{
 "id": "zen-mechanics-148d23d4",
 "name": "Zen Mechanics",
 "kind": "person",
 "disambiguation": "progressive/psytrance act of Wouter Thomassen",
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "148d23d4-c4ec-41d5-9705-8b39388be988"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q56887288"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "184136"
  ],
  "spotify": [
   "0HlOk15cW7PeziVcItQLco"
  ],
  "apple_music": [
   "73029039"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [
  "Wouter Thomassen",
  "Zen Machine",
  "Zen Mechanics",
  "ZenMechanics",
  "Zenmechanics"
 ],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Byron Bay",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "148d23d4-c4ec-41d5-9705-8b39388be988",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "54f1527c-cfb3-46f4-b43c-ea5b9ab7e75c"
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "2002",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q56887288",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-01",
     "precision": "year",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Netherlands",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "148d23d4-c4ec-41d5-9705-8b39388be988",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "ef1b7cc0-cd26-36f4-8ea0-04d9623786c7"
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "AU",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "148d23d4-c4ec-41d5-9705-8b39388be988",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    },
    {
     "value": "Australia",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q56887288",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-01",
     "ref": "Q408",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Australian musical group",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q56887288",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-01"
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/184136"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://myspace.com/zenmechanics"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://soundcloud.com/zenmechanics"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://www.facebook.com/zenmechanics/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://www.instagram.com/_zen_mechanics_/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "free streaming",
   "url": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0HlOk15cW7PeziVcItQLco"
  },
  {
   "kind": "free streaming",
   "url": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Pjnt26cYhHSXhbFjt2XbH"
  },
  {
   "kind": "free streaming",
   "url": "https://www.deezer.com/artist/377443"
  },
  {
   "kind": "myspace",
   "url": "https://myspace.com/zenmechanics"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://www.psydb.net/artist/zen-mechanics/4822"
  },
  {
   "kind": "purchase for download",
   "url": "https://www.beatport.com/artist/zen-mechanics/7170"
  },
  {
   "kind": "social network",
   "url": "https://www.facebook.com/zenmechanics"
  },
  {
   "kind": "social network",
   "url": "https://www.instagram.com/_zen_mechanics_/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "soundcloud",
   "url": "https://soundcloud.com/zenmechanics"
  },
  {
   "kind": "streaming",
   "url": "https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/73029039"
  },
  {
   "kind": "streaming",
   "url": "https://tidal.com/artist/3545660"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56887288"
  },
  {
   "kind": "youtube",
   "url": "https://www.youtube.com/user/zenmechanics"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/zen-mechanics-148d23d4",
  "cite_as": "Zen Mechanics, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/zen-mechanics-148d23d4",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}