As far as who's behind the computer and when, I tend to do most of the editing and programming and he is in charge of the mixing. I play keys and he plays guitars so musically it's a natural fit.
Ned: Originally, Sultan was DJ'ing in clubs and I was just DJ'ing in my bedroom, but he was also a great producer so as far as the musical creation goes it's always been equally shared. What was the original balance of duties in your team? One of you was more the DJ/performer and the other the producer/engineer, or? Has that balance evolved over the years working together? Right now, we love what Lane 8 is doing as well as some other guys on the TNH label like Jerro, Deeparture and Le Youth. They were really setting the trend at the time. We were very into Deep Dish, Sasha & Digweed, all of the Global Underground DJ's. When we started it was all about Deep House, Progressive and melodic music which is funny cause the cycle has come back around and that's the sound of right now. They also launched a new radio show “Dialekt Radio”, in partnership with Insomniac Radio, to present progressive and deep, melodic music.įor more information about Sultan And Shepard please see their Most recently, the duo signed with Lane 8’s label This Never Happened, releasing “The Kochi EP” to much critical acclaim. To date, the album has already amassed over 50 million streams and showcases both the melodic, club songs that they have become known for, as well as a return to their deep house and progressive roots. In the fall of 2019, they released their debut double album “Echoes of Life” through Armada Music, including collaborations with Nadia Ali, Tritonal, Showtek, Bahari, and more. Almost Home went to #1 on the Billboard Dance Charts and was nominated for a Juno Award for Best Dance Recording. In the summer of 2017, Sultan and Ned reunited with singer Nadia Ali to release the folk inspired dance anthem "Almost Home" also featuring NYC based songwriter Iro.
The duo also received the Canadian songwriters SOCAN Music award for International Song of the Year for "Bad", the multi-platinum single which they co-wrote alongside David Guetta, Showtek and Vassy. In 2013, their remix of Bruno Mars’ "Locked Out Of Heaven" earned them a Grammy nomination.
The 2012 release of their anthemic single "Walls" vaulted them on tour across the globe with stops at Ultra Music Festival, Tomorrowland, Mysteryland, and a residency at the Wynn in Las Vegas. From collaborations with revered EDM artists such as Dillon Francis, Tiesto, and Kaskade to remixes for major pop acts like Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, and Madonna, the duo established themselves as one of dance music’s leading partnerships. They soon began collaborating on original songs, remixes, and songwriting, signing their first song to John Digweed’s Bedrock label and officially forming Sultan + Shepard in 2010. After a chance meeting in the after hours club scene in Montreal in the mid 2000's, Ossama Al Sarraf and Ned Shepard quickly discovered that they had a natural musical chemistry.
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