‘Waxpoetics Japan’ to be launched soon

‘Waxpoetics Japan’ to be launched soon

9 September, 2008 | 10.25AM

• Written by: Yuko Asanuma
• Filed under: Music News: waxpoetics

Great news for all soul, jazz, funk and hip-hop lovers in Japan.

One of America’s most acclaimed and most respected music periodicals out of Brooklyn, ‘Waxpoetics’ will launch its Japanese edition on October 27th.

It makes perfect sense as many of us music geeks living in the biggest record collecting nation have been purchasing the magazine’s original editions anyway, even though we couldn’t fully understand what it was saying.

Now all the best bits and pieces from the past seven years of its history will be translated into Japanese and put on the shelves in record stores and book stores nation wide.

The first Japanese edition is going to feature the translation of Herbie Hancock, Roy Ayers, RZA, Bobbi Humphrey, Louie Vega and Gilles Peterson articles for example, as well as some original contents put together by the Japanese editorial.

The launch party is planned to take place on Halloween night, Friday October 31st, inviting the editor-in-chief, Andre Torres, along with Kon & Amir. DJ Muro (yes, the Japanese ‘king of diggin’), Alex From Tokyo, and Jazzy Sport crew will also join the celebration at Club Unit.

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