Plenty of Japanese artists have found ways to help the earthquake/tsunami relief efforts, ranging from Lullatone making all proceeds from digital album sales go to the Red Cross to AKB48 just donating a bunch of money. Now precarious bedroom-artist Shugo Tokumaru has gotten in on the giving. He’s teamed up with TONOFON and made a previously unreleased track written for a Tokyo-area play available for download. For 100 yen…less than a bottle of Coke Zero!…you can have the track “Open A Bottle” and feel secure knowing your money will benefit those in need. Not to mention the song itself is a great little instrumental sprint, reminiscent of his early recordings before he started inching closer to something possible to label “poppy” with his last two LPs. Go here to get it.
Make Believe Melodies 