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Zen Beer/Adam Tanner

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About Me

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28-year-old Adam Tanner has played bass with more bands than he can remember throughout a roughly decade-long semi-pro career in which he always wanted to record a solo bass album, but annoying things like final exams, work and sleep always got in the way. The Zen Beer project finally came to life in 2004 and has been steadily moving forward ever since, recording the 14-song Grand Unified Chaos in 2005 and getting a distribution deal with Philadelphia e-label ItsAboutMusic soon after.
Influenced by a vast variety of different styles of music, the half-written, half-improvised works take on a life and meaning all their own.
Listings on this page for upcoming Zen Beer shows can be found on this page. A remastered EP of some of Zen Beer's early recordings may also be available soon.
Adam is also available for studio work and instruction on bass guitar in the Ottawa area, please contact if interested.
Some links of interest:
Download Zen Beer MP3's at Audio Lunchbox
Download Zen Beer MP3's at CONNECT
Download Zen Beer MP3's at emusic.com
JAF Custom Basses Feature on Adam
Zen Beer interview with Inquisition ambient/industrial e-zine
"Grand Unified Chaos" review at Bassnutz.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/14/2005
Band Website: store.itsaboutmusic.com/zenbeer.html
Band Members: Adam Tanner - fretted and fretless basses, live looping
Influences: Everyone, but for this project in particular, stuff like King Crimson, Primus, Tool, Opeth, Squarepusher, Naked City, Blue Man Group, Charlie Hunter, Steve Lawson, etc etc
Sounds Like: Solo bass that doesn't sound like solo bass.
Record Label: IAM
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Cosmic Trigger EP

So, a while back I had mentioned an old soon-to-be remastered EP. Well, I actually went and got that remastered way back in the spring - so that one's also good to go as soon as I feel the time is rig...
Posted by Zen Beer/Adam Tanner on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:12:00 PST

More info on the CD

For those interested, here's a bit more info on the CD tracks... you can hear samples of them either on here or by checking the links in the profile. 1. The Night Sky (hard to describe, kind of a wei...
Posted by Zen Beer/Adam Tanner on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 05:57:00 PST

More Junk About Adam (warning: online survey content)

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey where I cheat and change all the answers from time to time!Name:AdamBirthday:The day I was born onBirthplace:The place I was born inCurrent Location:At a computerEy...
Posted by Zen Beer/Adam Tanner on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 05:32:00 PST

THE CD "GRAND UNIFIED CHAOS" IS AVAILABLE!!!

What the title said!The four tracks posted here are from the CD, as well as 11 other ones that are pretty neat. If you would like to pick up a copy for $15 CDN, message me. I will take care of shippin...
Posted by Zen Beer/Adam Tanner on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:59:00 PST

The CD will be in next weekend!!!

Yay! Talked to the pressing people this week, and the finished copies will be in my hands next weekend. If you're interested in picking one up, drop me a line - $15 CAD. I can take care of any mailing...
Posted by Zen Beer/Adam Tanner on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 11:19:00 PST