Comments for tenzenmen http://www.tenzenmen.com World‐renowned Australasian DIY music specialist Fri, 11 May 2012 10:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on China Bridge Mixtape by First China Bridge Mixtape is up http://www.tenzenmen.com/news/china-bridge-mixtape/comment-page-1/#comment-14784 First China Bridge Mixtape is up Fri, 11 May 2012 10:07:49 +0000 http://www.tenzenmen.com/?p=2940#comment-14784 [...] Back in March we let you know about a new initiative to help artists get their music in front of promoters in China with the China Bridge Mixtape (see original post here). [...] [...] Back in March we let you know about a new initiative to help artists get their music in front of promoters in China with the China Bridge Mixtape (see original post here). [...]

]]> Comment on Transit by mark tyler http://www.tenzenmen.com/artists/mr-sterile-assembly/transit/comment-page-1/#comment-12070 mark tyler Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:50:34 +0000 http://www.test.tenzenmen.com/?p=1082#comment-12070 This exhibition was held at the Glue Gallery as part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival. Mr Sterile Assembly were blown away to have recently received Creative NZ funding to record an album so decided they would send each song to various artists that would be interested in coming up with their visual interpretation of the song they received. This was the result. The central theme was the way our culture has been moulded since 9/11, and the frightening extent to which the average citizen can now be spied upon. Our civil liberties have been eroded at an astonishing rate. Each picture was spaced out around the walls and accompanied by the title and lyrics of the song it represented, carefully written in pencil. Mr Sterile then proceeded to discuss each one, lucidly explaining the depth of meaning behind the lyrics and a brief spiel about each artist. What started as a lively and informative performance for me soon gave way to the bleak and somewhat astounding personal revelation of how utterly coccooned i have become in my systemised way of thinking. Despite being aware of sweeping "big brother" reforms being passed almost weekly, i am happy to insouciantly accept each act with little more than a mild grumble in the work truck maybe. And it has nothing to do with paranoia or Orwellian hysteria, its just the most fundamental awareness of these changes, that stretches so much further than what is outlined and presented in the mainstream media. In short, this presentation shook me up like an educational earthquake. Rattled my brain a little. If performance art is supposed to provoke and stimulate, then Mr Sterile Assembly delivered in spades, taking each story so much further with humour, clarity and unswerving conviction, before playing us the music behind it. Skillful, original and slightly unsettling music that could loosely be tagged under the Punk Rock moniker, each song taking on a heightened significance when the lyrics were scrawled right in front of you. Regretfully i couldn't stay for the whole performance, justifying my early exit with having somewhere to be, i'd run myself out of time. But thats just a bullshit cop-out. I should have MADE the time available, just like i should take the time to delve a little deeper to increase my knowledge and understanding of the issues presented. At least make the effort instead of meekly pretending it doesn't matter cos it won't affect me all that much. It shook me up humans, shook me up. Thankfully, i managed to obtain a copy of the CD which comes with two little booklets containing the lyrics of each song and their respective artworks, a permanent memoir of what i'd seen and heard, and more importantly, a personal little kick up the arse whenever i choose to slip back into the comfort and convenience of complacency. You could probably get yerself a copy by contacting: http://www.mrsterileassembly.com The next day i got home and read in the paper that the new "Search and Surveillance Bill" had been narrowly passed in parliament by a majority vote of 61 - 57, opening the door for an unstoppable tsunami of control-driven "i spy with my little eye" type of activities. Jesus. Footnote: great to see that Mr Sterile Assembly won the award for BEST VISUAL ART at the festival. Well deserved. This exhibition was held at the Glue Gallery as part of the Dunedin Fringe Festival. Mr Sterile Assembly were blown away to have recently received Creative NZ funding to record an album so decided they would send each song to various artists that would be interested in coming up with their visual interpretation of the song they received. This was the result.
The central theme was the way our culture has been moulded since 9/11, and the frightening extent to which the average citizen can now be spied upon. Our civil liberties have been eroded at an astonishing rate.
Each picture was spaced out around the walls and accompanied by the title and lyrics of the song it represented, carefully written in pencil. Mr Sterile then proceeded to discuss each one, lucidly explaining the depth of meaning behind the lyrics and a brief spiel about each artist. What started as a lively and informative performance for me soon gave way to the bleak and somewhat astounding personal revelation of how utterly coccooned i have become in my systemised way of thinking. Despite being aware of sweeping “big brother” reforms being passed almost weekly, i am happy to insouciantly accept each act with little more than a mild grumble in the work truck maybe. And it has nothing to do with paranoia or Orwellian hysteria, its just the most fundamental awareness of these changes, that stretches so much further than what is outlined and presented in the mainstream media. In short, this presentation shook me up like an educational earthquake. Rattled my brain a little. If performance art is supposed to provoke and stimulate, then Mr Sterile Assembly delivered in spades, taking each story so much further with humour, clarity and unswerving conviction, before playing us the music behind it. Skillful, original and slightly unsettling music that could loosely be tagged under the Punk Rock moniker, each song taking on a heightened significance when the lyrics were scrawled right in front of you.
Regretfully i couldn’t stay for the whole performance, justifying my early exit with having somewhere to be, i’d run myself out of time. But thats just a bullshit cop-out. I should have MADE the time available, just like i should take the time to delve a little deeper to increase my knowledge and understanding of the issues presented. At least make the effort instead of meekly pretending it doesn’t matter cos it won’t affect me all that much. It shook me up humans, shook me up.
Thankfully, i managed to obtain a copy of the CD which comes with two little booklets containing the lyrics of each song and their respective artworks, a permanent memoir of what i’d seen and heard, and more importantly, a personal little kick up the arse whenever i choose to slip back into the comfort and convenience of complacency. You could probably get yerself a copy by contacting: http://www.mrsterileassembly.com
The next day i got home and read in the paper that the new “Search and Surveillance Bill” had been narrowly passed in parliament by a majority vote of 61 – 57, opening the door for an unstoppable tsunami of control-driven “i spy with my little eye” type of activities. Jesus.

Footnote: great to see that Mr Sterile Assembly won the award for BEST VISUAL ART at the festival. Well deserved.

]]> Comment on The Gar by Jivin' Josh http://www.tenzenmen.com/artists/the-gar/the-gar/comment-page-1/#comment-12031 Jivin' Josh Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:43:57 +0000 http://test.tenzenmen.com/?p=273#comment-12031 Loving the shiiiiiit out of the album. Loving the shiiiiiit out of the album.

]]> Comment on Torturing Nurse by tenzenmen http://www.tenzenmen.com/artists/torturing-nurse/comment-page-1/#comment-11356 tenzenmen Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:59:24 +0000 http://www.tenzenmen.com/?page_id=2164#comment-11356 it's coming.... it’s coming….

]]> Comment on Torturing Nurse by JRock http://www.tenzenmen.com/artists/torturing-nurse/comment-page-1/#comment-11355 JRock Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:43:05 +0000 http://www.tenzenmen.com/?page_id=2164#comment-11355 No words, no releases – no worries! Tell me more! No words, no releases – no worries! Tell me more!

]]> Comment on China Bridge Mixtape by How to tour China | Sino-Australian Music Exchange | Rock in China http://www.tenzenmen.com/news/china-bridge-mixtape/comment-page-1/#comment-10874 How to tour China | Sino-Australian Music Exchange | Rock in China Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:21:56 +0000 http://www.tenzenmen.com/?p=2940#comment-10874 [...] All one has to do (well, except being an awesome band) is to send them the following: [...] [...] All one has to do (well, except being an awesome band) is to send them the following: [...]

]]> Comment on Reprieve: The Auspicious Occurrences of Dr.Chen’s past lives by the archipelago rises http://www.tenzenmen.com/artists/proximity-butterfly/reprieve-the-auspicious-occurrences-of-dr-chens-past-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-9659 the archipelago rises Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:14:54 +0000 http://www.tenzenmen.com/?p=2065#comment-9659 More psyche! More psyche! More psyche! hahaha! More psyche! More psyche! More psyche! hahaha!

]]> Comment on One free ticket for Wormwood Fest to giveaway! by shaun/tenzenmen http://www.tenzenmen.com/news/one-free-ticket-for-wormwood-fest-to-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-8774 shaun/tenzenmen Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:52:24 +0000 http://www.tenzenmen.com/?p=2131#comment-8774 this went fairly quickly and will be utilised effectively tomorrow! thanks for the response! this went fairly quickly and will be utilised effectively tomorrow! thanks for the response!

]]> Comment on Reprieve: The Auspicious Occurrences of Dr.Chen’s past lives by Shaun Tenzenmen http://www.tenzenmen.com/artists/proximity-butterfly/reprieve-the-auspicious-occurrences-of-dr-chens-past-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-5778 Shaun Tenzenmen Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:18:24 +0000 http://www.tenzenmen.com/?p=2065#comment-5778 i got the prog rock. next request for genre? i'll see what i can do! haha! i got the prog rock. next request for genre? i’ll see what i can do! haha!

]]> Comment on Reprieve: The Auspicious Occurrences of Dr.Chen’s past lives by Jochen Gutsch http://www.tenzenmen.com/artists/proximity-butterfly/reprieve-the-auspicious-occurrences-of-dr-chens-past-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-5777 Jochen Gutsch Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:12:19 +0000 http://www.tenzenmen.com/?p=2065#comment-5777 hadn't heard it before, sounds pretty big hadn’t heard it before, sounds pretty big

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