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Sound Drive -Driving Sound Art-
Artist: N.O.-SYO
Release Date: 9/15/14
Price: 2000 yen
New DVD from N.O.-SYO featuring pictures and videos of cars with his music playing in the background. It appears that it will only be available for sale on his website. The DVD comes with your choice of 1 of 4 stickers, or you can pay 340 yen more for all 4 stickers. The preview video kind of creeps me out. It’s like the soundtrack to a horror movie.
Urban Night Lounge presents Winter Driving performed by The Illuminati
Release Date: 9/3/14
Price: 926 yen
More piano house covers from Star Music Entertainment and The Illumaniti (DJ U*Hey?). This time the album will feature covers of Christmas classics, though it appears that The Illuminati will also be performing an original song as well.
Urban Night Lounge presents Sunset Driving performed by The Illuminati
Release Date: 9/3/14
Price: 926 yen
More piano house covers from Star Music Entertainment and The Illumaniti (DJ U*Hey?). Apparently this is a special CD available only at Village Vanguard stores. It’s 10 songs for 1,000 yen, though by the commercial you’d think it only had “Let It Go.” I have to admit it’s a very good cover, though.
Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 22
Release Date: 10/1/14
Price: 2000 yen
Final list and cover art are out for the 22nd release in the SATB series. Only 17 tracks, but I guess that’s better than the pathetic 15 that SATB 21 had. Plus, at least they’re using up the whole CD this time. The total length of the album is a little under 80 minutes.
It’s a pretty balanced album, as Hommarju, Booing Day, Dizzi Mystica and plazma get 3 tracks each. MK gets 2, while Flash back dominant gets a single track. One of the big surprises here is the return of the Mars alias, last seen only on SATB 14. Also surprising is the return of Ryu*, who hasn’t been on an SATB album since SATB 15. Icon gets left out completely for the first time since SATB 11.
Exit Trance presents Actors -Extra Edition 1- feat. Mike, Kai, Chiguma
Release Date: 10/1/14
Price: 1500 yen
Mini-album in the Actors series, featuring a few Vocaloid covers and some drama tracks. Featured voice actors are Yuuki Ono, Takuya Eguchi, and Subaru Kimura. Visit the official website for more info.
tWoluz
Artist: luz
Release Date: 10/1/14
Price: 2000 yen
First album from utaite, luz.
Sick EDM 02 mixed by C’k
Release Date: 10/1/14
Price: 1852 yen
New EDM release from Dreamusic and the second in the Sick EDM series. Mixed by C’k, who some may remember was a member of the J-Pop group, Shanadoo. Quite a few licenses from Spinnin’ Records, and there are even two songs that already appeared on the first Sick EDM. The last third of the album does feature original Japanese-produced EDM, however, including a collaboration between C’k and Overhead Champion.
music concierge -sky drive at future-
Release Date: 8/27/14
Price: 1750 yen
New house compilation from PREGET Records, featuring a random assortment of pop songs like “Let It Go,” “Don’t You Worry Child,” and “Get Lucky.”
Ultra Music Festival Japan recently took place, and a lot of companies have released or will release EDM compilations to capitalize on the EDM boom. I’ve compiled a quick list here and will update it as more releases pop up.
August
2014/08/20 – Ultra Music Festival Japan 2014 (CDJapan) (iTunes) [Sony]
September
2014/09/17 – Spinnin’ in the Mix (CDJapan) [FARM]
October
2014/10/01 – Sick EDM 02 (CDJapan) [Dreamusic]
2014/10/01 – The King of EDM (iTunes) [FARM]
2014/10/08 – I Love EDM -Hits & Anthems- (CDJapan) [Universal]
2014/10/08 – Big Paaartyy!! In the EDM (CDJapan) [FARM]
2014/10/29 – Best Mix ~Cheval Edition~ EDM & All Mix Party (CDJapan) [Avex]
November
2014/11/12 – EDM Revolution -World Dance Anthems- (CDJapan) [FARM]
2014/11/26 – DJ Kaori’s Best EDM Mix (CDJapan) [Universal]
Ultra Music Festival Japan 2014
Release Date: 8/20/14
Price: 2200 yen
Official tie-in compilation for the Japanese leg of the Ultra Musical Festival tour that’s taking place today and tomorrow. Featured EDM artists include Afrojack, Calvin Harris, Kaskade, Martin Garrix and Krewella. I think there’s some sort of concerted effort among all of the Japanese labels to cram “Booyah” down our throats.
I believe this isn’t a non-stop mix, as a digital version is available featuring 14/18 songs, and the track lengths are similar to the CD versions. The digital version is a rip-off, too, as you can only purchase the songs individually for 200 yen each.
Ultra Party Anthem mixed by DJ Toshiya
Release Date: 9/24/14
Price: 1667 yen
New dance compilation from the relatively new label that brought you Edge Beat Idol. First-press copies come with a bonus DVD.
The first track is labeled as a “short mega mix,” but it’s unclear if the rest of the album is full versions or a longer continuous mix.
Spinnin’ in the Mix mixed by DJ Shintaro
Release Date: 9/17/14
Price: 1900 yen
New house compilation from FARM Records, mixed by DJ Shintaro. Features EDM from the catalog of Spinnin’ Records, hence the title.
It’s worth noting that FARM just updated their website. It looks like EDM will be a big focus for them moving forward, but I think this is ridiculously short sighted of them. The EDM boom can’t last forever, and I worry what will become of the label in the future.
Party Time -Monster Hits- mixed by DJ Akeey
Release Date: 9/17/14
Price: 1680 yen
New compilation from FARM Records. In addition to their own in-house artists and Power Music, it looks like FARM have also started licensing from New York-based AV8 Records. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like there’s all that much new material here. Not even one new Daiki × ZK song. 🙁
glee in the House
Release Date: 9/17/14
Price: 1800 yen
New compilation from FARM Records featuring rather boring house versions of songs featured on Glee. The digital edition differs quite a bit from the CD version. I believe both have full versions, but the digital edition has an extra two songs (“Black and White” and “Rolling in the Deep”) plus karaoke versions for ALL of the songs for a total of 16 tracks and 16 karaoke versions as opposed to the CD’s 14 tracks + 3 karaoke versions.
Music Situation CD vol. 1 “Yoshiwara Lamento ~Otoko Yuukaku ni Waraita Koi~” -Actors Another Side-
Artist: Yuuki Ono
Release Date: 9/17/14
Price: 2000 yen
So I guess the Mafia’s Blood series is doing well, because Exit Tunes/melt Lab. will be releasing another trilogy of drama CDs soon. The Music Situation series will feature voice actors from the Exit Tunes presents Actors series performing dramas based on Vocaloid songs. The featured voice actor on this volume will be Yuuki Ono, and the inspiration will be Asa’s “Yoshiwara Lamento.” Check out the official site for more info.
DanceMaster | 
10 6th, 2014| 
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