Creative Collectives: Tom McAllister, Guillotine, Project 13, Kutlective
Influences
Jill Scott, Aaliyah, Rihanna, Destiny's Child
Pac + Biggie- Who Shot ya?, They may of hated each other but they would never of shot each other!
Cream,
Dwele,
Led Zeppelin,
The Who,
K.Ners,
Juelz Santana,
Joy Division,
Jean Grae,
Jamiroquai,
Tom McAllister,
Mos Def,
Talib Kweli,
Mob Deep,
Company Flow,
Aceyalone,
Afrika Bambaata,
C-mone,
Genesis Elijah,
Faithless,
Dynasty Crew,
Plan B, A Tribe Called Quest,
Wiley,
Dizzee Rascal,
Massive Attack,
Cappo,
Jay Z,
Jamelia,
Witney Houston,
Shirley Bassey,
Jack Johnson,
Roots Manuva,
Gwen Stefani,
Gil Scott Heron,
Ella Fitzjerald,
George Micheal,
Sandweaver,
Common,
Bob Marley,
Damien Marley,
Dangerdoom,
Dead Prez,
Kano,
The Fugees,
Gangstarr,
Immortal Technique,
Kanye West,
Klashnekoff,
Lil' Kim,
Ludacris,
MF Doom,
The Nextmen,
Legacy,
Jagged Egde,
Jil Scott,
Kelis,
Pharcyde,
Lauryn Hill,
Louis Slippers,
Mariah Carey,
Melt Banana,
Micheal Jackson,
Morcheeba,
Portishead,
Musiq,
N*E*R*D,
Def Con,
No Lay,
Rob Swift,
Skinnyman,
Task Force,
Ugly heroes,
The Roots.
Thomas E. Griffin Marsatac, feat Zion Flex, Marseille, 2008
Zion Flex, The Croft, Bristol, 2007
Therefore, I AM called Hermes Trismegistus,
having the three parts of the philosophy of the whole world,
being 1) spirit / Sun HE
2) consciousness / Soul ME ,
and 3) form / Moon HER
and " S " (plurality)
for the myriad "adaptations" and expressions of "The One",
I AM called Hermes
Artwork Copyright Zion Flex 2008
"Zion Flex - Soulful and poetically driven, Zion flex's singing and rapping synergise to create her own unique and beautiful sound ... Influnenced by Jazz, Hip- Hop and old black spiritual songs. An artist that refuses to be restricted and continues to break the mould" GIRL WONDER
"Zion Flex - Smooth, sultry vocal flowing straight from the heart drift above swirling guitars, representing true soul with hypnotic effect" SOUL CLASH
Zion Flex is an accomplished, experienced and versatile vocalist, lyricist and artist. Zion Flex has performed at a range of different events and venues, locally, Nationally and Internationally. She played festivals including Shambala, Bloom Festival and Bristol Vegan Fayre and Marsatac, Marseille. She is currently working on her long awaited demo with her guitarist Tom Mcallister whlist also creating tracks alongside Epic operations, Chalk Mc and Dj Dazee....
Zion Flex started singing at the age of six next to her father at the piano. Her motivation and drive for music has never wavered.
Zion Flex at 16, got into the studio to create a track along side "Roots Manuva" at part to the cr8 project, the song was called "Change the Way". It was through drum and bass that Flex first caught the hip-hop bug. Drum and bass allowed her to freestyle with singing over ambient, jump off and breakbeat . At the age of 18 Zion Flex joined the creative collective "Dutty Girl" an all female hip-hop crew in the south west and was encouraged to start rapping seriously. Flex was a member of "Dutty Girl" from 2005 til 2008. The Name Zion means the "promised Land" so that the "Flex" she is on. Also in 2005 Flex and Tom Mcallister started jamming, swirling guitars along with sultry vocals created the following Tracks "Island" and "When you were Born". Now Zion Flex sings and raps, contantly experimenting hypnotic vocal styles with her rhyme to create synergy between the two styles. Flex's influences span from old Black spirituals, roots music and jazz to trip hop, folk, classical, hip-hop and pop and would not define herself by one genre alone. Zion Flex gathers her inspiration from every aspect of life. Realising the potential of colaboration Flex joins two other crews Project 13 with Chalk MC and Kutlective a group of scratch DJs to increase her skills. In 2008 Zion Flex sets up her own club night "Guillotine" with fellow P13 member Poison to bring musicians from all over Bristol to the UK. To date Zion Flex Performs with Thomas E. Griffin (Ruffage, Leeds) at Marsatac Festival in Marseille connecting Guillotine from north to south.
Zion Flex! It's Pins. We were already friends on here look, crazy innit. Anyways, just showing your page some love. I'm gonna make u a proper CD later!
We're looking for an enthusiastic Young Musician or Project Manager to celebrate Bristol music. This is a rare opportunity for you to create and distribute a CD of Bristol's talent, including your own, then hold an album lauch for everyone to perform. For more info. Check us out!
Download last year's "Pollination: Homegrown" featuring Jagos, Guido, Shadz, JB Love, Middleman, Nicole Jackson, Pike, Aarya and Dinnall to name a few, by clicking the album cover
thanks for making it down on Thursday hun, good to catch up, jam up, crack up and all up! best drop your ep our way soon as its off the press, can't wait to hear it. Keep pushing forward
alright me dear, thought you might be interested to know that ELOVA are coming back to bristol this month, playing at hush on thursday 24th and then supporting MANKALA the next day at the golden lion which is gonna be a BEEFCAKE of a night. will you be there? hmmm... see you soon. BIG LOVE X
i gurss you was havin a great time on sat! hair looks mint! also i was gonna say i heard you singin that badman sing on sat, i was at the bar with my mate getting the J2o's in!
Hey Babs, nice page! AS far as I know Mad Method has been cancelled due to a double booking at Timbuk2.....BBOOOOOO!! I'll call the head honcho to confirm that for you though. Whats the one on the 15th at Lakota cos i could poss come to that? Lemme know innit. Spk soon
easy Z! lovely to hear from you, wicked to hear demo's dropping soon, good to hear the flows strong, we've been keeping our heads down on album set to record nxt Feb! we'll have to catch up soon, elova love atcha!
