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Tokyo Girls Party -TGC 10th Anniversary Best Mega Mix- mixed by DJ Fumi*Yeah
Release Date: 2/18/15
Price: 2100 yen
Total Length: 1:21:21

Upcoming tie-in compilation from Universal. The CD will be the official mix of Tokyo Girls Collection, a fashion festival that’s celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Interestingly, Universal have set up a website for DJ Fumi*Yeah, who’s doing the mixing for this CD. Hopefully they’ll continue to collaborate in the future, as I really enjoy Fumi*Yeah’s mixing. It also looks like he squeezed every last bit of music he could onto the CD, as it’s over 81 minutes long. o_O

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DJ Kaori’s Best Hit Pop
Release Date: 3/4/15
Price: 2300 yen

The latest release in the hugely popular DJ Kaori’s Mix series, which has sold over 4 million copies over the years since its debut in 2005. This one will focus on pop hits, though there’s no early list yet so who knows what they’ll include. You can visit the official website for more info on previous entries.

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Pop Loves Dance 2015 EDM Mixed Party mixed by DJ Martin
Release Date: 1/21/15
Price: 2200 yen
Total Length: 1:17:36

Last summer’s Pop Loves Dance -Non-stop Summer Mix- gets a sequel of sorts featuring EDM remixes of pop songs. No covers here; all of the songs will be by the original artists. Mixed by DJ Martin.

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Mellow Magic ~Hit Song Meets Mellow & Jazzy Beats~
Release Date: 1/21/15
Price: 1750 yen

Jazzy house covers of hit pop songs can be found on this new compilation from FARM Records.

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Music for the Party People
Artist: Overhead Champion
Release Date: 1/14/15
Price: 1852 yen

Update:

There have been quite a few release parties for the new album, one of which coincided with Tragenic’s 7th anniversary. Apparently attendees received a special mix CD, presumably mixed by DJ Yoshinori. Come on, Exit Tunes, please bring back Tragenic 🙁

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White Winter
Release Date: 10/26/14
Price: 1000 yen

RTTF’s alliterative seasonal CD series continues with the release of a winter-themed album, with featured guest artist, MK. I wonder what’s next? Sakura Spring and, uh… Sweaty Summer?

The physical CD can be ordered from Diverse Direct. However, it looks like Attack the Music will be offering it digitally worldwide on their Bandcamp page.

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Mellow Magic ~Hit Song Meets Mellow & Jazzy Beats~
Release Date: 1/21/15
Price: 1750 yen

Jazzy house covers of hit pop songs can be found on this new compilation from FARM Records.

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Music for the Party People
Artist: Overhead Champion
Release Date: 1/14/15
Price: 1852 yen

Merry Christmas! What better present than the final track list for OHC’s new album, which he just posted on twitter along with the cover art. It’s as incredible as one would expect, with collaborations from trance legends like DJ Kaya, DJ Minagawa, DJ Yoshinori, Glutton Boyz and DJ Kenny! Many of the collaborations are new 2015 versions of classics like “Holylance,” “Jack Knife” and “Blue Force,” so it’ll be interesting to see how they’ve updated the sound. Also featured are some of his various singles over the past few years, including his last two singles with Avex, Blackout and Ready for Take Off. There are 19 tracks in all. Hopefully the album does well enough to reinvigorate the trance scene in Japan.

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DJ Kaori’s Best of EDM
Release Date: 12/17/14
Price: 2050 yen

The latest release in the hugely popular DJ Kaori’s Mix series, which has sold over 4 million copies over the years since its debut in 2005. This one will focus on EDM hits, though the early list looks really mainstream. You can visit the official website for more info on previous entries.

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Enak Dealer
Artist: DJ Jet Baron
Release Date: 12/3/14
Price: 2200 yen

First full album from the Funkot (Indonesian Happy Hardcore) artist, DJ Jet Baron. The digital version includes 3 bonus remixes and is 500 yen cheaper.

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Radio Days – EP
Release Date: 11/7/14
Price: 500 yen

Another new Funkot EP from DJ Jet Baron. Visit Universal’s official website for more info.

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Countdown Party -Best Mega Mix-
Release Date: 12/3/14
Price: 1800 yen

Well, this is interesting. No, not the album itself, which is composed of the usual Universal repeats. What’s interesting is that the digital version includes both the non-stop mix as one file as well as full versions for only 1000 yen. Hopefully that’s how Universal will continue to handle releases in the future.

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Sick EDM Best mixed by C’k
Release Date: 2/11/15
Price: 1852 yen

A best-of release after only two albums? Sigh. Still, the series is one of the few remaining that showcases Japanese artists, so I imagine there’s a good chance that some of OHC’s new tracks will appear.

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Pop Loves Dance 2015 EDM Mixed Party mixed by DJ Martin
Release Date: 1/21/15
Price: 2200 yen

Last summer’s Pop Loves Dance -Non-stop Summer Mix- gets a sequel of sorts featuring EDM remixes of pop songs. No covers here; all of the songs will be by the original artists. Mixed by DJ Martin.

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B.A.D
Release Date: 9/24/14
Price: 900 yen

New EP from Party Animal, which is basically DJ Tora and four dancers. The first EP was released under FARM Records, but this one is being released by DJ U*Hey?’s new label, Star Music. Also includes a new remix of “One Chance?” by Turntable Junkies, which DJ Kaya is a part of.

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