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Dragon Quest Best Dance Mix
Artist: DragonFly
Release Date: 3/4/09
Price: 2190 yen
The first Dragon Quest Remix album approved by Koichi Sugiyama comes out next week. I initially said this would be all trance, but it appears that techno and electro arrangements will also be appearing.
For more info, visit Avex’s official site for samples and more info.
Quake Trance presents Quake News #01
Release Date: 3/4/09
Price: 951 yen
Radio edits?!
Exit Trance Best #09
Release Date: 3/4/09
Price: 1905 yen
Here we go again. More repeats taken from Exit Trance albums released in the past year. That means tons of anime, “Caramelldansen,” and other random songs from their Quake’s various other series. Mixed by DJ Yoshinori.
ETB 09 only has one new song: the DJ Yoshinori remix of “Wake up the world” by La Palma feat. Love Mark. He did a great job with “Summer of Love,” so this new remix is one to look out for.
Exit Trance presents Kids Trance Land
Release Date: 3/4/09
Price: 1905 yen
Mostly kid’s anime themes, I think. Not terribly interesting, at least for me. What’s up with Ryu* getting more songs on this than Cinema Trance, though?
Exit Trance presents Zenbei No. 1 Cinema Trance
Release Date: 3/4/09
Price: 1905 yen
Cinema Trance looks to be as exciting as expected. Around half of the tracks also appeared on Speed SFX, so one could consider this a sort of spiritual successor.
Ryu* only has a single song, while B.U.S. and MK have three each. I’m strangely intrigued by what MK will do with “Phantom of the Opera.”
Quake will also be using a handful of repeats from European trance artists, which means the lackluster “Neverending Story” and “X-terminate.”
Quake Trance presents Quake News #02
Release Date: 4/1/09
Price: 951 yen
The second release in the new Quake News series. As mentioned, Quake News will be a low-priced, monthly series featuring the latest in popular Euro trance.
Quake News #02 will include tracks from the following labels:
01. Aqualoop
02. Andorfine
03. Cuepoint
04. Zooland
05. Yawa Records
06. Unlimited Sounds
07. Pulsive Media
Pre-order at CDJapan.
Exit Trance presents Cyber Drift 2nd LX Edition
Release Date: 3/18/09
Price: 1905 yen
The follow-up release to Cyber Drift, once again produced by N.O.-SYO. The first one was full of incredible rock trance, and the sequel looks to be no different.
Exit Trance presents Gakkou Trance 4 Jigenme
Release Date: 4/1/09
Price: 1905 yen
A sequel to Tokusatsu Trance so soon?
Exit Trance presents Gakkou Trance 4 Jigenme
Release Date: 3/18/09
Price: 1905 yen
It seems that the theme of this 4th release in the Gakkou Trance series will be graduation. I wonder if DJ Yoshinori’s “Pomp and Circumstance” will make a repeat appearance?
Exit Trance presents UmaUma Dekiru Trance wo Tsukutte Mita 4 – Goran no Arisama Dayo
Release Date: 4/1/09
Price: 1905 yen
There is no god. Or, if there is, he’s a very vengeful one. What else could possibly explain yet another remix of “Caramelldansen”? It’s surprising that it’s taken Quake this long to cover “Airman ga Taosenai” and “Cutie Honey,” though.
Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 6
Release Date: 3/18/09
Price: 1905 yen
Hot on the heels of FARM, Quake will also be doing their own cover of “Hatena de Wasshoi.” Hopefully they’ll get Ryu* to do it for maximum Bemani synergy.
Quake Trance Best 20 ~Anniversary~
Release Date: 2/18/09
Price: 1905 yen
Someone must really like DJ Gollum, as he’s on no less than 1/4 of the album. Otherwise, the usual suspects apply. The only notable absentee is Cascada. Although, really, what’s the difference between Cascada, Liz Kay, Dyce, etc.?
For those wondering, “I Turn to You” and “All the Things She Said” are indeed covers. However, “Surrender” is not a cover of the Lasgo song. That’s probably for the best, as needless trance covers of songs that were trance to begin with annoy the heck out of me. Remember when Manian and about a dozen other DJs kept covering “Heaven”? The worst part was that they all somehow appeared on Quake/Exit Trance!
As always, Quake Trance Best 20 will be mixed by DJ Uto.
Exit Trance presents Dramatic Trance #01 ~Memorial~
Release Date: 2/18/08
Price: 1905 yen
More Ouendan goodness! Dramatic Trance Episode 1 features Oendan 2’s end song, “Sekai wa Sore o Ai to Yobundaze.” I wonder how long before they cover all of the songs that ever appeared in the Ouendan series?
For J-pop fans, I also spot the Hikaru Utada song, “Prisoner of Love.”
Exit Trance presents CM Trance 2
Release Date: 2/18/09
Price: 1905 yen
Ooh, there are a few noteworthy covers on this one. The one that should be of most interest is “Romance no Kamisama,” better known to Dancemania and DDR fans as “God of Romance.” Also of note are “Kibun Jojo” and “Zenyroku Shounen,” both of which made appearances on Ouendan 2.
Exit Tunes presents pixiv no Dendou
Release Date: 3/4/09
Price: 2500 yen
Quake’s first DVD release. pixiv is the Japanese equivalent of DeviantArt, where users can upload their illustrations for other users to view and critique. pixiv no Dendou will collect the best illustrations out of the 2 million already uploaded, and will present them with songs from Exit Tunes as background music. Yeah, I don’t get it either. DVD is hardly the best way to showcase high-resolution artwork.
On a side note, months ago Quake were actually planning a Caramelldansen DVD with official videos, interviews, and even the best fan-made videos from Nico Nico. It never came out for some reason.
Pre-order at CDJapan.
DanceMaster | 
02 27th, 2009| 
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