01 March 2011 - 0 Comments

New Zealand Drum and Bass production outfit Cern will release debut album Terminus on March 14^th 2011. The album features the current radio single ‘Double Down’ as well as collaborations with Concord Dawn, Teknic, Phantom and more.

A widespread name throughout the global Drum and Bass community already, Cern's production has seen tracks on many of the scenes leading European record labels, including UK's Renegade Hardware, Critical, Cylon, Syndrome Audio as well as New Zealand's own Samurai Music. Cern has also collaborated with acts such as Bulletproof, Dose, Teknik, Menace, Consequence and Luca.

Cern was originally the combined talents of Ollie Macky (Omen) and Jonny Beck (Climate).Starting out at the then home of underground music in Auckland, Fu Bar, Cern developed a passion for DJing and production by experiencing the best of what the world had to offer. After getting recognised for their own skills, they soon began to support some of the acts for New Zealand drum and bass pioneers Subtronix and Cyanide Recordings. This is when their attention turned to production, and their skills began to take form.

However, in mid-2008, Jonny (Climate), sadly and suddenly passed away, leaving behind a bright and fast rising future in the international drum and bass scene, and a huge number of close friends and family. To this day he is greatly missed and never forgotten.

Remaining member Ollie (Omen) toured Europe and Australasia solo as Cern at the end of that year as a tribute to his late friend and collaborator, helping to keep his memory and ideas alive and extending their music to everyone who has supported them over the years. Although this tragedy halted production initially, Ollie Cern has opted to continue writing and Djing in honor of his best buddy and the Terminus album features production collaborations with Jonny (Climate).

More recently Cern has gone on to collaborate with international artists Loxy, dBridge, Logistics, Sabre, Jubei, Nymfo, Phace & Misanthrop, as well as exciting new local talent Consequence & Tokyo Prose. With the release of the album and a European tour set for the rest of the year, 2011 is set to be Cern’s biggest year yet.

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