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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.
Mogra Mix EP
Release Date: 3/30/12
Price: 750 yen
Digital EP featuring full versions of 3 songs from Mogra Mix. A bit expensive at 250 yen per track. Available on iTunes Japan and other online retailers.
J-Mach!! -Hi-Speed Dance Mix-
Release Date: 5/23/12
Price: 1905 yen
New series from Akiba Koubou featuring high-speed (160+ BPM) remixes of J-Pop songs. All of the songs announced so far have previously been done by AKBK. Hopefully they’ll actually remix them instead of just increasing the tempo.
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.
Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 15
Release Date: 4/4/12
Price: 1905 yen
15th release in the SATB series. MK makes a glorious return to the series with 3 tracks. Perhaps more surprising is Ryu* appearing for the first time since SATB 10. The kinoto alias also returns after a 2-year hiatus. Dizzi Mystica dominates the album, however, with a total of 7 tracks. Hommarju and Icon get 3 tracks each, while Booing Day rounds out the album with 2. Sigh, the album isn’t even featured on the front page of the Exit Tunes website. Shows how much Quake care about it 🙁
First-press copies come with a special cell phone strap. Send in the enclosed survey for a special instrumental/karaoke CD.
Exit Tunes presents Vocalogemini feat. Kagamine Rin, Kagamine Len
Release Date: 2/15/12 ? 4/4/12
Price: 1905 yen
First Exit Tunes album to focus solely on the Kagamine twins. This was originally supposed to be released back in February, but was delayed to early April.
Bonus items include a mousepad, strap, clear file, and poster. Retailer-exclusive bonuses include mugs, bromides, tote bags, and a Rubik’s cube. Visit the official website for samples and more info.
Chizu no Arika / Watashi no Ikiru Imi (Single)
Artist: Daisy×Daisy
Release Date: 3/21/12
Price: 1429 yen (CD+DVD Edition) or 1143 yen (CD Only Edition)
Fourth single from Daisy×Daisy, featuring the theme from the PC game, Tales of the World Dice Adventure. Also includes a new collaboration with Glutamine and Another Infinity.
The single is available as both a CD+DVD edition and a CD only edition. Both come with a special A2 poster if you order early.
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.
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.
Rock!! Mosh!! -Urban Cover Collection-
Release Date: 3/7/12
Price: 600 yen
Rock covers of R&B/Pop hits, including a remix of Saifam’s version of “Born This Way”. Available exclusively on iTunes Japan.
Acomiku with Vocalists
Artist: The 39s
Release Date: 3/7/12
Price: 2381 yen
Now this is more like it. This was originally supposed to come out along with the “with Vocaloids” version last November, but for some reason was delayed to March. It’s essentially the same arrangements, except done with real vocalists in the form of utaite. Wotamin, Kei and Lon are just a few of the singers involved.
Acomiku with Vocaloids
Artist: The 39s
Release Date: 11/30/11
Price: 2381 yen
Acoustic versions of Vocaloid hits. Kind of strange to pair purposely non-synthesized instruments with synthesized vocals. The songs are arranged and performed by The 39s along with special guest musicians. There are some really good jazz/big band arrangements on this one, but it would’ve been better if they had used actual vocalists…
Let’s Dance -Super 80s Disco Hits-
Release Date: 12/7/11 ? 12/21/11 ? 1/18/12 ? 2/8/12 ? 3/28/12
Price: 2857 yen
2-disc compilation from EMI celebrating Roppongi disco hits. As with Mogra Mix, this was originally supposed to come out in December, but EMI has postponed the release date a few times before settling on a March 28 release date. Thankfully, they mostly avoided songs that already appeared on Dancemania Sparkle Classics. And unlike Dancemania Sparkle Classics, this release is not a non-stop mix. Instead, it has full-length songs.
The early list didn’t have David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” but thankfully the final track list has it as the lead track. 😀
Songs selected by DJ Osshy of Roppongi Nirvana.
Captain Jack (Russian Edit 2012) (Single)
Artist: Captain Jack
Release Date: 3/23/12
New Russian edit of the classic Captain Jack song o_O The CJ parts are the same, but Liza da Costa has been replaced by a Russian female vocalist, and all her parts are now in Russian. The single also includes the epic 2010 Ace da Brain mix as well as the acoustic version.
Available on Amazon and Juno Download, among others.
Music Over You (Single)
Artist: United Forces & Hanna Stockzell
Price: $3.99
New single from United Forces with Hanna Stockzell on vocals. It’s more of an electro-house number, in contrast to Hanna’s previous bubblegum dance outings. I’m not a huge electro fan, but the last track sounds like some damn fine piano house.
You can preview the entire radio edit at the Viverus Studios website.
DanceMaster | 
04 9th, 2012| 