2013) * ''Blackening'' (2017)

References

External links

Blume
on

Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...

Blume
at

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

Blume
on MySpace
Blume
at

Last.fm Last.fm is a music website founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. Using a music recommender system called "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste by recording details of the tracks the user listens to, e ...

Blume
on

{{Authority control Electronic body music groups Italian dark wave musical groups Italian electronic music groups Italian synthpop groups