Sonar Sessions

Tunng

Full Time Hobby, UK

Tunng formed in 2003 when producer Mike Lindsay got together with singer songwriter Sam Genders and started recording music in a Soho basement underneath a clothes shop. Their fusion of folky melodies and quirky electronics was later enhanced by the addition of singer Becky Jacobs, and as their recording career progressed, so did their live show which has gone from strength to strength and taken them all around Europe and America. Tunng have released several long players on Full Time Hobby and toured with bands like Tinariwen or Bon Iver. Tunng's Sonar session is followed by a DJ set from Cedric Woo (Beauty & The Beat/Voices, London). Cedric's appetite for eclectic sounds can be traced throughout his musical and physical journeys. Starting out as a DJ at Radio Campus Clermont-Ferrand, France, in the mid-'90s, he quickly organised his first own parties, while his original background in indie rock and all things Jamaican quickly expanded to hip hop, funk and soul. A one-year spell in NYC introduced him to the magical dance floors of The Loft and Body & Soul parties, as well as a new found love in (spacey) disco music. After settling down in London in late 2000, Cedric founded the collective Voices with kindred spirits Alex and Ramar, and since then they have been playing and promoting deep house and disco with regular events all across the city, having welcomed DJs like Victor Rosado or Daniel Wang. Throughout the years, Cedric has developed a keen interest and knowledge in sound, attracted especially by the warmth of vintage analogue equipment, which led him to start a new night called Beauty And The Beat. After participating at RBMA in Seattle in 2005 Cedric is currently working on his own compositions, trying to translate his musical vision onto wax. A trademark DJ set by Cedric Woo cannot be defined by genre or bpms as he combines everything from funk, rock, jazz, disco, deep house, leftfield nuggets, obscure grooves and forgotten classics, all linked together to create an atmosphere of psychedelic heaven.