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Quake Trance Best 23 mixed by DJ Uto
Release Date: 11/21/12
Price: 1905 yen
Whoa! It’s been a long time since DJ Uto has produced an original track, much less 3 for the same album. I guess he’s been itching to get his creative juices flowing, as 3 of the 16 tracks on QTB 23 were produced by him. The remainder of the album features hard dance/hands up artists like Italobrothers and Rob Mayth.
Exit Tunes presents Mayu
Artist: Mayu
Release Date: 12/5/12
Price: 1905 yen
New Vocaloid 3 voicebank from Exit Tunes featuring Mayu, who is presumably voiced by the one and only Mayumi Morinaga. The package comes with 2 CDs + CD-ROM. The music CDs will contain 30 tracks performed by popular Vocaloid producers, while the CD-ROM will have the Mayu voicebank. First-press copies come with a mousepad (1 of 6 designs) and cell phone strap (1 of 6 designs). You can visit the official site for more details in the future.
EndlessroLL
Artist: Hitoshizuku × Yama?
Release Date: 12/19/12
Price: 1905 yen
New album from Hitoshizuku × Yama? featuring Kagamine Rin and Len. First-press copies come with a cell phone strap, mouse pad and clear file.
Pre-order at CDJapan.
Exit Tunes presents Ikemen Voice Paradise 5
Release Date: 10/17/12
Price: 1905 yen
Fifth release in the Ikemen Voice Paradise series, featuring male utaite covering Vocaloid songs. First-press copies come with a bonus talk CD, poster, cell phone strap (1 of 5 designs), and mouse pad (1 of 5 designs). Send in the survey card for a clear file. Retailer-exclusive bonuses include can badges and bromides. Visit the official site for a crossfade demo and more info.
Handz Up Posse 2 mixed by DJ Uto
Release Date: 12/19/12
Price: 1905 yen
What the fridge? Of all the series to resurrect they had to go with this one? Nothing against Handz Up, but I kind of assumed that Quake Trance Best 23 would fill that void. Like Quake Trance Best, the last (and only) release in the Handz Up Posse series came out in 2010. Now that I think about it Anime80s was another 2010 release that’s coming back in 2012. It’s as if everyone decided to skip 2011.
Pre-order at CDJapan.
Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 17
Release Date: 1/2/13
Price: 1905 yen
Only 2 SATB releases this year. 🙁 On the plus side, it looks like they’re changing up the release schedule, as the 17th release in the series will come out in January instead of the usual April. One odd thing is that it’s being listed as “Exit Tunes presents” instead of the usual “Exit Trance presents”. Is the Exit Trance brand finally dead? I guess we’ll see…
Pre-order at CDJapan.
Exit Tunes presents Supernova 8
Release Date: 9/19/12
Price: 1905 yen
Eighth release in the Supernova series, featuring new productions by Vocaloid producers. Announced producers include Pinocchio P, Nem, 164, and Deadball P. Announced bonus items include a strap, clear file, and poster.
Sakura Luminance
Artist: Ryu*
Release Date: 12/5/12
Price: 1905 yen
As mentioned by Doc-S in the comments, Quake have updated their website with some info on Ryu*’s upcoming 4th album, now titled Sakura Luminance. In addition to 3 previously announced songs, the site also mentions “800nm”. Bonus items include a hologram cover, an original strap and amouse pad.
Quake Trance Best 23 mixed by DJ Uto
Release Date: 11/21/12
Price: 1905 yen
After a two-year hiatus, Quake Trance is back with more hard dance hits.
As always, Quake Trance Best 23 will be mixed by DJ Uto.
Utatte Mita no Hon Bessatsu exit tunes magazine
Release Date: 10/1/12
Price: 1400 yen (CD+Mook) or 2800 (CD+DVD+Mook)
A special edition of Utatte Mita no Hon magazine devoted to only Exit Tunes. You can buy the mook either with a CD or with a CD+DVD. The CD will feature songs from Exit Tunes, including yet another cover of “Ama no Jaku,” this time by new Vocaloid, Mayu. The DVD will feature performances from the Exit Tunes Academy live tour.
For more info on the contents of the mook, check out stephieku’s post on Ofurutaimu. I wonder if the Exit Tunes history section will mention Quake/Exit Trance?
Exit Tunes presents Storytellers RPG
Release Date: 11/7/12
Price: 1905 yen
A new series from Exit Tunes. Originally titled “Exit Tunes presents Concept Beat” and then “Exit Tunes presents Social Network Music ~Concept #01: RPG~,” it looks like Quake have finally settled on a name. It seems that it’ll be a concept album with each of the arrangers composing a traditional RPG theme. Bonus items include a cell phone strap, clear file, and B2-sized poster.
Exit Tunes presents Utausekai feat. Kasane Teto
Release Date: 12/5/12
Price: 1905 yen
The first UTAU compilation from Exit Tunes, featuring Kasane Teto. Bonus items include a cell phone strap and mouse pad.
Rib On
Artist: Rib
Release Date: 9/19/12
Price: 1905 yen
Debut album from male utaite, Rib. Bonus items include a cell phone strap (1 of 5 designs), mouse pad (1 of 5 designs), clear file, and poster. Retailer-exclusive bonuses range from bonus CDs to can badges to alternative jacket art. Visit the official website for samples and more info.
Ryu 3rd Album (Tentative Title)
Artist: Ryu*
Release Date: 12/5/12
Price: 1905 yen
Ryu*’s third major album (obviously not counting starmine) comes out this December. Expect his recent Bemani works to be collected, plus his collaborations with Mayumi Morinaga and Starving Trancer.
Pre-order at CDJapan.
Quake Trance Best 23 mixed by DJ Uto
Release Date: 11/21/12
Price: 1905 yen
OMG! I can’t believe I get to use my favorite DJ Uto picture again after over 2 years! That’s right, Japan’s premier hard dance/trance compilation series is coming back after a 2-year hiatus. I have no idea what prompted the resurrection of QTB, but it might be the upcoming 10-year anniversary of Quake Records. In 2003, Quake Records was started by DJ Uto with the money he won from the Japanese reality show, Money no Tora, which may be better known to Westerners as Dragons’ Den or Shark Tank.
The first release of the label was “Money no Trance” (a play on the title of the show) and featured popular hard dance hits from Europe. It would become the first release in the Quake Trance Best series. Years later, in 2006, DJ Uto started a spinoff series called Exit Trance, which focused more on J-Trance. Soon Exit Trance became the dominant series, overshadowing Quake Trance before itself becoming overshadowed by Exit Tunes releases focusing on Vocaloid and Utatte Mita. It’s great to know that after all this time DJ Uto still has a place in his heart for what started his business in the first place.
As always, Quake Trance Best 23 will be mixed by DJ Uto.
Pre-order at CDJapan.
DanceMaster | 
11 5th, 2012| 
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