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Here's what I played on Deep. I did something of a showcase for the Canadian label Intr_version). Also dropped in a half-hour long Vladislav Delay tune, which always feels like cheating! :D

Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Reflect Ella (Static Discos) Mexico
Pep Gaya - SCUBBY DUB (Kliktekture) Spain
Joshua Treble - A Serious House on Serious Earth (Intr_Version) USA
aMute - Landslips (Intr_Version) France
Désormais - Broken Images And Packets Of Folded Light (Intr_Version) Canada / USA
Ghislain Poirier - Le Soleil N'ignore Pas (Intr_Version) Canada
(Field recording of frogs from Hoi An, Vietnam)
System - SK 20 (~scape) Norway
Firo - One Of Those (Ryoondo Tea) Japan
Jet Jaguar - the smirking class (Angry Rabbit) New Zealand
Electric Birds - Splif (U-Cover) USA
Vladislav Delay - Kohde (Sigma Editions) Finland
Minit - now right here (Staubgold) Australia / NZ
LFO - Tied Up (Spiritualized Electric Mainline mix) (Warp) UK
Dntel - (Sub Pop) USA
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Hear Japan is a digital music download store focused on Japanese music. I was invited to give the site a try by the company’s owner.

If you’ve always wanted to use iTunes Japan, or are tired of iTunes poor quality files, then Hear Japan might be the best choice to make in the future as the site expands and grows.

Downloading files is very user friendly. I experienced no problems with downloading the high quality MP3 files.

This is also a legitimate company (unlike other J-MP3 sites) with full support from JASRAC. Purchasing music from Hear Japan will allow you to support your favorite artists while obtaining your music fast and easily.

The site is located at http://www.hearjapan.com

Currently, the site has the following artists works in their digital store:

Asamaru
Eater
Firo
giru
hizumi
Jui
Junichi Haruki
Junya Yanagidaira
Karyu
Kenichiro Hoshi
Masaaki Takemura
Mihoyo Tsubokura
Mokira
Morgan Fisher
Oriental Homeward
Plot
Psysex
Rame
Ritomo
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