Blend aka Mishkin feat. Elephant Phinix - Press Forward (Remixes) [Cast-a-Blast, 2010]

Press Forward Remixes features nine brand new versions by Ekelon, Turntable Dubbers, Dj Palov, Illbred Bazin, Gary Poter, Bnc, Kill Emill, Logos Apeilh, JMelik and Billa Qause..

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Blend aka Mishkin - Sudden Death (A Field Guide To) [Cast-a-Blast, 2009]

Blend (also known as Mishkin), ends up locking himself in the studio for three months with his mpc sampler, a big stack of records, loads of spoken words on vinyl (in fact this album is a paradise for the spoken word nerd), a turntable, a microphone…and in come the mc’s: BNC (Jeff Gonzalez), Elephant Phinix followed by The Kidd and Taki Tsan to add a personal spirit to his music! Other collaborations in the album include vocalist & keyboardist Serotone of Duke Abduction, guitarist Kill Emil of Cinecod, human beatbox Bitman, mythical punk rocker Stink, producer Strider and keyboardist Yiannis Dimitriadis of the Happy dog project. The beats are created by chopping a vast collection of sounds and music from vinyls and other external sources such as a casio 20 euro keybord, sirens, generators and music toys. Much detail is put by cutting, scratching and mixing bits of live shows, spoken words, comedy, horror and cartoons. The result is surely mindblowing with a flowing tracklist which sequels as if to tell a story. Sudden Death is an album with the philosophy of a mixtape, which was Blends idea in the first place, but manages to leave a complete musical stigma which is sure to hook its listeners up.

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Blend - Misplaced [Cast-a-Blast, 2006]

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 Earthbound, 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.

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