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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: Naoya Murata (turntable solo) Nick Hoffman+Cal Lyall (guitar duo) Reizen (guitar solo) DJ: Evil Penguin Artist Information: ##Naoya Murata  Following in the footsteps of a number of improvising turntablists in recent years, Naoya Murata cranks up the ante with his signature mixture of crunch, scratch and thrum, as well as some metal percussion and imaginative amplification thrown into the works. With a full plate on the live circuit, he's been a recent favorite for players putting together sessions of free jazz, noise and everything in between. Test Tone will be treated to an enterprising solo set, opening the doors for the full gamut of his imagination. We look forward to gusto both beautiful and terrifying. [Naoya Murata Blog](http://showsimin.blog38.fc2.com) ##Nick Hoffman+Cal Lyall  Playing together as a guitar duo for the first time, Chicago-based sound artist Nick Hoffman and Test Tone kingfish Cal Lyall might just pack up their instruments and take them walkabout. As much as both axemen are well-suited to playing nice with others, prepare your ears for their guitars to embark on a travelogue through glacial palaces, wormholes and a billowing sandstorm or two. Ruptured timelines are sometimes the best rhythm of all. [Nick Hoffman Homepage](http://www.pilgrimtalk.com/NickHoffman.html) [Cal Lyall Homepage](http://www.subvalent.com/cal-lyall) ##Reizen  The leader behind the droney, chimirical works of ambient unit NERAE, Reizen concocts music with a mystic hum and a wonderfully deliberate sense of space. After recently disbanding and going solo, he has been prolific in his recorded output, releasing albums on NUEREC, PSF Records and Yukinori Kikuchi's Testtonemusic label. Listening to his work, you find yourself floating in a shimmering pool filled with layers of half-melodies, all coalescing into an awesome timelessness. Wonderful stuff indeed. [Reizen's Records](http://www.psfmm.com/product-list?keyword=%E5%86%B7%E6%B3%89) ##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.