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August 20, 2024 is the street date of Intoxicate #171 “In the Mode of Silence”.

The cover photo is a portrait of Don Cherry and Manfred Eicher (founder and producer of ECM). The film Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher will be on screen from October 18th to celebrate the 55th anniversary of ECM Records.

“Exotic Grammer” includes the articles of the Suntory Hall Summer Festival 2024 introducing Tomoki Kitamura who will perform with the Arditti Quartet celebrating their 50th anniversary and Aya Shimazu who has just released her debut album Aya’s Soul Searchin’ - Aretha Franklin from Atlantic Records. The whole album dedicated to Aretha Franklin reveals her overwhelming voice.

On the “Pick Up”, Salvatore Sciarrino’s Lohengrin, Kawasaki Jazz Festival 2024, the Billboard Classics featuring Takayuki Hattori and Kohsuke Yamashita, Mayu Kishima, the film Kinds of Kindness and more.

Preview screening presented by Intoxicate is the documentary film Sounds and Silence - Travels with Manfred Eicher, providing intoxicate readers with precedent a chance to earlier screening.

Intoxicate is available at these associates and volunteers as on the following link.
https://tower.jp/mag/intoxicate/specialthanks

You can buy the magazine at Tower Records Online.
https://tower.jp/article/campaign/2013/12/25/03

FYI English translated articles: https://mikiki.tokyo.jp/list/search?keyword=English%20Translation