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'''Robert Card''', better known by his stage name '''Blackmill''', is a British electronic music producer.<ref name="RA">{{Cite web |title=Blackmill • Biography |url=https://ra.co/dj/blackmill/biography |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Resident Advisor}}</ref> His music has been described as melodic dubstep / chillstep.<ref name="undertheradar" />
'''Robert Card''', better known by his stage name '''Blackmill''', is a British electronic music producer.<ref name="RA">{{Cite web |title=Blackmill • Biography |url=https://ra.co/dj/blackmill/biography |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Resident Advisor}}</ref> His music has been described as being [[melodic dubstep]] and [[chillstep]].<ref name="undertheradar" />


Card was born in the [[Scottish Highlands]] and started playing a guitar which he got for his birthday at age 8. At the age of 15, he began producing [[trance music]] under the name Robert J.C.<ref name="RA" /> He started producing [[dubstep]] as a response to its growth in 2010.<ref name="RA" /> His remix of [[Ellie Goulding]]'s "[[Your Song (Ellie Goulding Song)|Your Song]]" placed number one on the music blog aggregator [[Hype Machine]] in the early 2010s.<ref name="bill2017">{{Cite magazine |date=5 October 2017 |title=John Edge and Blackmill Release Ethereal New Song 'Emerald City': Premiere |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/john-edge-blackmill-emerald-city-premiere-7989272/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> During 2011, he released his debut album ''Reach for Glory'',<ref name="aaemusic">{{Cite web |title=Artist |url=https://www.aaemusic.com/artist/blackmill |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=AAE Music: Premier Booking Agency for Bands, Musicians and Artists. |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as another album, titled ''Miracle''.<ref name="edmhome">{{Cite web |title=There's No Place Like "Home": Listen to Blackmill's First Album In 10 Years {{!}} EDM.com – The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists |url=https://edm.com/.amp/music-releases/blackmill-first-album-in-ten-years-home |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=edm.com}}</ref> In 2017, he worked with Scottish folk singer [[John Edge (singer)|John Edge]] to release the song "Emerald City".<ref name="bill2017" /><ref name="undertheradar">{{Cite web |last=Bagshaw |first=Bella |date=2019-12-29 |title=Blackmill returns with melodic dub offering in hand |url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2019/12/blackmill-returns-with-melodic-dub-offering-in-hand/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Dancing Astronaut |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, he released ''Home'', his comeback album.<ref name="edmhome" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mooney |first=Ali |date=2021-12-27 |title=Blackmill Brings Us 'Home' with New Album [Review] |url=https://edmidentity.com/2021/12/27/blackmill-brings-us-home-with-new-album/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=EDM Identity |language=en-US}}</ref>
Card was born in the [[Scottish Highlands]] and started playing a guitar which he got for his birthday at age 8. At the age of 15, he began producing [[trance music]] under the name Robert J.C.<ref name="RA" /> He started producing [[dubstep]] as a response to its growth in 2010.<ref name="RA" /> His remix of [[Ellie Goulding]]'s "[[Your Song (Ellie Goulding Song)|Your Song]]" placed number one on the music blog aggregator [[Hype Machine]] in the early 2010s.<ref name="bill2017">{{Cite magazine |date=5 October 2017 |title=John Edge and Blackmill Release Ethereal New Song 'Emerald City': Premiere |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/john-edge-blackmill-emerald-city-premiere-7989272/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> During 2011, he released his debut album ''Reach for Glory'',<ref name="aaemusic">{{Cite web |title=Artist |url=https://www.aaemusic.com/artist/blackmill |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=AAE Music: Premier Booking Agency for Bands, Musicians and Artists. |language=en-US}}</ref> as well as another album, titled ''Miracle''.<ref name="edmhome">{{Cite web |title=There's No Place Like "Home": Listen to Blackmill's First Album In 10 Years {{!}} EDM.com – The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists |url=https://edm.com/.amp/music-releases/blackmill-first-album-in-ten-years-home |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=edm.com}}</ref> In 2017, he worked with Scottish folk singer [[John Edge (singer)|John Edge]] to release the song "Emerald City".<ref name="bill2017" /><ref name="undertheradar">{{Cite web |last=Bagshaw |first=Bella |date=2019-12-29 |title=Blackmill returns with melodic dub offering in hand |url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2019/12/blackmill-returns-with-melodic-dub-offering-in-hand/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Dancing Astronaut |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, he released ''Home'', his comeback album.<ref name="edmhome" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mooney |first=Ali |date=2021-12-27 |title=Blackmill Brings Us 'Home' with New Album [Review] |url=https://edmidentity.com/2021/12/27/blackmill-brings-us-home-with-new-album/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=EDM Identity |language=en-US}}</ref>

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Blackmill
Birth nameRobert Card
OriginCarrbridge, Scotland
GenresDubstep, trance
Occupation(s)Music producer

Robert Card, better known by his stage name Blackmill, is a British electronic music producer.[1] His music has been described as being melodic dubstep and chillstep.[2]

Card was born in the Scottish Highlands and started playing a guitar which he got for his birthday at age 8. At the age of 15, he began producing trance music under the name Robert J.C.[1] He started producing dubstep as a response to its growth in 2010.[1] His remix of Ellie Goulding's "Your Song" placed number one on the music blog aggregator Hype Machine in the early 2010s.[3] During 2011, he released his debut album Reach for Glory,[4] as well as another album, titled Miracle.[5] In 2017, he worked with Scottish folk singer John Edge to release the song "Emerald City".[3][2] In 2021, he released Home, his comeback album.[5][6]

In 2019, Bella Bagshaw of Dancing Astronaut described him as an "eternally under-the-radar producer".[2]

Discography

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  • Reach for Glory (2011)
  • Miracle (2011)
  • Home (2021)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Blackmill • Biography". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Bagshaw, Bella (29 December 2019). "Blackmill returns with melodic dub offering in hand". Dancing Astronaut. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "John Edge and Blackmill Release Ethereal New Song 'Emerald City': Premiere". Billboard. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Artist". AAE Music: Premier Booking Agency for Bands, Musicians and Artists. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b "There's No Place Like "Home": Listen to Blackmill's First Album In 10 Years | EDM.com – The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists". edm.com. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  6. ^ Mooney, Ali (27 December 2021). "Blackmill Brings Us 'Home' with New Album [Review]". EDM Identity. Retrieved 18 January 2023.