Having spent most of his professional music career behind a computer screen,

a mixing desk or a pair of turntables, the Athens based musician, producer and DJ has been putting in work since the mid-90s in seminal labels such as Nice Up!, True Thoughts, Cookin Records, Good Looking, Pork Recordings, Shadow Records and Instinct Records.

Blend Mishkin (aka Giorgos Mantas) began playing the electric bass at 15 and a few years later landed his first record deal with his band Bella Union. In 1995 he set up his first home studio consisting of an Atari computer and a master keyboard from where he recorded his first tracks, later to be released as the Spectro album. His work started to get signed and by 2004 he had produced four albums under the artist name Blend, one of them for Shadow Records (USA) and one for Seirios (GR), the label of the late great Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis.

In 2006 he co-founds Cast-a-Blast, an artist collective and independent record label, home for artists such as Larry Gus and Sugahspank! as well as his own Palov and Mishkin project, an innovative at the time fusion of Cumbia and electronic rhythms, which landed releases with labels such as Tru Thoughts, Gamm and Resence.

In 2011 he shifts his focus to producing reggae and bass music, and by 2020 has released multiple albums and has composed and produced music for internationally renowned artists such as Tippa Irie, Screetchie Dan, Jamalski, Gappy Ranks, Skarra Mucci and Carlton Livingston to name a few. In addition to these productions, he remixes work for bands and artists like Ward21, Luciano, Dub Pistols, Mr. Williamz, Max Rubadub, Rukus, DJ Spooky and Wax Tailor.
His 2015 album Survival of the Fittest (Nice Up! Records) gains international popularity and also marks the birth of his Roots Evolution band, featuring a cast of talented Athenian musicians and BNC (Jeff Gonzalez) on vocals. Together they record and release three more albums, including Wildfire which reaches #23 on the Best Reggae Album of 2019 Regaville.com chart and Paint Everything White with Sugahspank!.

His music has received rave reviews and prominent radio airplay from the likes of David Rodigan (BBC1Xtra), the late Andrew Weatherall (NTS), Toddla T (BBC Radio One) and Seanie B (BBC1Xtra).

While garnering international recognition, Blend Mishkin and Roots Evolution benefit from a consistently busy live schedule throughout Greece and Europe with performances in clubs and the festival circuit including Boomtown Fair(UK), Uprising Festival (Slovakia), Overjam Reggae Festival (Slovenia), Exit Festival (Serbia), Ozora (Hungary), Gampel Open Air (Switzerland), One Love Festival (UK), Neversea (Romania) and more.

In 2021 Blend Mishkin marks 25 years into music production and celebrates the occasion with a remarkable performance at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus (161 AD), the most notable amphitheater and prestigious stage for live performances in Athens, featuring Roots Evolution and the El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra and Choir.

2022 awaits the release of his upcoming album Unity of Opposites where alongside his band Roots Evolution and guests, embraces new musical directions that integrate new influences and reflect the band’s unity, the artist’s vision and his growth as a composer.
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