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CYON FLEX combines alternative hip-hop, spoken word, melodic vocals and electronic production. The music forms part of a wider creative world connecting sound, illustration, comics and independent storytelling.
Release archive
Tara Ann-Marie Allen’s music spans three artist names: Testimony MC, Zion Flex and Cyon Flex. This archive brings the releases and collaborations together, preserving the name originally credited on each work.
The names overlap in the surviving record: Bristol listings in 2013 and a Vienna bill in July 2014 connect Zion Flex with Testimony MC. The change from Zion Flex to Cyon Flex was announced in October 2023, with catalogue and venue updates continuing into 2024.
Original physical formats and current digital editions are recorded separately. Expand a release to see its track listing.
2009
An Exercise in Scales and Balances
Zion Flex & Tom McAllister
Self-released CD · 2009 · 8 tracks
Created in 2008 and released in 2009. Lyrics and artwork: Tara Allen. Music and arrangement: Tara Allen and Tom McAllister. Engineering and production: Tom McAllister. Photography: Rosie Ward.
Original CD track listing · 8 tracks
- Why Am I Alone
- Music Box
- Future Man
- Freaky Remedy
- All We Have Is Love In This World
- The Keys
- Jah (demo)
- Rhyme Pen
The original physical edition includes “Jah (demo)”, which is absent from the later seven-track digital listing.
2010
The Eau
Zion Flex
Self-released EP · original CD
2011
Hypervigilance
Pastelcase & Zion Flex
CD first · digital edition followed
Track listing · 5 tracks
- Good Fuel
- Run Me Down
- Step Up
- Hypervigilance
- The Mists
2018
Queen of Herz
Zion Flex
CD + digital edition
Track listing · 3 tracks
- Feel
- Seeds
- Slayed
2020
Pieces
Zion Flex
Single · digital edition
Track listing · 1 track
- Pieces
2021
Loyalty
Zion Flex
CD first · digital edition followed
Track listing · 8 tracks
- Intro
- Knock, Knock
- Busy (Radio Edit)
- Loyalty feat. Def III (Music Video Version)
- Busy Freestyle (Radio Edit)
- Chance
- Strange Times feat. Ruffian Rugged (Radio Edit)
- Outro
2023
We Got This
Zion Flex / Cyon Flex
Original edition: USB · digital edition now available
Track listing · 10 tracks
- Drawn
- Protest
- Comment
- Rudeclub
- Lean
- Front
- Kommando
- Maddest
- Rudeclub Skit
- Protest Remix
2024
Into the Night
Cyon Flex
USB + digital music + accompanying comic
Part one of the Into the Night trilogy. Lyrics and vocals: Cyon Flex. Production: Nono Punch. Cover artwork: Vaixu. Comic illustration: S.R. Ayers.
Track listing · 4 tracks
- Ego
- Urgency
- Watch Me Rise
- They Ask Me If I’m Okay
2024
Epilogue
Cyon Flex
Digital edition · released 1 December 2024
Part two of the Into the Night trilogy. Production: Gran Bankrott.
Track listing · 5 tracks
- Origin (Part 1)
- Ego Trip (Part 2)
- High Speed
- Captain Cyon
- Into The Night (Epilogue)
2025
Prologue
Cyon Flex
Digital edition · released 1 September 2025
Part three of the Into the Night trilogy. Production: IDKLANG. Lyrics and vocals: Cyon Flex.
Track listing · 5 tracks
- Gaslight
- Love is a Game
- Glass House (skit)
- Glass House
- Suspect
2026
That’s Rich
Cyon Flex
Album · released 23 May 2026 · 10 tracks
Production: Pastelcase. Cover artwork: Dysomnia.
Track listing · 10 tracks
- Rich
- Temperance
- Exile
- Excuses
- A Different Man
- Dude
- Cake
- Train Hard
- Drink Up
- Respect
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