Dec. 10th, 2025 is the release date for the Intoxicate Vol. 179, “The Flame of Silence”.
The cover photo is of Hayato Sumino, who has just finished his concerts at Carnegie Hall and the K-Arena Yokohama successfully. The pianist, attaining global attention, will release his new album Chopin Orbit in January 2026. His recent interview is up on one of the three “Exotic Grammar”. The other topic from EG is about the film Elis & Tom which documented the precious moments of their recording “Águas de Março”. The film will be released on March 6th, 2026. And the last of EG introduces Arooj Aftab, a singer from Pakistan. She is known as a prominent figure who is updating the global network in music. Last November, she showed the current version at the Billboard Live. You should keep your ears on her music.
The headliner of “Pick Up” is the exhibition at NTT InterCommunication Center (ICC), Toward a Mausoleum of Perception: MIKAMI Seiko’s Interactive Art Installations. The curator, Yukiko Shikata, unveils the project'’s unique vision through a dialogue with Minoru Hatanaka. The exhibition will open on December 13th, 2025, and close on March 13th, 2026. The interview with Osamu Sato and Tomohiko Gondo, who launched a new unit, LIG (Love Is Glamorous / Life Is Gourgeous), introduces their new album. The musical director of Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall, Takana Miyamoto, talks about her program “Yves Rechsteiner Pipe Organ Recital feat. Takana Miyamoto”. Also, “Pick Up” goes along with such articles as the newest and hottest J-Fusion album by Trix’s Chance, two new albums released in a row by a marimba player, Mika Stolzman, and the top selling video game NieR series which releases an album NieR: Orchestra Concert Re:12024 (The End of Data) recorded live concert on August 3rd, 2025. The more comes with interviews with Andrea Battistoni, Eric Lu, Hiromitsu Agatsuma, Shigeru Kihsida, Jon Balke, Elipsis, and Senri Oe.
The long-run four-frame photo column “My Favorite Things” invites Nozomi Tsuji, Yasuko Mitsuura, Gota Watabe, and Yasunao Ishida. Let’s enjoy their “Suki”.
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