Radiant Conscious Hip-Hop/ Rap

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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

Sizzla featuring Vida Sunshyne - The Formula (An-ten-nae Remix)(CLIP)


Ill be on air on the 3rd Thursday each month at midnight GMT! 

ARCA - WOUND
MIXIN POTIONS - WHEN IM DOWN
POST MALONE - TOO YOUNG
SBTRKT - NO LESS
SBTRKT - FLARE TWO
TRAVIS SCOTT - OLD SILVERS
TORO Y MOI - THAT INSTEAD OF THIS
BOMIS PRENDIN - N.Y NIGHTMARE
APHEX TWIN - 33 SAW UN STABBING INTERVIEW
APHEX TWIN - 6 FLY BEATS
SBTRKT - BUTTERSCOTCH
TYLER THE CREATOR - KEEP DA O's
OUTKAST - PROTOTYPE
FLYING LOTUS - NEVER CATCH ME
LA PRIEST - LORRY PARK
THOM YORKE - HARROWDOWN LOGIC JUMP REMIX
SBTRKT -  LANTERN (LIVE AT ROCKWERTCHER)
DRAKE - 6 GOD 
KELELA - A MESSAGE
SAMPHA - CANT GET CLOSE
RUSTIE - GLOBES
GRAMRCY - BARGAIN JAM (HODGE REMIX)
D.R.A.M - CHA CHA
FACTORY FLOOR - HERE AGAIN 
EVIAN CHRIST - FUCK IDOL
MR MITCH - BOWSER'S SNOUT
SBTRKT - DECEMBERIST


BBC RADIO 1 RESIDENCY No. 1 JULY 2015

I wrote this track in response to the Dakota access pipeline being built which threatens the waters of that area.  This situation symbolizes the mentality that cash, oil, and big business are able to destroy that which is sacred and that which threatens the future generations and the well being of our earth – in the name of profit.

I stand with my many brothers and sisters of all nations to peacefully resist the construction.  It is my intention to spread awareness about this situation and to inspire others to take action to support this cause.

Together we are strong, very strong.

To directly support and become informed visit: standingrock.org

My prayers for a sustainable, protected, and thriving planet are united with you all.  Please share as inspired*

- Ra.be

Water Rules Everything Around Me

Ra.be and CelloJoe teamed up "over the ethers" for this track.  CelloJoe sent Ra.be 333 an instrumental track, Ra.be added vocals and sent it back, CelloJoe added another layer of cello solos, etc. 

It's part of Ra.be's latest release: The Golden Bars Mixtape.
https://soundcloud.com/ra-be-333/sets/the-golden-bars-mixtapef

It's a free track, but if you want to support CelloJoe and say thanks with some $, head over to bandcamp and name your price. 
https://cellojoe.bandcamp.com/track/be-alright-ft-ra-be-333

Be Alright ft. Ra.be 333

SoulDrop

Really loving this guestmix that Strainje put together, demonstrating a ton of awesome deep dub action from The Higher Society crew. This mix has nice variety of rich sound, featuring work from Unknown Order & Baku with some forthcoming and unreleased bits laced in. Please show some love to all of these gentlemen and their crew if your feeling it, some serious action each and every and we are highly anticipating more work from them in the near future. 

Follow & Support Here:
https://soundcloud.com/the-higher-society
https://soundcloud.com/strainje_thehighersociety
https://soundcloud.com/unknown-order
https://soundcloud.com/baku-thehighersociety

The Higher Society Mixed By Strainje [ÅẸ Guestmix]

Providence, RI's Bluegrass and Folk masters will tour extensively with Trampled by Turtles in 2012. 

Brown Bird - End of Days

Don't worry... House Warming 3 is coming soon but I'm loving these jams right now.

Tim Livingstone - Drip Drop

@techncn plays a set on the Woods Stage at Fractaltribe presents Fractalfest 2017 in New York, USA.

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TECHNCN  @ Fractalfest 2017 - Woods Stage

Beast For Thee

New Partner

When We Are Inhuman

Down In The Willow Garden

Yo!

What's up family.

I don’t know about all of you… 
But I am feeling inspired right now! 

🔥 🔥 🔥 

It feels like I’ve been sitting on a near infinite wellspring of artistic and creative energy.  So much so that I just gotta do something with it. So, I am.

I’m going to make music.

More specifically, I’m going to record an album, one track at a time, and release it in real time.    This track is the first track in that series of releases. {Credit to MP Beats on the track.}

For the next 16 days, I’m going to record, mix, and release a new song every other day, such that by the end of this month I will have a brand new album of music.

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Why am I doing this?

Because music is awesome. And I am a musician. A rapper to be more specific.

Or at least, I say I am, haha.   But the truth is, that even though I feel like I am constantly creating new music, I’ve been in a bit of an artistic rut.

Too much of my my time, money, and artistic energy is going into the processes of coordinating with mixing and mastering engineers, listening to mixes again and again, working with graphic designers, making beats, etc.

Now, don’t get me wrong, these things are important! But the truth is, I’m impatient. While I have A LOT of good things on the way, there is a part of me that just wants to give you all something to hear right NOW.

I’m ready, willing, and present to do the damn thing I’m here to do, which is not only to create music, but to share what I have created with the world, so that it can be received and cherished.

I want to inspire and move you with music. In order to do that though, I have to put it out there.

I want you to hear what I make. I want you to hear what I make as if I am a small child who just wants to show you the painting I made at school today, yes. A part of me wants to be seen and appreciated for the beauty I create.

But I also want you to hear the music I am making FOR YOU.   

Because I believe the music I make has VALUE to offer the world. Because I believe music can actually help you, heal you, uplift you, inspire you, rekindle something inside of you, or stoke that flame which is already burning brightly.

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So, it goes like this.   I responded to a call from the universe. I bought a mixtape of beats from a producer online (at an incredibly reasonable price, I might add) and I am about to let loose on it. I’m about to paint my heart out.

I am going to do my best to bring you a polished product, yes, but I will also be allowing myself to fully disregard the over analytical inner critic that so often sabotages my creative nature. I am going to allow myself to express myself in an inhabited fashion, and share it with you all in its rawest most pure form.

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So, if you love me, if you love music, if you love the unfolding of the artistic process, then come on this journey with me. Listen to what I put out there in the coming two weeks.

Like it. Engage with it. Share it with somebody you love. And, if you don’t like it, that’s cool too.

I can’t expect to hit a home run every time. I accept that what I make may not be medicine for everyone out there.

Thanks for your time, attention and energy.  Wishing you love and alignment on your life journey.

Peace,  ZT

Source Codes

Wish You Were Gay

Wish You Were Gay (feat. Sean O'Hagan)

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.