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Jinzena was conceived from the ashes of various Indie and Rock bands scattered around Yorkshire and Cheshire (namely 'Recess' Twisted Bishop' and 'Uberfunk'). They formed at the tail end of 2004 intent on making music to swing your pants to. They are now based in Leeds U.K.

Indie Rock + DiscoFunkPsychJazz thing = Monster Music = Jinzena

Yes it's a child-like analogy but the name 'Jinzena' originates from the early recordings they made in the joiners workshop where we practice. Bemused by the noise we had made, we hastily christened it Monster Music, why? Because that’s how it sounded, like a gang of musical mutants...

Jinzena-the Jin being Punjabi for monster and the Zene (pronounced Zenner!) being Hungarian for music.

The band is, Anna Hetherington - Vocals and Sax, Leigh Oliver - Guitar, Gary Norris - drums, Sanjodh (Sarni) Toor - Bass and Mark (Marvin) Parvin - Synth/Percussion.

Leigh, Sanjodh and Gary met at school back in the early 90's and formed Recess (Indie Rock youngsters). Recess gigged consistently for around four or five years before disbanding in 2001 due to their new found love of House music. In 2003 Leigh met Mark and Anna at Leeds College of Music on the Production course. By mid 2004 after been stuck behind record decks for three years Leigh, Sanjodh and Gary had begun to tinker with the idea of a live act once again, at the helm of several synthesizers a broken sampler and a drum machine they quickly realised they needed more pairs of hands, welcome Anna and Marvin. A quick re-think and the exclusion of broken machinery, here they are in their current status.

Influences
The music is influenced by artists such as The Cure, Talking Heads, New Order, Blondie, Portishead, The Chemical Brothers, The Smiths, PJ Harvey, Life Without Buildings, Beck, Madness, Supergrass, Prince, The Cardigans and Sly Stone. Which results in a fresh uplifting musical blend directed towards yer hips...

Gigs/Achievements
In their short time together, Jinzena have played a number of buzzing and successful gigs at some of Leeds and Manchester’s most established venues. They have also succeeded in beating many other entrants to first place in Liquid magazine’s ‘Battle of the Banned 2005'. Their success in doing so has been described as "The Alka Seltzer to the modern Indie hangover".

As Jinzena's following continues to grow, their focus moves towards gigs more further a field than the cities of the North - to cultivate the desire for 'Monster Music' throughout Britain!