tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-166802892012-02-09T15:31:01.286+09:00The TenGooz BlogTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.comBlogger3641100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-33405532790654016892011-12-28T11:18:00.001+09:002011-12-28T11:18:36.294+09:00A nose-less tengu in TsuchiuraTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-14498494572524944552011-12-13T23:05:00.001+09:002011-12-13T23:05:59.815+09:00Adelabu Oluwafemi Samuel with The TenGooz in TsukubaTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-69243358987742116472011-12-01T22:22:00.001+09:002011-12-01T22:22:15.326+09:00New TenGooz Album: LET IT GO released- Listen to it for free on JamendoThe LONG wait is finally over- and all for a mere four songs!Sorry, but its been a long hard, surgery, earthquake, house-moving,picking up the pieces type of year.Still we dont think you will be disappointed ( at least we HOPE not)! On the first and third tracks we have beside Thomas, HaseG and myself- Julien on sax, and Mario on keyboards.The last track- Oh, Yeah - is an old live recording we TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-34598259441786055002011-11-04T22:40:00.001+09:002011-11-04T22:40:11.337+09:00Thomas and Takumi after completing the mix down for Youve Got to Let it GoTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-68572571392451794602011-11-04T22:07:00.001+09:002011-11-04T22:07:25.106+09:00A Satisfied Thomas Mayers after finishing up a TenGooz recording sessionTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-46977366140599193192011-11-04T22:01:00.001+09:002011-11-04T22:01:21.030+09:00Hase G and Takumi putting the final touches on the new TenGooz CDTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-91810815867003486112011-11-01T07:39:00.001+09:002011-11-01T07:39:08.530+09:00mTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-54554308920426762862011-11-01T07:36:00.001+09:002011-11-01T07:36:34.389+09:00Rabbits on the grounds of the River House in Hojo TsukubaTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-6525652693645675962011-10-17T19:13:00.001+09:002011-10-17T19:13:59.719+09:00The River House - Avi's New DigsTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-57461491656851767782011-08-26T07:56:00.001+09:002011-08-26T07:56:51.178+09:00HaseG All Tired Out After Clearing Out The Ice PalaceTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-39810907136213922722011-07-08T20:35:00.001+09:002011-07-08T20:35:25.519+09:00HaseG recording some Flamenco bass at Studio JTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-36134817873638579532011-06-28T22:18:00.001+09:002011-06-28T22:18:48.614+09:00Mickey doing sound at a TenGooz gigTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-44375944093806848572011-06-28T07:43:00.001+09:002011-06-28T07:43:10.521+09:00Beloved Long-Time TenGooz Soundman MickeyTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-72113105027241229892011-06-26T18:46:00.001+09:002011-06-26T18:46:33.745+09:00Takeshita-Dori on a drizzly dayTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-46669562564026374252011-06-24T22:26:00.001+09:002011-06-24T22:26:24.978+09:00Little TenGooz on the beach in New YorkTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-43850273782989824172011-06-23T15:14:00.000+09:002011-06-23T15:15:01.490+09:00Lyrics to new TenGooz song- NO PLACE TO CALL HOMEAs I have already reported, Hase G dropped by my place ( affectionately known as The Ice Palace),with his bass and effect board and started improvising. The mood, as we sat amid the post-earthquake messwas somber- or should I say solemn.Anyway, we came up with a song (we have already recorded it in studio) for which I have written these lyrics. No Place to Call TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-26115712457639255382011-05-14T20:46:00.001+09:002011-05-14T20:46:22.399+09:00New TenGooz Song? on UtubeJust about every time the Tengooz get together we come up withnew material.I had been in New York for a week and had just gotten back to my eathquake damaged place in Tsukuba when HaseG,The TenGooz singular bassist, popped over with his bass and synthesizers.Sitting among the boxes and debris ( you can see the tv and computer on the floor so that that dont get thrown around by aftershocks),G TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-66309352122551211842011-05-13T12:52:00.000+09:002011-05-14T02:23:08.009+09:00The joint is jumping during a TenGooz gigTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-14994407766695868072011-05-13T07:50:00.000+09:002011-05-14T02:51:04.868+09:00The joint is jumpin during a TenGooz gig Down UnderTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-11495176143915578482011-05-10T08:30:00.001+09:002011-05-10T08:30:31.441+09:00Jon Hicks and Avi Landau of The TenGoozTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-23892528603925351622011-05-09T08:01:00.001+09:002011-05-09T08:01:59.181+09:00Kenya,Avi, and HaseG of The TenGoozTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-4351067484260654052011-05-08T16:14:00.001+09:002011-05-08T16:14:58.601+09:00HaseG and Kenya of The TenGooz on tour in AustraliaTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-23184830195895016892011-04-03T16:22:00.001+09:002011-04-03T16:22:32.912+09:00And early incarnation of The TenGooz- Jon, Kenya, Avi, Hase G, and TanakaTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-46731265831268658342011-03-14T20:24:00.001+09:002011-03-14T20:24:20.068+09:00The Ice PalaceTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-65769385794293669602011-03-14T20:22:00.001+09:002011-03-14T20:22:23.855+09:00The Ice Palace- Cracked but Still StandingWith its majestic views of Mt Tsukuba, and its mountains of books and ethnic knick knacks,my house in Tsukuba, the Ice Palace, is always an exciting place to visit.It also reeks of TenGooz and Xenophonia history, as Ascelin Gordon, Tom Debor and I first jammed thereback　before September 11th.Tengooz/Xenophonia classics such as Running, Infatuation, Kanashibari, Ofuro, Autophobia were all TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-56071112656907342572011-03-13T00:33:00.001+09:002011-03-13T00:33:06.332+09:00Books thrown off the shelves by the great earthquake at Tsukuba's Central LibraryTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-58959826283660932292011-03-13T00:27:00.001+09:002011-03-13T00:27:52.498+09:00The TenGooz are safe and sound- though others, less fortunate are notGreeting TenGoophiles around the world! Thank you for the outpouring of concern regarding our welfare since the terrible events of March 11th ( the earthquake).Fortunately, we are all unharmed ( though we were VERY inconvenienced!).We are, however, very distraught about the situation of others, especially in Miyagi Prefecture where damage and casualties have been the worst.I have written a TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-90863865443744889162011-02-06T21:04:00.001+09:002011-02-06T21:04:19.484+09:00Welcome to the world Noemi !The TenGooz are VERY PLEASED to announce the birth of Noemi Nova Frei who was born at the beginning of February to Michael and Rachel!We wish the Freis all the best for a wonderful future!What a great way for the TenGooz to start off the year!We will post photos soon!TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-16874376526315341892011-01-16T10:40:00.000+09:002011-01-16T10:41:01.874+09:00Fox tracks in the snow near the my house (The Ice Palace) in TsukubaTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-8078361056860673862011-01-11T21:19:00.001+09:002011-01-11T21:19:15.568+09:00RUNNING- The TenGooz (Xenophonia) Song that started it allOne night Ascelin Gordon of Melbourne Australia and Tom Debor of Pittsburgh, USA came over to my house in Tsukuba, which is affectionately and very justifiably known as the ICE PALACE.]Tom played a bass line, Ascelin joined in on guitar, and then I joined in with an improvised lyric.We knew we were onto something right away and the song eventually became a staple of our repetoire and a fan TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-65721114722126070242011-01-11T20:13:00.001+09:002011-01-11T20:13:51.543+09:00HJTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-76653334981523771792011-01-10T21:10:00.001+09:002011-01-10T21:10:21.159+09:00Go Kuwahara and Thomas Mayers Mixing Down a New TenGooz SongTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-55497126423500725612010-12-30T09:44:00.001+09:002010-12-30T09:44:06.587+09:00Mt Fuji as seen from TsukubaTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-53542467373623584452010-12-22T19:08:00.001+09:002010-12-22T19:08:46.631+09:00Revisiting a TenGooz classic- Picture PerfectFumi Tanaka had come up with a groovy chord progression. Strangely,I was reminded of a song ( our original, though now forgotten and unrecorded) which I used to perform at Xenophonia gigs with Ascelin Gordon and company.Anyway, using that recycled melody ( and mood) as a base, we fashioned a song ( which includes Hase G, our bassist, on the stell drums!)which I think is one of the Tengooz TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-55920066372700736722010-12-11T22:26:00.001+09:002010-12-11T22:26:39.690+09:00A Tengu-like flower has been adopted as The Tengooz official blossomTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-57047153745979315802010-12-04T12:19:00.001+09:002010-12-04T12:19:21.211+09:00Cherry Blossoms Blooming on Dec. 1st at the Atago Jinja Shrine in Yatabe, TsukubaTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-76264198144188403122010-11-24T21:46:00.001+09:002010-11-24T21:46:46.708+09:00Best Japanese Christmas Song Ever- The Tengooz: Wish YouI would like to extend thanks to all our loyal listeners who have recently sent theirgreetings in to us. As December comes rolling back round again, it seems that lots of peopleinclude our CLASSIC song of the season: Wish You.I wrote the song at Jon Hick`s place a few years back, and we just went ahead and recorded it on Jon`s equipment. Michael (Mickey) Smith helped with the production.I play TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-24518870552852490532010-11-19T23:37:00.001+09:002010-11-19T23:37:54.463+09:00Avi Landau at a TenGooz practiceTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-82896702467227452072010-11-19T19:38:00.001+09:002010-11-19T19:38:13.705+09:00Thomas between Pinaree Sanpitaks BreastworksTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-21957380880566208982010-11-15T00:09:00.001+09:002010-11-15T00:09:56.987+09:00The talented singer,musician,composer,Go Kuwahara at a session with the TENGOOZTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-48107576443060647372010-11-11T21:17:00.001+09:002010-11-11T21:17:10.652+09:00Thomas Mayers of The TenGoozTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-88594855731278397552010-10-31T15:37:00.001+09:002010-10-31T15:37:08.122+09:00The Great Hase G with Thomas and NoahTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-3050651679584056512010-09-21T18:24:00.001+09:002010-09-21T18:24:27.113+09:00Lyrics to The Tengooz song : Final DoorThe song Final Door is yet another work which evolved out of a series of Hase G (Nodoka Hasegawa) bass riffs.In both rehearsals and live performances we all felt the song was special and were excited about recording it, especially the very funky third section which now has the sax solo over it.When we did final record the song and put it online (at Jamendo), none of us was really satisfied ( and TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-80740750180225362992010-09-08T18:34:00.001+09:002010-09-08T18:34:42.174+09:00Rice Harvesting in TsukubaTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-73124971041961741092010-09-08T18:21:00.001+09:002010-09-08T18:21:37.788+09:00BTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-51470919045721448272010-09-08T18:19:00.001+09:002010-09-08T18:19:30.564+09:00Julien's last jam session with The TENGOOZTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-50554635206039254202010-09-08T14:37:00.001+09:002010-09-08T14:37:15.983+09:00A Large Tengu Mask and Phallus at the Mt. Kaba Shrine - read more about it on TsukublogTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-86772462900576361722010-08-26T14:53:00.001+09:002010-08-26T14:53:51.262+09:00Lyric to YOU`VE GOT TO LET IT GO, a new song by The Tengooz- soon t be releasedHello there all you TenGoophiles where`er ye might be!Sorry for another long period of silence, but a lot has ben happening.One happy thing I`d like to inform you about is that we ar now at the mixing phase for one of our latest songs, entitled YOU`VE GOT TO LET IT GO!This is another work which has evloved out of a HaseG (Nodoka Hasegawa) bass riff.Here are the words: YOU`VE GOT TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-34983858865118340762010-07-11T18:40:00.001+09:002010-07-11T18:40:03.839+09:00The TenGooz recording with GoTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-274588238287133752010-07-07T13:14:00.001+09:002010-07-07T13:14:30.148+09:00Always Ran- The Lyrics to the TenGooz` SongThis is another song inspired by a Thomas Mayers chord progression.I wanted it to express what many of you might fell- that we are always busy running around, and that no matter how much we KNOW that we ought to take it easy- we never doAlways RanWell I smoked a big cigar in HavanaI soaked in hot tubs out in JapanSafaried on the Kenyan SavanahLord, even sang some with a rock and roll TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-61329064013890820622010-06-18T20:50:00.001+09:002010-06-18T20:50:48.954+09:00Julien enjoying some Hoji-Cha at a Tengooz practiceTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-31110116439072459672010-06-18T18:35:00.001+09:002010-06-18T18:35:58.360+09:00Emotional Times for The TenGoozHello all you Tengoophiles out there.Its been a while that I have written for our blog.as you can gather from Michael's recent post, we have suffered a terrible loss- that of our friend and one-time Tengooz guitaristKin-Chan. The sudden loss of this until so recently dynamic presence has left me shaken.Amazingly, as thing always seem to be with Michael Frei, just a few days before Kin-chan's TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-34157668870297164892010-06-15T13:57:00.001+09:002010-06-15T13:57:56.481+09:00Goodbye Kin-ChanTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-28944689272914347612010-05-31T16:11:00.001+09:002010-05-31T16:13:06.815+09:00R.I.P.Last week our good friend Kin-chan (Kanastuka Hirotaka) passed away after battling a serious illness. He was one of the greatest guitar players of the Tokyo area, if not of all Japan, and The TenGooz are honored to have had him play several gigs ( and even more jam seesions) with us.
We will never forget his unique feeling for music, his charismatic performance on the stage, and his enchantingTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-73811021366573944122010-05-27T15:53:00.001+09:002010-05-27T15:53:18.123+09:00Michael Frei of The TenGoozTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-84934446327862301562010-05-16T20:38:00.001+09:002010-05-16T20:38:15.099+09:00Emmanuel keeping us IN THE GROOVETenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-68150749983943512302010-05-16T20:34:00.001+09:002010-05-16T20:34:19.554+09:00Julien,Mario, and Michael jamming al frescoTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-86871824618476183922010-05-12T22:04:00.001+09:002010-05-12T22:04:16.344+09:00Michael Frei back with the TenGoozTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-83406864900261868602010-05-12T21:57:00.001+09:002010-05-12T21:57:17.916+09:00TenGooz LiveTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-63423293287459954202010-05-12T21:50:00.001+09:002010-05-12T21:50:45.735+09:00The TenGooz @ TERRA EARTH YA in TsuchiuraTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-90659273688321592952010-05-10T13:57:00.001+09:002010-05-10T13:57:32.839+09:00Lyrics to You Know, a Tengooz song from the Facing The Music albumThis is another song which gradually generated out of one of Hase G`s bass lines.Over the months which passed between first conceiving of what the melody line should be,the idea of what the lyrics should be about germinated in my mind. What eventually emergedare these words. I am very satisfied with them because everyone I know who hears the song thinks its about THEM. TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-6537140665139342822010-04-28T22:58:00.001+09:002010-04-28T22:58:06.360+09:00Mario @ a session with The TengoozTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-5389368201155708432010-04-28T22:55:00.001+09:002010-04-28T22:55:18.676+09:00Thomas Mayers of The TenGoozTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-75671430701205473372010-04-28T21:21:00.001+09:002010-04-28T21:21:35.331+09:00Hase G of The TengoozTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-12318367751035364442010-04-28T21:14:00.001+09:002010-04-28T21:14:08.579+09:00Julien @ a TenGooz SessionTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-49203024939507259792010-04-27T19:47:00.001+09:002010-04-27T19:47:11.747+09:00Lyrics to The Tengooz` new song Calm Before The StormThis piece also generated out of one of Thomas` chord progressions.At the last minute, while recording, we decided to add the rap, with words which were writtenby the TenGooz ( and Xenophonia`s) original bass player Tom Debor ( AKA Dom Dober)Here are the lyrics Calm Before The StormSun comes upan early autmn daythe temperature`s the normbreakfast on a bagel, lox n` eggsand TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-41724862851010473582010-04-27T12:10:00.001+09:002010-04-27T12:10:07.984+09:00Thomas laying down background vocals on The Tengooz BabylonTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-57155136805229727592010-04-25T22:37:00.001+09:002010-04-25T22:37:39.173+09:00Tengooz new album Facing The Music gets noticed in GermanyJust hours after uploading our new collection of songs Facing The Music,there was a small yet kindly favorable review of it to appear in Germany ( and in German)Check it out here, and send a message to the site!http://wasser-prawda.de/new2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=962:the-tengooz-facing-the-music&catid=24:jazz&Itemid=61TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-34021239575156402882010-04-25T20:45:00.001+09:002010-04-25T20:45:21.452+09:00Tengooz flashback: A show at The Narita Barge Inn- Avi Landau and Jon HicksTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-24086062355377542812010-04-23T19:41:00.001+09:002010-04-23T19:41:48.328+09:00Lyrics to Babylon ( a song by the Tengooz)Tengoophiles where`r ye might be! List, list, ooooh list!Our long awaited new cd, FACING THE MUSIC, has finally been uploaded toJamendo. Id like to post the lrics to the new songs, a song at a time over the nextten days.Lets begin with our latest reggae style piece Babylon. Inspired by the riffs and chord progression of Thomas Mayers,our guitarist I came up with these words-TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-83428193830366546282010-04-21T23:57:00.001+09:002010-04-21T23:57:10.742+09:00The TenGooz with pianist extraordinaire Mario TahitoeTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-10513531939055001182010-04-18T18:51:00.001+09:002010-04-18T18:51:39.793+09:00The TenGooz` Nova Beach Bossa Playlisted on JamendoWe are proud to inform you that our song Beach Bossa Nova has been selected to be on Jamendo`sweekly playlist of selected songs. There are 16 other numbers you can listen to along with it, so enjoy:http://www.jamendo.com/en/playlist/163609grounded in grooveAviTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-55622719337291697712010-04-05T20:53:00.001+09:002010-04-05T20:53:58.838+09:00The TenGooz Bombs Away Highlighted in CyberspaceThe last track off our first album is surely our skankiest.Some have even claimed that it was the best song about sex that theyhad ever heard. Well of course! It was written by Jon Hicks and myself ( Avi Landau).Have a listen:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz69kwt6zoA&NR=1TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-53764230741188182972010-04-02T16:18:00.001+09:002010-04-02T16:18:12.624+09:00TenGooz flashback May 27 2006 at Corkheads IIITenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-52815844991634536842010-04-02T16:17:00.002+09:002010-04-02T16:30:49.329+09:00TenGooz flashback May 27 2006 at Corkheads IITenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-81673207319059958202010-04-02T16:17:00.001+09:002010-04-02T16:17:33.903+09:00TenGooz flashback May 27 2006 at Corkheads IITenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-82256020987739880752010-04-02T16:16:00.001+09:002010-04-02T16:16:42.229+09:00TenGooz flashback May 27 2006 at CorkheadsTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-46461613486109821642010-03-26T18:46:00.001+09:002010-03-26T18:46:48.033+09:00Recordings almost ready for release !Greetings Tengoophiles, wherever ye may be! Your patience will soon be rewarded ( we hope!)as Hase G will be heading out to the studio on Sunday to put some final touches on our 10 new recordings.We hope to have them online by the end of the month.In the meantime, if you are interested in Japanese culture, check out my recent articles which have been posted on TsukuBlog.The most recent is about TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-45186031220604204632010-03-26T18:04:00.001+09:002010-03-26T18:04:01.884+09:00kTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-46964293756294675742010-03-25T21:55:00.001+09:002010-03-25T21:55:18.195+09:00Thomas Mayers @ a TenGooz practiceTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-77493201301425518942010-03-25T20:44:00.001+09:002010-03-25T20:44:45.005+09:00Hase G of The TenGooz hard at practiceTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-63789731533142765632010-03-20T14:14:00.001+09:002010-03-20T14:14:06.023+09:00The Tengooz Amazing Bass player Nodoka Hasegawa AKA Hase GTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-16059031548276655132010-02-13T17:29:00.001+09:002010-02-13T17:29:58.504+09:00Tengooz Radio and TenGooz playlists online!The Online music site Jamendo has a TenGooz radio which seems to change everyday, mixing up the song order and also mixing in other bands which have been deemed to be similar.You can find TenGooz Radio here:http://www.jamendo.com/en/radio/the.tengoozThere are also plenty of online playlists which make listening to TenGooz easier than ever. Here is one playlist that you might like:http://TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-42555592079959197432010-02-05T18:32:00.001+09:002010-02-05T18:32:29.412+09:00More Tsukuba SnowscapesTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-1621091512099278372010-02-05T18:30:00.001+09:002010-02-05T18:30:23.551+09:00A Rare Tsukuba SnowscapeThis was the view from the Ice Palace yesterday morning! Read moreabout it at:http://blog.alientimes.org/2010/02/tsukubas-fleeting-snowscapes-revisited/TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-55941001214761277472010-02-01T21:36:00.001+09:002010-02-01T21:36:53.120+09:00Xenophonia onlineThe legendary, multi-national Tsukuba-based band Xenophoniahad a major impact on the live music scene in Japan back in the early 2000`s.With guitarist Ascelin FLASH Gordon from Melbourne Australia,Tom Debor (bass), Erik Stanford (trombone), Joe Kern (drums) and Avi Landau ( vocals) of the US,Kawakami Ryutaro ( sax) and Sagara Kenya (trombone) of Japanand Ashish (tabla) from India. They proved TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-68577674930504418912010-01-31T18:06:00.001+09:002010-01-31T18:06:28.011+09:00Kawakami Ryutaro,AviLandau and Tom Debor of Xenophonia in TokyoTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-88775563721591296212010-01-29T17:58:00.001+09:002010-01-29T17:58:56.673+09:00More praise for the Tengooz in cyberspaceGreetings Tengoophlies!We hope that all goes well with you!I has come to our attention that someone has written an online reviewof our album G-Strings.Read the piece here:http://www.frostclick.com/wp/index.php/2009/12/30/the-tengooz-g-strings-a-jazzy-funky-bossa-play-of-strings/and have a great day!TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-71354953537245388972010-01-17T18:27:00.001+09:002010-01-17T18:27:11.913+09:00The TenGooz New Years PartyTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-58546098427472133402010-01-15T18:21:00.001+09:002010-01-15T18:21:22.273+09:00The with Finnish artist John McGregorTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-45779114353392210382010-01-10T16:01:00.001+09:002010-01-10T16:01:25.116+09:00Thomas Mayers of The TenGooz putting final touches on a new recordingTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-82426109069729790582010-01-09T20:51:00.001+09:002010-01-09T20:51:06.940+09:00The TenGooz Bass Whiz on UtubeHase G ( Nodoka Hasegawa) is one of the most exciting bassists you will see in Japan,or anywhere else for that matter.He has started to upload some of his fretboard wizardry on utube and you can begin right here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJeznOiX1dEandhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai-VnTeLgDk&feature=relatedEnjoy!and be on the look out for our next album, which will be online soon!TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-79905884514979637252010-01-02T14:54:00.001+09:002010-01-02T14:54:29.136+09:00Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasasu from the tengooz !The Tengooz wish you a happy and healthy year! We should beready to release our next album this month, and weve got a lot more material that we are working on.For alot more about how we spend New Year`s in Japan, read some of my articles on Tsukublog:http://blog.alientimes.org/TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-60553101912576391852009-12-25T15:18:00.001+09:002009-12-25T15:18:15.622+09:00Seasons Greetings from The TenGoozAnother year is coming to an end, and The TenGooz would like to wish all you, our faithful listeners around the worlda very happy and healthy new year!Like many TenGoophiles you can add atmosphere to your holdays by playing the TenGooz song- Wish You. which some people feel is the best Christmas song to have come out of Japan.You can hear it at:http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/116594Thomas is backTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-60507307875747772732009-11-22T09:48:00.001+09:002009-11-22T09:48:19.276+09:00A Visit to Chikusei City ( formerly Shimodate) brings back memories of our old songEverything passe. Everything changes. In Japan , over the last few years, as a part of a generalRESTRUCTURING, many PLACE NAMES have even been changed. This is quite frustrating, as it took me a while to master the KANJI of all of the localtowns and cities, and when I finally did, they went ahead and changed them all!Anyway, the other day I found myself in Chikusei City, which used to be TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-1602701000077566902009-11-19T21:37:00.001+09:002009-11-19T21:37:19.893+09:00with Julien and GoTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-90714722502254684722009-11-19T21:35:00.002+09:002009-11-20T15:45:03.224+09:00Julien Assali in Tsukuba before Tengooz practiceTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-39203116266977921972009-11-12T21:45:00.001+09:002009-11-12T21:45:03.438+09:00Jamming with JulienTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-5984424728144554942009-11-07T18:17:00.001+09:002009-11-07T18:17:39.061+09:00TenGooz Memories: Melbourne Australia 2006TenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16680289.post-46891321436361837192009-10-09T20:43:00.001+09:002009-10-09T20:43:57.731+09:00Hase G and A-chan of The TenGooz working on new songTenGoozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02923471657562188329noreply@blogger.com0