Cantorial Remixes: Zohar @ HotHouse

Submitted by Avi Kramer on June 20, 2007 – 11:08am.Zohar is led by composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Erran Baron Cohen, whose credits also include the popular Borat movie sountrack which starred his brother, Sacha. In an ironic turn of events, Baron Cohen was recently commissioned for a short symphonic work based on Kazakh folk melodies.

Zohar weaves together the beats and textures of modern club culture with hareem, hip-hop, electronica, dub and future grooves. It is a deconstruction of past, present and future, spanning Jewish Cantors, Arab Muezzins, Byzantine chants, meets today’s modern jazz and experimental musicians. Their approach is resolutely experimental and uncompromising with an instinctive feel for lush cinematic arrangements and intelligent melodies. Their acclaimed debut, One.Three.Seven, was produced by Miles Copeland’s Ark 21 label.