My name is Minas, but I publish almost everything I make under the name Blebiru.
I was born and raised in Greece but I'm now based in the Netherlands.

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Starting out as a bass player has lead me to wonder if the electric bass can move from a suppoting role to a leading one, and work as a melodic instrument. I wasn't interested in the context where I mostly saw this happening (in fusion music context that always felt a bit like showing off), so my research was how this can work in a song-like environment. This lead to two albums of bass-lead instrumental pop songs (Simple Songs for Lonesome Lovers & Are You Happy).

Around the same time I got obsessed with sound collages, samples and found sounds, especially after discovering musique concrete and the music of The Books. Since then I've been using these techniques to create ambient underwater universes (Point Nemo & Equilibrium) and to accompany spoken word text and poetry. The question in my mind seems to always be: how can I use non-musical sounds for musical purposes?

The COVID lockdown found me exploring my years of growing up, through old family video tapes and 90s greek TV clips. These were all combined into an album that plays with the concept of the collective subconscious. It's called Music From the Living Room (Μουσικές απ' το σαλόνι).

After years of working with many different artists, an extended family seemed to take shape. This has always seemed important to me; a group of people that appear again and again on my music, building a common language and understanding and giving it its sound and taste.
I think this is best demonstrated in the 2025 release Καιρός να μπει εδώ μια τάξη.

This album somehow combines all the different colours of Blebiru music: a live band, spoken word, found sounds, sample collages, humour and nostalgia.

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Along with all these, I like to stay busy with collaborations and production work for other artists, working from my tiny cellar studio in Utrecht.