Sultan & Shepard
Sultan and Shepard are a Canadian electronic music duo who frequently collaborate in record production, songwriting, and remixing.
Biography
Background
Sultan, born Ossama Al Sarraf, lived in Kuwait, Cyprus, and Egypt, before moving to Montreal in 1996 to study mechanical engineering and business at McGill University. While there, he became immersed in Montreal nightlife and the house scene. A series of gigs DJing led to the release of his first track, "Primal Instinct". Sultan was signed to Chug Records in 2001. In 2004, he starred in the documentary Being Osama which detailed his Christian Palestinian roots.In 2002, Ned Shepard, also a student at McGill DJing in Montreal, gave Sultan a demo CD of music he had been working on. Sultan called Shepard the following morning and expressed an interest in producing together.
Career
In 2008, Sultan + Shepard formed Harem Records to release their music. Their singles include "Walls" featuring Quilla, "No Good" with Fedde Le Grand, "In the Air" with Morgan Page and BT, "When We Were Young" with Dillon Francis, and "Make Things Right" featuring Tegan & Sara. In July 2018 they announced their upcoming debut artist album, slated for release in 2019. They co-wrote and co-produced the 2014 David Guetta song "Bad", co-wrote "Drove Me Wild" by Tegan & Sara from their 2013 album Heartthrob, and have collaborated with Tiësto, Junior Sanchez, The Boxer Rebellion, Vassy, and Nadia Ali.They were nominated for a 2013 Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for their remix of "Locked Out of Heaven" by Bruno Mars. They were nominated for a 2018 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year for their song "Almost Home" featuring Nadia Ali and IRO.
Shepard cites Brian Eno, Underworld, The Chemical Brothers, Faithless, and Sasha & John Digweed among his major inspirations. Sultan cites the same artists as well as Daft Punk and Deep Dish.
Discography
Albums
Extended plays
Singles
Production discography
- Embers, Nadia Ali
- "Bad", David Guetta & Showtek
Remixes
| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Notes |
| 2007 | "Timelapse" | Jiva | ||
| 2008 | "Fever" | Julie Dennis | ||
| 2008 | "Pressure" | Dirty Vegas | ||
| 2008 | "Deliver Me" | Paul Harris and Cevin Fisher | ||
| 2008 | "Crash and Burn" | Nadia Ali | ||
| 2008 | "Asteroidz" | DBN | ||
| 2008 | "Wellness Park" | Daniel Portman | ||
| 2009 | "Invisible Man" | Stephan Luke | Ned Shepard solo | |
| 2009 | "Noisehead" | Bsno | Ned Shepard solo | |
| 2009 | "Leave Me Alone" | Cedric Gervais | ||
| 2009 | "The Take" | Paul Harris, Obernik | ||
| 2009 | "You Can Be the One" | Late Night Alumni | Ultra Electro 3 | |
| 2009 | "This Is Our Night" | Sander Kleinenberg | ||
| 2009 | "The Rose of Jericho" | BT | ||
| 2009 | "Love Story" | Nadia Ali | ||
| 2009 | "I Like That" | Richard Vission | ||
| 2009 | "Golden" | Second Sun | ||
| 2009 | "Dust in Gravity" | Delerium | ||
| 2009 | "Addicted" | Serge Devant | ||
| 2010 | "Island Breeze" | Pashka | ||
| 2010 | "One Hot Pleasure" | Erika Jayne | ||
| 2010 | "Outcome" | Cevin Fisher, Paul Harris | ||
| 2010 | "I Want You" | Dean Coleman | ||
| 2010 | "Hey Sexy Lady" | i SQUARE | ||
| 2010 | "Give It All Away" | DJ Rap | ||
| 2010 | "Fire in Your New Shoes" | Kaskade | ' | |
| 2010 | "Fight for You" | Morgan Page | ||
| 2010 | "Century" | Tiësto | ' | |
| 2011 | "Astana" | Funkagenda | ||
| 2011 | "Something for the Weekend" | Dave Aude | ||
| 2011 | "Meiri" | Thomas Sagstad | ||
| 2011 | "The Edge of Glory" | Lady Gaga | ||
| 2011 | "Drunk Text" | Manufactured Superstars | ||
| 2011 | "Call Your Girlfriend" | Robyn | ||
| 2011 | "Army of Love" | Kerli | ||
| 2011 | "A Million Stars" | BT | ||
| 2012 | "Time" | Paris & Simo | ||
| 2012 | "Beautiful People at 5am" | Benny Benassi | ||
| 2012 | "Send Me Your Love" | Taryn Manning | ||
| 2012 | "American Flash" | Dean Cohen | ||
| 2012 | "Give Me All Your Luvin'" | Madonna | ||
| 2012 | "Disobey" | Kate Havnevik | ||
| 2012 | "Big Hoops " | Nelly Furtado | ||
| 2013 | "Locked Out of Heaven" | Bruno Mars | Nominated for Grammy | |
| 2013 | "Closer" | Tegan and Sara | ||
| 2015 | "Lay It All on Me" | Rudimental featuring Ed Sheeran | ||
| 2016 | "Give It Up" | Jack Wins | ||
| 2016 | "Is It Love" | 3LAU | ||
| 2017 | "All Or Nothing" | Lost Frequencies | ||
| 2018 | "Gangster Tripping" | Fatboy Slim | ||
| 2018 | "I Know You" | Craig David | ||
| 2018 | "Mood" | Felix Cartal | ||
| 2019 | "Miles to Your Heart" | Sultan & Shepard, Rock Mafia and Bahari | ||
| 2019 | "All of Your Weapons" | Sultan & Shepard featuring Mougleta | ||
| 2019 | "Keep Moving" | Sultan & Shepard and The Boxer Rebellion | ||
| 2020 | "Daydreams" | Arty featuring Cimo Fränkel | ||
| 2020 | "Everytime" | Lustral |