Blacksand

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Blacksand is a British guitar-based electronic music duo consisting of Nick Franglen of Lemon Jelly and C.J. Casey of Akasha.

They are noted for the unusual places in which they play their improvised music, which include down a mine,{{cite news | title = Preview: Blacksand, Channel Four, 'Rockfeedback' | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/preview-blacksand-channel-four-rockfeedback-822738.html | last = Cumming | first = Tim | work = The Independent | date = 2008-05-08 | accessdate = 2010-03-20 | location=London}} on a submarineThe Wire, August 2008, page 77 and in an abandoned industrial testing facility.{{cite news | title = Factory of sound: Blacksand choose spooky setting for one-off performance | url = http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3846567.ece | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080516221937/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3846567.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 16 May 2008 | last = Greenwood | first = Phoebe | work = The Times | date = 2008-05-03 | accessdate = 2010-03-20 | location=London}} They released their first album, Barn, in May 2008.{{cite news | title = The First 10: Blacksand, Barn | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/may/18/popandrock.shopping5 | work = The Guardian | date = 2008-05-18| accessdate = 2010-03-20 | location=London | first=Mike | last=Barnes}}