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Cedar - Go Beyond E.P. september 2006
"The coolest E.P I've heard this year" - Orin /Afronaught/ Walters (Bugz In the Attic)
"Quality" - Domu
"Really funky, great quality. 10/10. This is definitely for me" - Laurent Garnier
"Great stuff really feeling it" - Spiritual South
What the DJ's say...
"I love the Cedar mix, playing this one out." - The NextMen
"Cedar mix is sloppy dirty funky exquisite" - The Loose Canons, Kiss FM
"Cedar's my man." - Domu
"Let it Go Cedar Remix does it for me! this is forward looking, head up, syncopated beat breakin'!! Tasty basslines and off kilter subs, make this broken-soul for the masses....respect!" - Zumen
Cedar is the most often used pseudonym for UK producer, Jon Schorah. Influenced by '70's soul-jazz/funk and '80's electronica his tracks blend lush pads and jazzy overtones with finely tuned beats & rhythms.
Jon led a musical childhood, taking lessons on both flute and trumpet at school. Involved as a musician in several live bands Jon also began producing ambient electronica from a small bedroom studio. Inspired by Bliss circa 1989, a hardcore night @ Leeds' Gallery, promoted Devotion, a deep-house night, (Gat Decor, etc.) at the same venue. Slowly becoming frustrated with the limitations of four-to-the-floor rhythms of the time, Jon's curiosity with the newly-emerging drum 'n bass scene (via Dream FM - Leeds' pirate) led him to experimentation with ambient dub tracks, adding sampled funk breakbeats from obscure Latin records at near double-time.
Beginning as Aqueous - using programmed beats only - Jon moved onto manipulating breaks alongside programmed beats incorporating the chilled-out drum 'n bass vibes of Leeds' legendary d.o.p.e. club. Thus, Cedar was born. Initial dats were picked up by LTJ Bukem, and led to a Japanese release via Sony, and then a UK release on Bukem's own Good Looking label.
Soon the Cedar sound began to include hip-hop influenced downbeat tracks on the GLR sister-label Cookin' Records and then several remixes for a variety of labels.
Today Cedar listens to and writes in a multitude of styles defying categorisation, encompasing broken beat, drum n bass, downtempo, house and ambient, taking inspiration from the sounds he is surrounded by on a day to day basis sounds of the city and of nature as well as artists such as Roy Ayres, Lonnie Liston Smith, Aphex Twin and Future Sound Of London to name a few.
The future holds yet more musical experiments for Cedar, with several collaborative projects underway and a live band in development.
Selected discography:
(If you can't find the vinyl, you should be able to find 'em on comps)
Go Beyond E.P., Cedar, First Word Records, FW009
Equinox, Cedar/Biowire, Good Looking Records GLR031
Cadencia, Cedar, Nu Sounds
Saturation Point, Cedar, Deep Rooted DR006
Distant Images, Cedar/Alaska & Paradox, Looking Good Records LGR035
Locus, Various, Mixed Emotions, Nu Directions
Transcendent Spheres, Various, Cookin EP3, Cookin Records CKEP003
Golden, Cookin EP4, Various, Cookin Records CKEP004
Elusive Tides, Cookin EP8, Various, Cookin Records CKEP008
Amanha de manha, Cookin EP10, Various, Cookin Records CKEP010
References, Soul Addiction, Various, Cookin Records CKLP002
The Switch, Earth Volume 7, Various, Earth Earth007V
Saturation Point, Cedar/Marcel, Deep Rooted DR005
Few remixes:
Today's Mathematics, Let it go, First Word Records, FW008
Today's Mathematics, Butterfly, First Word Records, FW004
LTJ Bukem, Watercolours, Good Looking Records
Drum Origins, Know The Future, Fokuz Ltd
Deep Flow, Velvet Robe, Purified Audio
Hydro, Serengeti Storm, Engage
J. Davis, Shelter, N*Soul
Mixes:
Cookin' Mix, Ingredients 05 Mix CD, Cookin Records, CKLP005
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