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Tetragrammaton - Elegy for Native Tongues

From Tokyo's urban wasteland comes a full-frequency onslaught of overdriven saxophone, guitar, hurdy-gurdy and drums, hurtling in real time towards a gleaming mass of free-rock gumbo...

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Golden Parabola - Beauty Queens
Golden Parabola - Beauty Queens

A gritty rescue attempt before drowning in sludge. Pounding vibrations from the bomb shelter. The sound of punk rock virgins fighting for purity in the mucky aftermath. Throbbing bass as deliberate as post-apocalyptic earthworms. Beauty Queens sucks the life out of the party and spews it back in...

Jahiliyyah - Anon Nehrut
Jahiliyyah - Anon Nehrut

Jahiliyyah presents a howling scrum of ecstatic durge from the daylight-deprived bowels of Tokyo. Replete with all the glopshod trappings you come to expect from a precarious flossing session, this remains in gran's dentures until the tea gets cold. Ancient casiotone purges, or the best music money can buy?

Upcoming

  • 04.10.2009 - Our Love Will Destroy the World (ex- Birchville Cat Motel) aka Campbell Kneale (New Zealand), Kikuri (Keiji Haino x Masami Akita), Tetragrammaton (TOMO + Cal Lyall + Nobunaga Ken), Muddy World, L?K?O (DJ), onnacodomo (Visuals) at Super-Deluxe ...more
  • Following up a string of live shows which included a number of fine guest musicians (such as Chie Mukai and Damo Suzuki), Tetragrammaton will be following up with a release party that promises to be full of surprises. ...more

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Photos from Test Tone 41: Barnstormer!
Photos from Test Tone 41: Barnstormer!
February 5, 2009
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Elegy for Native Tongues Release Party
Elegy for Native Tongues Release Party
November 25, 2008
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