Dancemania EX × Trance Paradise

Speaking of Trance Rave, DJ Kenny recently released a reworked version of his debut song, “Blue Force,” which originally appeared on Trance Rave Best 18. It’s unfortunate they didn’t get him and other Trance Rave artists to do new songs for Trance Rave Best 21. 🙁

Trance Rave Best XXI “World Greatest Hits” ~Super Best Coverz~
Release Date: 4/6/11
Price: 1900 yen

Another repackaging of old Trance Rave Best and Quake Trance covers. They revived the series for this?

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Trance Rave Best XXI “World Greatest Hits” ~Super Best Coverz~
Release Date: 4/6/11
Price: 1900 yen

Victor seems intent on resurrecting a lot of their series lately, as the last Trance Rave Best came out almost 9 months ago with the release of Trance Rave Best 20. I kind of assumed they ended it since 20 would’ve been a nice number to go out on, but TRB is back with a collection of covers. Unfortunately, most of these covers are quite old and definitely overplayed.

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Trance Rave “20th Anniversary” Special Best
Release Date: 6/23/10
Price: 2848 yen

The 20th release in the ground-breaking Trance Rave Best series also commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the series. A DVD will be included with footage from various Trance Rave parties.

The track list is pretty much all repeats. It would’ve been nice to see a few new tracks, but I can’t deny that the selection is a good approximation of the best of Trance Rave. Any guesses on what the lead track is?

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Trance Rave “20th Anniversary” Special Best
Release Date: 6/23/10
Price: 2848 yen

The 20th release in the ground-breaking Trance Rave Best series also commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the series. A DVD will be included with footage from various Trance Rave parties. I just hope it also includes new songs, as the only announced tracks so far are repeats.

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Mega*Best -2010-
Release Date: 2/24/10
Price: 2362 yen

A new compilation from Victor Japan collecting the best hits from 2009-2010. Tracks will be collected from Buchiage Parance, Trance Rave, and Victor’s other releases from the past year. Personally, I don’t see the point. It just seems like another excuse to push the same old repeats. :/

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Trance Rave presents Club atom -The Best-
Release Date: 2/10/10
Price: 1900 yen

STAY?! There are a few new songs and remixes, so it’s not a total loss. But for the life of me I can’t figure out why “Stay” has been on so many compilations lately. The song is almost a decade old at this point!

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Trance Rave presents Club atom -The Best-
Release Date: 2/10/10
Price: 1900 yen

The CD was originally listed as “Club atom Vol. 5,” but the title has since been changed. This is actually a rather surprising release since Vol. 4 was released way back in 2007. I wonder what would prompt Victor to release another CD in the series after such a long hiatus? CDJapan’s description suggests that the CD will include not only trance, but house as well.

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Trance Rave Best XIX
Release Date: 12/23/09
Price: 1900 yen

Delayed a week from its original December 16 release date. Although the CD is mostly composed of repeats from Quake Trance, there are a few new tracks by established epic trance producers. Expect new tracks from DJ Tora, DJ Ozawa, DJ Kenny, and Overhead Champion, among others.

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Trance Rave Best XIX
Release Date: 12/16/09
Price: 1900 yen

One of the longest-running trance series in Japan returns this December with the release of Trance Rave Best #19. DJ Kaya will once again be doing the mixing.

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Men’s Egg Night -M10- (Men’s Egg Soukan 10 Shuunen Kinen)
Release Date: 9/30/09
Price: 1900 yen

Originally scheduled for release on August 26, this special CD commemorating the 10th anniversary of men’s egg magazine will finally be released on September 30. The early track list was pretty much all psychedelic trance, but the final list is mostly repeats from the Trance Rave Best series as well as licenses from Exit Trance.

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Trance Rave Best XVIII
Release Date: 6/24/09
Price: 1900 yen

Mostly Quake repeats. In fact, track 7 already appeared on TRB 17!

That said, Victor made good on their promise to include original tracks from Japanese DJs. We’ve got a new, original Delaction track as well a new track from Los Hermanos. The previously unknown DJ Kenny also makes his TRB debut.

Really good stuff. I hope we get to hear more from DJ Kenny in the future.

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Trance Rave Best XVII
Release Date: 6/24/09
Price: 1900 yen

Trance Rave Best used to have exclusive tracks, but lately they’ve been full of nothing but Quake repeats. Supposedly this latest volume will include original songs from Japanese DJs. I’ll believe it when I see it, though. Scheduled artists include Cascada and Infected Mushroom, while DJ Kaya will once again be mixing.

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Trance Rave Best XVII
Release Date: 12/24/08
Price: 1900 yen

Well, I called it. “Caramelldansen” infects yet another trance compilation. It was kinda funny at first, but now it’s just getting ridiculous. At least they refrained from using “Sousei no Aquarion,” though that’s probably because it already appeared on Trance Rave Best XVI.

Anyway, TRB 17 comprises mostly Quake Trance Best tracks of the last year, though in some cases they reached as far back as 2005. Also included are some tracks from Quake’s various Exit Trance series.

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Trance Rave Best XVII
Release Date: 12/24/08
Price: 1900 yen

Victor Japan’s semiannual trance compilation series continues with this unprecedented 17th release. Details are sparse at the moment, but expect the most popular tracks of 2008 to appear. If you haven’t been paying attention, that most likely means “Caramelldansen” will be included.

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