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Nov 30

Quake News #10Quake Trance presents Quake News #10
Release Date: 12/2/09
Price: 999 yen

There’s no Quake News release planned for January or February, so either this is the last release in the series or they’ll be taking a break for a while. Once again, the final list has no tracks from the preliminary one.

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Nov 29

Eki TraExit Trance presents Eki Tra
Release Date: 12/2/09
Price: 1905 yen

The title translates to “Station Trance” and will primarily feature trance covers of “Hassha Melodies,” which are the jingles played at train stations when trains arrive/depart. MK and Dizzi Mystica take up most of the album, with B.U.S., Acid=Stone Valley and Hommarju being conspicuously absent.

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Nov 28

BLExit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance BL
Release Date: 12/2/09
Price: 1905 yen

The cover art is a little boring considering the subject matter, but maybe that’s a good thing?

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Nov 27
Exit Tunes at C77!
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kamibukuroQuake will have an Exit Tunes booth at the 77th Comic Market this December, where they’ll be selling exclusive merchandise.

A look at what’s being offered after the jump.

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Nov 27

SupernovaExit Tunes presents Supernova
Release Date: 12/2/09
Price: 1905 yen

Yup, it’s another Vocaloid compilation. It seems that this one will only have never-before-heard songs, however, unlike the previous compilations that just collected songs that were already on Nico Nico.

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Nov 26

Just spotted this on The Consumerist. Amazon are offering $3 off any purchase at Amazon MP3, which basically amounts to three free MP3s. The deal is only valid until November 30.

Get the promo code here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000455181

Some recommended albums:
Speed Revolution Vol. 1
Speed Revolution Vol. 2
That’s Bubble Dance Vol. 1
That’s Bubble Dance Vol. 2
Smile.dk – Party Around the World
Smile.dk – Butterfly ’09
Disko Warp presents Speedisko Vol. 1
Fright Ranger – Oh Oh Oh Sexy Vampire Remixes
Super Euro Freak Vol. 1

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 26

AHP SengokuAnime House Project ~Sengoku Bakumatsu Mix~
Release Date: 11/25/09
Price: 1600 yen

“Sengoku” and “Bakumatsu” refer to periods of feudal Japan, so this CD will feature themes from anime shows and games that take place during that time. The release promises to fuse house sounds with traditional Japanese instruments.

Samples are available at the official Anime House Project website.

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Nov 25

AHP Boy's 2Anime House Project ~Boy’s Selection~ Vol. 2
Release Date: 11/25/09
Price: 2000 yen

The second Anime House Project CD to focus on Shounen themes.

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Nov 24

AHP Shinkyoku 2Anime House Project ~Shinkyoku Selection~ Vol. 2
Release Date: 11/25/09
Price: 1905 yen

IOSYS return with new house covers of popular anime themes. Samples are available at the official Anime House Project website.

Pre-order at CDJapan early to get stickers and a large B2-size poster.

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Nov 23

magicmagic -Super Model Special-
Release Date: 11/25/09
Price: 1900 yen

Previously known as “Koakuma Magic #2.” I was expecting mostly euro with a bit of trance, but it seems to be evenly split down the middle. Shockingly, they didn’t take the cheap route and license existing covers for some of the songs, so there are a surprising amount of new songs.

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Nov 22

Gal Mama Euro Best
Release Date: 12/30/09
Price: 1900 yen

J-Euro fever continues as Victor becomes the latest label to jump on the bandwagon. A “Gal Mama” is apparently a young woman in her 20s who has a baby as a fashion accessory. Examples include Rumi Itabashi (cover model for Natasu Monogatari 2009 and Wa Euro Best 1 and 2), Tsubasa Masuwaka, and Momoeri. The CD is being billed as one that both parent and child can dance to. No track list yet, but I can’t imagine Rumi not being on it. Victor have licensed from Akiba Koubou again, so I’d expect AK tracks plus some repeats from Buchiage Parance and Speed Anime M@ster.

Pre-order at CDJapan.

Nov 21

Trance Rave Best XIX
Release Date: 12/16/09
Price: 1900 yen

One of the longest-running trance series in Japan returns this December with the release of Trance Rave Best #19. DJ Kaya will once again be doing the mixing.

Pre-order at CDJapan.

Nov 20

Disco Around 50 Super Freak ~ Soul & Funk
Release Date: 1/27/10
Price: 2400 yen

Whoa, total déjà vu. The track list is very similar to EMI’s aborted Roppongi Disco Hits compilation, which was supposed to come out this past September. It appears that EMI, Sony, and Victor will be giving the series another try, rebranding it “Disco Around 50” instead of “Gotouchi Disco.” Sony and Victor haven’t announced their releases yet, but you can bet they’ll be out on the same day. Unless, of course, they cancel the series again.

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Nov 19
Wa Euro Best 2 – Update
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SEB 200Wa Euro Best 2Wa Euro Best 2
Release Date: 12/16/09
Price: 1886 yen

The release of Wa Euro Best 2 is fast approaching and I’ll be promoting the heck out of it until then. 😉

Eurobeat fans in Japan will be interested to know that EMI and Avex will be collaborating on an event promoting both Wa Euro Best 2 and Super Eurobeat 200 on January 10, 2010. The last time the two companies worked together was to promote Natsu Monogatari 2008 and 9LoveJ Super Collection.

In more WEB 2 news, the producers for the tracks have been announced. valle blanco will be responsible for the most tracks, with almost half of the album (9 songs) being done by him. DJ Command comes in a distant second with 3 tracks. Rayto only gets 2 tracks. Meanwhile, 2bad, Honmax, and plum(!!!) get one each. With Honmax confirmed, it’s probably safe to say that “Para Holi” is the same song as the one from Natsu Monogatari 2007, except with Sunplaza Nakano Kun doing the vocals. There’s no way he can do worse than Rina Ayukawa.

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Nov 19

Around 40 Eurobeat 2
Release Date: 1/27/10
Price: 2381 yen

January is certainly becoming the month of surprise sequels. Around 40 Eurobeat did reasonably well in sales, but it wasn’t exactly a huge hit. Disco R35 before it sold much, much better yet it never got a sequel. In any case, “eurobeat” seems to be a fashionable word again in Japan, so I guess EMI will milk it as much as possible.

Most of the announced tracks thus far should be familiar to fans of Dancemania Super Classics. The problem with 80s eurodance compilations is that by definition they have to be 100% repeats. 🙁

Included as a bonus track is Youni Oginome’s Japanese cover of “Dancing Hero,” better known to most fans as “Eat You Up.”

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