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09 16th, 2009| 
Quake Trance presents Quake News #09
Release Date: 11/4/09
Price: 999 yen
Oh no, not Axel F again.
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Sep
16
Sep
15
Exit Trance presents Famitrance EX
Release Date: 11/4/09
Price: 1905 yen
GASP! Can it be? Quake are finally doing a VGM trance? The title is a portmanteau of “Famicom” (itself a combination of “Family” + “Computer”) and “Trance.” The EX is just there to make it sound more extreme. The album will consist of trance versions of popular Famicom themes, with songs from Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest already confirmed. I imagine Super Mario Bros. and Zelda will also be well represented.
Sep
14
Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 8
Release Date: 11/4/09
Price: 1905 yen
The eighth release in the Speed Anime Trance Best series.
Sep
13
Exit Trance presents Tokusatsu Trance 3 Gouki (Unit 3)
Release Date: 9/16/09
Price: 1905 yen
Once again, the list is dominated by Super Sentai and Kamen Rider themes. “Midnight Dekaranger” is a fantastic big band song that has insanely catchy lyrics, so I’m certainly looking forward to that one.
I’ll die happy if they ever do the Power Rangers theme. Make it happen, Quake!
Sep
12
Exit Trance presents CM Covers 4
Release Date: 9/16/09
Price: 1905 yen
“Glamorous Sky” is the latest Ouendan song to get an Exit Trance remix! I’m also looking forward to hearing how Joe Hisaishi’s “Oriental Wind” translates to trance. I’m not familiar with most of the other songs, though I’m assuming “Butterfly” won’t be the Smile.dk song.
Sep
11
Exit Trance × Ita G presents Itasha Trance 2
Release Date: 9/16/09
Price: 1905 yen
Not a single new track on this latest repackaging of SATB songs. The cover doesn’t mention Ita G (short for Itasha Graphics magazine), so it’s possible they’re not involved with this release.
Sep
10
Ghibli*Computer
Artist: Bitman
Release Date: 10/2/09
Price: 1810 yen
Yet another Ghibli-themed release. Instead of pianos or speed trance, this release will remake classic Ghibli themes in a chiptune (i.e. 8-bit/Famicom) style. Chiptune music has been gaining a lot of traction recently, so don’t be surprised if you see many more 8-bit compilations in the near future.
Sep
9
One Love
Artist: David Guetta
Release Date: 10/14/09
Price: 2190 yen
The Japanese edition of David Guetta’s latest album comes out this October and so far it looks like it’ll have at least two bonus tracks. CDJapan also mentions that it’ll have an exclusive new album cover.
Sep
8
Love House Extra
Release Date: 9/16/09
Price: 2171 yen
It’s been delayed a few times, but Love House Extra is finally coming out on September 16. The final list includes tracks from Kylie Minogue, Bentley Jones, Katy Perry, Spankox (better known to Dancemania fans as X-Treme), and Coldplay.
Sep
7
Feel the Waves -Ibiza-
Artist: Jewel
Release Date: 10/21/09
Price: 1905 yen
No, it’s not that Jewel (I think). I couldn’t find much info on the artist, so who knows what this album will sound like. All I know is that it’s from Quake and it’s being labeled as a dance album.
Sep
6
WWW.Blonde Girl (United Forces Remixes)
Release Date: 9/09
Price: 2.97 Euro
This comes as a surprise. United Foces are composed of Dick Örnå, Jamie Thompson, and Dave Phaneuf, and most recently did a reworking of Smile.dk’s “Butterfly.” Well, the team are back together again to remix a Dancemania classic, Jenny Rom’s “WWW.Blond Girl.” No idea what the remix sounds like, but the group did a great job on “Butterfly” so I’m looking forward to these remixes.
01. [3:36] WWW.Blonde Girl (United Forces Radio Edit)
02. [5:24] WWW.Blonde Girl (United Forces Extended Remix)
03. [5:12] WWW.Blonde Girl (United Forces Speedy Mix)
The remixes should be available on Saifam’s site as well as Juno Download soon.
Sep
6
Exit Tunes presents Elektribe
Release Date: 10/21/09
Price: 1905 yen
Yet another electro series from Quake. I don’t know why they didn’t just do a Tecktonik 2 or Working BGM Electro House 3.
Sep
5
Natsu Monogatari presents Wa Euro Best
Release Date: 8/5/09
Price: 1886 yen
Yes, another Wa Euro Best post. Dancemania releases are so rare now that I can’t help but cover every single aspect of each release. 😉
Anyway, Densetsu13 previously mentioned in the comments that a video crew was present at the 9LoveJ release party, and now we know why. Someone has posted new promotional videos on YouTube (and Nico Video) with footage from the event. I’m still not entirely clear on when and where the videos are airing in Japan, or how Bulgarian user kkakbkb got a hold of them, but in any case it’s nice to see even more promotional push from EMI.
Videos 3 and 4 prominently feature gaijin which, again, I find ironic considering the album theme.
Sep
5
Exit Trance presents Aerodynamic Best 3
Release Date: 10/21/09
Price: 1905 yen
The seventh release in the Aerodynamic series will include repeats from Quake Trance Best and TranceMaster 03, plus a new song or two from DJ Murauchi.
Sep
5
CJ Crew featured prominently on the Dancemania Speed series, but are probably best known for their DDR appearances with the songs “Rhythm & Police” and “Ninzaburo (Furuhata’s Theme).” I recently contacted Chris Bucknall, who made up the ‘C’ half of CJ Crew, and asked him a few questions, the answers to which will be published soon in an in-depth feature on CJ Crew.
In the meantime, Chris has mentioned that he’s interested in working on new “Speed” tracks, but is looking for suggestions on what to cover. This is where you guys come in. What songs do you want to hear covered?
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