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May 5

1 More Shot!!
Release Date: 3/12/14
Price: 900 yen

New EP from the Party Animal crew, which is composed of DJ Tora and some other guys. Even though the songs are mostly EDM, you can definitely hear the DJ Tora influence. In fact, one of the songs, “Tokyo Rave,” is like a pseudo-remake of DJ Tora’s “Another Night.” The other two songs on the EP first appeared on FARM’s WMC -World Music Cruise- digital release earlier this year.

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May 4

Come On! Come On! ?Happy with Smile? (Single)
Release Date: 4/2/14
Price: 200 yen

New digital single from FARM Record’s dance boyband.

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May 2

House Flavor R&B ~Original Best~ Vol. 9
Release Date: 4/2/14
Price: 1200 yen

9th release in the digital series, which collects fulls versions of songs from various FARM compilations. Pretty disappointing release, as there are quite a few repeats, some of which just appeared on Vol. 8! The worst part is there’s nothing new from Daiki × ZK.

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Apr 14

Super Anime Freak
Release Date: 4/2/14
Price: 900 yen

The CD editions came out in late February, but digital versions of these three Akiba Koubou-produced albums just popped up on April 2. Unfortunately, the digital versions are all non-stop mixes. What’s even worse is that they’re all just under an hour long. Still, at least they’re charging almost half what the physical editions cost.

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Apr 11

What’s Up! 10th Anniversary Best ~ Dance Side / Hip Hop, R&B Side
Release Date: 3/12/14
Price: 1200 yen

Although the CD version came out in December, the digital accompaniments only came out in March. Instead of packaging all of the songs into one release, they’ve instead split it into separate dance and hip-hop/R&B releases for 1,200 yen each.

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Apr 7
S.M.P Mix – Digital Downloads
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S.M.P Mix mixed by Shibuya Men’s Project
Release Date: 3/26/14
Price: 900 yen

New digital compilation from Star Music. It’s the same old repeats.

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Apr 5

Luxy Party Vol. 1
Release Date: 3/26/14
Price: 600 yen

New compilation from Groovy inc., makers of the Party Hits series.

Available on iTunes Japan.

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Apr 3

Ultra Tunes Monster Club selected by DJ Ryujin (iDcafe)
Release Date: 3/26/14
Price: 600 yen

New compilation from Groovy inc., makers of the Party Hits series.

Available on iTunes Japan.

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Apr 2

Party Hits -DJ Hiroki Remix Work-
Release Date: 2/12/14
Price: 900 yen

Oh, this is interesting. At first I thought this was just a collection of existing DJ Hiroki remixes, but they appear to be all new remixes.

Available on iTunes Japan.

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Mar 26

House Nation Digital Best Gig
Release Date: 3/26/14
Price: 900 yen

The House Nation series lives on with this new digital compilation. Unlike most of Avex’s digital cash grabs, this is actually a pretty good deal. For 900 yen you not only get 21 full versions, but also a 90 minute non-stop mix. Victor Japan recently tried something similar with their Anime EDM release, so I hope this practice of full versions + non-stop mix becomes more common in the future.

Coincidentally, there have been a number of recent articles mentioning that the Japan music industry saw a steep decline in sales last year. Apparently people in Japan have finally stopped buying as many CDs as they used to, and Japanese labels are only now beginning to truly embrace the digital market. Yesterday I mentioned that FARM have slowed their physical output, and Avex have also been releasing just a fraction of the CDs that they used to release. I’m still wondering where Rave Mix 002 is.

Thanks to Arctic for the tip!

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Mar 14

Party Flavor ~Best Hit Collection~
Release Date: 3/5/14
Price: 900 yen

Digital compilation from FARM Records. I don’t believe there are any new tracks.

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Feb 22
Glamorous Mix – Digital Downloads
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Glamorous Mix by DJ Phenix from *Groovy workshop.
Release Date: 2/5/14
Price: 600 yen

A new digital mix from FARM Records, mixed by DJ Phenix from *Groovy workshop. Features songs from EDM artists like Afrojack as well as Japanese house producers like Straight Flush and Minimum Cox. Also includes a song from DJ Phenix.

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Feb 21

House Flavor -Love & Life-
Release Date: 2/5/14
Price: 600 yen

A new digital compilation from FARM Records. Oddly, most of the tracks are attributed to “Countdown Hits” instead of the usual FARM artists.

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Feb 20

WMC -World Music Cruise- DJ Tora & DJ Hosaka DJ Mixes
Release Date: 1/29/14
Price: 1200 yen

New digital EDM compilation from FARM Records. The first half is mixed by legendary trance DJ, DJ Tora, while the second half is mixed by DJ Hosaka, who was part of the duo, Los Hermanos. In fact, the classic Los Hermanos song, “Hareluya” gets a new 2014 EDM remix on this compilation.

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Feb 19

Don’t Stop the Party mixed by DJ Ryu
Release Date: 1/15/14
Price: 900 yen

Yup, another digital compilation from Star Music, once again featuring the same old repeats. Yes, I copied and pasted that from a previous post, but by typing this I’ve already shown more effort than Star Music have on this release.

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