Welcome to Zenyatta.live

A common love for the music of The Police is what brought three of Vancouver’s top musicians together to form Zenyatta.

Acclaimed bassist and vocalist Nathen Aswell, alongside Tim Olsen (guitars) and Phil Robertson (drums, percussion) have teamed up to bring some of the greatest rock music ever written back to the live stage with their high‑energy, 90‑minute celebration of the hits that made The Police one of the biggest bands of the 1980s. More than a simple tribute, Zenyatta captures the essence of The Police’s sound while adding their own improvisational fire and raw energy, creating a live experience that is as authentic as it is electrifying.

Zenyatta The Music of The Police


Members

Nathen Aswell

Zenyatta Member Nathen Aswell

Nathen is one of the busiest singing bassists in Canada. He has performed with a wide variety of recording artists, including Randy Bachman, Susan Crowe, Shari Ulrich, Babe Gurr, Gabriel Mark Hasselbach and Andrea Menard. He has also performed with Jackson Hollow, LJ Mounteney, Lowry Olafson, Aaron Pritchett, and The Wilds.

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Nathen is originally from Montreal, where he was a member of The Puritans (1 of 5 bands that made it to the finals of 1990’s nation-wide “Band Wars” contest) as well as The Buzz Band (a power trio with John McGale of Offenbach and Jerry Mercer of April Wine) before moving to Vancouver in 1992. Currently, Nathen performs in several different tribute bands (featuring the music of ABBA, The Beatles, The [Dixie] Chicks, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Presley, and Shania Twain) and also performs his own music on the Chapman Stick. For more info, please visit nathenaswell.com

Tim Olsen

Zenyatta Member Tim Olsen

Tim has been a professional guitarist, songwriter, and guitar instructor in the Vancouver area for more than 40 years. He has appeared on hundreds of recordings, toured throughout the world, performed on TV and film, performed with the VSO, and is the guitar professor at TWU. Tim endorses LsL Guitars and Revv Amps.

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He spends most of his time in the Southern Gulf Islands and finds peace and joy in reading, cooking, kayaking and hiking.

Phil Robertson

Zenyatta Member Phil Robertson

Phil is a renown Canadian drummer and musician. He has performed for Electronic Arts on their multi-year, best-selling video game series of all time NBA LIVE, along with Need For Speed, Motor City USA and The Simpson’s Road Rage, and the NBA promotional video starring Montell Jordan which aired around the world.

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In a live setting he’s backed American music legend Ray Charles on live television, the David Foster Band, Roger Hodgson of Supertramp, Big Wreck’s Ian Thornley, Burton Cummings Canadian tour, The Canadian Tenors, Michael Bublé and Alfie Zappacosta. He was also a founding member of Juno Award winning Idle Eyes.

Other recording work includes: 2010 Olympic Winter Games, 2011 Arab Games, gaming music for Bally Casinos in Las Vegas, Carolyn Arends, Ashley MacIsaac, Holly McNarland, Lebanon superstars Julia Boutros and Michel Fadel, Idle Eyes, Roy Forbes, Susan Crowe, Shari Ulrich, Valdy, Juno Award winning Brian Doerksen, 5 year Calgary Stampede pre-records and guitar virtuoso Hedras Ramos of Guatemala.

For more info, see Phil’s website


Shows

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Event Production 4 Venues

Interested in bringing our dynamic Police Tribute show to your live venue? Contact us below for more information, click here to download Zenyatta Promo Materials and finally you can download our Stage Plot below and meet our Engineer, Kenny.

Kenny Cheatwood


Zenyatta’s fourth and invisible member is the great Kenny Cheatwood. Kenny is well-known as one of the best sound professionals in North America. For many years he worked with Chris Isaak. He has done sound and production for countless artists including Don Henley, Colin James, One Horse Blue, Fosterchild, Idle Eyes, and many others. Your event venue will work directly with Kenny to ensure the best possible sonic experience for your patrons.

Event Stage Plot

Click the image to download a PDF of our stage plot for a Zenyatta show at your live concert venue. For more details contact us below.
Zenyatta Stage Plot

Contact

For bookings or to contact us with questions, please email us at:

zenyatta.band@gmail.com


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