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Heaven (Single)
Artist: Studio Zi-Zone feat. Angie
Release Date: 7/11/12
Price: $1.99
New digital single from FARM Records. It’s a trance cover of Bryan Adams’s “Heaven.” ‘Cause, you know, it’s never been done before. Available on iTunes Japan and Beatport.
You Put the Music in Me – EP
Artist: DJ Kawasaki feat. N’Dea Davenport
Release Date: 7/18/12
Price: 600 yen
Digital EP featuring the new song from DJ Kawasaki feat. N’Dea Davenport that appeared on Magic ~ A Collection of Black Disco Classics.
Too Love To Love (Initial P Remix) (Single)
Artist: maria?polo
Release Date: 6/29/12
Price: Free!
A brand new remix of the DJ Command track, originally featured on Toho Euro Flash Vol. 2. It’s available for free at Bandcamp!
Saifam Speed – June 2012
Artist: Various Artists
June’s Speed releases bring us a Disko Warp remix of the Happy Paradise 2 classic, “Bang! Ready to Go,” to accompany the recent J-Mi & Midi-D remix. I kinda wonder why the chose that track out of all the Happy Paradise songs to remix. Anyway, this marks the first time Disko Warp have done a remix for Saifam. Perhaps Saifam will return the favor in the future?
Also out is a Speed cover of the Richard Marx 80s song, “Should’ve Known Better.”
SPE193 – [3:52] Bang! Ready to Go (Disko Warp remix) / Tipsy & Tipsy
SPE194 – [5:37] Should’ve Known Better (The Factory Team Speed remix) / Speedmaster
Less Than Three 2012 Remixes (Single)
Artist: Becky
Release Date: 5/5/12
Price: Name Your Price
In celebration of Disko Warps’s 7th birthday, Disko Warp recently released 7 new remixes of their first-ever release, “Less Than Three.” Available exclusively at Bandcamp. As always for their Bandcamp releases, it’s pay what you want! Eurobeat fans will definitely want to check out the Sugano and Odyssey remixes, as well as the J-Euro remix by DJ Skyblue.
Saifam Speed – May 2012
Artist: Various Artists
Another random set of Speed songs. “Turning Japanese” turned out pretty well, but “Not Afraid” lacks the rapid-fire rapping of CJ Crew’s “Lose Yourself” and ends up sounding a bit slow. “Iron Man” appears to be a slightly reworked version of the SAI1416 track released 4 years ago.
SPE190 – [4:41] Turning Japanese (The Factory Speed mix) / Speedmaster
SPE191 – [5:15] Not Afraid (The Factory Speed mix) / MC Boy
SPE192 – [5:12] Iron Man (The Factory Speedo mix) / Speedogang
And I forgot to mention it last month, but Saifam also did a Zippers cover of the Captain Jack song, “People Like to Party.”
DAN19057 – [4:15] People Like to Party (The Factory Team remix) / Zippers
Moonlight Shadow (Single)
Artist: Hikari.
Release Date: 4/25/12
Price: $9.95
New digital single from FARM Records. Available on iTunes Japan and Beatport. Also includes a cover of the Astroline song, “Close My Eyes.”
Spicy Girl -Diva’s Electro Collections-
Release Date: 5/16/12
Price: 900 yen
House and electro songs from FARM compilations. Includes two recent Threemason (aka DJ U*Hey?) tracks, “Mr. Saxobeat” and “Give Me All Your Luving”.
Saifam Speed – April 2012
Artist: Various Artists
April’s selection of Speed tracks brings us a pair of 80s movie theme hits as well as a cover of 2 Unlimited’s last single.
SPE186 – [4:41] Surfin’ USA (The Factory Team Speedo mix) / Speedmaster
SPE187 – [3:43] Footloose (The Factory Team Speed mix) / Thomas
SPE188 – [4:34] Jump for Joy (Alternative Planet remix) / Speedmaster
SPE188 – [4:23] Jump for Joy (Alternative Planet hard mix) / Speedmaster
SPE189 – [5:00] Holding Out for a Hero (Factory Speed mix) / Speedogang
Disko Warp presents Anime Love Hardcore 2
Artist: Initial P
Release Date: 4/10/12 ? 4/24/12
Price: $9.90
Two years after the release of Anime Love Hardcore, Initial P finally gets off his lazy ass and brings us a sequel full of more hard-stomping happy hardcore covers of anime themes. Although Disko Warp have recently been experimenting with eurobeat and hyper techno, make no bones about it: this is a hardcore album made for hardcore fans.
Samples are available at the Disko Warp website as well as SoundCloud.
Thanks to the successful Kickstarter, you can order a physical copy of the album from Big Cartel. The album will also be available digitally as an iTunes exclusive. Sorry, non-US fans, both the CD and digital version won’t be available internationally due to licensing restrictions.
Full review and samples after the jump.
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.
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.
Saifam Speed – February/March 2012
Artist: Various Artists
Another bunch of new tracks from Speed Records. “Shake It Up” is a cover of The Cars song, not the Selena Gomez one. “Heartbreaker” is a cover of the Pat Benatar song. “I’ve Done Everything for You” is a cover of the Sammy Hagar/Rick Springfield song. “The Middle” is a cover of the Jimmy Eat World song.
SPE182 – [4:21] Shake It Up (Factory Speed mix) / Speedmaster
SPE183 – [4:21] Heartbreaker (Factory Speed remix) / Speedogang
SPE184 – [4:26] I’ve Done Everything For You (The Factory Team Speed remix) / Speedogang
SPE185 – [4:11] The Middle (The Factory Speed mix) / Speedogang
Also out in March is a new 2012 update of “Bang! Ready to Go,” this time remixed by J-Mi & Midi-D of United Forces. It’s a decent take on the song, but it’s hard to top the energy of the original. Hmm, I wonder if they’ll be updating any other Happy Paradise songs…
DAN19056 – [5:42] Bang! Ready to Go (J-Mi & Midi-D 2K12 Mix) / Speedogang
Disko Warp presents Anime Love Hardcore 2
Artist: Initial P
Release Date: 4/10/12
Price: ???
The upcoming sequel to 2010’s Anime Love Hardcore features 10 more anime themes redone in happy hardcore style. The track list looks to be a mix of anime standards as well as lesser-known songs. “Discotheque” has always been a favorite of mine, and I love the Engrish goodness of “Red Fraction,” but the Ouendan fan in me is most looking forward to “Ready Steady Go!”
It’s still unknown how the album will be distributed, though it’s been mentioned that it will be available digitally. Pete is also trying to get a Kickstarter campaign started in order to fund a physical CD release. As with the first release, I imagine licensing agreements may prevent it from being available outside of the US regardless of how it’s released, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
In the meantime, the first Anime Love Hardcore is still available on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/disko-warp-presents-anime/id366681411
Update: As mentioned by Pete in the comments, the album will be released digitally on iTunes. Again, due to licensing restrictions it will only be available in the US.
Also make sure to check out the Kickstarter campaign if you want to help fund a physical CD release. The $30 level is a pretty good deal, with CD copies of Anime Love Hardcore 1+2 plus a bunch of Disko Warp-branded goods.
A few samples are up on the official website, and more will be added in the coming weeks. I’m a bit disappointed that Ani-Rock’s English pronunciation is so good; I loved the sheer randomness of mint’s Hime Trance version. 😀
Touch Me Twice (Single)
Artist: Bonnie Max
Release Date: 2/20/12
Price: Name Your Price
The latest track from Disko Warp artist, Bonnie Max. Available exclusively at Bandcamp, for whatever price you want to pay for it.
DanceMaster | 
07 27th, 2012| 
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