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Zion I

The Bay Area group Zion I is known for infusing hope and positivity into old school flow and live instrument sampling. The group is touring in support of their latest studio offering Shadowboxing—an album that brings dark sci-fi inspired electro-beats into the mix with MC Zumbi’s Q-Tip inspired vocals.

With two decades of recording under their belt, Zion I works early hip hop styles including breaks into their forward thinking beats, which on Shadowboxing include a guest appearance by electronic group Bassnectar.

Photo submitted by Random Presents.

Zion I

Wed., Oct. 17, 8:30 p.m.

Domino Room

51 NW Greenwood Ave.

Tickets $15 at www.bendticket.com or Ranch Records

This article appears in Oct 11-17, 2012.

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Double Down on Hip Hop

by Ethan Maffey, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 11, 2012

<h1>Double Down on Hip Hop</h1> <p class="byline">by Ethan Maffey, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 11, 2012</p> <p> </p> <p><em><strong> Back to the old school.</strong></em></p> <p><strong>Zion I </strong></p> <p>The Bay Area group <a href="http://www.zionicrew.com/" target="_blank">Zion I</a> is known for infusing hope and positivity into old school flow and live instrument sampling. The group is touring in support of their latest studio offering <em>Shadowboxing</em>—an album that brings dark sci-fi inspired electro-beats into the mix with MC Zumbi’s Q-Tip inspired vocals.</p> <p> With two decades of recording under their belt, Zion I works early hip hop styles including breaks into their forward thinking beats, which on <em>Shadowboxing</em> include a guest appearance by electronic group Bassnectar.</p> <p> </p> <p>Photo submitted by Random Presents.</p> <p><strong>Zion I</strong></p> <p>Wed., Oct. 17, 8:30 p.m.</p> <p>Domino Room</p> <p>51 NW Greenwood Ave.</p> <p>Tickets $15 at www.bendticket.com or Ranch Records</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/music/double-down-on-hip-hop-2185994/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=21539&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/music/double-down-on-hip-hop-2185994/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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