Disaster relief: 10 charity buys: Japanese CD collection

Indie musician Jinichiro Iida – guitarist for rock trio Limited Express (Has Gone?) – was a high school student in Hyogo Prefecture when the Great Hanshin Earthquake hit in 1995. In a bid to help victims of the current quake, he's drawn on his extensive network of contacts to assemble a massive charity compilation, available for download from the Ototoy website. The six volumes of Play for Japan contain a whopping 112 tracks in total, with contributions from Japanese groups including Mono, Oki Dub Ainu Band and Audio Active, plus dub fusion band African Head Charge and American jazzer Kip Hanrahan. Each volume costs 1,000 yen, with proceeds going to the Japanese Red Cross Society. It's available for sale via Ototoy.