Welcome to the Ship...

Instrumental by David Michael Tardy / DMT / Sees The Day

Starship Zero

Zen Tempest live @ PlayThink 2021

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Tracklist:

1. Insight (Beat by Curtis Andreas)
2. Starship Zero (Beat by David Michael Tardy)
3. Options (Beat by CHiEF)
4. The Magician (Beat by MP Beats)
5. Free Flow w/ Kiyoshi to CloZee beat
6. Pandora (Beat by Nyrus)
7. Thrive (Beat by Kaliedofox)
8. Get Free (Beat by CHiEF)
9. Miracle (Beat by MP Beats)
10. Osmosis (Beat by MP Beats)
11. Apotheosis (Beat by MP Beats)
12. Bless It (Beat by Tom Misch)

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This is the live recording of an intimate and epic performance I gave at PlayThink festival in Kentucky this past weekend, June 18th. It was my first time in Kentucky, and they showed me such a proper welcome.

The body of work in this recording represents several years and thousands of hours of writing, recording, rehearsing, freestyling, and emceeing. And I'm super grateful to be able to share it with you all today.

It was a really special performance, and I got to share it with my partner Ronja Sebastian and my new friend Kiyoshi Shelton who came up and spit some freestyles with me. Shout out to Nyrus, Kaleidofox, CHiEF, David Miacheal Tardy, MP Beats, CloZee, and Tom Misch, who all provided instrumentals for the set.

And lastly, a huge shout out to Paige Hankla and the whole PlayThink family for creating such a potent and precious vortex in Kentucky. I am grateful and forever changed to experience the magic of your community.

Hope you connect fam.

Much love,
Zen

Zen Tempest live @ PlayThink 2021

Inspired by the living lands of Guatemala <3

pre-released song from my forthcoming album, Multiplicity

Agua y Fuego

Adam & Eve (Equanimous Remix)

Will Evans - Adam & Eve (Equanimous Remix)

let it all out, Prod. Gontabeats

Prezent

Faith & Hope

See you in the meadow fam...

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Improv freestyle flows with the homie Zach Grace!

Every single instrument and verse for this track was recorded in one take with absolutely no pre-prepared material. Just free flows from the soul.

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Zach Grace on flute, guitar, djembe, and vocals.

Zen Tempest on vocals and production.

In The Meadow ft. Zach Grace

Somewhere in the space between Alan Watts and Aesop Rock, Atmosphere and Allen Ginsberg, Kahlil Ghibran and Kendrick Lamar...

There is a special place.

A place where the majestic backdrop of boom bap is populated by notions of prosperity and peace, where cityscapes and celestial horizons meet in a glorious display of poetic union.

This is where you’ll find Zen Tempest.