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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) Teruyuki Oshima (ex. guitar, from sim) + Cal Lyall (guitar/electronics)  Taking the form of a guitar duo with very non-guitar stylings, Teruyuki Oshima (sim, plus3, etc.) and Cal Lyall will explore the innermost reaches of their stringed, or perhaps unstringed, instruments. Playing the 'ex. guitar' (a guitar without neck or strings), Oshima takes a minimalist approach to creating sound, relying on the magnetic pickups for a kind of musical metallurgy that resonates with the performance space. Meeting the minimalism will be some extended guitar overtures from Cal Lyall, who might just toss some harmonic debris onto the industrial landscape. [Teruyuki Oshima Homepage](http://hello.ap.teacup.com/ohshima-sim) [Cal Lyall Homepage](http://www.subvalent.com/cal-lyall/) Fairplay (Akihiko Ando + Koshiro Hino)  Delivering electronic mash-up of the highest order, FAIR PLAY is the fantastically dynamic duo comprising Akihiko Ando (from Kuruucrew, OWKMJ, Henrytennis, etc.) and Osaka-based Koshiro Hino (from YPY, Bonanzas, Talking Dead Goats"45, etc). Creating a layer cake of thump, bleep and beats along with some loping bass, FAIR PLAY verges into the danceable at times, while always keeping some unpredictable stumble for fans of kitchen disco. Hot off a US visit, they may be upping their game with a bit of perverted juke import. Watch the footwork. [Fairplay soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/fair-play-1) Crys Cole (from Canada) + James Rushford (from Australia)  Believe it or not, musicians who actually listen are a rare breed. We can count ourselves lucky that two of the finest listeners around will be in town at the same time for a first-time collaboration at Test Tone. Crys Cole is a Canadian sound artist whose sound explorations have taken her around the globe, playing with the likes of Oren Ambarchi, Tim Olive, Tetuzi Akiyama, and Keith Rowe. That list of string players broadens on this evening with the invitation of Melbourne-based composer, pianist and violist James Rushford, a versatile musician working internationally in the fields of both new music and improvisation.  [Crys Cole Homepage](http://cryscole.com) [James Rushford Homepage](http://www.jamesrushford.com) 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.