Causes 1

In 2007, Waxploitation established the Causes benefit album series to help the people dying in the crisis in Darfur. The money we raise with Causes 1 and Causes 2 goes to Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières and Oxfam America. Although estimates of the number of people killed by the conflict in Darfur vary widely from 200,000 to 400,000, what is certain is that more than two million people have fled their homes because of the fighting, and four million are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. It is widely accepted that this one of the worst crises in the world today. Causes 1 includes rare and exclusive songs from some of the most compelling artists in the indie and alternative worlds: Animal Collective, The Black Keys, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Cornelius, David Sylvian, Death Cab for Cutie, (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Cure, The Shins, Spoon, Teargas & Plateglass, Thievery Corporation and Travis.