On August 20th, Intoxicate Vol. 177 “Body of Silence” is released.

Late Yukio Mishima appears on the cover. In November, his 100th birthday will be celebrated by a special concert of the orchestra and ballet. “Exotic Grammar” introduces this special program. Another “Exotic Grammar” article invites Midori Takada, who has recently drawn attention outside Japan. The last one is the interview with Gabríel Ólafs, an Icelandic composer of note from Gen Z.

“Pick Up” brings many events and artists, as it always does. This year, Suntory Hall Summer Festival (August 23-30) invites Georges Aperghis as the theme composer, and you can find his interview here. Blue Note Jazz Festival in Japan in September announces its headliners and glamorous performers. Nora Jones and Ne-Yo are now calling on you to the festival. The dialogue between Ólafur Arnalds, who performed at Fuji Rock Festical, and Miu Sakamoto, the interview with Michael Preacher, who will appear at Kawasaki Jazz, and another one with Kento Tsubosaka, who will give four concerts in a row. Takashi Matsumoto, who is celebrating the 55th anniversary of his songwriting career, is now on his way to his final concert on Kazemachi, “Kazemachi Poetic 2025”, which is also on “Pick Up”. Every summer, it is unveiled what is on this year’s Cheltic Christmas. What are the highlights this year? Interviews with such artists as Lahav Shani, Takuma Ishii, Cocomi, aron! would fill your appetite.

Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme and Jazz Not Only Jazz are two films of Intoxicate’s upcoming special preview screening programs. The drummer Shun Ishiwaka is known to set up his special unit for the film Jazz Not Only Jazz.
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The long-run four-frame photo column “My Favorite Things” invites Sarah Àlainn, Yuki Nomura, Akemi Kanda, and Shuichi Takizawa.

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