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Erran Baron Cohen is a British composer and trumpet player. He is also the brother of the actor Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Noam Baron Cohen is a UK comedian, writer and Golden Globe-winning actor most noted for his comic characters Ali G , Borat Sagdiyev , and Bruno ....
.

n is a founding member of "world fusion beat scientists" ZOHAR who are signed to Miles Copeland
Miles Copeland III

Miles Axe Copeland III is an United States entertainment executive, best known for founding I.R.S. Records. His brother, Stewart Copeland was part of the pop-rock trio The Police, which Miles managed....
's Ark 21 label. Their album one.three.seven was released worldwide in 2001 to critical acclaim. As part of the ZOHAR Sound System, Erran has also DJ'd internationally, and at some of London's most trendy night clubs including Momos, China White and Cargo.

Production and writing credits have included collaborations with Grammy award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
 winning producer Narada Michael Walden
Narada Michael Walden

Narada Michael Walden is an United States Record producer, drummer, singing, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and music recording sales certification awards....
, legendary Buddha Bar DJ Claude Challe
Claude Challe

Claude Challe is a France DJ and club impressario of Tunisian descent. He is perhaps best known as the founder of Buddha Bar .At age three, Claude Challe arrived in France....
, Martika's Kitchen
Martika's Kitchen

Martika's Kitchen is the name of the second album released by pop music singer and former child actor Martika. Released in 1991, it featured a number of songs written and produced by Prince ....
, and some of the world's greatest Middle Eastern vocalists, including Algerian legend "King of Rai" Khaled
Khaled (musician)

Khaled Hadj Brahim , better known as Khaled, is a ra? singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Sidi-El-Houri in Oran Province of Algeria....
, Hakim
Hakim

Hakim or Al-hakim is a given name for a male in the Arabic or Urdu language that means judge, arbitrator, ruler or governor.Variant transliterations include Hakam , Hakm , Hakum , Hakeem and Hakem ....
, Andy
Andy

Andy may refer to:*Andy , people with the given name Andy*Andy , a song by Frank Zappa*Andy , a fictional character in Toy Story*Andy , a song by Mario Rosenstock from Gift Grub...
, Rachid Taha
Rachid Taha

Rachid Taha is an France-Algerian musician. His music is influenced by many different styles such as rock and roll, techno and ra?....
, and Amina
Amina

Amina Sukhera was a Muslim princess of the royal family of Zazzau , in what is now northeast Nigeria. She was born c. 1533 and is estimated to have died around 1610....
.

Erran Baron Cohen also scored the original music for his brother's film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 in film mockumentary comedy film starring the British people comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the Borat Sagdiyev of a fictitious Kazakhs journalist travelling through the United States, recording real-life interactions with Americans....
 and his TV series Da Ali G Show
Da Ali G Show

Da Ali G Show is the name of two related Satire TV series starring Great Britain comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and featuring the character Ali G....
.






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Erran Baron Cohen is a British composer and trumpet player. He is also the brother of the actor Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Noam Baron Cohen is a UK comedian, writer and Golden Globe-winning actor most noted for his comic characters Ali G , Borat Sagdiyev , and Bruno ....
.

Work

Erran is a founding member of "world fusion beat scientists" ZOHAR who are signed to Miles Copeland
Miles Copeland III

Miles Axe Copeland III is an United States entertainment executive, best known for founding I.R.S. Records. His brother, Stewart Copeland was part of the pop-rock trio The Police, which Miles managed....
's Ark 21 label. Their album one.three.seven was released worldwide in 2001 to critical acclaim. As part of the ZOHAR Sound System, Erran has also DJ'd internationally, and at some of London's most trendy night clubs including Momos, China White and Cargo.

Production and writing credits have included collaborations with Grammy award
Grammy Award

The Grammy Awards ?or Grammys?are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry....
 winning producer Narada Michael Walden
Narada Michael Walden

Narada Michael Walden is an United States Record producer, drummer, singing, and songwriter. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy in the early 1970s and his musical career spans three decades, in which he was awarded several gold, platinum and music recording sales certification awards....
, legendary Buddha Bar DJ Claude Challe
Claude Challe

Claude Challe is a France DJ and club impressario of Tunisian descent. He is perhaps best known as the founder of Buddha Bar .At age three, Claude Challe arrived in France....
, Martika's Kitchen
Martika's Kitchen

Martika's Kitchen is the name of the second album released by pop music singer and former child actor Martika. Released in 1991, it featured a number of songs written and produced by Prince ....
, and some of the world's greatest Middle Eastern vocalists, including Algerian legend "King of Rai" Khaled
Khaled (musician)

Khaled Hadj Brahim , better known as Khaled, is a ra? singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist born in Sidi-El-Houri in Oran Province of Algeria....
, Hakim
Hakim

Hakim or Al-hakim is a given name for a male in the Arabic or Urdu language that means judge, arbitrator, ruler or governor.Variant transliterations include Hakam , Hakm , Hakum , Hakeem and Hakem ....
, Andy
Andy

Andy may refer to:*Andy , people with the given name Andy*Andy , a song by Frank Zappa*Andy , a fictional character in Toy Story*Andy , a song by Mario Rosenstock from Gift Grub...
, Rachid Taha
Rachid Taha

Rachid Taha is an France-Algerian musician. His music is influenced by many different styles such as rock and roll, techno and ra?....
, and Amina
Amina

Amina Sukhera was a Muslim princess of the royal family of Zazzau , in what is now northeast Nigeria. She was born c. 1533 and is estimated to have died around 1610....
.

Erran Baron Cohen also scored the original music for his brother's film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 in film mockumentary comedy film starring the British people comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the Borat Sagdiyev of a fictitious Kazakhs journalist travelling through the United States, recording real-life interactions with Americans....
 and his TV series Da Ali G Show
Da Ali G Show

Da Ali G Show is the name of two related Satire TV series starring Great Britain comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and featuring the character Ali G....
. Baron Cohen also created the theme music for the popular CBBC wildlife television show "Serious Jungle" as well as the other programmes in the "Serious..." series.

After scoring the Borat movie, Erran was asked by the Turan Alem Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra to compose a classical piece containing Kazakh influences.

Zohar tracks on compilations

  • Buddha Bar by Claude Challe
  • Deep Roots and Future Grooves
  • Whirl-Y-Waves Vol 2
  • Arabica I & II
  • World Chill by Martin Morales
  • Acoustic Chill by Chris Coco
    Chris Coco

    Chris Coco is a club/radio DJ, producer and music critic.As a club DJ, he is perhaps best known as the resident, at the hugely popular Coco Club....
  • Zen And The Art Of Chill
  • Pathaan's Small World


Family

Erran is one of three sons. He was born in Hammersmith
Hammersmith

Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, approximately 5 miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames....
, London, England. His mother, Daniella Weiser, teaches at a school of movement and was born in Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
. His father, Gerald Baron Cohen, originally from Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
, owns a menswear shop in Piccadilly
Piccadilly

Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. It is completely within the city of Westminster....
. Erran Cohen's paternal grandfather was born in Pontypridd
Pontypridd

Pontypridd is both a community and a town in Glamorgan, Wales, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff and is situated 12 miles north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff, and comprises the electoral wards of - Cilfynydd, Glyncoch, Graig, Hawthorn, Glamorgan , Pontypridd Town, Rhondda , Rhydfelen Central/Lower Ilan, Trallwng and Trefores...
 and his maternal grandmother, who now lives in Haifa
Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in North District Israel, and the List of Israeli cities in the country, with a population of over 264,900. Haifa has a mixed population of Jews and Arabs....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
 was an acclaimed ballet dancer from Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. Erran Baron Cohen's cousin Simon Baron-Cohen
Simon Baron-Cohen

Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology, a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom....
 is a leading researcher in the study of autism spectrum disorders
Autism

Autism is a Neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior....
 (including Asperger syndrome
Asperger syndrome

Asperger syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder , and people with AS therefore show significant difficulties in social interaction and restricted, Stereotypy patterns of behavior and interests....
). Erran's wife Angelique is the daughter of Robert (deceased) and Rachel Brook, members of the Sydney (Australia) Sephardi community.

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