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Test Tone vol. 27

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Sound Experiments

Test Tone presents vol. 27

October 9, 2007 (Tuesday) 20:00 to 24:00 at Super Deluxe, Nishi Azabu, Tokyo.

Featuring:

Sheherherhers

SherherherhersSometimes you want to leave your jacket, your drink and your friends, and join the band onstage. Sheherherhers are clearly enjoying themselves, and it's infectious. A band consisting of 9 members, they create an atmosphere that makes you feel that even while inside, you're at an outdoor festival at the electrifying last stage where all of the performers come up to play together. At first glance, the band seems unnaturally relaxed on stage, yet they are capable of some of some of the most explosive jams, Afrobeat anthems and psychedelic freakouts you'll have a chance to stumble upon.

This appearance at Test Tone gives you an opportunity to see the band in its full glory, basked in the melting light show of OHPIA.

Sheherherhers

Jebiotto!

Jebiotto!Firmly based in the based in the New York No Wave tradition, while at the same time remaining blindingly original, Jebiotto! manages to capture the essence of good pop while remaining firmly punk in spirit. Initially forming in 2002, the band quickly dissolved, leaving Tutti to take his guitar on a forsaken path to search for new bandmates. By 2004, Jebiotto! had reformed, with the tumultuous JJ madca on vocals and Casiotone, and Moririn on drums and pandemonium. In 2005, Keisuke Hakase joined on bass, giving a solid foundation for the disheveled pop lurking above his snaking bass lines.

Dazzling and chaotic, Jebiotto! is a band to see if you missed the generation that brought us James Chance and Lydia Lunch.

Jebiotto!

Hununhum

HununhumHununhum has a list of members that would take up all of the space I have to write how ridiculously good this band is. With compositions that call to mind Hermeto Pascoal, Captain Beefheart and early Boredoms, Hununhum deliver twisted hardcore riffs with the same ease that they execute complex contrapuntal lines and syncopated vocal phrasing. Made up of vocals, sax, bass, guitar, drums, keyboards, percussion and more, the group has obviously emerged from a number of musical explorations that have evolved into a multiform arrangement of influences.

Any and all musicians should step up and take notice - this band has the chops, and they only seem to be getting better. Bewilderingly complex, yet eminently listenable, Hununhum offers a wild and unique musical journey.

Hununhum

OHPIA

OhpiaThis is the the second time we've been lucky to have live analog-visual maestros OHPIA at Test Tone. When we hosted Damo Suzuki's Network earlier in the year, they provided a kaleidoscopic deep-sea environment of translucent liquids, holographic lighting, shadow pictures and mind-blowing collage. They are a staple on the visual menu for artists such as Acid Mothers Temple, K.K. Null, Mani Neumeier and Keiji Haino, and they continue to refine their oil, ink and plate-glass techniques for a total psychedelic experience.

As OHPIA takes SuperDeluxe to cosmic spaces and otherworldly planets, you'll be glad you came along for the ride.

OHPIA

01.10.2007. 19:15