Tjendol Sunrise seamlessly fuse Rockabilly, Rock&Roll and Indorock into their own exciting brand of asskickin' music, as everyone who has seen them live can attest.

The band was formed in 2004 because the individual members thought there was a need for a group that could play early Rock & Roll (in which they all had musical roots) with the same attidude that made it so exciting in the 50's, after having attended a lot of performances by modern-day R&R groups who routinely played through their unexciting sets.

Tjendol Sunrise's first live performances were a great succes, and their reputation as an exciting live band kept on growing steadily through the years.

At the release of their very well received 2007 album "The Way That You Smile" which was dedicated to their heroes The Tielman Brothers, they presented the first copy to Andy Tielman. Andy then spontaneously decided to play a few songs with Tjendol Sunrise before an ecstatic audience. They did some more great concerts together after that by public demand. Very impressed with Tjendol Sunrise as a R&R live band, Andy started discussing the possibility of recording an album together.

NEWS UPDATE:

His many followers and imitators got a new standard to aim for: Andy substantially raised the bar on this new CD, which contains some of his best playing and singing ever!

But don't take our word for it. Buy the album, and prepare to be floored!

 

 

The official release of the CD was on may 22, 2008 during the international Pasar Malam Besar festival in the Hague,  where Andy and Tjendol Sunrise played another historic concert together, celebrating the 50th anniversary of dutch pop music. During this concert, the first copy of the CD was presented to Andy by Jan Akkerman, after which Jan, Andy and Tjendol Sunrise played 2 songs together on stage!

 

"21st Century Rock" is still available at all major record stores in Holland, distributed by Suburban!

(www.suburban.nl)

 

The CD is also still widely available at online CD stores throughout Europe and iTunes!

 

You can also order your copy of "21st Century Rock" by mail online at www.fonos.nl, or directly from Tjendol Sunrise (see below).

 

 

Read the CD reviews:

http://www.tjampoer.info/flyer.asp?id=423

http://www.rockabillyeurope.com/?reviews/21st_century_rock.htm

http://www.boppinaround.nl/ (click on "recencies")

http://www.oor.nl/albums_details.asp?albumType=1&id=6016

http://www.suburbanshop.nl/suburblog/

http://www.platomania.nl/album/index/id/1528693

  http://www.50jaarnederpop.nl/actueel.php

http://www.fileunder.nl/archives/2008/11/andy_tielman_tjendol_sunrise_21st_century_roc_1.php

http://www.indonesiantunes.com/reviews/detail/2008/10/29/21st-century-rock.html

NEWS UPDATE:

In the summer of 2011, Tjendol Sunrise released their groundbreaking "There's Always Tomorrow" album, which updated and extended their trademark Rock & Roll sound by fusing it with some of their other musical influences, making the songs appeal to a much broader audience than ever before.

They also saw this album as an opportunity to introduce the amazingly talented young blues/ rock/ country band The Kambing Kings, who quite brilliantly played along with Tjendol Sunrise on several of the album's tracks. Tjendol Sunrise presented the first copies of the CD to The Kambing Kings at the CD release before they all performed some songs together on stage.

 

Reach us at: tjendolsunrise@gmail.com

 

Phone:  +31 6 26612826

             +31 6 21111841

 

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