London, UK - British musician and world music pioneer Peter Gabriel has made an appeal through his record company, Real World. The project is called £1 = Two Tracks + Earthquake Aid. Real World doesn't keep any of the £1. Benefactors get two great pieces of music, and all of the money (except external transaction charges) goes to charities working to support victims of the South East Asia Earthquake.

The massive earthquake which devastated Kashmir, Pakistan and northern India last year has claimed tens of thousands of lives already. But with winter biting hard, there are fears that the death toll could rise yet further.

"This is a request for help," says Gabriel. "We've had ties with Pakistan for many years, particularly with Qawwali music and the extraordinary voice of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. His family have generously agreed to allow us to make available two tracks - one a collaboration with Massive Attack , 'Mustt Mustt' and one with myself 'Taboo', as a download to raise money. So basically you are getting two extraordinary pieces of music for the price of one!"

"We need a lot of downloads and we need you to do a bit of marketing for us. So, if you could persuade say 10 of your friends to do the same download we can get real money to real people really fast. Please help us to help them!"

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[Images: 1 - Peter Gabriel, 2 - The regional township of Balakot, now destroyed by the earthquake, provided health, education and services to 260,000 villagers in remote villages. Photo by Gregory Takats: AusAID].