Hotei has created the “8 Beat Silhouette” to celebrate his 35th year Anniversary in music in 2016. “8 Beat Silhouette” is a series of 8 distinct and different live activities to celebrate this momentous occasion and the “1st Beat” is a club tour in March 2016 in Japan, in small venues that he has not played in for over 20 years.

The “1st Beat” dates are as follows:

5th March in Gunma “Takasaki clubFLEEZ”
9th March in Hokkai-do “Otaru GOLDSTONE”
12th March in Kouchi “kochi CARAVAN SARY”
14th March in Fukuoka “DRUM Be-1”
16th March in Ishikawa “Kanazawa AZ”
17th March in Aichi “E.L.L.”
20th March in Niigata “Niigata LOTS”
21th March in Yamagata “Yamagata music Showa Session”
24th March in Hiroshima “Hiroshima Second Crutch”
27th March in Kyoto “TakuTaku”
28th March in Hyogo “Kobe Chicken George”