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Non Stop Mega Mix Party -Maximum-
Release Date: 4/25/12
Price: 1886 yen

Third release of the FARM series, featuring house, electro, and trance remixes of pop hits. Includes the album debuts of Daiki × ZK’s “Born This Way” and “Party Rock Anthem” covers. Daiki × ZK also get the lead track with a new version of Mr. Saxobeat.

Mega Trance’s DJ U*Hey? is back with quite a few new tracks under his main alias as well as other pseudonyms. As DJ U*Hey? he brings us a cover of Madonna’s “Give Me All Your Luvin’” He uses his Threemason alias for “Hangover,” “Titanium, and “Part of Me.” Keen readers will remember that “Titanium” was already done under his DJ U*Hey? persona a few months ago, so who knows if the Threemason version is actually new.

Soichi Ono, perhaps best known as Minimum Cox, returns with a new remix of “The Edge of Glory” as well as a new cover of “Mr. Know It All” under his main alias. He also uses his “Jewel” alias for a new production of “Good Feeling.”

I.T.T. gets a single new track with “International Love” while i-steal gets a remix of “I Will Always Love You.”

There are also quite a few new artists. Beatek, Ginger Parker, and electrowarden appear to be new to FARM, though it’s unclear if they’re actually new or just more aliases for existing artists. In any case, this release is one to look out for if you’re a fan of R&B House.

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Best Hits 51 Megamix mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! & DJ Yu-ki
Release Date: 4/27/12
Price: 1905 yen

Two-disc set featuring 51 popular songs mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! and DJ Yu-ki, featuring Fatman Scoop. Tracks are licensed from Aqua Project, Saifam, Dynamix and Power Music. Unfortunately, it’s exclusive to Tsutaya Records.

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Rock Cover Densetsu II mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah!
Release Date: 2/8/12
Price: 1886 yen

More rock covers of classic J-Pop songs and Western hits. Produced by Aqua Production and mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah!

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Platinum Life -Selected by House Nation-
Release Date: 7/4/12
Price: 2381 yen

New offshoot of the House Nation series from Avex. I’m not entirely sure what the theme is supposed to be. 25 tracks are scheduled for the final list.

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R&B House Party ~Blazin’ Hot Megamix~ mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah!
Release Date: 6/6/12 ⇨ 6/20/12
Price: 2095 yen

Fourth release in the R&B House Party series, once again mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! Delayed a few weeks and given a finalized title. Track list also updated.

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Bring It Ooon! -King of Megahits- mixed by DJ Swing
Release Date: 4/25/12
Price: 1886 yen

From Manhattan Records, the makers of the Gossip Party! series, comes a new compilation with more R&B/House hits. All of the tracks have once again been licensed from Power Music.

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J-Pop Cover Densetsu Best
Release Date: 4/18/12
Price: 1905 yen

A best-of collection featuring songs from the first four volumes of the hugely popular J-Pop cover series as well as new songs. 50 tracks in all, and as always, mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah!

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Mash Up Party
Release Date: 6/6/12
Price: 1800 yen

From the makers of Party Hits ~R&B House~ series comes a CD full of mash ups. Some are obvious (Born This Way vs. Express Yourself), while others are less so (Teenage Dream vs. Rhythm of the Night).

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R&B in the House -Best- mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah
Release Date: 5/23/12
Price: 1900 yen

The 5th release in the “R&B in the House” series, mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! as usual. Not too much info on this one yet, but the “Best” suggests repeats.

Pre-order at CDJapan.

R&B House Party 4 mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah!
Release Date: 6/6/12
Price: 2095 yen

Fourth release in the R&B House Party series, once again mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! 30 songs scheduled.

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Zoku Fami Compi
Release Date: 5/23/12
Price: 1800 yen

Sequel to last year’s Fami Compi. Again, there are some obscure choices, but I suppose the world didn’t need yet another arrangement of the Super Mario Bros. theme. Artimage uploaded samples from the first album on SoundCloud. Presumably you can expect the same kind of sound for this one.

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No More Dream ~Yume wa Iranai~ (Single)
Release Date: 4/11/12
Price: 500 yen

Digital release of Mademoiselle’s newest song, “No More Dream ~Yume wa Iranai~”. It’s a surprisingly fun chiptune track. Also features a new remix of “Bam Me,” which will appear on the upcoming Neon Spread 3. Available on iTunes Japan and other online retailers.

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Re:Construction Anima Best Mix
Artist: The Illuminati
Release Date: 4/4/12
Price: 1905 yen

Here’s a series I never thought we’d hear from again. The first two releases of this Evangelion tribute series came out in 2009 and 2010. A bit odd that they’d decide to do a best mix so long after the last one. Anyway “The Illuminati” and “Threemason” are aliases for Mega Trance’s DJ U*Hey?

The album is available for download on iTunes Japan.

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Party Hits R&B ~Girls Style~ mixed by DJ Rina
Release Date: 4/4/12
Price: 1800 yen

A spin-off of the Party Hits ~R&B House~ series, this time focusing on female vocalists and mixed by a female DJ, DJ Rina.

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Non Stop Mega Mix Party -Maximum-
Release Date: 4/25/12
Price: 1886 yen

House and electro remixes of pop hits. 34 songs in all, including songs made famous by David Guetta, Lady Gaga, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, Whitney Houston, and Adele. Mixed by DJ Roc the Masaki.

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