DanceMaster | 
08 9th, 2012| 
Sexy and I Know It (Single)
Artist: Alkaloid
Release Date: 8/8/12
Price: $1.99
Psychedelic trance cover of the LMFAO track. Available only on Beatport.
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Aug
9
Aug
8
Campus Summit 2012 meets mixi
Release Date: 8/8/12
Price: 1905 yen
The first time since 2002 that there’ll be a Campus Summit release from a label other than Avex. I’ve always associated Campus Summit with gyaru culture, and thus Para Para, so it’s odd that most of the album is composed of house and J-Pop/K-Pop covers. The final 3 tracks appear to be eurobeat, though.
Aug
7
Vocaloid × V-Rock Collection
Release Date: 9/19/12
Price: 2190 yen
A new FARM compilation featuring V-Rock covers of popular Vocaloid songs.
Aug
6
Party Started mixed by DJ Mike-Masa
Release Date: 9/11/12
Price: 2190 yen
New electro-house compilation from FARM Records. Mixed by DJ Mike-Masa.
Aug
5
Samidarete…www (Single)
Artist: Umikamome Kotone from Sta+Pura! Seika Gakuin Geino Bu team. Etoile
Release Date: 8/8/12
Price: 1800 yen
Another new single from Toei’s idol-training game. This one has Eurobeat remixes by valle blanco and Rayto/TKS.
Aug
4
Kanjite My Song (Single)
Artist: Sta+Pura! Seika Gakuin Geino Bu team. Etoile
Release Date: 6/27/12
Price: 1800 yen
Akiba Koubou-produced idol song that’s the theme for an idol-training game. For some reason (money) there are 3 versions of the CD single available. If you buy all 3 then you’ll unlock access to special features in the game.
Aug
3
Anison “Kamikyoku” Cover Mix!!
Release Date: 8/1/12
Price: 1429 yen
New, Tsutaya-exclusive compilation featuring eurobeat covers of anime themes. Produced by Akiba Koubou. Looks like there’s at least one new track, “oath sign,” which is arranged by valle blanco with vocals provided by Kei.
Aug
2
Toho Eurobeat Vol. 6 ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View
Release Date: 8/11/12
Price: 1400 yen
Doujin release featuring eurobeat covers of popular touhou songs. Vol. 5 was just released this past May, but I guess they wanted a new entry for the upcoming August Comiket. You can visit the official website for a crossfade demo.
Aug
1
Dancemania Party ~ Best of 90s Dance Hits
Release Date: 8/1/12
Price: 2381 yen
Dancemania is still alive!! That’s MST’s special message, in English no less, to Dancemania fans!
Yes, Dancemania Party is full of many songs that fans have heard multiple times, but there are 12 songs that are “new” to the series. “Roses Are Red” turned out to be a different remix than the one previously used on ZIPmania Best, so it technically counts as a “new” track. The other new tracks are great representatives of 90s eurodance, particularly the tracks that previously appeared on Victor’s Dance Panic series. I’m just glad they shied away from the euro-reggae that was prominent on Sparkle.
For those interested, “Moonlight Shadow” is the original version from Dancemania 7 and not the new vocal version from X8, while “My Heart Will Go On” is the Definitive mix.
The mixing by MST is generally very good. I think he put more effort into this one than usual just because he didn’t have to mix the same old tracks again. I just wish he’d stop using that fake crowd noise.
Jul
30
V.I.P. presents Party Covers
Release Date: 8/1/12
Price: 2171 yen
Dancemania lives!!! Oh, wait, wrong album. It’s easy to get confused since the track list for this CD is dominated by Saifam. After being excluded from recent Dancemania albums I was getting worried that EMI had cut ties with the Italian label, but Saifam are here in full force. Tracks by Che’Nelle, Roll Deep and Bentley Jones round out the list.
Jul
30
Exit Tunes presents Vocaloconnection feat. Hatsune Miku
Release Date: 8/1/12
Price: 1905 yen
Tenth in Quake’s monster hit series of Vocaloid albums, following Vocarhythm, Vocalostar, Vocalolegend, Vocalogenesis, Vocaloanthems, Vocalonexus, Vocalonation, Vocalocluster and Vocalodream. There will be a bevy of bonuses available, many of which will be limited to first-press copies only. All copies of the CD will have a picture label and cardboard sleeve. Limited bonuses include a cell phone strap (1 of 10 designs), mousepad (1 of 7 designs), smartphone sticker. If you send in the included survey, you can also receive a clear file and fake credit card. Posters will also be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
There are also a ton of premium retailer-exclusive bonuses. Animate and Tsutaya, for example, are each giving out DVDs featuring music videos.
Visit the official website for samples and more info. Quake have also set up a special 10th Album Anniversary website to celebrate the release of its 10th Vocaloid compilation.
Jul
29
Delicious R&B mixed by DJ Juicy
Release Date: 8/15/12
Price: 1905 yen
Another House compilation from FARM Records, this time mixed by DJ Juicy. It looks like it’ll be mostly repeats.
Jul
28
We Found Love (Single)
Artist: Alkaloid
Release Date: 7/11/12
Price: $1.99
A Beatport-exclusive track from FARM Records. It’s a psychedelic trance cover of Rihanna’s “We Found Love.” Available only on Beatport.
Jul
27
Heaven (Single)
Artist: Studio Zi-Zone feat. Angie
Release Date: 7/11/12
Price: $1.99
New digital single from FARM Records. It’s a trance cover of Bryan Adams’s “Heaven.” ‘Cause, you know, it’s never been done before. Available on iTunes Japan and Beatport.
Jul
26
Dance Climax
Release Date: 7/25/12
Price: 1886 yen
A new dance compilation series from Full Moon Records. It was originally titled, “Mega Dance Climax,” but the title has since changed. The track list is also vastly different from the early one. Whereas it was originally going to be a collection of mostly 90s eurodance hits, the final list also features quite a few 70s disco and 80s pop. It’s almost certain that they used cover versions for most of the tracks, but no retailers have any artists listed and AKBK haven’t added the CD to their website yet so who knows who provided the songs.
Love the old-school NOW-style cover.
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