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Tenzenmen

Name
Tenzenmen
URL
http://tenzenmen.com
Email
tenzenmen@tenzenmen.com
Phone
+61 411 609 850
Address
3/33 Johnson St, Chatswood, NSW 2067, Australia
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Australian label known for noise, experimental, post-punk and other styles, both from Australia and other countries, most notably China.
Releases on file (35)
Ni-Hao! — Red Blue Green Ni-Hao! — Red Blue Green
(Tenzenmen 006TZM, 2005, CD)
Lava-Ox-Sea — Next Episode: Lord Smart vs Dr. Jin Lava-Ox-Sea — Next Episode: Lord Smart vs Dr. Jin
(Tenzenmen 043TZM, 2009, CD)
Low Wormwood — We Can't Help Kissing Each Other Low Wormwood — We Can't Help Kissing Each Other
(Tenzenmen 046tzm, 2009, CD)
8 Eye Spy — How Damn Far to Yinma Lane? 8 Eye Spy — How Damn Far to Yinma Lane?
(Tenzenmen 049tzm, 2009, CD)
Ourself Beside Me — Ourself Beside Me Ourself Beside Me — Ourself Beside Me
(Tenzenmen 020 TZM, 2009, CD)
Duck Fight Goose — Sports Duck Fight Goose — Sports
(Tenzenmen 097tzm, 2011, CD)
Rainbow Danger Club — Where Maps End Rainbow Danger Club — Where Maps End
(Tenzenmen 067TZM, 2011, CD)
Hedgehog — 2011 DEstroy meMOries Hedgehog — 2011 DEstroy meMOries
(Tenzenmen 083TZM, 2011, CD)
Xiao He — The Performance of Identity / One Man's Orchestra Xiao He — The Performance of Identity / One Man's Orchestra
(Tenzenmen 050tzm, 2011, 2CD)
Low Wormwood — Lanzhou Lanzhou Low Wormwood — Lanzhou Lanzhou
(Tenzenmen 098TZM, 2012, CD)
Duck Fight Goose — History Duck Fight Goose — History
(Tenzenmen 092TZM, 2012, 7" single)
Mere Women — Old Life Mere Women — Old Life
(Tenzenmen 102TZM, 2012, DL)
Birdstriking — Birdstriking Birdstriking — Birdstriking
(Tenzenmen 115tzm, 2012, CD)
Xiao He — Silly's Ballad Xiao He — Silly's Ballad
(Tenzenmen 100tzm, 2012, Book+MP3 Player)
Chui Wan — Bai Ye (White Night) Chui Wan — Bai Ye (White Night)
(Tenzenmen 128TZM, 2013, CD)
Bone — For Want of Feeling Bone — For Want of Feeling
(Tenzenmen 141tzm, 2013, LP)
Golden Blonde — Gwen Golden Blonde — Gwen
(Tenzenmen 135tzm, 2013, CD)
P.K.14 — 1984 P.K.14 — 1984
(Tenzenmen 151tzm, 2013, CD)
Alpine Decline — Alpine Decline Alpine Decline — Alpine Decline
(Tenzenmen 145tzm, 2010/2013, CD)
Alpine Decline — Visualizations Alpine Decline — Visualizations
(Tenzenmen 149tzm, 2010/2013, CD)
Alpine Decline — Disappearance Alpine Decline — Disappearance
(Tenzenmen 152tzm, 2011/2013, CD)
Alpine Decline — Night of the Long Knives Alpine Decline — Night of the Long Knives
(Tenzenmen 155tzm, 2013, CD)
Alpine Decline — Go Big Shadow City Alpine Decline — Go Big Shadow City
(Tenzenmen 156tzm, 2014, CD)
After Argument — Furs of Time After Argument — Furs of Time
(Tenzenmen 154TZM, 2014, CD)
Carsick Cars — 3 Carsick Cars — 3
(Tenzenmen 158tzm, 2014, CD)
Flavor Crystals / Carsick Cars — Mirror in My Mind / Yoko (Split 7 Flavor Crystals / Carsick Cars — Mirror in My Mind / Yoko (Split 7")
(Tenzenmen 150tzm, 2014, 7")
Low Wormwood — The Watcher Low Wormwood — The Watcher
(Tenzenmen , 2014, CD)
Holy Palms — Baba Holy Palms — Baba
(Tenzenmen no#, 2014, DL)
Astolfo sulla Luna — Psi² Astolfo sulla Luna — Psi²
(Tenzenmen 178TZM, 2015, CD)
Wang Wen — Eight Horses Wang Wen — Eight Horses
(Tenzenmen 163tzm, 2014/2015, 2LP/DL)
After Argument — This Is Not Your Game After Argument — This Is Not Your Game
(Tenzenmen 165tzm, 2015, LP/DL)
Gravitsapa — Radio Free Vulgata Gravitsapa — Radio Free Vulgata
(Tenzenmen 179TZM, 2013/2016, DL)
Ni-Hao! — No Respect Ni-Hao! — No Respect
(Tenzenmen 182tzm, 2016, DL)
Usssy — Usssy Usssy — Usssy
(Tenzenmen 181tzm, 2013/2016, DL)
Holy Palms — Tribute to Snake Charmers Music Holy Palms — Tribute to Snake Charmers Music
(Tenzenmen no#, 2016, DL)

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2019-06-05
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2019-04-24
Help MoonJune Bring Great Music to Life – Like many music lovers around the world, we’ve been thrilled and amazed to hear the recordings that have been released by MoonJune from sessions at La Casa Murada in Spain. Such label stalwarts as Mark Wingfield, Markus Reuter, Asaf Sirkis, Tony Levin, Dusan Jevtovic, Vasil Hadzimanov, and many more have gathered in various combinations at the studio to produce some of the most creative music in recent years. Now, label head Leonardo Pavkovic is offering a compilation, La Casa Murada - MoonJune Sessions, Volume One, as a fundraiser for upcoming sessions. » Read more

2019-04-10
The Pineapple Thief to Tour North America – November and December of 2019 will see The Pineapple Thief bringing their music to Canada, Mexico, and the US, and famed drummer Gavin Harrison will be on board. The band has been touring extensively in Europe, but North America will be new territory for them. » Read more

2019-03-25
Scott Walker RIP – Noel Scott Engel, better known as Scott Walker, was one of the most intriguing and enigmatic musical figures in the second half of the 20th Century. His strange career started with The Walker Brothers, an American pop group that featured no one named Walker and no brothers. After moving to England in 1965, they had a series of hit singles. Scott's solo work started with Scott in 1967. Starting in the 80s, his work took an increasingly avant-garde turn. » Read more

2019-03-20
Freedom to Spend Unearths June Chikuma's Archives – Jun (June) Chikuma is well known for her video game and anime soundtracks, but she also released an album of experimental electronic music back in 1986 called Divertimento where she indulged the kind of spontaneity that wouldn't work in a soundtrack. RVNG Int'l label Freedom to Spend is bringing this overlooked item to broader attention with a deluxe reissue. » Read more

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