Founded 2011 | Country of origin United States of America | |
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Founder Alex Auclair (Alecks Awklr) Genre Electronic, Experimental, Experimental hip hop, Psychedelic, Synthpop, folk music Location Los Angeles, California Official website www.senzucollective.com | ||
Senzu or Senzu Collective stylized as 仙 is a Los Angeles-based independent record label and artist collective, that was established on October 22, 2011. Artists on their roster include: Lytesho!, Scott Xylo, Alecks Awklr, ☿bluecrew☿, PLASTHMA, Pine Grove and slw.kng. In 2014, they released Infinite Lights Vol.01 Leyla, a fundraising compilation for American Kurdistan Information Network and the refugee Kurds in Iraq, Syria & Turkey.
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History
Senzu is an artist collective/netlabel that started in 2011 as a community of musicians sharing music and creations and now acts a semi-label putting out digital releases from the underground. The collective currently runs as a donation based music label with plans of future physical releases .
Name
仙 is the character used to designate their work, the word senzu is roughly translated as either:
- A sage or hermit, an enlightened person, usually immortal and ageless. (mythology)
- Short for 仙人 (sennin): a wizard or mage; an immortal living as a hermit in the mountains.
- By extension, the region or area where a sennin lives.
- The supernatural techniques for becoming immortal and ageless.