More Bishoujo Remix Goodness… I think.
So, in an attempt to sway the bishoujo market towards the loveliest of dance remixes – Shot Music has come up with a comprehensive little package. They’ve even given the random girl on their CD a name and profile including her three sizes, for god’s sake. :p (The character is half Dutch, which makes me lol a little bit.)
Artist: Various
Title: Shot Music Presents Super Shot -Bishoujo Game Remix Collection-
Catalogue No.: SHOT-001
Tracklist:
1. Shinsei Philosophy (JAKAZiD Remix) – Veil ∞ Yui Yamamoto
2. HE∀tingSφul (DJ SHIMAMURA’s H∀RDCφR3 R3mix) – Katakiri Rekka
3. Tears to Tiara ~the essence~ (bh’s trance mix [remix by Blasterhead]) – Uehara Rena
4. Shukufuku no Campanella (StripE Trance Remix) – Satou Hiromi & NANA
5. Answer (Emotional MEGA Beat mix [remix by Samplingmaster MEGA]) – Katakiri Rekka
6. Daichi no Uta (DJ SHARPNEL Remix) – Itou Kanako
7. rebirthday eve (Aura Qualic Remix) – Marica
8. Concerto Note (DJ SHIMAMURA’s 5AM Remix) – NANA
9. reach for the runway (REDALiCE Remix) – Rita
10. Himitsu Recipe (Disconation J-Euro Remix) – Hashimoto Miyuki
11. Primary (DJ SHIMAMURA’s 10PM Remix) – Rita
12. Koisuru Kimochi (DJ Hirojack Remix) – Sakakibara Yui
13. Heart To Heart (kors k Hardcore Remix) – Uehara Rena
While kors k and DJ Shimamura seem to have been working overtime with these remixes, I can’t help but feel that the remixes presented here are going to be… watered down? It aims more for the mainstream than Ultimate A-Style did, and I can’t help but feel like this is going to be a CD like Amasia for me – Not something I’d really, really actively listen to but I’d buy it for collection’s sake. The choice of remixers isn’t bad at all – the surprises of Blasterhead and AQ were certainly unexpected.
I do have my hope on Aura Qualic actually doing a good job on this provided he doesn’t do any hardcore and sticks to doing trance/vocal trance, which is probably the area he does best in.
However, I can’t tell until I can listen to this CD. Meanwhile, M3 has come and gone so I am eagerly awaiting the releases that come from that (with the exception of REDALiCE’s bazillionth Touhou album).
Hardcore Tano*C@Comiket 76: Hardcore Syndrome 3
Okay, so I admit that REDALiCE has been a little uncreative with the past two iterations of the series. But do I give a flying fuck? No! Why? Because I think that Hardcore Tano*C is the shit.
This is the CD I’ve been waiting for to appear for ages. Now that this CD is definitely confirmed for Comiket, I can go fly into Japan happy because damn, look at that tracklist that is available here on the Hardcore Tano*C website.
Each Hardcore Tano*C sort of has its own catchphrase that goes with the CD. Hardcore Syndrome’s catchphrase is “さぁ、己の攻撃性[HARDCORE]を解き放て” (Romanized as “Saa, onore no kougekisei [hardcore] wo tokihanate” and translated as “So, liberate your agression [hardcore].”) Admittedly the original Japanese sounds a lot more aggressive, haha
Artist: Various
Title: Hardcore Syndrome 3
Catalogue No: TANOCD-0010
Tracklist:
01. Joshka – No Reason
02. REDALiCE – Remm
03. DJ SHIMAMURA – DROME (DJ SHIMAMURA’s 09 UPDATE)
04. 源屋 feat. motoko – Stasis
05. REDALiCE vs DJ TECHNORCH – 不思議の国のアリス症候群
06. DJ-Technetium – tc-ma_011
07. Betwixt & Between – division 4
08. DJ Noriken – Conclude
09. Alabaster – Sarcomite
10. Thanatos – Astaluego
11. kenta-v.ez. – iNNovAtizE yoursELf
12. RoughSketch – Fuck Me Jesus
13. USAO – Irrelevance
14. t+pazolite – tsugihagi Construction
We have all the Hardcore Tano*C favourites plus a couple of surprises. REDALiCE collaborates with DJ Technorch in an unanticipated move with the song 不思議の国のアリス症候群 (Fushigi no Kuni no Arisu Shoukougun, The Strange Country’s Alice Syndrome – look at the puns there people). DJ Shimamura brings an update of Drome from his Bitter Sweet Magic E.P., a slightly arbitrary choice but oh well. kenta-v.ez. is there, with his painful capitalisation but at least it isn’t anything ridiculous like spEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEdphobiA 230pLus+. I hope that this song is more gabba than it is jumpstyle.
Anyway, this release is available from Comiket 76 – plus it’ll probably will be available at Guhroovy, the Hardrave Store and mydjsobad when Eddie and Nick finish revamping the place.
KraftyRadio’s August Podcast: The Day of Hardcore Showcase by JAKAZiD
In between refreshing the Hardcore Tano*C website constantly the past few days, I’ve noticed that The Day of Hardcore headliner JAKAZiD has mixed a special KraftyRadio Podcast consisting of an interesting mix of mostly Japanese producers (the mixer himself the only one not Japanese, lol)
The mix itself is downloadable over here. And for reference, here’s the tracklist!
1. Cycheouts Ghost – Arcadex – ROMZ Record
2. DJ Shimamura – Bring The Noize – Dynasty Records
3. M-Neko – Everything Needs RAVE – MPT
4. M-Project – Blue Lotus – Terraform Music
5. Joshka – No Reason – Hardcore Tano*C
6. DJ Shimamura – Return 2 Universe – Dynasty Records
7. L.E.D. feat. Sana – The Shining Polaris (Kors K Remix) – Konami
8. RoughSketch – Pride or Money – Mob Squad Black Label
9. DJ Sharpnel – Shine!! – MPT
10. m1dy – Wani – Maddest Chick’ndom Pork
It features a variety of things – JAKAZiD’s new track for Hardcore Syndrome 3 entitled “Nø Reasøn”, kors k’s highly popular remix of L.E.D.’s The Shining Polaris, Cycheout G’s Arcadex from Vikalpa (one of my favourite tracks from there) and tracks from M-Project’s new album, M-Neko’s first album and DJ Shimamura’s new album. For those of you who keep seeing me blabber on about j-core but never really know what it is – this is pretty much a good starting point with arguably the most popular artists on there (Including Sharpnel himself and m1dy, Japanese King of Speedcore). It’s a diverse enough mix and a little bit mental in some places (I mean, come on. m1dy is there.)
August is shaping up to be a pretty good month for J-core in general as even BBC Radio 1’s Kutski has tweeted that he is making a j-core mix for his upcoming radio show. I shall be in Japan when it airs, most likely at the The Day of Hardcore, but nevertheless Kutski has good taste, so it should be a good listen.
And as I mentioned, I will be going to Japan for The Day of Hardcore, so I might make a photo report on that when I come back.
Heroes & Villains the… hardcore album tracklist?
Okay, so this hasn’t been released yet. And this has some cover art that looks like it was thrown in Photoshop at the last minute, because nobody cares about those things if it’s just a digital release. But I feel like I should report this because for one thing, there is a lot of JAKAZiD in this which makes me happy and for another thing, this is kors k’s first track licensed internationally. So go kors k!
Due to a lack of information on the Nukleuz website, I will have to assume that this is a digital only release and that it’ll pop up on places like Trackitdown, 7digital, Beatport or wherever you can buy tunes digitally for a decent price. (Hint: Kanna says that you should support the artist and buy the album.)
01. Phantom Warrior – Star Wars
02. Stu Allan – Superman (Sparky’s Superman Returns Remix)
03. JAKAZiD – Lost To The Darkside
04. HNK – A Team (Rob Da Rhythm & Al Twisted’s E Team Remix)
05. Bloodlust – Jaws
06. Visa – 007
07. Tarantino – Pulp Fiction (Stu Allan’s hardcore Kill Bill Remix)
08. JAKAZiD – Doctor Who
09. JAKAZiD Vs Henchmen – Rise Of The Supervillain
10. Henchman Vs Joshka – Five-O (This Is A Raid)
11. HNK – Terminator Theme
12. Dirty Barry – The Good The Bad & The Ugly
13. Kors K – Tubular Bells
Some of these remix titles and artist names are absolutely hilarious. I mean, JAKAZiD has henchmen? I just find the concept pretty funny. But seriously, kors k does pretty good remixes and this Tubular Bells one is very good. It has the same sound of his remix of L.E.D. feat. Sana’s The Shining Polaris off the denjin-k album. And if that wasn’t enough to lead you in, hardcore remix of Star Wars with triplets for the lulz. Seriously.
Edit: Tracklist edited because JAKAZiD is pedantic and refuses to spread misinformation thus I have to comply.
M-Neko’s Nekology has a tracklist. Yay.
Artist: M-Neko
Title: Nekology
Label: MPT
Catalogue: MPTS001
Tracklist:
1. だんごーバザーク [DanGo Berserk]
2. カラフル・バンザイ・ラヴ [Colorful Banzai Love]
3. Luminism Pt. I
4. L&J
5. 恋ものがたり (Re-master) [Koi Monogatari]
6. KDG (UK Hardcore Mix)
7. Luminism Pt. II
8. Everything Needs RAVE
9. アルゴリズム・ブレィクス [Algorithm Breaks]★ボーナス・トラックス > The M-Neko Filez★
10. M-Neko 1 (JAKAZiD Remix)
11. M-Neko 2 (M.P.T. Remix)
12. M-Neko 3 ~Update for 2009~
The titles are disguising the actual song that’s being bootlegged in an almost cute way. And while most of it is new, there is enough old material on there to make it even more appealing to M-Neko fans. The M-Neko Filez aside, KDG and Koi Monogatari (from Bastard Pop Terrorists 6 and 7 respectively) have new arrangements and mixdowns that make them sound just that bit better (They were already good tracks to begin with.)
The M-Neko Filez also bring back the first three eponymous M-Neko tracks with JAKAZiD providing a remix of M-Neko 1 (consider yourself lucky if you have the original), an M.P.T. Remix of M-Neko 2 (fitting, because that is M-Neko’s debut song on a Bastard Pop Terrorists album) and an update of M-Neko 3 (which, some fans actually doubt the existence of, but it actually does exist and this update does it justice.)
M-Project’s 2nd Album (wait, he had a first?): Hardcore Illusionist
On the scale of things, this is old news but I might as well post it up here for posterity.
Artist: M-Project
Title: Hardcore Illusionist
Label: Guhroovy / Terraform Music
Catalogue No. DQC-279
Tracklist:
01. HxCx JUNKIEEE
02. Vibrations
03. Interrude#1
04. ALL I NEED YOUR LOVE (LONG Ver.)
05. My Little Fantasy (Feat.haru*nya)
06. Ultimate Destruction (A+D+A+M lab4 Remix)
07. Party Lover
08. Vibrations (SPeeDX Remix)
09. Interrude#2
10. Rainbow Cyclone
11. The 7 Wonderz (JAKAZiD Remix)
12. Blue Lotus
13. After World
The thing I find with this album is that prior to its release, if you look in the right places you’d be able to find some of the tracks. (HxCx Junkie on AVSS, Vibrations on Bit Music, the Ultimate Destruction remix on some Australian mix CD and JAKAZiD’s remix somewhere on di.fm’s happy hardcore channel if you look prerecorded sets of the North American Hardcore Moment show.
That aside, I’d gladly pick up this CD because for one thing, it should be a good listen. As with the other releases I’ve reported here, it should be available at The Day of Hardcore/Comiket.
Album Review: LIA – enigmatic LIA3 -worldwide collection-
This review is an extension of my review that I originally posted on Discogs for this CD.
Artist: LIA
Title: enigmatic LIA3 -worldwide collection-
Catalogue No: PCCG-90031
Tracklisting:
Disc 1:
01 sky-high (Inverse & Orbit1 Remix)
02 The World (ORIGINAL MIX)
03 時を刻む唄 [Toki wo Kizamu Uta] (JAKAZiD Remix)
04 Crystal World (teranoid Remix)
05 new moon (Al Storm Remix)
06 Believe 〜from Vivaldi’s “Winter”〜 (JAKAZiD Remix)
07 TORCH (Spy47 Remix)
08 pure rain (ORIGINAL MIX)
09 SANDSTORM (Fracus Remix)
10 The Never Ending Love (DJ Shimamura’s XTC Mix)
11 月童 [Tsuki Warabe] (Reese Remix)
12 Saya’s Song (Nu Foundation Remix)
13 Fly high again… (ORIGINAL MIX)Disc 2:
01 君をのせて 〜from 天空の城ラピュタ〜 [Kimi wo Nosete ~from Tenkuu no Shiro Laputa~] (REDALiCE Remix)
02 I’m feeling (源屋 [Minamotoya] Remix)
03 FILIATION (DJ-Technetium Remix)
04 You Are… (Betwixt & Between Remix)
05 I’m wondering (源屋 [Minamotoya] Remix)
06 Light In the Air (Thanatos Remix)
07 SAYONARA (REDALiCE Remix)
08 Saya’s Song (REDALiCE Remix)
-Special Bonus Trax-
09 DJ Sharpnel – 鳥の詩・torino-uta (the speed freak’s noise rave remix)
10 LIA’s (a cappella) Track
Lia and her staff have really outdone themselves with enigmatic LIA 3. It features a lot of stellar remixes of songs from her previous albums (mostly from her latest one, new moon) done in a completely different electronic dance style.
The first disc boasts artists from around the world (”Remixers from 7 different countries!” as the promotional material boasted, a fair amount of them handpicked by JAKAZiD himself. JAKAZiD is one of my favourite artists and for a very good reason, I can’t even begin to imagine how he had to deal with all these artists.)
