A constellation of domestic talents showcase their latest updates from the front line

As the year end season looms, Contact plays host to a showcase of forward-thinking Japanese live performers whose gnarly sonic creations have strived to push the boundary across the genres at the grassroots level.
With his prowess artistry of breakbeats that go beyond the hip-hop conventions and omnivorous thirst for various styles like dub, jungle and bass, the ever-evolving Baku will join forces with drummer Goto from Arakajime Kimerareta Koibito Tachi e to provide a thrilling session. Sonic jet-setter Kensei will team up with KND from Kobeta Piano and Shosshan to incorporate modulars, piano and African beats into an inspiring music experience that merges electronics and acoustic instruments.
Initiated by their 2018 debut album, Gonno and Masumura will create another overwhelming amalgam of the dance music’s euphoria and the live instrumentation’s dynamics, drawing on their mind-altering cascade of electronics and drumming prowess. Inushiki, who threw the audience into a frenzy of excitement here at Contact a year ago, will make their return to traverse a variety of genres like reggae, punk, jazz, soul, funk, progressive, house and more in another visceral performance that reaches out to your soul. Goth-Trad, one of Japan’s international Dubstep pioneers, will work in tandem with bassist Akimoto Heavy Takeshi from Dry & Heavy under their singular Rebel Familia project, demonstrating an overwhelming performance whose barrage of beats and earth-shuddering bass promise to give you goose bumps.
With a constellation of domestic talents under one roof, this showcase will be brimmed with inspiring creativity that blazes the trail for another music world in a new year to come.