Dancemania EX × Trance Paradise

Super Best Trance I – EP
Release Date: 7/24/13
Price: 450 yen

HOLY CRAP! It’s been 4 years since the last Super Best Trance release, so it came as quite a shock when I saw a series of new SBT releases on iTunes. Each release has 5 tracks and costs 450 yen for the entire release, which is a steal compared to the prices the vinyls have been going for. The track lists are seemingly random, pulling tracks from various SBT releases over the years. This first one has tracks from SBT V, ZIP Dance Nation, SBT II, SBT presents X’mas Trance, and Ultra Z-Trance 03.

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Dance! Dance!! Dance!!! mixed by DJ Satoshi
Release Date: 7/13/13
Price: 1714 yen

DELACTION ARE BACK!!! This is such a complete surprise, but this new dance compilation from VillageAgain is like Mega Trance × Dancemania. In addition to Delaction, who contribute a brand new cover of Smile.dk’s “Butterfly,” Threemason/DJ U*Hey? is responsible for tons of 90s dance pop covers including “Dub-I-Dub,” “Hero,” “Santa Maria,” and more! Whoever put this list together was clearly a big Dancemania fan.

The album also contains a lot of more recent dance pop covers produced by Power Music. The physical CD is only available for rental at Tsutaya Records, but it’s also available digitally on iTunes Japan. There’s also a very good chance that they’ll release full versions on iTunes in the future.

Update (8/3/13): The CD will also be available for purchase on September 9 from major retailers, including CD Japan.

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