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'''Duo Blank''' is a live electronica act from Malta established in 1998. [[Edwin Balzan]] and [[Frank Cachia]] are the duo in the name and they had worked through several projects and collaborated with other DJ's such as Manuel Bella, Doppio Joe and [[David Dee]] before getting together to start working on [[Hectic Electric]], their first album.  
'''Duo Blank''' are a Maltese electronic music group, and the principal name under which musicians [[Edwin Balzan]] and [[Frank Cachia]] have recorded together since 1998.  


Over the years Duo Blank's output has demonstrated a flexibility of style in contemporary dance music, from techno to drums 'n bass and trance.
==History==
 
=== Pre-Duo Blank years: 1990–1997 ===
 
[[Edwin Balzan]] and [[Frank Cachia]] actually started collaborating together in 1990 joining up with [[Jotham Saliba]] on vocals and [[Pierre Farrugia]] on synthesizers to record their first demo tape at [[Wave Studios[[ under the name [[Q-Factory Incorporated]]. Being pioneer in electronic dance oriented pop in Malta at the time, this demo recordings landed them an offer to perform a song composed by Wave Studios co-owner Dominic Galea at the Festival tal-Kanzunetta ghall-Ewropa 1992.
 
Balzan, Cachia and Saliba continued to record more demos throughout the period 1993 till 1995 during which their style developed more from pop to Italo Nineties Dance.
In 1995, under the project name [[Web]], the trio released their first international single entitled 'Amazing' with the Italian Record Label Discomagic featuring Doreen Galea on vocals and dj's [[Manuel Bella]] and Andrea de Benedetto. In 1996, Balzan, Bella, Cachia and Saliba continued working together on an unreleased single featuring Bella's mother Carmen Scerri on vocals - this would end up to be the last project involving Saliba and Bella, in the following year, Balzan and Cachia teamed up with DJ David Dee producing various deep house singles which were later released under the [[Semitic Groove Foundation]] pseudonym.





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Duo Blank are a Maltese electronic music group, and the principal name under which musicians Edwin Balzan and Frank Cachia have recorded together since 1998.

History

Pre-Duo Blank years: 1990–1997

Edwin Balzan and Frank Cachia actually started collaborating together in 1990 joining up with Jotham Saliba on vocals and Pierre Farrugia on synthesizers to record their first demo tape at [[Wave Studios[[ under the name Q-Factory Incorporated. Being pioneer in electronic dance oriented pop in Malta at the time, this demo recordings landed them an offer to perform a song composed by Wave Studios co-owner Dominic Galea at the Festival tal-Kanzunetta ghall-Ewropa 1992.

Balzan, Cachia and Saliba continued to record more demos throughout the period 1993 till 1995 during which their style developed more from pop to Italo Nineties Dance. In 1995, under the project name Web, the trio released their first international single entitled 'Amazing' with the Italian Record Label Discomagic featuring Doreen Galea on vocals and dj's Manuel Bella and Andrea de Benedetto. In 1996, Balzan, Bella, Cachia and Saliba continued working together on an unreleased single featuring Bella's mother Carmen Scerri on vocals - this would end up to be the last project involving Saliba and Bella, in the following year, Balzan and Cachia teamed up with DJ David Dee producing various deep house singles which were later released under the Semitic Groove Foundation pseudonym.


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