TenDJiz
Background information
Birth name	Denis Chernyshov
Also known as	TenDJiz, DJ Tengiz
Origin	Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Genres	Hip-Hop, R&B, Synth-Soul
Occupation(s)	Record producer, Sound engineer
Labels	TenDJiz Music
Website	Official website

TenDJiz (born Denis Chernyshov) is a Russian-born, Miami-based producer and sound engineer, best known for his albums CommoNasm, De La Soulviet and Q-Tipokratiya, that were created by blending acapellas of Common and Nas, De La Soul, Q-Tip with instrumentals composed from Soviet Jazz samples.

TenDJiz produced and mixed the Soulviet Trilogy which consists of 3 albums: De La Soulviet (2011), Q-Tipokratiya (2012) and CommoNasm (2012) that were created by blending acapellas of American hip-hop artists (De La Soul, Q-Tip, Common and Nas) with instrumentals composed from Soviet Soul and Jazz samples.

The albums from the Soulviet Trilogy have received positive reviews from critics and music industry's influential people. Jeff Weiss of The Los Angeles Times said about De La Soulviet: "the blends are artfully done and the samples are tastefully chosen."^[1] Roslynn Cobarrubias, the Senior Director of Urban Marketing at MySpace Music called the concept of De la Soulviet "awesome" ^[2] and posted the album on her blog.^[3] The Miami New Times named De La Soulviet "Mashup Revolution".^[4] Okayplayer claims "TenDJiz made a splash with his De La Soulviet mixtape".^[5] Chris Salmon of The Guardian said about Q-Tipokratiya: "It works rather well."^[6] On-line magazine egotripland.com described Q-Tipokratiya as "pretty clever stuff."^[7] Common tweeted about CommoNasm^[8] and called it "Fresh"^[9] The Miami New Times named TenDJiz "the mastermind behind an awesome mixtape series".^[10] Soulbounce.com (winner of the 2010 Soul Train Awards) claims that "TenDJiz's production, mixing and scratching is near flawless."^[11]Respect magazine described CommoNasm as "an incredibly ambitious and awing project."^[12] CommoNasm was called "flawless mashup" by HipHopDX.com ^[13] and described as "amazing" by 2dopeboyz.com.^[14] Fashion Nerrd Magazine claims that the Soulviet Trilogy is "a bridging of the gap between the two formerly antagonistic superpower nations" ^[15]

The albums have been featured on many on-line magazines and music websites such as: Blurt Magazine,^[16] Peace Magazine,^[17] Nodfactor.com,^[18][19][20] Rumba Magazine (Finland),^[21] Radio Nova (France),^[22] Rubyhornet.com,^[23][24] Thewordisbond.com,^[25] Slang Magazine,^[26] Fleamarketfunk.com,^[27] Bamalovesoul.com,^[28] Blockmuzikradio.com,^[29] ProducersIKnow.com,^[30] Kevinnottingham.com ^[31]

TenDJiz's mixing and mastering credits include work for two-time Grammy winner Federico Britos, Emmy winner Jorge Heilpern, Big Pooh,^[32] Chaundon, Rapsody, Killah Priest, Dynas (BBE Record Label), J.Nics, Skam2, Anjuli Stars, Vurn. IMF Magazine called TenDJiz "the very talented engineer and producer".^[33] The album "Elevation" by Vurn recorded and mixed by TenDJiz was named one of The Best 20 Free Albums of The First Half of 2011 on Kevinnottingham.com.^[34] "The Executive Suite" LP (mixed/mastered by TenDJiz) has earned a 4.8/5.0 rating on DJBooth.net ^[35]

In Russia, TenDJiz has produced and mixed songs for Mister Maloy (in Russian), Ligalize (winner of the 2006 MTV Music Awards), CENTR (winner of the 2008 MTV Music Awards), Detsl (winner of the 2000 MTV International Viewer's Choice Awards), Bad Balance. He also produced music for the Sprite TV Commercial ^[36] and soundtracks for video games (Nuclear Titbit (in Russian), winner of the 2004 Gameland Awards).

• Official website of TenDJiz