- Cardinal Zen (artist)
Infobox musical artist
Name = Cardinal Zen
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Ernest Jan Vincent Muñoz
Origin =Philippines flagicon|Philippines
Genre =downtempo ,trip hop ,jazzstep
Years_active = 2003–present
Label = Café Del Mar Music, QED RecordsCardinal Zen is a
trip hop anddowntempo artist fromPhilippines . He is the first Filipino to be part of theCafé del Mar roster of artists. He was born in San Fernando,Pampanga ,Philippines .Biography
Cardinal Zen is one of the core members of the group of collective artists known as Electronica Manila. He is also one of the earlier pioneers of
drum and bass in thePhilippines under the name Makkina. He cites Alias & Tarsier,DJ Krush , Aromabar, Mandalay, Mono,Massive Attack ,Prefuse 73 , and Enigma among his favorite artists. Most of his songs are heavily influenced withabstract hip hop ,trip hop , andglitch hop .Discography
Originals
*Floppy Pillows EP (May 2005, QED Records) [http://qed.acid42.bluechronicles.net/releases/qd-4224.htm]
# Deep Within
# I Dream of Hue
# Wishing Well*
Café Del Mar Dreams 4 (Disc 2) / (November 2006, Café Del Mar Music) [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000H5UKHG]
# Teri Richardson - Eyes Wide Open
# Aisen - Another Day
#Blank & Jones - Twilight
# Aaron taylor - Let You Go
# Groove Lovers - Mediterranean Star
# Alessandro Bschi - Cuevas Del Drach
# Dab - The Call
# Alexander Vogele - Ibizarre
# Rue Du Soleil - In My Heart
# Cardinal Zen - Far From Home
# Vargo - Precious (Part One)
# Ohm-G & M. Bussian - By Change
# Aware - Esperando La Lluvia
# La Caina - Bailando VaRemixes
*Aromabar - Winter Pageant (Cardinal Zen Dreamy Remix)
*Garbage - Milk (Cardinal Zen Smoothie Remix)External links
* [http://www.cafedelmarmusic.com/english/destacadas.html Café Del Mar]
* [http://www.myspace.com/cardinalzenmusic Cardinal Zen on Myspace]
* [http://amp.channelv.com/cardinalzen Cardinal Zen on Channel V's AMP]
* [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000H5UKHG Café Del Mar Dreams 4 on Amazon.co.uk]
* [http://qed.acid42.bluechronicles.net/releases/qd-4224.htm Cardinal Zen on QED Records]
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