The Made in 2020 mixtape is an exercise in optimism, a record of personal struggle, and a mechanism for reflection. Created in quarantine, the four tracks were inspired by four collages by Melina Paulli. By selling the mixtape on bandcamp, we raised $575 to be split between The Transgender District San Francisco and Anahuacalmecac IB School in Los Angeles. These tracks contain my hope for better days. Streaming now on all platforms :)

*The fundraiser is over as of Feb 1, 2021. Thank you for your support. Together we raised $575 for Anahuacalmecac and The Transgender District SF

> About the Mixtape <

I wrote and produced these four tracks in the span of two weeks during July 2020, following a long period of writer's block and stress over my project [and really the general state of the world if we're being frank].

The tracks came about as a collaboration between myself and Melina Paulli, a talented designer, artist, and friend from growing up in Singapore. Starting with her collages as inspiration, I created four original scores based on my emotional reaction to the different imagery. The process helped me put aside my ego and reconnect with the innocence, introversion, and hope at the heart of my creativity. The result was four shining moments of vulnerable optimism in what then seemed a sea of gloom.

My intention with packaging them as the 'Made in 2020' mixtape is to provide a public record of the struggles I fought to find my optimism in this difficult year. I hope it allows the listener to feel reassured knowing that it's okay to struggle in this way. I firmly believe that one should never be ashamed to cling even to the most desperate shred of hope.

Click through each track to see them with their individual artwork. All purchases come with the artwork.

> About the Fundraiser <

The Made in 2020 Mixtape was part of a fundraiser for The Transgender District's initiatives in San Francisco and the benefit of homeless indigenous students at Anahuacalmecac school in Los Angeles. We raised $575 for the two causes before the fundraiser ended on Feb 1, 2021.

The Transgender District:
"The mission of the Transgender District is to create an urban environment that fosters the rich history, culture, legacy, and empowerment of transgender people and its deep roots in the southeastern Tenderloin neighborhood. The transgender district aims to stabilize and economically empower the transgender community through ownership of homes, businesses, historic and cultural sites, and safe community spaces." www.transgenderdistrictsf.com/about

Give Semillas 2020: Kalli Urgent Relief
"Co-founded by Indigenous Mexican educators born in Mexico, Semillas embodies a dream of an entire movement, the Chicano Movement - for an alternative education capable of fostering dignity in our children through autonomous intellect and knowledge. Moreover, Semillas represents a community-based response to the international and local call for Indigenous education guided by the UN-DRIP as a model for decolonization by Indigenous Peoples across the continent"

"Since the beginning of the pandemic Tzicatl Community Development Corporation and Semillas Sociedad Civil have been engaged with the Community Reclamation Coalition upon a widespread call to action to support all of our community residents especially Indigenous, undocumented and houseless during the pandemic.

Today, Anahuacalmecac is reaching out to our support communities to help us raise enough money for the Winter Solstice Kalli Urgent Relief: an effort to uplift resiliency in our communities by providing immediate economic hardship relief for our students suffering from houselessness..."
www.mightycause.com/story/Givesemillas2020

Made in 2020 Mixtape

Written, recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Tate Egon Chavez. Check out the live version: https://youtu.be/17h-Tjoq5y0

Hold me close, our hearts beat in time
Fan the smoke, my fire's burning wild
Undressed and exposed
Touch me and I'll fold

Tell me a secret
Paint it on my lips
Trust me to keep it
Tell me with a kiss

Pull me close, don't let this expire
Vanquish my ghost, free me from desire
Undressed and exposed
Touch me and I'll fold

Tell me a secret
Paint it on my lips
Trust me to keep it
Tell me with a kiss

With a Kiss

Written, recorded, produced, mixed, and mastered by Tate Egon Chavez. 

Subdue my judgement for a while 
Repress my heartache with a smile 
I'll trade a kiss for empathy 
Somehow I still feel incomplete 

And when I'm alone I need you in my head 
I'm covered in thorns and tears that I've shed 
I can't go home can't sleep in my bed 
And so I sink to your riverbed

I feel so naked in your arms
My nights are cold without your warmth
I see my yearning in your eyes
I pull you closer just to hide

And when I'm alone I need you in my head 
I'm covered in thorns and tears that I've shed 
I can't go home can't sleep in my bed 
And so I sink to your riverbed

And when I'm alone I need you in my head 
I'm covered in thorns and tears that I've shed 
I can't go home can't sleep in my bed 
And so I sink to your riverbed

Riverbed

*The fundraiser is over as of Feb 1, 2021. Thank you for your support. Together we raised $575 for Anahuacalmecac and The Transgender District SF

> About the Mixtape <

I wrote and produced these four tracks in the span of two weeks during July 2020, following a long period of writer's block and stress over my project [and really the general state of the world if we're being frank].

The tracks came about as a collaboration between myself and Melina Paulli, a talented designer, artist, and friend from growing up in Singapore. Starting with her collages as inspiration, I created four original scores based on my emotional reaction to the different imagery. The process helped me put aside my ego and reconnect with the innocence, introversion, and hope at the heart of my creativity. The result was four shining moments of vulnerable optimism in what then seemed a sea of gloom.

My intention with packaging them as the 'Made in 2020' mixtape is to provide a public record of the struggles I fought to find my optimism in this difficult year. I hope it allows the listener to feel reassured knowing that it's okay to struggle in this way. I firmly believe that one should never be ashamed to cling even to the most desperate shred of hope.

Click through each track to see them with their individual artwork. All purchases come with the artwork.

> About the Fundraiser <

The Made in 2020 Mixtape was part of a fundraiser for The Transgender District's initiatives in San Francisco and the benefit of homeless indigenous students at Anahuacalmecac school in Los Angeles. We raised $575 for the two causes before the fundraiser ended on Feb 1, 2021.

The Transgender District:
"The mission of the Transgender District is to create an urban environment that fosters the rich history, culture, legacy, and empowerment of transgender people and its deep roots in the southeastern Tenderloin neighborhood. The transgender district aims to stabilize and economically empower the transgender community through ownership of homes, businesses, historic and cultural sites, and safe community spaces." www.transgenderdistrictsf.com/about

Give Semillas 2020: Kalli Urgent Relief
"Co-founded by Indigenous Mexican educators born in Mexico, Semillas embodies a dream of an entire movement, the Chicano Movement - for an alternative education capable of fostering dignity in our children through autonomous intellect and knowledge. Moreover, Semillas represents a community-based response to the international and local call for Indigenous education guided by the UN-DRIP as a model for decolonization by Indigenous Peoples across the continent"

"Since the beginning of the pandemic Tzicatl Community Development Corporation and Semillas Sociedad Civil have been engaged with the Community Reclamation Coalition upon a widespread call to action to support all of our community residents especially Indigenous, undocumented and houseless during the pandemic.

Today, Anahuacalmecac is reaching out to our support communities to help us raise enough money for the Winter Solstice Kalli Urgent Relief: an effort to uplift resiliency in our communities by providing immediate economic hardship relief for our students suffering from houselessness..."
www.mightycause.com/story/Givesemillas2020

Lillies

Wildfire

Coral

Tide

‘Space to Breathe’ is a song about being kind to oneself, accepting that some things happen in their own time, and realizing that it's okay to take a step back.

Written, performed, recorded, and mixed by Tate Egon Chavez
Mastered by Stuart Hawkes at Metropolis Studios, London
Artwork by (instagram: onefallart)

Lyrics:
Speed up
You’re racing with yourself

Give up
Just to work for someone else’s wealth

Home alone
Staring at your phone,
But out of time
To give yourself a break (yeah)

Another stain 
On your dress
More tobacco on your breath

Take a hit
Broken glass
Girl you’re moving way too fast

Baby it’s fine to take your time
Yeah you know I’m on your side
Baby don’t pause don’t change your mind
It’ll all workout alright
Baby you don’t need proof for me (yeah baby)
Call and I’ll be your space to breathe (space to breathe)

Pick up
Your ego’s on the line

Keep up
She says you’re wasting time

Another stain 
On your dress
More tobacco on your breath

Take a hit
Broken glass
Girl you’re moving way too fast

Baby it’s fine to take your time
Yeah you know I’m on your side
Baby don’t pause don’t change your mind
It’ll all workout alright
Baby you don’t need proof for me (yeah baby)
Call and I’ll be your space to breathe (space to breathe)

Tate EC

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