Cardinal Zen is a chillout/trip-hop/downtempo artist from Philippines. Had released tunes on QED Records (Philippines), Cafe Del Mar Music (Spain), Adope Recordings (Japan), and Drizzly Records (Germany). He is pushing the sound of downtempo and chillout in the local music scene as well.

Cardinal Zen is one of the few who pushes the genre of chillout and downtempo in the international music scene.

Producing ambient and chilling music for him is more of a meditation and self-expression.

He believes that chillout and downtempo tunes are universal and can be appreciated by people and entities from all walks of life.