A distinguished bunch of musicians and labels from around the world including Kode9, Ninja Tune and Mux Mool are featured on a compilation assembled to raise money for disaster relief in Japan. Nihon Kizuna, the proceeds of which will go directly to the Japanese Red Cross, will be available for purchase worldwide March 18th here. Another compilation featuring ambient artists such as Ryuichi Sakamoto, Helios and Biosphere, For Nihon, will be released next week. You can find out more about that compilation, the proceeds of which go directly to the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund, here. Get your hands on some great music and bring much-needed relief to our friends in Japan!
From the Nihon Kizuna website:
Tokyo 17/03/2011
Worldwide artists contribute to Nihon Kizuna music compilation in aid of Japan disaster relief effort
Over 40 international artists have donated music for the Nihon Kizuna compilation in aid of the Japan disaster relief effort. Nihon Kizuna, or 日本絆 in Japanese roughly translates as ‘bond of friendship with Japan’.
Various Artists – Nihon Kizuna / 日本絆
PLEASE NOTE: this is a current tracklist – [Artist Name – Track Name – Affiliated or Release Label] – and will be finalised when the compilation is available for sale on March 18th.
Don Leisure (UK) – Trio of Desserts *
Darkhouse Family (UK) – Lemon Drizzle (Fat City Records) *
Onra (FR) – High Hopes (All City Records) **
Kode 9 (UK) – 9 Samurai (Hyperdub Records) **
Om Unit (UK) – Lavender (All City Records) **
Paul White (UK) – Grimy Light (One Handed Music) **
Ernest Gonzales (US) – Beneath The Surface (FoF/Exponential) *
Kper (IT/FR) – Chotto *
Tatsuki (JP) – Mirror In Bologna (Original Cultures) *
Memory 9 (IT) – Shinzen Variations (Soundcrash Music) **
Himuro Yoshiteru (JP) – Missing Links *
Danny Drive Thru (UK) – Prescience (Fat City Records) *
Rudi Zygadlo (UK) – Perdu (Planet Mu) *
Mus.sck (US) – Happiness Is The Best Face Lift (Car Crash Set/Daly City) *
Broken Haze (JP) – Move Forward (Raid System) *
BD1982 (US/JP) – Aluminium Riddim (Seclusiasis/Diskotopia) *
Nightwave (UK) – Hokusai Dream *
Paper Tiger (UK) – Lunar Notes (Jus Like Music) *
Kid Kanevil (UK) – One For Tokyo (One World Records / Ninja Tune) *
Sesped (VE) – Too High To Drive (Jus Like Music) *
2phast (IT) – JapaN *
Kuedo (UK) – Zap (Planet Mu) *
Primus Luta & Lonesome D (US) – Lockdown (Concrete Sound System) *
Takuma Kanaiwa (US) – Senpo World (Concrete Sound System) *
Jay Scarlett – The Rising Sun *
Elliott Yorke (UK) – Wormhole Squirt (Five Easy Pieces) *
B-Ju (GE) – Philly Run (Mux Mool remix) (Error Broadcast) **
Yosi Horikawa (JP) – Passion (Eklektik Records) *
Ido Tavori (UK) – Haunted Top Hats *
Kan Sano (JP) – Bless (Circulations) *
Daisuke Tanabe (JP) – Artificial Sweetener (Circulations) **
Super Smoky Soul ft. Guilty Simpson (JP/US) – Knockout Kings (Circulations) **
Audace (FR/JP) – Indestructible Soul (Inductive) *
The Electric ft. Yarah Bravo (UK) – Beautiful (Memory9 remix) (Organically Grown Sounds) **
Scrimshire ft. Inga Lill Aker (UK) – Warm Sound **
Pete Sasqwax (UK) – Aggro A Go Go *
Emika (UK) – Count Backwards (Ninja Tune) *
Eccy (JP) – EFH (Slye/Milk) *
XLII (UA/JP) – Standuptall Nippon (Raid System) *
Throwing Snow (UK) – The Luck Without (A Future Without) *
Jono McLeery (UK) – Garden (Ninja Tune) **
Fink (UK) – See It All (Ninja Tune) *
Virtual Boy (US/FR) – Thrust (Turnsteak remix) *
*exclusive to compilation
** previously released
