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Super Anime Freak
Release Date: 4/2/14
Price: 900 yen
The CD editions came out in late February, but digital versions of these three Akiba Koubou-produced albums just popped up on April 2. Unfortunately, the digital versions are all non-stop mixes. What’s even worse is that they’re all just under an hour long. Still, at least they’re charging almost half what the physical editions cost.
Speed Star
Release Date: 4/27/14
Price: 1500 yen
The four foreign guest artists have been revealed for this upcoming Speed compilation, and it looks like I was correct in my guesses of JAKAZiD and Chris Bucknall. Surprisingly, Chris Bucknall is back with his old collaborator, Kristian Dee (previously known as Christian D, who provided the rap for CJ Crew’s Rhythm & Police). The other guest artists include 3R2 (from Taiwan) and Crash & D-Shark Feat. Bridson (from Ireland / Finland / United Kingdom).
Crossfade demos for both discs have also been released. I believe that both discs have full versions.
The CD will be available at the upcoming M3-2014 event in Japan, which is currently scheduled for April 27. Foreign buyers can buy it by contacting DJ Hyuji: http://rttf.eternalbreeze.net/contact.html. I previously speculated that the album would be made available digitally (and the contest page still mentions it), but I see no mention of that on the current page.
Red Roses
Release Date: 4/27/14
Price: 1000 yen
Wow, DJ Hyuji has certainly been busy lately. In addition to the upcoming Speed Star compilation, RTTF Records will also be releasing a Touhou compilation with covers from ????? ? the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. Included are three full versions from Konami’s Sound Voltex II.
The CD will be available at the upcoming M3-2014 event in Japan, which is currently scheduled for April 27. Foreign buyers can buy it by contacting DJ Hyuji: http://rttf.eternalbreeze.net/contact.html.
What’s Up! 10th Anniversary Best ~ Dance Side / Hip Hop, R&B Side
Release Date: 3/12/14
Price: 1200 yen
Although the CD version came out in December, the digital accompaniments only came out in March. Instead of packaging all of the songs into one release, they’ve instead split it into separate dance and hip-hop/R&B releases for 1,200 yen each.
EDM Anthem III
Release Date: 3/26/14 ? 4/30/14
Price: 2200 yen
Track list has finally been revealed for the third release in Universal’s EDM Anthem series. Coincidentally, it also features “Greyhound,” just like the third release in EMI’s EDM series. And just like Electronic Dance Madness, it has a random remixed Katy Perry song. Also interesting is a song from what appears to be a Japanese artist, Chronic Crank.
A lot of goings-on the in the world of Exit Tunes lately, some of which I’ve mentioned in the comments. I thought I’d summarize them in a blog post for convenience.
The biggest news is that DJ Uto has left Exit Tunes. The founder and president of Quake Records (now Exit Tunes) made the announcement on April 2 on twitter. He has since been removed from the Exit Tunes Artists page. DJ Uto was a huge proponent of trance, and I’m very much worried that he was the only one keeping Speed Anime Trance Best on life support. Without his influence the series may go away altogether. Of course, when DJ U*Hey? left FARM Records and started a new label, Star Music, he still kept ties with FARM. It’s entirely possible that DJ Uto left to go back to his trance roots, and will continue to collaborate with Exit Tunes in the future.
With the departure of DJ UTo, Exit Tunes is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pony Canyon. The new Exit Tunes president is Shusaku Yoshida (also the current head of Pony Canyon), whom DJ Uto said was a “nice guy” on twitter. Yoshida might be nice, but he likely has no allegiance to trance. Expect the Bemani-related releases to continue, but the fates of Exit Trance and Quake Trance remain up in the air.
Exit Tunes has a launched a new sub-label, melt Lab. It appears that the new label will be focused on drama CDs, namely the Mafia’s Blood series which I’ve posted about before. Exit Tunes is no stranger to drama CDs, what with that really weird Sekihan storybook CD from a while ago, but to devote an entire sub-label to it suggests even more of a divergence from the label’s origins.
So, yeah, it’ll be interesting to see what the future holds for Exit Tunes.
Perfect Best -Top 50- mixed by DJ Akeey
Release Date: 4/9/14
Price: 1900 yen
A 50-track non-stop mix from FARM Records. Mixed by DJ Akeey.
S.M.P Mix mixed by Shibuya Men’s Project
Release Date: 3/26/14
Price: 900 yen
New digital compilation from Star Music. It’s the same old repeats.
Chouzetsu Kamikyoku Anime On! -Vol. 2-
Release Date: 12/22/13
Price: 1500 yen
A new Akiba Koubou anime compilation that appears to be a tie-up with a live online show called “Anime On!“. The opening theme is composed by DJ Command. Available exclusively through Asahi Productions or from AKBK’s upcoming New Year’s tour.
Luxy Party Vol. 1
Release Date: 3/26/14
Price: 600 yen
New compilation from Groovy inc., makers of the Party Hits series.
Available on iTunes Japan.
Party Hits Megamix ~No. 1 Style~ mixed by DJ Mizuho
Release Date: 2/5/14
Price: 1800 yen
Another Party Hits compilation, this time mixed by DJ Mizuho. 50 tracks in all.
Ultra Tunes Monster Club selected by DJ Ryujin (iDcafe)
Release Date: 3/26/14
Price: 600 yen
New compilation from Groovy inc., makers of the Party Hits series.
Available on iTunes Japan.
Party Hits -DJ Hiroki Remix Work-
Release Date: 2/12/14
Price: 900 yen
Oh, this is interesting. At first I thought this was just a collection of existing DJ Hiroki remixes, but they appear to be all new remixes.
Available on iTunes Japan.
YMM (YM Music)
Artist: YM
Release Date: 4/2/14
Price: 1905 yen
New album from Vocaloid producer, YM. Bonus items include a cell phone strap, poster, and clear file. The official site is already up and running: http://ymmusic.jp/
Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 21
Release Date: 4/2/14
Price: 1905 yen
Update (4/1/14): The album is up on iTunes Japan, and despite the fewer tracks it’s still 1800 yen. Also, the track lengths I posted previously were apparently for the iTunes release. The CD version is definitely a non-stop mix, as the edits are a bit shorter than the digital release.
The first SATB release of 2014 is out this week, and the announcement that it’ll only have 15 tracks is like an admission that the series is on its last legs. Cutting the number of tracks is a frequent cost-saving measure when sales slow down. Dancemania went from ~25 down to 18, Super Eurobeat went from 18 to 15, and even the original Exit Trance series went from 48 to 24 to 20 before they stopped completely.
MK gets the most tracks with 4, with Dizzi Mystica not far behind with 3. Icon, plazma, and Hommarju get 2 each, while the remaining tracks are split between Flash back dominant and kinoto. Acid=Stone Valley, who only made his return to the series a couple of albums ago, makes no appearance here. The Exit Tunes website is still advertising the CD as a non-stop mix, though the edits are quite long given the number of tracks.
Bonus items include a strap, bath poster, and postcard. They can’t even afford the clear files anymore ;_;
DanceMaster | 
04 14th, 2014| 
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