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Test Tone vol. 53

Festive Lifeboat Excursions

A New Year Change of Climate
Bring in the sinking New Year with ocean-sized party music courtesy of :
Umibachi, Government Alpha + Yoshiyuki Ichiraku + Cal Lyall + Keigo Iwami, Praha Depart, SHIT, OHPIA (visuals) / DJ: Evil Penguin



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Cal Lyall and Yasufumi Suzuki Special Interview!! (JP only)

Artist info:

Umibachi

New Wave pioneers from Tokyo guide us through brand new dance steps in a feast of riff-heavy psychedelic pop. Krautrock-influenced meditational groove from the city's urban core. Tight, spaced-out and stunningly executed.
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Government Alpha + Yoshiyuki Ichiraku + Cal Lyall + Keigo Iwami

In a first-time meeting, four performers from weird and wonderful musical locales battle it out in an ocean of slippery improvised sludge. Ramshackling, nay, swashbuckling fun guaranteed.
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Yoshiyuki Ichiraku MySpace
Cal Lyall MySpace
Keigo Iwami HP

Praha Depart

Over five years ago, the founding members of Praha Depart lugged their gear all the way from Hokkaido to Tokyo, in search of the perfect combination of new wave and grunge rock. What they found was something a little more surprising. Hooking up with their current drummer in 2006, their sound keeps all you would expect from a post-millennium Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, yet remains entirely listenable and loveable thanks to a good dose of latin-fused bounce and stumble.
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SHIT

A new concept in post pretentremendrumics and a road map to post-tantric pataphysical brainsnack flavourings. Featuring members of Ryusenkei Body, VEEDEEE, Jahiliyyah, OKHP and many more, a sizzling improvised space-out!

OHPIA

Providing a kaleidoscopic deep-sea environment of translucent liquids, holographic lighting, shadow pictures and mind-blowing collage, OHPIA are a staple on the visual menu for artists such as Acid Mothers Temple, K.K. Null, Mani Neumeier and Damo Suzuki.
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DJ Evil Penguin

Grand wizard of vinyl and interstellar treasure hunter, the Evil Penguin makes the perilous journey to the forbidden archives, extracting the tastiest gems from a cosmic vat of recordings long forgotten.

About Test Tone

A monthly experiment offering irregular art, music and performance in Tokyo.
The Test Tone series aims to offer a venue for diverse and challenging artists to bring their ideas to a larger community. As a free event open to the public, we hope to bypass the old economies in order to create new ones, while encouraging collaboration in all forms. A collage of media, sound and art in a space available to anyone off the street, the event is a bazaar of potential collisions, where passersby are treated to the unexpected.
For all of this, we found our home base at Super Deluxe, a unique space in Tokyo's midtown, providing a relaxed atmosphere within its modular interior. The event continues to be a celebration of off-kilter creativity in the city: from installation pieces to performance art and visual collaborations; from noise, electronica, ambient sounds and free rock to disorderly jazz and manipulated field recordings. To date, close to 500 artists have been a part of the event, together creating opportunities for unexpected improvisation, collaboration, and festival spirit.