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Tokyo Girls Party -TGC 10th Anniversary Best Mega Mix- mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah
Release Date: 2/18/15
Price: 2100 yen
Total Length: 1:21:21

Upcoming tie-in compilation from Universal. The CD will be the official mix of Tokyo Girls Collection, a fashion festival that’s celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Interestingly, Universal have set up a website for DJ Fumi*Yeah, who’s doing the mixing for this CD. Hopefully they’ll continue to collaborate in the future, as I really enjoy Fumi*Yeah’s mixing. It also looks like he squeezed every last bit of music he could onto the CD, as it’s over 81 minutes long. o_O

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Sick EDM Vol. 3 mixed by C’k
Release Date: 2/11/15
Price: 1852 yen
Total Length: 1:01:35

Wow, this was unexpected. Originally planned as Sick EDM Best, this release has morphed into a proper Sick EDM 03 instead. And while the first two albums were full of familiar tracks, this one actually has quite a few that have yet to appear on other Japanese compilations. It’s mostly composed of Spinnin’ Records licenses, but there’s also quite a bit of new material from Japanese artists, including a new collaboration between C’k and OHC. That said, they also decided to include “Booyah (Original Mix)” despite its appearance on Sick EDM 02 and pretty much every EDM album last year.

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Anison Mix Laboratory ~Second Report~
Release Date: 4/29/15
Price: 2778 yen

Update (2/22/15): A few new details have emerged. The album will be produced by DJ Kenzi, who some may remember produced and mixed Meganimation a couple of years ago. That seems to be a good sign that the album will lean towards a speed trance sound. Cover art will be drawn by Kaworu Watashiya. 18 songs are planned.

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Tokyo Girls Party -TGC 10th Anniversary Best Mega Mix- mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah
Release Date: 2/18/15
Price: 2100 yen
Total Length: 1:21:21

Upcoming tie-in compilation from Universal. The CD will be the official mix of Tokyo Girls Collection, a fashion festival that’s celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Interestingly, Universal have set up a website for DJ Fumi*Yeah, who’s doing the mixing for this CD. Hopefully they’ll continue to collaborate in the future, as I really enjoy Fumi*Yeah’s mixing. It also looks like he squeezed every last bit of music he could onto the CD, as it’s over 81 minutes long. o_O

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DJ Kaori’s Best Hit Pop
Release Date: 3/4/15
Price: 2300 yen

The latest release in the hugely popular DJ Kaori’s Mix series, which has sold over 4 million copies over the years since its debut in 2005. This one will focus on pop hits, though there’s no early list yet so who knows what they’ll include. You can visit the official website for more info on previous entries.

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Shake That Boo Boo
Artist: Carlprit
Release Date: 2/4/15
Price: 1850 yen

Looks like FARM have picked up the Japanese rights for Carlprit’s latest album. Carlprit is a Zimbabwean/German rapper who has worked with the likes of Cascada, Alexandra Stan, and Whigfield.

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Chou Fami Compi
Release Date: 1/28/15
Price: 2000 yen

Sequel to 2011’s Fami Compi and 2012’s Zoku Fami Compi. Yup, it’ll be three years since the last release. The series features dance arrangements of popular Famicom tracks. The track list has some songs from previous releases. It’s unclear of those will be new arrangements, or if this is some sort of best-of release with a few new tracks.

Also, for some reason there’s a Makuake (Japanese equivalent of Kickstarter) campaign going on for the album. Presumably the album will come out no matter what, but if you contribute then you’ll get extras likes pins, stickers, or release party tickets.

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Pop Loves Dance 2015 EDM Mixed Party mixed by DJ Martin
Release Date: 1/21/15
Price: 2200 yen
Total Length: 1:17:36

Last summer’s Pop Loves Dance -Non-stop Summer Mix- gets a sequel of sorts featuring EDM remixes of pop songs. No covers here; all of the songs will be by the original artists. Mixed by DJ Martin.

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Mellow Magic ~Hit Song Meets Mellow & Jazzy Beats~
Release Date: 1/21/15
Price: 1750 yen

Jazzy house covers of hit pop songs can be found on this new compilation from FARM Records.

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Music for the Party People
Artist: Overhead Champion
Release Date: 1/14/15
Price: 1852 yen

Update:

There have been quite a few release parties for the new album, one of which coincided with Tragenic’s 7th anniversary. Apparently attendees received a special mix CD, presumably mixed by DJ Yoshinori. Come on, Exit Tunes, please bring back Tragenic 🙁

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Escape from the World (Single)
Release Date: 12/24/14
Price: 250 yen

New single from Japanese EDM unit, Guilty Pirates, who have made a a few appearances on FARM’s World Music Cruise -WMC- seies. Also available on Beatport.

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White Winter
Release Date: 10/26/14
Price: 1000 yen

RTTF’s alliterative seasonal CD series continues with the release of a winter-themed album, with featured guest artist, MK. I wonder what’s next? Sakura Spring and, uh… Sweaty Summer?

The physical CD can be ordered from Diverse Direct. However, it looks like Attack the Music will be offering it digitally worldwide on their Bandcamp page.

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Mellow Magic ~Hit Song Meets Mellow & Jazzy Beats~
Release Date: 1/21/15
Price: 1750 yen

Jazzy house covers of hit pop songs can be found on this new compilation from FARM Records.

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Music for the Party People
Artist: Overhead Champion
Release Date: 1/14/15
Price: 1852 yen

Merry Christmas! What better present than the final track list for OHC’s new album, which he just posted on twitter along with the cover art. It’s as incredible as one would expect, with collaborations from trance legends like DJ Kaya, DJ Minagawa, DJ Yoshinori, Glutton Boyz and DJ Kenny! Many of the collaborations are new 2015 versions of classics like “Holylance,” “Jack Knife” and “Blue Force,” so it’ll be interesting to see how they’ve updated the sound. Also featured are some of his various singles over the past few years, including his last two singles with Avex, Blackout and Ready for Take Off. There are 19 tracks in all. Hopefully the album does well enough to reinvigorate the trance scene in Japan.

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DJ Kaori’s Best of EDM
Release Date: 12/17/14
Price: 2050 yen

The latest release in the hugely popular DJ Kaori’s Mix series, which has sold over 4 million copies over the years since its debut in 2005. This one will focus on EDM hits, though the early list looks really mainstream. You can visit the official website for more info on previous entries.

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