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Joysound presents Anison Trance Laboratory ~First Report~
Release Date: 3/2/11
Price: 2095 yen

A brand new series from Universal Music featuring trance covers of anime themes. The songs were picked out based on their popularity on the Joysound service. Exit Trance producers will supposedly be involved, while vocals will be supplied by various idols and idol groups.

If you get the first-press edition, you’ll receive a bonus CD with 15-20 minutes of content, likely karaoke versions, which would be rather fitting. You’ll also get a bath poster featuring the art of Kaworu Watashiya.

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Exit Tunes presents Sekihan the Best
Release Date: 2/2/11
Price: 1905 yen

Sekihan teams up with various producers for his first major album.

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Exit Tunes presents GUMism from Megpoid
Release Date: 3/16/10
Price: 1905 yen

Vocaloid compilation featuring Gumi (Megpoid). Includes new songs from popular producers like cosMo @ Bousou P, Dead Ball P, and Lamaze P.

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Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 12
Release Date: 4/6/11
Price: 1905 yen

I was starting to think that Quake had abandoned the Exit Trance series completely, given that it’s been a while since the last ET release, and they didn’t even bother with a Speed Anime Trance Complete Best 3. Thankfully, the SATB series will continue with a 12th edition coming out this March. Pretty interesting choices so far. Some of the tracks will obviously translate easily to speed trance, but “Down Town” should be pretty crazy.

Comes with a fake credit card, and if you send in the survey you can get a bonus karaoke CD.

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Psychedelic Lover presents RebeL compiled & mixed by DJ Yagi
Release Date: 1/26/11
Price: 1200 yen

New digital compilation mixed by DJ Yagi.

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DJ Lily presents Super Vocaloid
Release Date: 3/23/11
Price: 2500 yen

Yet another Vocaloid compilation from Avex. They’re really churning these out, aren’t they? This one supposedly focuses on Lily, who was released last year and was jointly developed by Yamaha and Avex. Regardless of the title, most of the announced tracks are still by Hatsune Miku, though others like Gakupoid and Yuki also make appearances.

First press copies come with a limited plastic trading card. You’ll get one of five different designs.

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Super Vocalo Beat
Release Date: 3/9/11
Price: 2405 yen

Just a quick update with some of the announced tracks. There’ll be 15 tracks in all on the final release.

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Vocalo Pops Best
Release Date: 3/9/11
Price: 1905 yen

Vocaloid compilation from Avex, featuring 14 tracks sung by Hatsune Miku and others. Comes in a special sleeve.

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Jazz in the Mix
Release Date: 1/26/11
Price: 2000 yen

Avex are jumping on the R&B house bandwagon with this release mixed by the omnipresent DJ Fumi*Yeah! Produced by Aqua Productions, the production crew behind FARM’s House Flavor R&B releases. Some of the covers are really well done, particularly “Only Girl.” It’s nice to hear that song with someone who can actually sing ^^

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Ora Ora Psyche Best
Release Date: 3/9/11
Price: 1900 yen

Psychedelic compilation from Victor Japan. Originally scheduled for release in February, but it’s been delayed to March. No track list yet, though you can probably expect repeats from the Psychedelic Rave series.

Pre-order at CDJapan

Party Hits ~R&B House~ mixed by DJ Hiroki
Release Date: 1/19/11
Price: 1800 yen

House covers of popular top 40 hits, mixed by DJ Hiroki. The non-stop mix is now available on iTunes Japan for only 1200 yen. Quality varies, but some of the tracks are surprisingly well done, and have better vocals than the originals. 😛

…yeah, they should fire whoever put that Youtube video together. Listen to the samples on iTunes for a better idea of what the songs sound like.

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Anime Euro Best ~Girls Edition~
Release Date: 1/19/11
Price: 2286 yen

Only 3 new songs, and one of those is a resing. 🙁 One of the new songs is by DJ Command, while Sumijun of Halozy is responsible for the other two. “Shinryaku no Susume” is certainly up to DJ Command’s usual standards, and I actually really enjoy Sumijun’s work, but 2286 yen for a handful of new songs sure is a lot to ask.

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Jazz in the Mix
Release Date: 1/12/11
Price: 1905 yen

Jazz classics redone in piano house style. Artists include Piano Master, Dance Music Company, and Jazzin’ Park. The CD is mixed by Threemason, who recently did that album of Evangelion remixes. Meanwhile, full versions can be found on iTunes Japan.

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Niconico Touhou Kenbunroku Genkyoku Shuu
Release Date: 1/5/11
Price: 2405 yen

Nico Nico will be holding a live musical event early next year, and this CD is scheduled to include some of the songs that will be sung in said musical. Visit the official site for more information.

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Ping-Pong Dash (Single)
Artist: Doki Doki Dream Campus
Release Date: 1/12/11
Price: 952 yen

Third single from FARM’s new idol group.

CDJapan don’t seem to be carrying it, but you can order it from Amazon Japan or HMV Japan.

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