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Psychedelic Lover All Stars Best
Release Date: 6/27/12
Price: 1905 yen
Wow, a new Psychedelic Lover CD after almost 2 years! Maybe there’s still a chance for Mega Trance 12! Anyway, there are new tracks from both Western and Japanese artists, including series mainstays like GMS, InterSys, REW and DJ Yagi.
Utattemita Anison Speed
Release Date: 7/4/12
Price: 1905 yen
Okay, now I’m convinced that Akiba Koubou have to rearrange these tracks. “Tiger & Dragon,” for example, was originally 136 BPM on Geki Atsu! Drama Euro Kizuna Hen, so there’s no way they can just transplant it as is. Pleeaaaasseee don’t disappoint me again, AKBK.
Utattemita Anison Speed
Release Date: 7/4/12
Price: 1905 yen
Early list is out, and so far it’s all songs that have previously been covered by Akiba Koubou. If this ends up the same as J-Mach!! I’ll be extremely disappointed. I’m convinced that they’ll have to actually rearrange these, though, because many of the songs already appeared on the original Utattemita Anison, and there’s no way they’d just reuse the same arrangements again, right? Right?!
J-Mach!! -Hi-Speed Dance Mix-
Release Date: 5/23/12
Price: 1905 yen
Wow, I can’t believe how disappointing this is. My greatest fear was that Akiba Koubou would go the cheap route and just increase the tempo of the songs and call it a day. However, what they did was somehow much worse: nothing. That’s right, they didn’t bother to rearrange the songs at all, much less change the tempos. Pretty much all of the tracks are at or near their original BPMs, with most of the album ranging from 160-165 BPM. The final 7 tracks range from around 170-190, but those are all at their original BPMs as well. I would have been more forgiving if it had been marketed as a eurobeat album, but it just doesn’t work as a Speed album because it doesn’t feel very fast as a whole. The mixing isn’t particularly memorable, either, with some transitions that are downright jarring. The fact that it’s 100% repeats just makes things that much worse. That said, Team KY’s “Run ‘n’ Gun” is amazing. I wish I had just found a way to buy the single instead of this. :/
In addition to the CD version, J-Mach!! is also available digitally on iTunes Japan. Keep in mind that the digital version is also mixed.
Spicy Girl -Diva’s Electro Collections-
Release Date: 5/16/12
Price: 900 yen
House and electro songs from FARM compilations. Includes two recent Threemason (aka DJ U*Hey?) tracks, “Mr. Saxobeat” and “Give Me All Your Luving”.
Electloid feat. Hatsune Miku
Release Date: 6/6/12
Price: 1905 yen
New electro Vocaloid compilation from FARM Records focusing on electro songs. Hmm, there have been quite a few dance-themed Vocaloid songs lately.
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. Although mostly repeats as the title would suggest, there are also a handful of new songs. DJ U*Hey? has a cover of “Run the World (Girls)” under his Threemason alias, while Daiki × ZK contribute a new cover of “Barbara Streisand.” Other new tracks include “Let’s Groove” by I.T.T and 5 songs by various Minimum Cox aliases.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Utattemita Anison Speed
Release Date: 7/4/12
Price: 1905 yen
The other new Utattemita release will feature high-speed versions of J-Pop classics. Unfortunately, AKBK’s similarly themed J-Mach!! -Hi-Speed Dance Mix- is almost certain to become a source of tracks for this release. Please prove me wrong, EMI.
Utattemita Anison Speed
Release Date: 7/4/12
Price: 1905 yen
Dancemania Speed…lives? This July will see the continuation of the Utattemita series with two new Akiba Koubou-produced CDs. This one will feature high-speed versions of Anison themes. You may remember that AKBK have their own Speed release coming up, J-Mach!! -Hi-Speed Dance Mix-, but that release has very few anime songs so I’m hopeful that EMI will commission lots of new remixes for this.
The first two Utattamita releases from EMI weren’t branded as Dancemania releases, but I’m hoping they retroactively add them and these two new releases to the series. It’d just be nice to say there’s a new Dancemania Speed release after 5 years.
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 9 designs), mousepad (1 of 6 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.
DanceMaster | 
05 24th, 2012| 
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