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Test Tone vol. 62

Atomic Sound to Neural Convergence

Featuring: Shintaro Miyazaki, Concern (aka Gordon Ashworth, from Portland), Itaru Yasuda, Rod Cooper (from Australia) and DJ Evil Penguin

Realms Of The Unstable Exhibition featuring artist from the RUIS magazine collective (10/12〜20)



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Artist info:

Shintaro Miyazaki (from Berlin)

Media theorist, curator and sound artist, Shintaro Miyazaki has taken an interesting journey to reach his current style of musical expression, which he calls 'pragmatic electroacoustica'. Rather than searching for the perfect piece of music, Miyazaki is more concerned with the outcome of meshing pure electronic sounds with organic sources such as field recordings, violin (which he has played for over 15 years) and voice. Finding himself dabbling in the traditions of plunderphonics, bastard electronica and maximalism, his sound experiments result in beautiful, challenging and unexplainable creations.
Shintaro Miyazaki homepage

Concern (aka Gordon Ashworth, from Portland)

Since 2004, Gordon Ashworth (also known for his solo project Oscillating Innards) has been creating deep-listening dronescapes under the name Concern. Using acoustic instruments, tape manipulation, and field recordings, he conjures up rich layers of sound, creating ethereal forms that slowly shift, decay and disappear over time.
He has toured extensively, performing in over 60 cities throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and now Japan. In his live performances, he is known to experiment with everything from antique zithers to gigantic open-air cassette loops. This night will offer a chance to experience his unfurling tapestry of sound first-hand.
Concern homepage
myspace

Itaru Yasuda

As a graduate of IAMAS (Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences), Tokyo-based artist Itaru Yasuda first investigated time-based media and graphical modeling at Studio 2, where he refined his approach to computer-based audiovisual composition. Representative of a new generation of composers in this field, Yasuda takes algorithmic composition to levels of intricacy that years ago would have required a warehouse full of computer processing. These days, with the help of software like SuperCollider, audiovisual work can reach new levels of expression without the hindrance of hardware or technological boundaries. This might just be a sneak peak into the future.
Itaru Yasuda homepage

Rod Cooper (from Australia)

As a founding member of Australian subterranean explorers KLUNK, Rod Cooper began his sound experiments in Melbourne's highly-resonant system of storm drains, where the group held performances using their weird and unwieldy hand-forged instruments to a public brave enough to venture underground.
As a sculptor and metal worker, Rod mixes fantastical ideas with disciplined design, creating musical instruments that are as impressive visually as they are to the listeners' ears. For this evening, Rod will be bringing an instrument called the membragurdy, constructed from stainless steel. Click on the YouTube link below for a sneak preview of Rod's singular work.
youtube: Rod Cooper Instruments

Evil Penguin

Master of disguises, Mexican top-hats, ambient rockabilly to minimal Hawaiian Kumulipo chants, the Evil Penguin poses the primordial question of evanescence against a backdrop of New Wave folk. Celebratory, subliminal, moment-to-moment. A Tasmanian treasure with a penchant for open spaces.

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.


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Realms Of The Unstable (10/12〜20)

Group show featuring posters and zines from illustrators from the artist collective RUIS magazine: Gen Hiraki, Karel Wouters, Ryo Kuramoto, Gerard Herman, Bert Huyghe, Tessa De Ceuninck, Fia Cielen, Dennis Tyfus, Phillip Metten, Eva De Leener, Wouter Vanhaelemeesch, Manor Grunewald, Jan Op De Beeck.

Curated by Wouter Vanhaelemeesch & Ryo Kuramoto

RUIS magazine
ruismagazine.net
kraak.net

Wouter Vanhaelemeesch
Smeraldina-Rima's photostream

Ryo Kuramoto
Create-vil Books & Records

Realms Of The Unstable Party 10/14!!