Tenzenmen is a Sydney based DIY organisation involved in various aspects of music including production, promotion and touring.

History

Started in Sydney during 2004, tenzenmen took its name from a previous project some 10 years before. tenzenmen released a much sought after pink vinyl 12" recording titled Quarrychase on German label Very Good Records.

In the new century the name was revived with plans to release a series of CDs, the first being a 2 disc collection of recordings from the 2003 NOWnow festival. Soon followed by the first in the series of Eccentrics 3 band compilations and the second Kroko CD titled Rabia.

By the end of the year tenzenmen had successfully toured Japanese punk band Limited Express (has gone?)

Limited Express (has gone?)

Limited Express is a band from Kansai, Japan, who formed in 1998. Its members are Yukari , Jinichiro Iida and Josh .-Biography:...

 through Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and New Zealand and started to dabble in tour organisation. Over a period of time this also developed into organising gigs for local and interstate bands in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

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Also during this period tenzenmen became disenchanted with its forays into the music industry and started moving away from the traditional routes employed in the entertainment industry. This included self distribution of releases, distribution of other releases from around the world, setting up stalls at gigs, organising gigs at warehouses, art spaces and youth centres.

Coming across many like minded people around the Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

 region spawned the idea for a database of information to help bands/artists organise their own DIY tours around all the different countries. This information now resides at the Australasia DIY Tour Circuit.

Whilst looking at the global perspective with the Tour Circuit, tenzenmen is also encouraging more local activities which are documented weekly with the Cool and Unusual mail list.

Releases

Eccentrics #1 CD (with Hinterlandt, Zu, Can Can Heads) - 2004

Eccentrics #2 CD (with Limited Express (has gone?)

Limited Express (has gone?)

Limited Express is a band from Kansai, Japan, who formed in 1998. Its members are Yukari , Jinichiro Iida and Josh .-Biography:...

, Stalwart, Plat ypus) - 2004

Eccentrics #3 CD (with Experimental Dental School, Sabot, Astro Can Caravan) - 2004

VA - NOWnow 2003 2xCD - 2004

Kroko - Rabia CD - 2004

ni-hao! - red, blue, green CD - 2005

Limited Express (has gone?) - live at the 101 bar CD - 2005

Live at Bar Open DVD (with Baseball, ni-hao!, Sabot, The Thaw) - 2006

Tours

Limited Express (has gone?) - samurai-koala tour 2004 (Australia/New Zealand)

Sabot - Australia tour 2005

Limited Express (has gone?) - Makes You Dance tour 2005 (Australia)

ni-hao! - Gorgeous Red Blue Green Tour 2006 (Australia)

Limited Express (has gone?) - Australian tour 2006

Mykel Board - Australia/New Zealand tour 2007