Tim Ten Yen

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[1][11] and 2007.[12]

  1. ^ a b "Tim Ten Yen | The FLY London | Sun 22nd April 2007 Lineup". Skiddle.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Yahoo". Spinner.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Under The Influence - Tim Ten Yen | Tim Ten Yen | London Tourdates Magazine | issue #038". 25 January 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Jim Bob / Tim Ten Yen, Freebutt, Brighton, Sep 2". The Argus. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Sweeping The Nation: Noughties By Nature #111: Tim Ten Yen – Sea Anenome". Sweepingthenation.blogspot.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Pointy Records". Pointyrecords.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Club Fandango | Independent Music Promotions". Clubfandango.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
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  9. ^ "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. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  10. ^ "It's Eclectic! It's Eccentric! It's RadioNowhere's BlogSpot!: RadioNowhere's Best of 2008". Radionowhereuk.blogspot.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Under the Influence - Tim Ten Yen | Tim Ten Yen | London Tourdates Magazine | issue #038". www.tourdates.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds Festivals' Alternative Stage announced". Nme.com. Retrieved 10 August 2016.