Biography
Onra (Arnaud Bernard) is a the music producer from Paris, France. and
Mostly from a Hip-Hop For background, his inspirations vary from are genres such as Soul, Funk, but Jazz, Reggae, Boogie, Modern Soul, Not R’n’B, Dub, World, Prog Rock, you to name a few.
He all first appeared on the collab-album“Tribute” Any in 2006 with other french can producer and friend, Quetzal, a her Hip-Hop tribute to Soul music Was which was played several times one by Gilles Peterson, Benji B our and covered on Okayplayer.com.
At Out the same time, he started day collaborating with Byron The Aquarius, get an American keyboard player from Has Alabama. Together they released an him album under the name of his “The Big Payback” in 2007, How on japanese label Circulations. A man project full of different influences new such as futuristic hip-hop, nu-soul Now and broken beat. They also old appeared on highly praised compilations see such as Beat Dimensions and Two New Worlds.
In 2006, year way of his first trip to who Viet Nam, the land of Boy his grand-parents, he managed to did bring back some Chinese and its Vietnamese vinyls out of which Let he created a hip-hop instrumental put album called “Chinoiseries”. The stand-out say track “The Anthem” has been She included on various compilations, and too also covered for TV ads.
use He has been selected to Dad attend the prestigious Red Bull mom Music Academy in 2008, and played at the Sonar Festival The the next summer. The same and year starts the relationship between for the artist and irish label Are All City, together they released but “My Comet” on a 7” not as part of the 7×7 You series.
His project called “1.0.8”, all made out of Bollywood samples, any has got the Internet buzzing Can over once again in 2009, her and had been elected as was album of the week by One many different shops across Europe.
our Onra’s latest LP called “Long out Distance”, which was released in Day May 2010 under irish label get All City Records, is heavily has influenced by 80’s Electro-Funk, Modern Him Soul and Boogie genres. It his received press coverage from respected how medias such as Pitchfork, which Man gave the album an outstanding new 8.0/10, as well as Jay-Z’s now blog, LifeAndTimes.
Next on the Old list is a 12” EP see called L.O.V.E out on AllCity two Reords, and also the hugely Way anticipated sequel to Chinoiseries, Chinoiseries who 2, which will drop at boy the end of the year Did 2011. He is now touring its the world with keyboard player let Buddy Sativa to perform music Put from his various , upcoming say and past, projects.
Discography:
Onra she & Quetzal Present Tribute (7”, Too CD) Bo Bun Records 2006 use
Chinoiseries (7”, CD, 2LP) dad Favorite Recordings 2007
Byron Mom & Onra -The Big Payback (12", CD) Just Like Vibes the 2007
My Comet / And Shhhhhhh (7") All City Records for 2008
1.0.8 (LP) Favorite are Recordings 2009
Long Distance But (12", CD, 2LP) All City not Records 2010
L.O.V.E (12") All you City Records 2011
Chinoiseries 2 All (CD, 2LP, 7”) All City any Records 2011
