Cardinal Zen (musician)

Cardinal Zen
Cardinal Zen
Background information
Birth name	Ernest Jan Vincent Muñoz
Also known as	Cardinal Zen; Makkina; Jv Munoz
Born	Philippines
Genres	Electronica, trip hop, downtempo, deep house, minimal techno
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Café Del Mar Music, QED Records, Adope Recordings, Drizzly Music, Transcode Recordings

Cardinal Zen is a music producer based in France. He was part of the Café del Mar roster of artists and the founder of Transcode Recordings. 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 the Philippines under the names Makkina and Loop Theory. He cites Alias & Tarsier, DJ Krush, Aromabar, Mandalay, Mono, Massive Attack, Prefuse 73, and Enigma among his favorite artists.

Discography

Albums

Floppy Pillows EP (May 2005, QED Records)[1]

Deep Within
I Dream of Hue
Wishing Well

Summer Solstice (February 2013, Drizzly Music Gmbh)[2]

Summer Solstice
Bent and Broken
Far from Home (Cafe Del Mar Dreams Vol.4 Edit)
Rain and Snow
Spider Dance
Warmth
Winter Sonnet
Midnite Sky
Subway Graffiti
Summoning the Winds
Wishing Well (Bonus Track)
Up Above and Down Below
Yukishiro (A Glimpse of Heaven)
Fast Like Bullets
Continuous Lounge Mix By Smooth Deluxe (feat. Smooth Deluxe) [60 Minutes Full of Pleasure]

Winter in Paris EP (December 2014, Transcode Recordings)[3]

Winter in Paris (5:48)

Tangerine Sunset EP (June 2015, Transcode Recordings)[4]

Tangerine Sunset (3:39)

Compilations

Café Del Mar Dreams 4 (Various Artists) / (November 2006, Café Del Mar Music)[5]
LaBoracay 2015 (Various Artists) / (April 2015, ToneDef Beats)[6]

Remixes

Aromabar – Winter Pageant (Cardinal Zen Dreamy Remix)
Garbage – Milk (Cardinal Zen Smoothie Remix)
Sparkee – Inversion feat. Hazel Mae (Cardinal Zen Remix)

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