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Featuring: Tim Olive + Madoka Kouno + Cal Lyall tarab (aka Eamon Sprod, from Australia) Black Zenith (Darren Moore and Brian O'Reilly, from Singapore) DJ Evil Penguin [Test Tone Homepage](http://www.soundispatch.com/ttsnews/) [Cal Lyall and Yasufumi Suzuki Special Interview!! (JP only)](http://sdlx.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post.html) Artist Information: ##Tim Olive + Madoka Kouno + Cal Lyall  Kobe-based improvisor Tim Olive will be making his first visit to Tokyo in a while, offering a chance for first time meeting of sorts. Matching off against Tim's raw string-and-pickup explorations will be local sound artist Madoko Kouno, whose recent performances involve the use of empty tape-recorders, metronomes and metal plates to catch variations in interference and space. Joining them will be Test Tone curator Cal Lyall, whose forays into hydrophone manipulation and recording have taken him into the depths of fish tanks, turtle ponds and the South China Sea.  [Tim Olive Homepage](http://timolive.org/) [Madoka Kouno Homepage](http://www.i-ma-wav.com/) [Cal Lyall myspace](http://www.myspace.com/hermetictindrum) ##tarab (aka Eamon Sprod, from Australia)  Active in Melbourne as a sound artist since 2001, Tarab (aka Eamon Sprod) searches out extraordinary listening experiences in everyday urban environments, producing work that prompts insights into our daily interactions with the world. His performances often involve an interplay between field recordings and found objects, exploring the acoustics of the performance space and its tonal possibilities. Open your ears to make way for an expansive listening experience. [tarab Homepage](http://www.23five.org/tarab/) ##Black Zenith (Darren Moore and Brian O'Reilly, from Singapore)  Hailing from Singapore, audiovisual unit Black Zenith (aka Darren Moore and Brian O’Reilly) makes some very big sounds against a backdrop of disturbing and hypnotic visual patterns. Using analog modular synthesizers, the duo generate live visuals through the transformation of audio signals into fragmented image. With a careful, pummeling mix of the curiously entracing with the seizure inducing, Black Zenith will help clear your head. [tumblr](http://black-zenith.tumblr.com/) ##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.