FAR SIDE ARTISTS

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

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

A radical new take on Japanese folk.

Minyo Psychedelic Surf Punk

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.

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

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

Dynamic Japanese street brass band music plus Balkan, Turkish, Nepalese and other instrumental music from around the world.

Japanese groups mix Okinawan music with Pacific Island influences.