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Super Euro Smash Vol. 2
Release Date: 12/30/12
Price: 1400 yen
Second release in the Super Euro Smash series from A-One Records and Akiba Koubou. Available at C83 and in shops shortly after. Features new songs from Elementas, DJ Command, valle blanco, FN2, Sumijun, and others. Also includes a special megamix by DJ Mocchi.
Samples are also available on the A-One website: http://a-one-records.com/discography/000278.html
Toho Eurobeat Vol. 7 ~ Mountain of Faith
Release Date: 12/30/12
Price: 1400 yen
Doujin release featuring eurobeat covers of popular touhou songs. This will be the third release in the series in 2012. You can visit the official website for a crossfade demo and more info.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru J-Pop Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
100% repeats on this one as well, though not all of the songs have appeared on EMI-published compilations.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru Anison Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
100% repeats, including the worst offenders: “Zankoku,” “Sousei,” and “Shangri-La.” EMI is billing “Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru” as a new series, but they have yet to set up a special website for it.
Hyakkaryouran! Anison Cover Mix!
Release Date: 12/5/12
Price: 1714 yen
Holy crap, the Mayans were right. The world will indeed end in December 2012. What else could explain an Akiba Koubou anime compilation that isn’t 100% repeats? Okay, it’s only 2 new songs, but still more than I expected.
Anima the Best
Artist: Anima
Release Date: 1/23/13
Price: 1714 yen
January will also see the release of an Anima collection, again featuring only 8 songs.
Nodoame the Best
Artist: Nodoame
Release Date: 1/23/13
Price: 1714 yen
Akiba Koubou’s first release of the upcoming new year will be a collection of Nodoame’s best works. 1,800 yen for just 8 songs is hardly a bargain, especially when at least half of them will be repeats.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru J-Pop Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
More repeats on the J-Pop edition, as well. Sigh, I really have nothing left to say about these lazy cash grabs.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru Anison Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
Final list and cover art have been revealed. 100% repeats, including the worst offenders: “Zankoku,” “Sousei,” and “Shangri-La.” EMI is billing “Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru” as a new series, but it’s possible it will be considered yet another sub-series of Dancemania.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru J-Pop Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
Sigh, I’m starting to get the sense that AKBK will never produce another new song and will just coast on the same old repeats from now on.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru Anison Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
Okay, seriously, fuck you Akiba Koubou.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru J-Pop Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
Eurobeat covers of J-Pop songs that will make driving 100 times more fun! Or something like that. This will most likely have repeats from Utattemita J-pop/Speed, but there’ll also be a song from the dance vocal unit, Space Girls Planet. Fool me once, shame on your AKBK. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times…oh, hell, who am I kidding? I’ll probably be buying these too.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru Anison Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
Oh lord, not this again. Apparently Christmas ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru Party Mix is the start of a new series, with Anison and J-Pop releases to follow. Chances are these will just be the same repeats we’ve been subjected to with the Utattemita Anison/J-Pop/Speed releases. No word yet on whether the 100-bai series will be under the Dancemania umbrella, but since Saifam and AKBK have previous ties with Dancemania I’d be surprised if they aren’t included eventually.
Hyakkaryouran! Anison Cover Mix!
Release Date: 12/5/12
Price: 1714 yen
It’s been a relatively quite second half of the year for Akiba Koubou, but they’ll be finishing 2012 off with what everyone’s been wanting from them: another anime compilation! The track list for this looks suspiciously close to the Tsutaya-exclusive Anison “Kamikyoku” Cover Mix. It shares many of the same songs in common, but I guess that’s to be expected since AKBK can’t stop repeating “Sousei no Aquarion” -_-
Light My Gasoline EP
Artist: Initial P
Release Date: 8/9/12
Price: $7.92
Brand new EP from Initial P featuring 3 original songs plus remixes for a total of 8 tracks. Guest vocalists include Laura Chick, J-Mi, and Vandalet. Also includes remixes by Francisco Gaitan and Doughboy.
The lead track is a fun eurobeat-ish song with some chiptune influences. I was hoping the lyrics would avoid the word “fire” and poke fun at the genre’s tendency of overusing the word, but I guess it’s not a eurobeat song unless every other word is rhymed with “fire”. The second track is a more traditional hardcore remix. Meanwhile, Argentinian producer, Francisco Gaitan, provides a Hyper Techno remix and Doughboy offers up another fast-paced hardcore remix.
If all that wasn’t enough, there’s also a brand new hardcore track, “Me or Susan?” sung by J-Mi of J-Mi & Midi-D. The EP is rounded out by eurobeat and hyper techno remixes of “Crazy for Your Fire,” which is sung by Vandalet (who previously collaborated on “Erotic Chemistry” and “Diablo Girl”. The Hyper Techno version in particular is highly recommended. Pete has really gotten the sound down in recent years.
The EP is now up for sale on iTunes or Amazon MP3 for $7.92. Visit the official Disko Warp Facebook or Twitter for details on how to get a free download of the radio edit, available until Friday, August 17.
DanceMaster | 
12 28th, 2012| 
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