The Chiang Rai Alternative Hour #25 – 15th February 2020

February 15, 2020May 15, 2024 ~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

Music from Art Moulu Trefin, GÄA, Sly and the Family Stone, Reciprocate, Death Pedals, Sonic Youth, Jimi Hendrix, Irving Klaw Trio, The Sonics, Pavement, Andy Partridge.

Gratitude Journal

I am so happy and grateful to my friend Kimi who unexpectedly passed away this morning. He was a good man and I loved him very much. I will miss him.

To-do list

Get out of this funk
Upload and record TCRAH
Find opportunity for acts of kindness
Case CDs
Try longer meditation

Unfortunately, today got worse as I found out my great friend Kimi passed away. I’m shocked and devastated. Despite living in different countries we have remained close since meeting and I always with or visited him when I was in KL. I can’t believe he’s gone.

I didn’t want to do anything except be by myself.

On top of this, the grandfather of the village family also passed away today and we had to help them too. So it’s been an awful couple of days and going back to school on Monday will be a challenge.

Kimi, me and Stacked State in Singapore (2019)

Me and Kimi talking shit in Singapore (2019)

Lái – Demo – 4th July 2019

July 4, 2019May 25, 2021 ~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

Cat #: 200TZM

Lái play Swedish influenced fast paced raging d-beat punk that propels the ferocious vocals right into the face of the listener. Vocalist Alda’s lyrics engage with voices that explore politics, religion, feminism and queer rights in South East Asia and the diaspora. Vocals are deliveried in both Bahasa Indonesian and English and the band name is taken from the Chinese Mandarin phrase meaning ‘to come/next.’ Lái invoke these diasporic identities and themes through punk, mixing ideas and personal experiences that often inter-connect but also continue to conflict in the world around us.

For fans of Totalitar & G.L.O.S.S., featuring members of Pisschrist, Extinct Exist, Masses, Ubik & Occult Blood. First released as a limited run of 100 cassettes in August 17th 2018 on Lost in Fog Records.

Hedgehog – Destroy Memories – 8th February 2012

February 8, 2012May 8, 2021 ~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

Cat #: 083TZM

Hedgehog’s March 2011 album “2011 DEstroy meMOries” was taken from their underground issue demo of the same title. Consisting of 9 tracks, many of which are incomplete versions of new songs, they have been showcased in a lo-fi and gritty way, which sounds more like their live shows. Only 500 limited copes made.

Beau Navire – Demo – 1st July 2010

July 1, 2010February 14, 2021 ~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

Cat #: 032TZM

Originally released in Australia in an addition of 50 with 2 different types of inserts. Long since sold out (as has the original self released version the band made).

I could only find mp3s of these tracks so have converted them back to wav’s hopefully helping replicate the feel of an old tape recording!

Hate That Smile – Demos and Practice – 1st September 1989

September 1, 1989February 26, 2021 ~ shaun tenzenmen ~ Leave a comment

I think this is the second and third demo recordings Hate That Smile made plus some practice tape recordings. I was really into the new things that we hadn’t yet recorded properly and was excited about where things were going but alas, Paul Simmons went off to Manchester for university and that was that.