2011.09.16
Onra Collaboration T-shirts - BACK!

French beatmaker Onra kicks off his multi-city Japan tour in Akita on September 16th. To celebrate the occasion graniph and Onra have teamed up to release a limited edition t-shirt, available exclusively through graniph stores and www.graniph.com

CHECK OUT THE T-SHIRT

Onra
Onra (Aranud Bernard) first appeared on the 2006 collab-album “Tribute” alongside fellow producer and friend Quetzal. This Hip-Hop tribute to Soul music grabbed the attention of music heavy weights Giles Peterson and Benji B and was covered on Okayplayer.com. The following year Onra teamed up with American keyboard player Byron The Aquarius to drop an album under the name “The Big Playback” on Japanese label Circulations. Mixing elements of Hip Hop, Nu-Soul and Broken Beat, they also featured on the genre- defining compilations Beat Dimensions and New Worlds.

The same year he dropped his first solo endeavour, Chinoiseries, an ambitious adventure into sampling which was constructed entirely by using samples from dusty vinyl dug up on a trip to his grand-parents home country, Vietnam. The stand-out track “The Anthem” has been included on various compilations, covered for TV ads, and had heads nodding around the world.

After being selected to participate in the 2008 Red Bull Music Academy in London, Onra went on to release "1.0.8", a project made out of Bollywood samples, which got the Internet buzzing and was elected as album of the week by many shops across Europe.

In 2010 he release Long Distance on All City Records. The album is Onra's personal homage to the R n B and Soul sounds of the 80’s and features vocal contributions from T3 of Slum Village on “The One” and Olivier DaySoul on “Long Distance”.