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023TZM (jun 2009)
wifey
+ salt sugar fat cdep

sounding like a cross between okkervil river and dexys midnight runners with their melodic sensibilities wifey are sydney's alt-country rocker champions.

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AU$7 postpaid


020TZM (jul 2009) (maybe mars series)
ourself beside me
+ s/t cd

beijing bad girls take the velvet underground, can and the fall, stick it in a pot of 'who gives a shit' and raise the spectre of jim morrison to make out with ari up. then smoke a cigarette.

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AU$15 postpaid


019TZM (feb 2009) (maybe mars series)
pk-14
+ city weather sailing cd

the legendary pk-14 unleash their fourth album and step up to the plate to deliver a masterpiece in range and audacity. the personal/political lyrics are sheer poetry for today's disaffected chinese youth. finally a bandwagon worth jumping on.

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AU$15 postpaid


018TZM (oct 2008)
hira hira
+ we. are. all. xray. pricks. no. talent. fuck. off. cdr

hira hira write indie punk rock songs that will stick in your head long after the effects of your last spliff have worn off. some of these boys are actually quite nice.

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sold out!


017TZM (sept 2008) (maybe mars series)
carsick cars + s/t cd

carsick cars debut is a combination of brilliantly textured roar and hard open chords that are used to explore and tear apart their beautifully crafted songs. second in the maybe mars series of chinese underground releases on tenzenmen

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AU$15 postpaid


016TZM (8/8/08) (maybe mars series)
demerit + bastards of the nation cd

to celebrate the olympics! beijing street punks first overseas release. produced by brian hardgroove from public enemy. first in the maybe mars series of chinese underground releases on tenzenmen

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AU$15 postpaid


015TZM (jul 2008)
crux/pazahora split cd

sydney's crux take thrash and crust into new dimesions whilst singapore's pazahora give us their best melodic crust tunes to date

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AU$12 postpaid


014TZM (feb 2008)
scul hazzards 7"

brisbane's albini fansters exceed their previous recordings with this beautiful brutal precursor to their first album proper. only 250 copies and almost all gone already.

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AU$12 postpaid


013TZM (nov 2007)
imodium + drive cd

italian punk, emo, grunge rock. a diy release using the worldwide distro/label network as support. such a great idea and worthy of support.

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AU$12 postpaid


011TZM (jan 2008)
the night crash 12"

a long time coming, this legendary recording of brisbane's the night crash sees them as a two piece with guitar and drums. a supertight onslaught of hardcore with a touch of tech metal. beautiful 12" vinyl with free cdr with extra tracks. 240 copies.

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AU$20 postpaid


010TZM (june 2007)
pay colour cdr

instrumental indie punk/screech space rock from sydney. nicely packaged cdr

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AU$6 postpaid


009TZM (july 2006)
live at bar open dvd

on a hot crazy night tenzenmen brought together baseball (melbourne), ni-hao! (japan), sabot (czech republic) and the thaw (sydney) and crammed them into the confines of bar open in melbourne. here's what happened! 112 minutes of some of the most exciting music in the world and all for a reasonable price.

want to check it out before purchase?

baseball
ni-hao!
sabot
the thaw
AU$12 postpaid


008TZM (june 2007)
pure evil trio cd

almost everything recorded so far by this maniacal band of jazzgrind marauders out of sydney

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AU$16 postpaid


007TZM (may 2005)
limited express (has gone?) + live at 101 bar cd

super cheap live cd from the samurai-koala tour 2004

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sold out!


006TZM (july 2005)
ni-hao! + red blue green cd

enhanced cd with rare bonus track combining the first two mini cds (red and blue) with a crazy puppet video and ni-hao! rehearsal video with a ramones cover!
limited edition 50 copies CDR with japanese lolly available only on the limited express (has gone?) may 2005 oz tour
full release available in july

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AU$10 postpaid


005TZM (june 2004)
kroko + rabia cd

total over the top edited improvisations for kroko's second release

full download mp3 (96kbps only)

reviews
AU$10 postpaid


004TZM (jan 2004)
NOWnow 2xcd

featuring clayton thomas, jon rose, clare cooper, adam sussmann, matt earle, cor fuhler, robbie avenaim, oren ambarchi ++ more (including the fabulous 38 piece splinter orchestra)!

please enquire about availability


003TZM (april 2005)
eccentrics #3 cd

experimental dental school + sabot + astro can caravan
+ video content and mystery bonus band!

full download mp3 (96kbps only)

AU$10 postpaid


002TZM (november 2004)
eccentrics #2 cd

limited express (has gone?) + stalwart + plat ypus

full download mp3 (96kbps only)

reviews
AU$10 postpaid


001TZM (june 2004)
eccentrics #1 cd

hinterlandt + zu + can can heads

full download mp3 (96kbps only)

reviews
AU$10 postpaid
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