V.A. - 60 SOUND ARTISTS PROTEST THE WAR (Compilation CD by ATAK) Well, the title really says it all: this CD contains 60 tracks by 60 artists and they are all protesting the war (the war in question being the invasion of Iraq by the so called allied forces), simply by being present on this disc. The initiative for this compilation came from Keiichiro Shibuya, himself a musician and working for the ATAK label. Of course, it is easy for people to come up with a one minute sound bite and yes, it has been done before, but somehow, this sampler seems to be better than the others I have heard before. This is probably due to the artists involved and the order in which they are presented (even if this was decided entirely randomly). It would go way too far to name them all, although that could be enough for many people to order the CD at once. Let me suffice to say that everybody that matters is on it (well, almost everybody) and that it is a pleasure to listen to. It was my personal pleasure to listen with the cover in my hand and try to guess who's who. At which I failed miserably of course........All those opposing the aforementioned war will have to buy it anyway, so all the others will have to depend on its quality. Very well done! (MR) Oh well, here's the list anyway: roel meelkop/shirtrax vs. shirtrax/keith rowe + toshimaru nakamura/stephan mathieu/pomassl/slipped disc/bernhard gunter/kim gascone/doron sadja/yamataka eye/numb/steve roden/steinbruchel/go taneda/akira yamamichi/tiziana bertoncini + thomas lehn/yuji takahashi/freiband/cm von hauswolff/keiichiro shibuya/motor/stilluppsteypa/coh/mikael stavostrand/radboud mens/miki yui/andreas tilliander/minimalistic sweden/nao tokui + take3tsu nagano/frank bretschneider/evala/taeji sawai/fennesz/kenneth kirschner/i8u/john hudak/aoki takamasa/mitchell akiyama/burkhard stangl/goodiepal/hideki nakazawa/aelab/christof kurzmann/jos smolders/masahiro miwa/janek schaefer/tv pow/pix/kimken/saidrum/merzbow/m.behrens/maria/klon/mondii/richard di sant/christophe charles/william basinski/carsten nicolai/yasunao tone. Adress: http://atak.jp or info@atak.jp