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OKI
Ainu (native Japanese) singer and tonkori (lute) player. Dub Ainu, solo albums, with band in collaboration and accompanied by Umeko Ando, the late elder Ainu female singer.
TSURU TO KAME
Vocalist and taiko player Shigeri Kitsu and tsugaru shamisen player and singer Katsuaki Sawada perform lost and classic minyo songs.
CHANCHIKI
A radical new take on Japanese folk
TAKASHI HIRAYASU
Okinawan sanshin maestro's Japan only solo albums plus internationally acclaimed collaborations with American guitarist Bob Brozman.
RIKKI
Superb young female singer from Amami island, traditional and modern influences.
LIU FANG
Superb Chinese pipa (lute) and guzheng (zither) player. Stunning solo and collaboration albums.
DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA
From Calcutta, one of the world's most remarkable slide guitarists. Winner of the BBC Award for World Music 2007, Asia/Pacific.
RYUKYUDISKO
Okinawa DJ twins mixing the traditional sounds and rhythms of their home island of Okinawa with techno and other dance beats.
CICALA MVTA
Dynamic Japanese street brass band music plus Balkan, Turkish, Nepalese and other instrumental music from around the world.
MICABOX
Ancient kagura (god music) and minyo (local folk) combined with the coolest of electronica and amazing female vocals.
YASUAKI SHIMIZU
Saxophone player reinterpreting Bach cello suites and avant-garde electronica.
MIYAZAWA / GANGA ZUMBA
Solo albums from the Boom's singer, and his new band, Ganga Zumba
AN CHANG PROJECT / SHISARS
Japanese groups mix Okinawan music with Pacific Island influences.
SANDII
Multilingual Japanese singer in mainly Hawaiian albums, others with Asian and other world influences.
AMANA
Female trio mixing Okinawan, Indian and African music.
TENDAI SHOMYO, TATSUYA KOUMAZAKI & PANGAEA
Japanese Buddhist chanting combined with Japanese traditional instruments plus guitar and percussion on amazing collaboration project.
SHIBUSASHIRAZU
Amazing big band who combine elements of jazz with rock, Japanese enka, Japanese pop, Latin, dance and experimental avant garde.
RYUKYU UNDERGROUND
UK/US duo bring ancient Okinawan sounds to the dancefloor with club mixes.
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