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Zane Tate

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About Me

Boom Bap Sunrise: Rural Sounds Volume 1 is out now on Leisure Lab. The CD is a mix of instrumental Hip Hop, Nu Jazz, Broken Beat, and Downtempo.

Click here to purchase Boom Bap Sunrise.

Click here to purchase Boom Bap Sunrise.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/26/2004
Band Website: zanetate.com
Band Members:
Influences: Mark de Clive-Lowe, Amp Fiddler, J Dilla, Nicolay, Pete Rock, CL Smooth, Kanye West, Tribe Called Quest, Pharrell, High Contrast, Dave Brubek, London Elektricity, Bugz in the Attic, 4hero, Kenny Dope, 9th Wonder, Dwele, Miles Davis, Just Blaze, Madlib, De La Soul, Ty, Common, Thelonious Monk, Marvin Gaye, Skalpel, Rakim, Q-Tip
Sounds Like: Zane Tate’s Boom Bap Sunrise: Rural Sounds Volume 1 fuses instrumental Hip Hop, Nu Jazz, Broken Beat, and Downtempo music. The result is an album with sounds ranging from the soulful to the cinematic.
Record Label: Leisure Lab
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

eLZhi

I got to speak with eLZhi recently and you can read that interview right here......
Posted by Zane Tate on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:00:00 PST

Properly Chilled

I've enjoyed Properly Chilled for a while now, but I like it even more today. They recently posted a review of my album, and I couldn't have asked for a better one:http://www.properlychilled.com/musi...
Posted by Zane Tate on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:10:00 PST

Fried Chicken and Vinyl

I know what you're thinking... actually I have no idea what you're thinking after reading that title.  But if you want to read my thoughts on the crackles and pops of old records, click the link ...
Posted by Zane Tate on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:50:00 PST

Interview with Mark de Clive-Lowe

It's rare you get to interview one of your biggest influences, but I got to do just that right here:  Interview with Mark de Clive-Lowe...
Posted by Zane Tate on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:40:00 PST

One more on hunger

Thanks again to everyone who helped out with the hunger project. That project is over, but we wanted to keep it moving. So from now on when you buy a CD, we'll donate ten percent to the World Food P...
Posted by Zane Tate on Tue, 06 May 2008 02:05:00 PST

last day for hunger

Today is the last day of the Leisure Lab campaign to help the World Food Program.  Can you help us do that?  If you buy Boom Bap Sunrise on CD, I'll donate 100% of profits to the World Food ...
Posted by Zane Tate on Mon, 05 May 2008 07:36:00 PST

Buy a CD, and help the hungry.

The world is suffering a global hunger crisis, and it's recently reached emergency proportions. According to the World Food Program, over 850 million people go hungry every day, and now the crisis is ...
Posted by Zane Tate on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:38:00 PST

remix

Check the player for my remix of The Politik's Xtra Sensory...
Posted by Zane Tate on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:38:00 PST

Interview with Ayah

I got to speak with one of my favorite singers: Ayah!  Check the interview here:http://leisurelab.com/2008/03/28/interview-with-ayah/.. .
Posted by Zane Tate on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:35:00 PST

Interview with Ty!

I got to talk to Ty about his music, and you can read the interview right here.  Thanks Ty!
Posted by Zane Tate on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:03:00 PST