New Tenaka Tracks

Tenaka - Three by Tenaka

Tenaka - Home (featuring Daithi and Elaine Mai) by Tenaka

Tenaka - Open Out by Tenaka

Mix for State.ie (21 Mins of Exclusive Material)

State.ie

Produced by Ian Maleney

Mastered by Analog Heart

Tenaka - State Mix by Tenaka

Daithi - The Dog (Tenaka remix)

Daithi - The Dog (Tenaka remix) by Tenaka

Tenaka: 'Drifting' Tracklisting and Cover Artwork

a. waves
b. i know
c. three
d. home
e. open out
f. universe i
g. throw sevens
h. the alaskan
i. haunt
j. eroica
k. butterfly guns
l. imes
e. thirteen paw
m. three
o. everything else
n. ride out

Crawdaddy with The Holy Roman Army

Ive been confirmed to support The Holy Roman Army for their album launch in Crawdaddy on May 15th with support on the night also coming from Storkboy Choons and Colours Move. Should be both a great night and a great album.

Really looking forward to it!

Ill be announcing more dates soon but if theres anyone out there looking for a support act id really appreciate it...

Live in Bar 8 (07/04/09)

Anyone know what a Giebelhouse is?

Absolutely baffled as to what this has to do with me...

"Because Ichiro! can hit HR’s whenever he wants, melt a box full of original Licorice Scottie Dogs into the shape of Giebelhouse, and force Ronan Carroll into making Tenaka a duo!"

Anyone?

Twitter

So i set up a twitter account to see what the deal is.
Ive tried to delete it but its impossible - its like a cult.
Addictive as hell.

Come join us... we've got sandwiches!

Bar 8 Gig Postponed

My gig for Wed 25th March has been postponed due to the venue being double booked

Live Performance

Making final preparations for my live performance in Bar 8 tomorrow night. Should be fun if anyone's in Galway

Bar 8 - The Docks - 8pm - Free In

Debut Gig in Bar 8 Wed 25th

Limerickman in hiding Tenaka brings his special brand of Classic 50’s Folk Rock to Bar 8 on Wednesday 25th of March. His debut EP ‘Eponymously Titled’ has been met with critical acclaim, with both the Irish Independent and Nialler9.com labelling it ‘Superb’. 

If you like your Muriel Smiths, your Randy Belafonts or your Tom Mitchells Swinging Bands, then you might just like your Tenaka.

Support comes from the excellent Beatpoet with Brendan Finan later on decks. Show starts 8.30pm. Free in with this picture.

Podcasts

This week 'Aint Nobody' features as the very first track on the spanking new Irish Music Podcast over at nialler9.com - Thanks a million to Aoife and Niall  

http://www.nialler9.com/2009/03/13/new-nialler9-podcast-from-aoife-mc/  

'Open Up' also features on a podcast this week over at the brilliant PlaylistMix.com's landmark 50th Podcast. Go check it out  

http://playlistmix.com/podcast/playlist-mix-50/

State Magazine

The new issue of State magazine is available as a free download from their page. Its a great read so its an awful shame that its not being pressed anymore. I always loved putting aside time to chill out and read it cover to cover. Go get it

Incidently they've included a rather nice review for EPonymously titled:

'Superb opening salvo from Ronan Carroll, a Limerick man based in Galway, whose bedroom-recorded four-track EP of electronic pop pushes all the right buttons, filling the spaces with atmosphere, groove and bass. There's a bit of a Four Tet vibe to this. Best of all, its a free download from myspace.com/tenakadrifting.'

Limerick Events Guide

The wonderful, amazing, wise and inspired people at the Limerick Events Guide have given 'EPonymously Titled' a glowing 5/5 review. Nice one!

Tenaka
EPonymously Titled 
5/5

Ain’t Nobody is the first song on Tenaka’s a.k.a Ronan Carroll’s recently released EP and from the first strum of the first chord and the first note of his great voice I wanted to hope into my car and take this record for a drive. Road music. Great road music is hard to find. This Eponymoulsy Titled EP does exactly what a good ep is mean to do, tease the fuck out of you and leave you wanting an album and a drive to the beach. It’s a gentle and infectious low fi fusion of acoustic electronica. Highly recommended.

Nuts

I cracked the screen on my laptop a few weeks ago but ive commited to some live shows (using the laptop) and so i cant afford to send it away to be fixed. A cracked screen is fine, i can live (and perform) with that. What i cant live with is the fact that bit bit bit pixels are being eaten up by the crack, resulting in big black blotches. At the rate the pixels are being gobbled up there'll be no screen left for my first gig. Im using a monome for my live shows and intending of having it set up so i never once have to look at the laptop during the set. Good bloody thing!!

Daedelus on Monome

DJ Shadow/RSAG

Im currently getting ready for live shows so im spending alot of time looking into what can be done as a one man project both musically and visually . DJ Shadow rocks

And RSAG Rolls

Egoeccentric Hangover Mixtape

I just did a Hangover mixtape for the lads at Egoeccentric featuring music from The Rolling Stones, Radiohead and Bat for Lashes. Download it for free here

http://egoeccentric.blogspot.com/2009/02/tenaka-picks-egoeccentic-hangover.html

Radio Play

The Far Side - Phantom fm. 
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2009/01/28/the-far-side-playlist-for-tuesday-january-27/

Introducing - BBC 6Music 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/tom_robinsons_introducing/tracklisting_20090119.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/tom_robinsons_introducing/tracklisting_20080714.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/trintro

An Taobh Tuathail - RTE RnaG
http://www.rte.ie/rnag/antaobhtuathail.html

Dan Hegarty - 2fm
http://www.rte.ie/2fm/danhegarty/1249945.html

Green and Live - Live95fm
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm? fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=62213395&blogID=466492366

Irish Nightlife - WLRFM
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=62949326&blogID=467558435

Irish Beats - Beat10210fm
http://www.irishbeats.net

The Pulse - Radio Kerry

Hot Press Pick of the Fortnight

"Tenaka is the trading name of Ronan Carroll who comes from the Limerick/Galway region. He brings us a brand of electronica that keeps well away from the guitar band and singer-songwriter territories that are becoming quite over-crowded. The mesmeric ‘Aint Nobody’ has his disembodied vocal to win you over as well as cute ambient beats, modulated guitars and a touch of Radiohead. ‘Someday’ has a snappier beat but is no less hypnotic. The vocals don’t arrive until after a chilled mood has been well settled, and it oozes even more charm thereafter. The comparatively up-tempo instrumental ‘Open Up’ has a beguiling riff and builds magnificently. Tenaka s doing something that steers well clear of the obvious and he deserves attention for that alone, as well as the inventive quality of his work."

MAP Irish Artist of the Month

http://www.nialler9.com/2009/02/15/map-february-09/

Tenaka is Ronan Carroll, a one-man band who creates melodic and sinewy slices of electronic pop from his bedroom but which suggest an imagination far beyond the physical. Alaskan is the soundtrack to dipping your toes into a lake before dive-bombing into its sunshine-infested yet chilly waters. The song features on EPonymously Titled, a free EP available from his MySpace. No excuses, download it now.