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ZIP-FM 15th Anniversary ~ “Dance Best”
Release Date: 9/17/08
Price: 2381 yen

Avex and ZIP-FM continue to celebrate their 20th and 15th anniversaries, respectively.

01. Wait for You (ZIP Exclusive Remix) / Elliot Yamin
02. What’s Up 2008 / DJ Miko
03. Sunshine in the Rain / BWO
04. Ring Ding Part 2 / L.O.C.
05. Love You Tonight / DJ Kaya feat. Keen
06. All Out of Love / Jenna Drey

I was excited for a moment to see “What’s Up 2008” until I realized it’s probably just the recent house mix. :/

Super Best Trance presents Sean & Kim Around the World
Release Date: 7/23/08
Price: 2000 yen

Sean & Kim’s official website said that there would be 19 tracks total, but the final list only has 16.

01. [3:07] Sunshine (Dance Nation DJ Team Radio Mix)
02. [3:16] Superstar (Dance Nation DJ Team Mix)
03. [3:12] Set Me Free (House Radio Edit)
04. [3:33] Move Your Love (Soul Avengers Remix)
05. [3:00] Sunlight (Bradski & Jenski Radio Edit)
06. [3:31] Beautiful (Original Mix)
07. [3:17] The Rush (Bradski & Jenski Edit)
08. [3:18] VIP (Original Mix)
09. [3:02] Take Me (Original Mix)
10. [3:52] I Believe (Dance Nation DJ Team Mix)
11. [3:20] Feel the Power (Original Mix)
12. [3:20] Reach for You (Original Mix)
13. [3:39] One Million Reasons (Original Mix)
Bonus Tracks
14. [3:44] Sunlight (Hyper Trance Mix)
15. [3:13] Move Your Love (Shohei Matsumoto Remix)
16. [4:56] The Real Thing / DJ Tora feat. Sean & Kim

Pre-order at CDJapan.

joule -Weekend Style- Best Hit Trance × Psychedelic
Release Date: 7/23/08
Price: 1905 yen

It turns out that the final list is the same as the tentative one I posted earlier. Does the world really need to hear “Grand Shake” again? I’m eagerly anticipating the new Delaction song, but chances are they’ll repeat it on a future album anyway.

01. Garnet / Delaction
02. TKO (Original Club Mix) / DJ U*Hey?
03. K.O. (Fighting Spirits Mix) / DJ U*Hey?
04. Everybody (Klubbingman Remix) / Rocco
05. Sound Star ~Tokyo Rave 2007~ (Type-R Mix) / DJ Tora + R-seq
06. That’s the Way (DJ Ten + Spiral Dirt Rmx Ver. 2.0) / X-Treme
07. Sousei no Aquarion (Extended Mix) / Delaction feat. Maki
08. You Fill Me Up (DJ Ten Remix) / S.T.F. feat. Keen
09. What Hurts the Most (Club Mix) / Cascada
10. Gate of Hell (DJ Hibiki & Ko-Taro Mix) / Delaction
11. Foma (Studio 101 Mix) / PM2
12. Lift Me Up (Final Vocal Rmx) / Sesto Sento
13. Blood Red Rain (Astrix Remix) / Zeta
14. Hit & Run / Skazi
15. Higher (When I Close My Eyes Remix) / GMS
16. Platinum Bash / Flying Beat
17. Aozora no Namida (2008 Remix) / Alkaloid
18. All of Time (Delaction Remix) / Oriental Space
19. Holylance (Texas Boys Remix) / DJ Yoshinori
20. Grand Shake (Nasca Joker’s World Mix) / DJ Joker Project Nasca
21. Time of Passion / Delaction
22. sui-ren / kagura

Pre-order at CDJapan.

Celebration
Artist: Pandora
Release Date: 8/20/08
Price: 1886 yen

Pandora is back! Celebration features new remixes of classic Pandora tracks from her first and second albums. The album was actually released late last year in European territories, but the Japanese version will have at least one new bonus track, “Call Me,” as well as different cover art.

The album was released in Europe by EMI/Capitol, but the Japanese release will be handled by Pony Canyon, parent company of Quake Holdings. Hopefully that means we’ll be seeing Pandora on Exit Trance in the future.

01. [3:21] Come On and Do It (Playmaker’s Do It Mix)
02. [3:46] Trust Me (Vasco & Millboy Radio Edit)
03. [3:42] Don’t You Know (Soundcruiser’s Radio Edit)
04. [4:06] The Naked Sun (Desert Heavy Rock Mix)
05. [3:09] Tell the World (Pitchtunes vs. Playmaker Radio Edit)
06. [5:08] Don’t Worry (Worry Free Mix)
07. [3:28] One of a Kind (Koyra’s Electro Mix)
08. [3:41] On a Night Like This (Playmaker’s Mix)
09. [3:26] The Sands of Time (Flamenco Mix)
10. [3:17] Call Me (Radio Edit)
11. [5:52] One of Us (Vinylshakerz 101 Mix)
12. [5:35] Come On and Do It (JS16 Do It Mix)
13. [6:11] Trust Me (Vasco & Millboy Extended)
14. [7:21] Don’t You Know (Magic Mitch & DJ Nico Reagaton Mix)
15. [6:10] On a Night Like This (JS16 L8 Nite Radio Edit)
16. [5:54] Don’t Worry (Blue House Effect in Effect Mix)
17. [3:17] Tell the World (Groove Maniax Casablanca Edit)

Pre-order at CDJapan.

Mega Trance 09
Release Date: 7/9/08
Price: 2190 yen

01. [4:07] feel (Original Mix) / Dance Music Company
02. [3:42] Tokyo / DJ Kaya feat. Keen & Steven A. Haynes
03. [3:57] Scorpion (DJ Ten Remix) / Oriental Space
04. [3:59] Grand Slam (Club Mix) / DJ U*Hey?
05. [3:24] B-Boys & Fly Girls (Original Version) / Bomfunk MC’s
06. [3:35] Shut Up and Drive (Hi-End Attack Remix) / Angelica
07. [4:46] Lift Me Up (Final Vocal Rmx) / Sesto Sento
08. [2:24] Last Emperor (Kagura Remix) / DJ Joker vs. Heavens Wire
09. [4:28] sui-ren (Shohei Matsumoto Remix) / kagura
10. [4:38] You (Adult Play Mix) / Downtown Bros.
11. [4:55] Longing Love (Electro Mix) / Texas Boys
12. [4:45] Children / Tatana & Tyas pres. TNT
13. [3:10] Sexy Love (DJ Kaya Remix) / Ogiek
14. [2:51] Because of You (Dance Music Company Mix) / Sid
15. [2:12] I Touch Myself (Handz Up Club Mix) / Jan Wayne & Scarlet
16. [2:12] Bass in Your (Original Mix) / Men’s Club
17. [2:26] God Is a Girl (Kick Chaser Remix) / Groove Coverage
18. [2:31] Greed Island (U&M Remix) / Oriental Space
19. [3:20] Because I Love You (Flip ‘n’ Fill Remix) / Groove Coverage
20. [3:46] Kimi e no Omoi (Spacey vs. garamonn Remix) / Tsukasa
Bonus Track
21. [4:37] Lost in Tokyo (Original Mix) / DJ U*Hey? feat. Nadja

Well, at least it has plenty of new tracks. Hi-End Attack wouldn’t have been my first choice for “Shut Up and Drive,” but it could be interesting.

Oddly, “Greed Island” is listed as a U&M remix, indicating that it’ll be DJ U*Hey? and DJ Minagawa. However, on the Oriental Space tribute album the remix was just labeled “DJ Minagawa Remix.”

Pre-order at CDJapan.

Album info and samples at FARM Records.

Hime Trance Speed
Release Date: 7/30/08
Price: 1886 yen

A near-final list has been announced. Remix names are still unknown, but I’m assuming that the Dancemania tracks will be the existing Speed remixes.

01. Ima Kono Toki Dake / Shin Yoshimune Soundtrack
02. Prologue (Spacey vs. garamonn Remix) / Tsukasa
03. God Knows… [from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu] / Kei
04. Sorairo Days [from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann] / Delaction feat. Chika
05. All Around the World (E=MC2 Mix) / Zippers
06. Butterfly (Upswing Mix) / Smile.dk
07. I Do I Do I Do (KCP Remix) / Creamy
08. Cartoon Heroes (Speedy Mix) / Barbie Young
09. Robin Robin Hood (Speed Version) / Jenny Rom
10. Motteke! Sailor Fuku [from Lucky*Star] / ???
11. Max Don’t Have Sex with Your Ex (Grandale Mix) / E-Rotic
12. Girlfriend / Hanna
13. Paya Paya / Dank-One feat. ari
14. Heaven Is a Place on Earth / Wildside
15. Sky High (Speed Remix) / DJ Miko
16. D.O.U.B.T!!! ~Ai no Kakehiki wa DA*U*TO*~ / 4 Skips vs. Floorbreaker
17. Sousei no Aquarion / Dank-One feat. ari
18. Sound of My Dream / DJ 92
19. Senorita (Speedy Mix) / Jenny Rom
20. Zankoku na Tenshi no These / Nuts
Bonus Track
21. ??? / ???

By my count there are about 9-10 new tracks, which is phenomenal compared to the other trance releases this year. I’m mostly looking forward to hearing how Delaction’s Speed debut, though I’m also mighty curious to hear the Hime Trance remixes. As for the repeats, at least most of them haven’t been overused in the past. “Around the World” and “Robin Robin Hood” in particular are both pleasant surprises.

Again, if Hime Trance Speed sells well we may see a new Speed revolution. In fact, signs are already pointing to Speed being the next major dance genre. Quake’s Speed Anime Trance 4 is selling very well at the moment, as is Caramell’s Speed Album. Hime Trance Speed may be the release that pushes the genre into the mainstream again, just as the Dancemania Speed series once did.

CD Japan – Hime Trance Speed

Hime Trance Speed
Release Date: 7/30/08
Price: 1886 yen

Just a few new tidbits of information. First, “Ima Kono Toki Dake” is slated to be the lead track. After all, it’s not a true Hime Trance album if the first song isn’t from a Pachislot soundtrack.

Next, Delaction along with Chika will be performing the cover of “Sorairo Days.” Delaction will also be in charge of mixing the album, so we don’t have to worry about the song being unnaturally sped up to 190 BPM.

Exit Trance presents TranceMaster 2
Release Date: 9/17/08
Price: 1905 yen

The sequel to my second-favorite trance album of the year. No tentative list yet, but expect it to have even more trance remixes of popular classical songs.

Exit Trance presents CyberDrift
Release Date: 8/20/08
Price: 1905 yen

A new trance album from N.O.-SYO. For those that don’t know about N.O.-SYO, he is GOD. No, really, he refers to himself as a Cyber God, and I’m not inclined to disagree. He mostly produces rock trance, which is basically trance with loads of electric guitars. You can hear samples of his remixes on his MySpace. For some reason there’s also a tie-up with some car thing, hence the title.

The tentative list is below. Any track with no artist mentioned is presumably by N.O.-SYO.

01. Forever / Alphazone
02. One Million Miles (N.O.-SYO 2008 Remix) / Mayumi Morinaga
03. Serenade for Strings (1st Movement) / N.O.-SYO
04. Rock Trance /
05. Rotary X /
06. Drift of the Wind / Mayumi Morinaga & N.O.-SYO
07. Gekkou -Moonlight- / Miya & N.O.-SYO
08. Hi no Tori (Vers 2) / N.O.-SYO
09. Evil Birds -Force Z- /
10. El-Dorado 2 / N.O.-SYO
11. Lucky Girl / Miki Matsuzawa
12. Revelation (N.O.-SYO Remix) / Alphazone
13. Love Is Blue /
14. Bayside Line /
15. The Loner (N.O.-SYO Remix) /
16. Caramelldansen (N.O.-SYO Remix) / Caramell

This looks to be pretty incredible, with lots of new remixes and songs. Rock on, Cyber God!