Tim Ten Yen Explained

tim Ten YEN, also known as "TTY", is an English recording artist. He has been called the "Sensational Singing Salaryman".[1] He was championed by the English disc jockey Steve Lamacq as a "cult figure of the future".[2]

He grew up outside London.[3] His music has been called "devoid of pretention but full of original eccentricity"[4] while the post-punk musician Paul Hawkins has lauded his writing "joyous, catchy and indescribably wonderful songs that are simultaneously utterly universal and entirely unique".[5]

His debut album Everything Beautiful Reminds Me of You was released by Pointy Records in late 2008.[6] That same year saw the release of an EP Runaround Get Around on the Club Fandango label.[7]

His work has been featured in Flux Magazine,[8] Keep It Fast.com,[9] and RadioNowhere's Best of 2008[10] and was included on Spinner.com "Ten Acts to Watch in 2010" as "a one-man Divine Comedy."[2]

tim Ten YEN has toured with and opened in support of Carter USM and also for the group's lead singer Jim Bob's solo shows.[4] He has played the Reading Festival in 2006[11] and 2007.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tim Ten Yen The FLY London Sun 22nd April 2007 Lineup. Skiddle.com. 10 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160312044909/http://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/London/The-FLY/Tim-Ten-Yen/89015/. 12 March 2016. dead.
  2. Web site: Yahoo. Spinner.com. 1 August 2020.
  3. Web site: Under The Influence - Tim Ten Yen Tim Ten Yen London Tourdates Magazine issue #038. 25 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100125161239/http://www.tourdates.co.uk/londontourdates/issue-038/2009/01/16/1308-under-the-influence-tim-ten-yen. 1 August 2020. 25 January 2010.
  4. News: Jim Bob / Tim Ten Yen, Freebutt, Brighton, Sep 2. The Argus. 1 August 2020.
  5. Web site: Sweeping The Nation: Noughties By Nature #111: Tim Ten Yen – Sea Anenome. Sweepingthenation.blogspot.com. 10 August 2016.
  6. Web site: Pointy Records. Pointyrecords.co.uk. 10 August 2016.
  7. Web site: Club Fandango Independent Music Promotions. Clubfandango.co.uk. 10 August 2016.
  8. http://www.fluxmagazine.com/showscreen.php?site_id=49&screentype=folder&screenid=2903
  9. Web site: KEEP IT FAST, Progressive, Comedy, Hardcore, Thrash, Punk, News, Reviews and Latest Tracks Stuff That Was Released Last Year That I Missed: Part 1. Keepitfast.com. 10 August 2016.
  10. Web site: It's Eclectic! It's Eccentric! It's RadioNowhere's BlogSpot!: RadioNowhere's Best of 2008. Radionowhereuk.blogspot.com. 10 August 2016.
  11. Web site: Under the Influence - Tim Ten Yen | Tim Ten Yen | London Tourdates Magazine | issue #038 . www.tourdates.co.uk . 6 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090621080616/http://www.tourdates.co.uk/londontourdates/issue-038/2009/01/16/1308-under-the-influence-tim-ten-yen . 21 June 2009 . dead.
  12. Web site: Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals' Alternative Stage announced . Nme.com. 10 August 2016.

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