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[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) Featuring: Simon Whetham (from UK) Dave Miller (drums, from Pet Bottle Ningen) + Sakaguchi Mitsuhisa (keyboards) + Shimaji Masahico (bass) and special guest. FELL: toktek (Holland) and Simon Berz (Switzerland) DJ: Evil Penguin Artist Information: ##Simon Whetham (from UK)  Capturing and composing almost primarily with field recordings since a research trip to Iceland in 2005, Simon Whetham has since become a very busy man: exhibiting his first sound art piece in Iceland; recording in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil with the Mamori Sound Project; performing at international festivals like Experimental Intermedia in New York; releasing his work from a wide number of labels; building installations and taking part in residencies worldwide. Throughout 2012 Simon is traveling the globe, performing, recording and collaborating with other musicians and artists in each country he visits, and Test Tone is very happy to be part of his itinerary during his Japan travels. [Simon Whetham Homepage](http://www.simonwhetham.co.uk/) ##Dave Miller (from NYC, drums from Pet Bottle Ningen) + Sakaguchi Mitsuhisa (keyboards) + Shimaji Masahico (bass) and special guest  With their Japanese moniker, New York City's Pet Bottle Ningen have got to have some local flavor. In addition to their Japanese sax player, they play lurching, angular compositions that would fit right at home in Koenji's backstreets. It just so happens that the pulse of the band, drummer Dave Miller, will be visiting Tokyo on an extended Japan tour through July and August. He'll be joined in a session by equally atypical local improvisors Shimaji Masahico (bass from Leningrad Blues Machine) and Sakaguchi Mitsuhisa (keyboards from STAND ALONE-404, Guru host, Polylis, Alan Smithee's MAD Universe). [Pet Bottle Ningen Homepage](http://www.petbottleningen.com) [Sakaguchi Mitsuhisa Homepage](http://enjyaqu.main.jp) [Shimaji Masahico Homepage](http://junkjoint.net) ##FELL: toktek (Holland) and Simon Berz (Switzerland)  Over the years, sampler guru toktek (Holland) has built up a rattling, resounding palette of live sampling chops, while drummer Simon Berz (Switzerland), using DIY analog electronic devices, creates a a myriad if musical feedback from his doctored kit. Together they are FELL, battling it out in supercharged music sessions. Playing their self-made electronic instruments/interfaces, they create brand new musical languages that evolve into spasmic, sweaty conversations between toktek, Berz and their machines. [FELL (video)](http://vimeo.com/33493173) [toktek Homepage](http://toktek.org/Site/toktek.html) [Simon Berz Homepage](http://www.simonberz.ch) ##Evil Penguin  ##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.