Biography
Blend is the name of several different artists:
1. The producer, musician and dj 'George Mandas' aka 'Blend' aka 'Mishkin'
2. The Lebanese post-rock band 'Blend'
3. The Kurdish artist Blend (please go to profil Hozan Blend!)
4) The Alternative-Nu Metal Band Blend from New Delhi, India.
1) blend aka mishkin
Born January ’74, producer, musician, dj George Mandas aka Blend aka Mishkin has an amazing list of releases since back in 1998 with labels like N.Y.’s Shadow records, Cooking /Good Looking, Dsofa, Pork, Gamm, Rebtuz (Tru Thoughts) and Lovemonk to name a few.
Collaborations and remixes includes Natasha Atlas, Dj Spooky, Libra music, Featurecast, Bastard Jazz’s Drm, Pallyria, The Erthbound, Kbonus, The Hot 8 Brass Band and more.
Up to date he has released six personal albums and three compilations. Has produce music for Tootsie Babes, Mohamed Arrafa, Fill Barry and of course Sugahspank! while more than twenty exclusive tracks are featured on compilations worldwide.
Formed the Blend Sextet in 2006 a six piece band to perform his works live and co-created label/collective Cast-a-Blast with partners Sugahspank, Dj Palov,Jeff Gonzalez and designer Oxocube.
Discography
…Albums
..Misplaced (Cast-a-blast) cd
..Man Under Influence (Sirius M41) cd
..Get your breaks together (Octoberon) cd
..Blend meets Libra (remixes on libra's catalogue)(Libra Music) cd
..Spectro - Setine Town (dsofa) cd
..Echo Warrior (Shadow Records) cd
..Echo Warrior (dsofa recordings) cd
..Izired (dsofa recordings) cd
…Compilations
..Backslam Extravaganza - selected by Palov & Mishkin (Cast-a-blast)cd
..Backroom Sesions - selected by Blend (Octoberon)
..Music Produced for:
..Sugahspank! - The Incredible / The Invisible (Cast-a-blast) cd
..Tootsie Babes - Sunshine Solarium
..Mano a Mano by Quasi Stellar (dance theater)
..Mohamed Arafa - Arras (Libra Music)
…E.p's, Singles, 12''
..Palov & Mishkin - Ambiente Tropical (Resence) 12''
..Palov & Mishkin - Rata del / Merenda 12'' ep (Rebtuz)
..Palov & Mishkin - The Dog 12''ep (Scribble records)
..Palov & Mishkin - Re-de-troit 12'' ep (Gamm)
..Paramount - Screen frames (Digital Alkemist rmx) 12'' (Soundlab)
..Muddy jo - The Switch (ntrop) 12''
..Spectro - I know u care 12'' (ntrop) cds/12''
..Deltasites - 3 Days ep 12'' (ntrop) cds/12''
..Tracks on compilations
..V/A Soleado (Lovemonk records) cd
..Passport (Sony-Bmg) cd
..Save your funkin ears - selected by DjDidis (Timewarp music) cd
..DJ Spooky: Celestial Mechanix cd/lp(Thirsty ear)
..Local Underground (Local Underground - Planetworks) cd
..Deep Tones (Rubber Records) cd
..Dirty Sounds of Athens No.1 (Dsofa) cd
..Dubtometry
..DJ Spooky that subliminal kid with Mad Professor
and Lee "Scratch" Perry (Thirsty Ear) cd/lp
..Slow Mo 3 (Stereo Deluxe) cd/lp
..Hed Sessions 2 (Shadow Records) cd
..Elemental Chill - vol 3 : Air - Mixed by DRM (Kriztal) cd
..Modern Mantra mixed by Dj Spooky (Shadow Records) cd/12''
..Dub plates from the lamp 2 (Pork recordings) cd
..Dub Life mixed by Dj Shawn Francis (Shadow Records) cd
..Soul Addiction (Cookin records) cd/12''
..Blunted 3 (Shadow Records) cd
..Press Play (Instinct) cd
..Cool Calm and Collected (Rubber Records) cd
..Remixes:
..Hot 8 Brass Band - It's Real (Palov & Mishkin remix) Tru-Thoughts
..Kbonus - Uh Yeah! (blend remix) Eighttrack recordings 12''
..Featurecast - Disco Diesel (blend remix) Super Hi-Fi 12''
..Spark Arrester - Jazz Pearl (blend remix) Cast-a-Blast cd
..The Earthbound - Song for dj lofi (blend remix) Sirius cd
..Dj Spooky - Dementia absentia (blend remix) Thirsty Ear cd
..Natasha Atlas - Duniya mem ham aaye.. Eros cd
..Greg Long - Economic freedom (blend remix) Shadow records cd
..Saru - Bamboo shadow (blend remix) Shadow records cd
..Palyrria - Morning lyre (blend dub) Rubber records cd
..Mohamed Arafa - Arras (blend remix)
..Drm - Besides me (blend remix) Bastard Jazz
..Makis Ablianitis - Sky colours (blends version) Libra
..Vangelis Katsoulis - Traces (blends version) Libra
..Timewarp - in jazz (blend remix) Timewarp inc
..Nikko Patrelakis - Time (blend remix) Smallhouse
..Fill Barry - santamaria (blend dub)
..Fill Barry - cry for you (blend dub)
2) Lebanese post-rock band formed in 1997 first under the name of “Leviathan” then to reform once again after a year break up under the name “Blend”. The band is composed of Jad Souaid (lead vocals), Haytham Chalhoub (bass), Miran Gurunian (guitar), Jad Aouad (drums). Their first album “Act One” was released in 2004 under EMI, it weaves both elements of English and American rock with an oriental tinge. www.blendband.net
3. For the Kurdish artist Blend please go to profil Hozan Blend.
4)”Blend” is an Alternative-Nu Metal Band hailing from New Delhi, India. Early 2007 was the time when the nascent band assembled, drawing it’s inspiration from various genres ranging from classic, metal, progressive rock on to alternative and nu-metal bands to find that flawless blend of creativity, which have inspired them on to create the unique band’s sound. It was at the IIT-Delhi’s ‘BLITZKRIEG’ in September 2007 where we realized that we had it in us to make it big, after being selected for the finals.The focus and belief right from the band’s inception has been on Original Compositions and it was in April 2007 when the band started the recording sessions of “Suffocate” and “Wait For Me Time”, their first musical brainchild…songs that have gone on to become crowd favorites right after their Live Debut.
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