Sultan & Shepard
Sultan and Ned Shepard | |
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 Sultan (left) and Ned Shepard (right) perform at the 2012 Tent Party in London, Ontario. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Montreal[1] |
| Genres | Progressive house[2] |
| Labels | Fluential, Harem Records, Yoshitoshi Recordings |
| Members | Ossama Al Sarraf (Sultan) Ned Shepard |
| Website | www |
Sultan and Ned Shepard are a Canadian electronic music duo who frequently collaborate in record production, songwriting, and remixing.
Background
Sultan was born Ossama Al Sarraf to parents from the small but influential Christian community of Gaza. After living in Kuwait, Cyprus, as well as Egypt, he moved to Montreal in 1996 to pursue mechanical engineering where he found an interest in night clubs. After various gigs DJing and after releasing his first track, "Primal Instinct", Sultan was signed to Chug Records in 2001.[3]
In 2002, after seeing Sultan DJing in Montreal twice, Ned Shepard gave Sultan a demo CD of music he had been working on. Sultan enjoyed the music and called Shepard the following morning and expressed interest in producing together.[4]
Ned Shepard cites Brian Eno, Underworld, The Chemical Brothers, Faithless, and Sasha & John Digweed among his major inspirations. Sultan cites the same artists as well as Daft Punk and Deep Dish.[4]
In 2008, they formed Harem Records to release their music.[4]
Discography
Songs
| Year | Title | Featured artist(s) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Organ Donor" | ||
| "Somebody To Love" | Dirty Vegas | ||
| "Walls" | Quilla | ||
| "Block Party" | |||
| 2011 | "Call My Name" | Nadia Ali | |
| 2010 | "Chromatic" | Ned Shepard solo | |
| "Deeper Underground" | |||
| "Pink Panther" | |||
| 2009 | "Crimson Sun" | Dirty Vegas | |
| "Kitsch" | |||
| "Twenty Below" | Ned Shepard solo | ||
| 2008 | "Block Party" | Benny Blanco | |
| "A Fine Balance" | |||
| "Did We" | |||
| "Eye Spy" | |||
| "Jeopardy" | Kuba Oms | ||
| "Let's Get Physical" | Zara | ||
| "One Day" | |||
| "Tomorrow Never Dies" | |||
| 2007 | "Connected" | Stereomovies | |
| "Itajai Vibes" | |||
| "Together We Rise" |
Collaborations
| Year | Title | Other artist(s) | Featured artist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Past Dreaming" | Funkagenda | |
| 2011 | "In the Air" | Morgan Page, BT | Angela McCluskey |
| "Running" | Fedde Le Grand | Mitch Crown |
As featured artists
- "Send Me Your Love", Taryn Manning, Freedom City, (2012)
Production discography
Remixography
All remixes listed have been released on the respective song's official remix EP unless noted otherwise.
| Year | Song | Artist | Release | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Time" | Paris & Simo | ||
| "Beautiful People at 5am" | Benny Benassi | |||
| "Send Me Your Love" | Taryn Manning | |||
| "Give Me All Your Luvin'" | Madonna | |||
| "Disobey" | Kate Havnevik | |||
| "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)" | Nelly Furtado | |||
| 2011 | "Astana" | Funkagenda | ||
| "Something for the Weekend" (featuring Luciana) | Dave Aude | |||
| "Meiri" | Thomas Sagstad | |||
| "The Edge of Glory" | Lady Gaga | Born This Way: The Remix | ||
| "Drunk Text" | Manufactured Superstars | |||
| "Call Your Girlfriend" | Robyn | |||
| "Army of Love" | Kerli | |||
| "A Million Stars" | BT | |||
| 2010 | "Island Breeze" | Pashka | ||
| "One Hot Pleasure" | Erika Jayne | |||
| "Outcome" | Cevin Fisher, Paul Harris | |||
| "I Want You" | Dean Coleman | |||
| "Hey Sexy Lady" | i SQUARE | |||
| "Give It All Away" | DJ Rap | |||
| "Fire in Your New Shoes" | Kaskade | Club Life: Volume One Las Vegas | ||
| "Fight for You | Morgan Page | |||
| "Century" | Tiësto | Kaleidoscope: Remixed | ||
| 2009 | "Invisible Man" | Stephan Luke | Ned Shepard solo | |
| "Noisehead" | Bsno | |||
| "Leave Me Alone" | Cedric Gervais | |||
| "The Take" | Paul Harris, Obernik | |||
| "You Can Be The One" | Late Night Alumni | Ultra Electro 3 | ||
| "This is Our Night" | Sander Kleinenberg | |||
| "The Rose of Jericho" | BT | |||
| "Love Story" | Nadia Ali | |||
| "I Like That" | Richard Vission | |||
| "Golden" | Second Sun | |||
| "Dust in Gravity" | Delerium | |||
| "Addicted" | Serge Devant | |||
| 2008 | "Fever" | Julie Dennis | ||
| "Pressure" | Dirty Vegas | |||
| "Deliver Me" | Paul Harris and Cevin Fisher | |||
| "Crash and Burn" | Nadia Ali | |||
| "Asteroidz" | DBN | |||
| "Wellness Park" | Daniel Portman | |||
| 2007 | "Timelapse" | Jiva |
References
- ^ "Sultan & Ned Shepard". The DJ List. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ "Sultan & Ned Shepard". MN2S. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ^ "Biography of Sultan". RA. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c SoundSpectrum (September 29, 2011). "Interview: Producers Of 2009: Sultan & Ned Shepard (Harem, GU, Great Stuff, Yoshitoshi)". YouTube. Retrieved November 24, 2012.