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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.	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.	RYUKYU UNDERGROUND UK/US duo bring ancient Okinawan sounds to the dancefloor with club mixes.

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