10th of October is the street date of Intoxicate vol. 172 “Before Silence Falls”.
Hayato Sumino is on the cover. He will make an international debut with his new album Human Universe from Sony Music. An interview with him unveils his July recital at Budokan and episodes from behind the scenes about his new album. It’s one of three of “Exotic Grammar”. Another article is about Sergio Mendes who passed away last September. He was widely known as a Japanophile, who believed Japan was his second home country. The other is on Ayane Kawamura, an up-and-coming violinist. She is the one of artists who will develop the future of music.
“Pick Up” takes you to the following; Shutaro Matsui with his new album Danse Macabre (released on October 23) recorded in New York; Aimi Kobayashi, who is going to put out the first album after childbirth, which includes four-hand tracks with Kyohei Sorita; Ichiro Nodaira who produces a new project “Festival de l’Intemporel” of Tokyo Bunka Kaikan; Yu Shirota who is the main performer and directs the show “Billboard Classics x Snoopy: Magical Christmas Night 2024”, and so on.
The Intoxicate preview screening is the impressive documentary film Call Me Dancer about dancers and the new one from director Shinichiro Ueda, Angry Squad: Civil Servants and Seven Swindlers (Angry Squad: Komuin to 7 Nin no Sagishi). Ueda is known for his prominent film One Cut of the Dead. We will provide our readers with the earliest opportunity to attend the advanced screening.
And the long run four photo columns “Hitokomagoma” invite Issey Ogata, Miki Fujimoto, Sumiko Nishioka, and Misaki Hattori to show their recommendations.
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.
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