60 Sound Artists Protest The War

1 minute compositions by: AElab, Akira Yamamichi, Andreas Tilliander, Aoki Takamasa, Bernhard Günter, Burkhard Stangl, Carl Michael Von Hausswolff, Carsten Nicolai, Christof Kurzmann, Christophe Charles, CoH, Doron Sadja, Evala, Fennesz, Frank Bretschneider, Freiband, Goodiepal, Go Taneda, Hideki Nakazawa, I8U, Janek Schaefer, John Ashcroft, John Hudak, Jos Smolders, Keiichiro Shibuya, Keith Rowe, Kenneth Kirschner, Kim Cascone, Kimken, Klon, Marc Behrens, Maria [ATAK], Masahiro Miwa, Merzbow, Mikael Stavöstrand, Miki Yui, Minimalistic Sweden, Mitchell Akiyama, Mondii, Motor [Russia], Nao Tokui, Numb (Takashi Kizawa), Pix, Pomassl, Radboud Mens, Ralph Steinbrüchel, Richard di Santo, Roel Meelkop, Saidrum, Shirtrax vs. Shirtrax, Slipped Disk, Stephan Mathieu, Steve Roden, Stilluppsteypa, Taeji Sawai, Take3tsu Nagano, Thomas Lehn, Tiziana Bertoncini, Toshimaru Nakamura, TV Pow, William Basinski, Yamatsuka Eye, Yasunao Tone, Yuji Takahashi.

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!

• 60 Sound Artists Protest The War (2003) - 320 Kbps

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