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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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Anison Mix Tape! mixed by DJ Makoto
Release Date: 11/27/13
Price: 2000 yen

New anime song compilation mixed by DJ Makoto. Final list is mostly the same is the preliminary one, except “Hohoemi no Bakudan” replaces “Namikaze Satellite.” No one seems to have any samples up, nor is the album available digitally, so it’s unclear what musical genresare represented. The description does mention “tension max,” which could point to something fast.

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Best Hits 55 Megamix mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah! & DJ Yu-ki
Release Date: 8/21/13
Price: 1905 yen

Two-disc set featuring 55 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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The Best of Dance Pop selected by DJ G*Men
Release Date: 10/16/13
Price: 900 yen

Digital EP from Star Music Entertainment featuring songs selected by DJ G*Men. It’s yet another repackaging of the same songs they’ve been repeating for the last year. The worst part is this was the perfect opportunity to release Delaction’s “Butterfly” and yet it’s still not available.

Available on iTunes Japan.

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Best Girls Megamix mixed by DJ Shinstar
Release Date: 9/18/13
Price: 1905 yen

A new house compilation featuring house covers of various girl hits over the years. It’s a two-disc set featuring almost 140 minutes of music. It’s also available digitally on iTunes Japan for 1350 yen. Most of the album is produced by Aqua Project.

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Best Pops Megamix mixed by DJ Yu-Ki
Release Date: 9/18/13
Price: 1905 yen

A new house compilation featuring house covers of various pop hits over the years. It’s a two-disc set featuring almost 140 minutes of music. It’s also available digitally on iTunes Japan for 1350 yen. Most of the album is produced by Aqua Project.

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Shingeki no Cover Anison Kamikyoku Max
Release Date: 12/11/13
Price: 1714 yen

New anime song cover compilation from Blend. The description says the album will include dance covers of popular anime themes like “Ai, Oboete Imasuka” and that old standby, “Zankoku na Tenshi no These.”

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Anime Nitro*Itaon Mix! Vintage Selection
Release Date: 10/23/13
Price: 1800 yen

The Anime Nitro series hasn’t seen a release since 2010. Although previous releases had J-Core artists like kors k and Redalice, this new entry looks like it’ll have repeats from Anison Joshibu and Majokko Disco. The two Evangelion tracks look like they’ll be newly recorded, so I don’t think this will just be straight repeats, but it’s unclear if the other tracks have been remixed.

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Anison Mix Tape! mixed by DJ Makoto as Greece
Release Date: 11/27/13
Price: 2000 yen

New anime song compilation mixed by DJ Makoto. It’s a bit unclear what musical genres will be represented, but the description does mention “tension max,” which could point to something fast.

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Gossip Party! “X.O.X.O. -Oh Lala!! Dance Party Mix-” mixed by DJ Licca
Release Date: 10/2/13
Price: 1886 yen

The Gossip Party! series continues with house covers of Top 40 Hits. Also available digitally on iTunes Japan.

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RTTF the Best
Release Date: 10/30/13
Price: 1000 yen

A new non-stop mix from RTTF Records featuring 20 songs requested by fans, 10 bonus songs that were previously available only on bonus CDs distributed at events, and 5 select songs by regular artists for 35 tracks in all. Included are some of my personal favorites like Chris Bucknall’s “Rhapsody in Blue” and MK’s “Jupiter.”

The CD will be available at the upcoming M3-32 event in Japan, but foreign buyers can buy it by contacting DJ Hyuji: http://rttf.eternalbreeze.net/contact.html. Also available is a Classical Candy set with both Classical Candy and its sequel for 1,800 yen. Classical Candy 2 in particular is worth it for the full version of “Rhapsody in Blue,” which is almost 6 minutes in length.

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Party Hits R&B House ~Best Megamix~
Release Date: 12/4/13
Price: 1800 yen

Another Party Hits compilation mixed by DJ Hiroki. No track list yet, but the last time they did a “Best Megamix” it had 50 tracks.

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Party Hits ~R&B House~ Shining mixed by DJ Hiroki
Release Date: 9/18/13
Price: 1800 yen

Another Party Hits compilation mixed by DJ Hiroki. Features house covers of Top 40 hits.

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Party Hits R&B -House Edition- Vol. 3
Release Date: 8/7/13
Price: 600 yen

Full versions of songs from the Party Hits series. Available on iTunes Japan.

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Best Driving EDM selected by DJ Satoshi
Release Date: 9/18/13
Price: 900 yen

Digital EP from Star Music Entertainment featuring songs selected by DJ Satoshi. Don’t be deceived by the cover which they were too lazy to change; this is NOT a non-stop mix. These are full versions that have appeared on previous digital compilations before, so I’m not really sure what the point of this release is.

Available on iTunes Japan.

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