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HW Recordings presents Joker’s World 2010
Release Date: 10/7/10
Price: 1800 yen
The spiritual successor to Quake Trance presents Joker’s World, this non-stop mix features songs selected by DJ Joker. Unfortunately, there are no new tracks. The album is up for sale on iTunes worldwide, and should be up on Beatport soon.
K-Hole compiled by DJ Kato
Release Date: 10/6/10
Price: 1886 yen
A psychedelic trance CD compiled by DJ Kato, resident DJ at StudioM’s and organizer of K-Hole events.
Ageha
Artist: Ryu*
Release Date: 11/3/10
Price: 1905 yen
Ryu* just did a live stream talking about the new album. The archived video can be found here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ryu-stream-2010
Special guests include Starving Trancer and Mayumi Morinaga, as well as Dai-chan and Halka (who, along with Ryu*, form HHH). Tracks from the album play in the background, so you can hear samples of “Wedding March” and “Come Back to My Heart.” It appears that “Come Back to My Heart” will be a vocal track sung by Mayumi Morinaga.
Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 11
Release Date: 11/17/10
Price: 1905 yen
Exit Trance releases are certainly slowing down to a crawl, and it’s particularly telling that they’re not even bothering with a limited edition for SATB 11. The CD will come with another one of those fake credit cards, however.
Waoto
Artist: DJ Ozawa + Yuji Kubota
Release Date: 4/21/10
Price: 1200 yen
Mini-album from DJ Ozawa feat. Yuji Kubota on shamisen. If you love fusion genres as much as I do then you’ll love this blend of dance and traditional Japanese instruments. As far as I know, the album is only available on iTunes Japan.
Ageha
Artist: Ryu*
Release Date: 11/3/10
Price: 1905 yen
Update! Just noticed that the Exit Tunes newsletter had an updated track list, so I’ve added it here. To be honest, I’m a bit disappointed that they’re just repeating his tracks from previous Exit Trance releases. I was expecting mostly new tracks, or at least the songs from his Comiket-exclusive singles.
The album has been delayed from its original October 6 release date to November 3. In the meantime, Ryu*’s official website has been updated with a new podcast giving details on his forthcoming album: http://djryu.jp/
Quake have also released album artwork, plus pictures of the bonus items that will come with the CD: a cell phone strap and a fake credit card.
In addition, Konami will be offering special goods sets on their Konami Style website with Ryu*-branded merchandise. For 4,725 yen you can get the Goods Set A, which comes with the CD, strap, fake credit card, T-shirt, and sticker. The Goods Set B will set you back 7,245 yen and comes with everything that Goods Set A has plus a pin, wristband, tote bag, and rubber key cover.
Classical Dur-Moll
Artist: N.O.-SYO
Release Date: 9/22/10
Price: 5.99 USD
Another new mini-album from N.O.-SYO. Well, it’s mostly new at least. As it’s a classical-themed album, it includes “Serenade for Strings” and “Swan Lake” again. It’s now available on Amazon, but should be up soon on 7digital and iTunes worldwide.
Buchiage Parance #11 (CD+DVD)
Release Date: 9/29/10
Price: 2848 yen
Wa Euro Best make up a good portion of this 11th release in the Buchiage series. There are also numerous repeats from other Victor compulations. Oh well, at least there’s a new Kei song.
Meccha Odoreru!! Betty
Release Date: 9/22/10
Price: 2848 yen
Dance covers and original songs performed by popular Gal Mama models. The DVD includes ParaPara routines and footage from club events.
K-Hole compiled by DJ Kato
Release Date: 10/6/10
Price: 1886 yen
A psychedelic trance CD compiled by DJ Kato, resident DJ at StudioM’s and organizer of K-Hole events. Psychedelic trance isn’t always my thing, but I always seem to like whatever Sesto Sento puts out.
Handz Up Posse
Release Date: 11/3/10
Price: 1905 yen
Why not just call it Quake Trance Best 23? No track list yet, but DJ Uto will be doing the mixing honors once again.
Pre-order at CDJapan.
Exit Trance presents UmaUma Dekiru Trance wo Tsukutte Mita 9 – Koko ni Byouin wo Tateyou
Release Date: 9/15/10
Price: 1905 yen (Regular Edition) or 3143 yen (Limited Edition)
The Dizzi Mystica alias makes its glorious return! And with a cover of Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro,” no less! Dizzi Mystica also takes on the theme of Tales of Vesperia, “Kane o Narashite.”
MK once again gets the most tracks, with a total of 5 if you include his Freedom alias. Hommarju comes close with 4, while Starving Trancer gets one lone track. Ryu* is no doubt busy with his album, but the absence of Acid=Stone Valley, B.U.S. and Icon is disappointing. Seriously, what happened to B.U.S?
We’ve got a couple of new artists/aliases joining the fray, including Overjoyed and Booing Day (guh?!). A lot of long-unseen aliases are also back. Black Man hasn’t been seen with a new song since the first Gakkou Trance. And Koneko Project has been absent since SATB 4. S-Mushroom and Digital Stone haven’t been too productive, either, so it’s a surprise to see them back.
HW Recordings Best 2007-2010
Release Date: 8/20/10
Price: 1200 yen
Yes, finally! I’ve been waiting for a chance to get the full version of “Last Emperor (Kagura Remix)” for a while now, as the edits on compilations have always been far too short. Also included on this digital only release are “The End of Summer 2010” and “Proper Things 2010.”
I Love J-Trance
Release Date: 8/18/10
Price: 1200 yen
A digital only trance compilation from FARM Records. Mixed by DJ U-tA and DJ Hideki from Double Heart and Tragenic, respectively. It’s mostly repeats from Mega Trance, plus one from Trance Paradise 4. There are no new tracks or remixes, but I suppose it’s promising that FARM are still releasing trance at all. And 1,200 yen is a decent price.
Buchiage Parance #11 (CD+DVD)
Release Date: 9/22/10
Price: 2848 yen
Right, let’s try this again. Victor Japan initially announced Buchiage Parance for release on March 24 but canceled the album soon after. Well, it looks like they’re giving it a second try this September. Again, it’ll be a CD+DVD release, with the CD featuring a non-stop mix of trance, euro, and psychedelic songs. All of the announced tracks so far are repeats from Trance Rave Best 19 or the Koakuma magic series.
DanceMaster | 
10 7th, 2010| 
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