tenzenmen
02-07-2010, 08:59 PM
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Eccentric Sydney labels tenzenmen and dualplover work together to bring crazy Indonesian music to your ears.
check the video (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=24655352)
have a listen (http://www.tenzenmen.com/sound/Zoo%20-%20Manekin%20Bermesin.mp3)
Sydney, Australia. February 4th 2010: You may have never heard of tenzenmen or dualplover but for the last 5 to 10 years both labels have been at the forefront of introducing incredibly strange and obscure music from around the world to adventurous ears in Australia. Members of both labels have worked together previously on live projects such as Club Consolador De Dos Caras and now they have joined forces to release Zoo’s masterpiece CD ‘Trilogi Peradaban’.
Working with dualplover is always a pleasure and we’re both really excited about this release.” comments Shaun (tenzenmen). Both labels discovered Indonesia’s Zoo last year when on separate travels in the region and on return to Sydney plans were hatched for the release in Australia. Shaun continues “Sometimes something comes along which just blows you away and you wonder ‘Where the hell did this come?’”
The original Indonesian release for these recordings came as a 3 CDR box set, literally – 3 CDs and booklet in a sleeve housed in a wooden box with artwork painted on the sides - and won the band many awards in their home country. The patented dualplover dual sleeve design with some re-jigged artwork has been used for this Australian release. “It’s a beautiful thing – I think we’ve maintained the artistry of the original along with a more practical design for distribution in Australia.” said Lucas (dualplover).
Musically Zoo unleash some crazy traditionally inspired rhythms, driven by the bass and drums while Rully Sherman uses his voice in all sorts of ways to deliver their message. That description sounds bare and sparse but Zoo are anything but. Think along the lines of Japanese masters Ruins but shorter bursts of punk energy. The trilogy is a statement about evolution and the CD evolves in a similar fashion too, from the frenetic pace of the early tracks to the more melancholy and meandering thoughts approaching the end where traditional Indonesian instruments are utilised, perhaps to signify a return to a more grounded life away from the craziness of our modern lives.
Zoo’s ‘Trilogi Peradaban’ is in all good record stores from Feb 14th, also via mailorder at www.tenzenmen.com and www.dualplover.com (just $11 postpaid) and look out for the live experience later in the year.
http://www.tenzenmen.com/images/zoolive.jpgz
Eccentric Sydney labels tenzenmen and dualplover work together to bring crazy Indonesian music to your ears.
check the video (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=24655352)
have a listen (http://www.tenzenmen.com/sound/Zoo%20-%20Manekin%20Bermesin.mp3)
Sydney, Australia. February 4th 2010: You may have never heard of tenzenmen or dualplover but for the last 5 to 10 years both labels have been at the forefront of introducing incredibly strange and obscure music from around the world to adventurous ears in Australia. Members of both labels have worked together previously on live projects such as Club Consolador De Dos Caras and now they have joined forces to release Zoo’s masterpiece CD ‘Trilogi Peradaban’.
Working with dualplover is always a pleasure and we’re both really excited about this release.” comments Shaun (tenzenmen). Both labels discovered Indonesia’s Zoo last year when on separate travels in the region and on return to Sydney plans were hatched for the release in Australia. Shaun continues “Sometimes something comes along which just blows you away and you wonder ‘Where the hell did this come?’”
The original Indonesian release for these recordings came as a 3 CDR box set, literally – 3 CDs and booklet in a sleeve housed in a wooden box with artwork painted on the sides - and won the band many awards in their home country. The patented dualplover dual sleeve design with some re-jigged artwork has been used for this Australian release. “It’s a beautiful thing – I think we’ve maintained the artistry of the original along with a more practical design for distribution in Australia.” said Lucas (dualplover).
Musically Zoo unleash some crazy traditionally inspired rhythms, driven by the bass and drums while Rully Sherman uses his voice in all sorts of ways to deliver their message. That description sounds bare and sparse but Zoo are anything but. Think along the lines of Japanese masters Ruins but shorter bursts of punk energy. The trilogy is a statement about evolution and the CD evolves in a similar fashion too, from the frenetic pace of the early tracks to the more melancholy and meandering thoughts approaching the end where traditional Indonesian instruments are utilised, perhaps to signify a return to a more grounded life away from the craziness of our modern lives.
Zoo’s ‘Trilogi Peradaban’ is in all good record stores from Feb 14th, also via mailorder at www.tenzenmen.com and www.dualplover.com (just $11 postpaid) and look out for the live experience later in the year.
http://www.tenzenmen.com/images/zoolive.jpgz