Blank Gloss

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Blank Gloss is the California-based duo of Patrick Hills and Morgan Fox who originally met through their shared interest and involvement in punk and hardcore music. The two began recording together as a duo at the Patrick's studio, Earthtone Recording Company, in 2020. The largely improvised recording session resulted in their first album, January, which was released on Night Young Records later that year. They quickly followed their debut with a contribution to Kompakt's Pop Ambient series and a full length, titled Melt, also released on Kompakt in the summer of 2021.
They follow up Melt with their next longer player, Cornered, which finds the duo still exploring the vast expanse of ambient music, but with a slightly more minimal, stark result. By peeling back the layers of their music, they’ve revealed both its restful core and its solemn gravitas. It is unendingly lovely, but with something disquieting at its center.

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  • Discography
Albums
Kompakt
17-03-2023
Cornered
01
Sender
Blank Gloss
Cornered
03:44
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
02
Dusted
Blank Gloss
Cornered
03:39
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
03
Get Well Soon
Blank Gloss
Cornered
03:21
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
04
No Appetite
Blank Gloss
Cornered
10:41
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
05
Soda Lake
Blank Gloss
Cornered
04:59
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
06
Crossing
Blank Gloss
Cornered
02:47
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
07
On The Ground
Blank Gloss
Cornered
04:06
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
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Kompakt
18-06-2021
Melt
01
Those Who Plant
Blank Gloss
Melt
05:45
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
02
Rags
Blank Gloss
Melt
03:28
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
03
Walking Toward The End
Blank Gloss
Melt
05:45
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
04
Hollowed Out
Blank Gloss
Melt
04:26
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
05
Virga
Blank Gloss
Melt
03:32
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
06
Strewn All Over
Blank Gloss
Melt
02:16
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
07
Speaking Quietly
Blank Gloss
Melt
05:18
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
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2020 Night Young
09-10-2020
January
01
Trailing Bittersweet
Blank Gloss
January
05:39
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
02
Soft Rush
Blank Gloss
January
05:08
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
03
Nosebleed
Blank Gloss
January
04:05
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
04
Sauce Alone
Blank Gloss
January
03:58
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
05
Love in a Mist
Blank Gloss
January
04:24
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
06
Sweet Flag
Blank Gloss
January
04:39
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
07
Butter and Eggs
Blank Gloss
January
05:23
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
EPs
Kompakt
23-11-2023
Grab
01
Gift Receipt
Blank Gloss
Grab
05:46
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
02
Toothless Broom
Blank Gloss
Grab
05:43
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
03
Denver Amulet
Blank Gloss
Grab
04:26
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
04
Fire In The Mine
Blank Gloss
Grab
04:47
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
05
A Good Deal Of Trouble
Blank Gloss
Grab
04:10
Composers: Patrick Hills - Morgan Fox
Singles
℗ 2025 Kompakt
13-06-2025
Coiling (Edit)
01
Coiling (Edit)
Blank Gloss
Coiling (Edit)
03:41
Composers: Morgan Fox - Patrick Hills
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Kompakt
27-11-2020
Pop Ambient 2021
01
Of A Vessel
Blank Gloss
Pop Ambient 2021
04:31
Composers: Morgan Lee Fox - Pat Hills
02
Cromo 5
Yui Onodera
Pop Ambient 2021
03:32
Composers: Yui Onodera
03
Grape
Thore Pfeiffer
Pop Ambient 2021
03:29
Composers: Thore Pfeiffer
04
Mittsommer
Morgen Wurde
Pop Ambient 2021
05:22
Composers: Wolfgang Röttger
05
Lens
Reich & Würden
Pop Ambient 2021
07:30
Composers: Max Würden - Luis Reichard
06
In Verschwenderischer Fülle
Neozaïre
Pop Ambient 2021
06:36
Composers: Tobias Sawitzki
07
Libration
Joachim Spieth & Pepo Galán
Pop Ambient 2021
06:48
Composers: Joachim Spieth - Pepo Galán
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℗ 2024 Kompakt
29-11-2024
Pop Ambient 2025
01
Goldwasserfluss
Leandro Fresco
Pop Ambient 2025
06:20
Composers: Leandro Fresco - Thore Pfeiffer
02
Mirage
Pass Into Silence
Pop Ambient 2025
04:46
Composers: Tetsuo Sakae
03
Follow Me
Tamarma
Pop Ambient 2025
06:03
Composers: Tamara Davitashvili - Sebastian Mullaert
04
Periadriatische Naht
Sono Kollektiv
Pop Ambient 2025
05:04
Composers: Joel Jaffe - Lukas Schäfer - Nathalie Brum - Alexander Linster - Luis Reich
05
Phase Locked Loop 1
Thore Pfeiffer
Pop Ambient 2025
05:43
Composers: Thore Pfeiffer
06
Sunshine Night
Andrew Thomas
Pop Ambient 2025
04:03
Writer: Andrew Thomas / Composers: Andrew Thomas
07
Artifacts of Synthese
Segensklang
Pop Ambient 2025
06:28
Composers: Christian Schmidt
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Kompakt
24-11-2023
Pop Ambient 2024
01
Eterna 2
T.Raumschmiere
Pop Ambient 2024
05:42
Composers: Marco Haas
02
Octarine
Mikkel Metal
Pop Ambient 2024
04:47
Composers: Mikkel Meldgaard
03
Cromo 7
Yui Onodera
Pop Ambient 2024
04:56
Composers: Yui Onodera
04
Weedless Hook
Blank Gloss
Pop Ambient 2024
05:16
Composers: Morgan Fox - Patrick Hills
05
Tranquil Endeavour
Sono Kollektiv
Pop Ambient 2024
07:48
Composers: Luis Weiß - Lukas Schäfer - Alexander Linster - Joel Jaffe
06
Bergfreiheit Silbach, Glück Auf!
Triola
Pop Ambient 2024
06:09
Composers: Jörg Burger
07
Kontur
Thore Pfeiffer
Pop Ambient 2024
06:44
Composers: Thore Pfeiffer - Niko Tzoukmanis
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Kompakt
12-11-2021
Pop Ambient 2022
01
Coiling
Blank Gloss
Pop Ambient 2022
05:17
Composers: Morgan Fox - Patrick Hills
02
Cromo 6
Yui Onodera
Pop Ambient 2022
05:17
Composers: Yui Onodera
03
Kari
Markus Guentner
Pop Ambient 2022
07:53
Composers: Markus Guentner - Joachim Spieth
04
Grainscan
Reich & Würden
Pop Ambient 2022
06:25
Composers: Max Würden - Luis Reichard
05
Mutterkorn
Triola
Pop Ambient 2022
05:54
Composers: Jörg Burger
06
Rosen Fliegen
Thomas Fehlmann
Pop Ambient 2022
05:41
Composers: Thomas Fehlmann
07
Weiht
Morgen Wurde
Pop Ambient 2022
06:19
Composers: J. Wolfgang Röttger
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Kompakt
25-11-2022
Pop Ambient 2023
01
Sonne
Leandro Fresco
Pop Ambient 2023
03:49
Composers: Leandro Fresco - Thore Pfeiffer
02
Blue
Gen Pop
Pop Ambient 2023
05:44
Composers: Jörg Burger - Thore Pfeiffer - Max Würden
03
Ende Sah
Morgen Wurde
Pop Ambient 2023
06:17
Composers: J. Wolfgang Röttger
04
Retrieve
Max Würden
Pop Ambient 2023
06:32
Composers: Max Würden
05
Kupferblüte
Triola
Pop Ambient 2023
05:49
Composers: Jörg Burger
06
Bolzano Sessions IV
Sono Kollektiv
Pop Ambient 2023
05:56
Composers: Lukas Schäfer - Alexander Linster - Joel Jaffe - Luis Weiß
07
Nero
Jens-Uwe Beyer
Pop Ambient 2023
05:20
Composers: Jens-Uwe Beyer
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