FAR SIDE ARTISTS

DEBASHISH BHATTACHARYA
From Calcutta, one of the world's most remarkable slide guitarists. Winner of the BBC Award for World Music 2007, Asia/Pacific.


RIKKI
Superb female singer from Amami island, traditional and modern influences.

TSUKUDANAKA SANPACHI / CHANCHIKI
A radical new take on Japanese folk.

EMIKO & KIRISUTE GOMEN
Minyo Psychedelic Surf Punk

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.

LIU FANG
Superb Chinese pipa (lute) and guzheng (zither) player. Stunning solo and collaboration albums.

RYUKYUDISKO
Okinawa DJ twins mixing the traditional sounds and rhythms of their home island of Okinawa with techno and other dance beats.

CICALA MVTA / JINTA-LA-MVTA
Dynamic Japanese street brass band music plus Balkan, Turkish, Nepalese and other instrumental music from around the world.

AN CHANG PROJECT / SHISARS
Japanese groups mix Okinawan music with Pacific Island influences.