Dancemania EX × Trance Paradise

Speed Star
Release Date: Spring 2014
Price: ???

A new album from RTTF Records that’s set for release this spring. DJ Hyuji is currently running a contest looking for people who want to contribute tracks. The main criteria is that songs are 170BPM or more, which harkens back to the days of Dancemania Speed. Interestingly, it seems that in addition to a pressed CD, the album will also be available for purchase as a digital download.

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.

Best Hits 56 Megamix mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! & DJ Yu-ki
Release Date: 12/4/13
Price: 1905 yen

Two-disc set featuring 56 popular songs mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! and DJ Yu-ki, featuring Fatman Scoop. Tracks are licensed from Aqua Project and Power Music. Unfortunately, it’s exclusive to Tsutaya Records.

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EDM Anthem III
Release Date: 3/26/14
Price: 2190 yen

It looks like Universal is keeping this as a biannual series. I wonder if “The Fox” will end up on this?

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The EDM ~Erotic Dance Music~
Release Date: 12/25/13
Price: 900 yen

Digital EDM compilation from Victor Japan featuring select full versions from the CD release, The EDM ~Erotic Dance Mix~.

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Million Dance 2
Release Date: 12/25/13
Price: 1886 yen

I was wondering when “The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)” would start appearing on Japanese dance compilations. In addition to Norwegian EDM parodies, the album also has appearances by legendary Japanese trance producers like DJ Kaya and DJ Ozawa.

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I Love Party Pop
Release Date: 11/27/13 ? 12/25/13
Price: 1900 yen

The second release in Universal’s I Love Party series. Uggh, Universal are the absolute worst when it comes to compilations. Not only are a lot of the songs quite old now, but a few of them already appeared on the first CD!

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What’s Up! The Best ~ 10th Anniversary
Release Date: 12/4/13 12/25/13
Price: 2838 yen

Ah, now we know why V.I.P didn’t come out in December like it usually does. It seems that Universal have reserved the month for the 10th anniversary release of their own long-running R&B/Hip-Hop/Dance compilation series, What’s Up! The anniversary release will be a 2-disc set. Disc 1 will focus on dance, including the latest EDM hits. Disc 2 will feature R&B/Hip-Hop from the past decade. Both discs will be non-stop mixes. The set will come in a 2-disc wide case, as well as a cardboard sleeve.

Apparently “Wanna See U Dance” uses the same melody as “Samba de Janeiro.” It’s like a requirement that it appears on every dance compilation.

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The EDM ~Erotic Dance Mix~ mixed by DJ Rie
Release Date: 12/25/13
Price: 1900 yen

Another EDM compilation, this time from Victor Japan. I did a double-take when I first saw the title, thinking it was somehow related to E-Rotic, but no such luck. I’m not really sure why it’s an “erotic” dance mix, but it may have something to do with the fact that it’s being mixed by a female DJ, DJ Rie.

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ZIPmania Special

The end of the year is upon us, and that can only mean one thing: Toy Day (otherwise known as Christmas) is coming! As a special present for Dancemania fans who are supporting the releases, I’ve got something special for people who have purchased either ZIPmania All Best Mix, ZIPmania Super Greatest Hits, or both. Just make a post in the comments with a link to a picture of your copy of the album and a little piece of paper with your username on it, or take a screenshot of your iTunes receipt (make sure to edit out any identifying details). I’ll contact you via e-mail, hopefully by the end of the year, with details on how to claim your present. Please no photoshops or printouts of the ZIPmania cover in a CD case. Unless they’re really good, in which case I’ll send you something for trying, lol.

Dance! Dance!! Dance!!! mixed by DJ Satoshi
Release Date: 9/4/13 (7/13/13 Tsutaya)
Price: 4950 yen

I’ve been begging for full versions from this album to be made available, mostly for Delaction’s new arrangement of “Butterfly” as well as Threemason’s covers of other Dancemania classics. The other day, Doc-S mentioned a site (http://www.japan-codes.com/) that sells prepaid cards in the comments. I was surprised to see that they also sold Recochoku prepaid cards, so I went to Recochoku to see if they had anything worth purchasing and was even more surprised to find that they had full versions from this album! The edit of “Butterfly” is 4:40, about 2 minutes longer than the edits that it’s been given on nonstop mixes.

The only downsides (or possibly upsides) are that you can only purchase the tracks individually, and the digital edition only has 33 out of 35 songs from the CD. If you buy all 33 tracks at 150 yen, it’s 4950 for the whole album. However, if you’re only interested in the new Delaction and Threemason productions, it’s 1950 yen for the 13 tracks.

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Piromu Party Mix mixed by DJ Piromu
Release Date: 12/4/13
Price: 900 yen

Yet another digital compilation from Star Music Entertainment, which can only mean one thing: REPEATS. What differentiates this one, however, is that they reached back and grabbed some repeats from the epic trance glory days. That means classic J-Trance from DJ Kaya, DJ Tora, Oriental Space, and DJ U*Hey?

There are also the same Power Music tracks they’ve been repeating for the last year, plus recent covers by DJ U*Hey? and Delaction. This will be the longest edit that Delaction’s “Butterfly” has gotten yet. Just release the full version already. 🙁

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V.I.P. Greatest R&B/Hip-Hop/Dance Trax
Release Date: 11/27/13
Price: 1200 yen

Full versions of songs from VIP X.

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I Love Party Pop
Release Date: 11/27/13 ? 12/25/13
Price: 1900 yen

The second release in Universal’s I Love Party series. No track list yet, but it’ll most likely be mainstream top 40 hits. I’d expect Lady Gaga’s “Applause” plus stuff from Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and other Universal/EMI artists. I just hope they use more recent material this time instead of old, dated tracks.

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I Love Party -Welcome 2 da Dance Floor-
Release Date: 4/24/13
Price: 1886 yen

The first release in Universal’s I Love Party series, which focuses on dance pop songs. Waaay too mainstream for my tastes. It doesn’t help that a lot of the songs are already a few years old.

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What’s Up! The Best ~ 10th Anniversary
Release Date: 12/4/13 12/25/13
Price: 2838 yen

Ah, now we know why V.I.P didn’t come out in December like it usually does. It seems that Universal have reserved the month for the 10th anniversary release of their own long-running R&B/Hip-Hop/Dance compilation series, What’s Up! No track list yet, but it’ll be a 2-disc set. Disc 1 will focus on dance, including the latest EDM hits. Disc 2 will feature R&B/Hip-Hop from the past decade. The set will come in a 2-disc wide case, as well as a cardboard sleeve.

Pre-order at CDJapan.