SPEED Brings Music Box Full of Memories!

Popular Japanese girl group and industry staple SPEED are celebrating their 25th Anniversary with a special box set. Titled SPEED MUSIC BOX -ALL THE MEMORIES-, the boxset will be released on January 13, 2021! SPEED debuted in 1996 with their single “Body & Soul” and have earned many awards over the years, such as New Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Pop Album of the Year, just to name a few. SPEED did disband in 2000 and went on to concentrate on their solo careers, reuniting occasionally over the years, such as 2001 and 2003, to release new material. In 2008, they got back together and released new material, however, in 2012 they once again disbanded. Arakaki Hitoe left the group and did not renew her contract after their disbandment in 2012.

On SPEED’s official website, a Teaser was posted on October 6 with the taglines “25th Anniversary” “SPECIAL RELEASE” and “Wait a moment until 10:00 JST October 13th”, hinting at the box set. On October 13th, an announcement was revealed that there will be a special box set release containing all the original recordings of SPEED’s singles and albums in a set of 8 CDs, all in a collaboration with the labels TOY’S FACTORY, avex trax, and Rising Production. SPEED’s unreleased song, “Affection,” will also be included in this must have release.

SPEED MUSIC BOX -ALL THE MEMORIES- will release in one edition that will include 8CDs+Blu-ray+2Blu-ray Audio and is a Limited Edition. The 8CDs, as said above, will contain original recordings of all their tracks and will include on unreleased song. The Blu-ray will contain unreleased live footage of their 「Final Summer Dream Stage in 千葉マリンスタジアム(Chiba Marine Stadium)」from 1999 that was held at Chiba Marine Stadium, now known as ZOZO Marine Stadium. The 2Blu-ray Audio will include all tracks in the highest resolution sound possible. It will also come with a visual book that will include treasured and unreleased photos of SPEED. All these discs will come housed in a special commemorative box.

To commemorate this release, a special website has opened that includes messages from SPEED fans, such as producer Hiromasa Ijichi, Hideyuki Nakayama, Noritoshi Furuichi, Airi Suzuki, and LiSA - just to name a few. Check out the special website, along with pre-order links, track listing, and special release trailer all below!

SPEED MUSIC BOX -ALL THE MEMORIES- Limited Edition

SPEED 「SPEED MUSIC BOX -ALL THE MEMORIES-」

CD 1:

1. Body & Soul

2. I Remember

3. STEADY

4. Happy Together

5. Go! Go! Heaven

6. 「おやすみ・・・・・」

7. Walk This Way

8. Luv Vibration

9. RAKUGAKI

10. サヨナラは雨の日....

11. Kiwi Love

12. Starting Ove

13. Starting Over(reprise)～Walk This Way

CD 2:

1. Wake Me Up!

2. 熱帯夜

3. White Love

4. ナマイキ

5. my graduation

6. Brand-New Weekend

7. RISE

8. Sophisticated Girl

9. Another Sweet Field

10. ラブリー♡フレンドシップ

11. Reset 99 to 00

12. Too Young

13. I’ll Be All Right

14. Street Life

CD 3:

1. ALIVE

2. Up To You !

3. ALL MY TRUE LOVE

4. Precious Time

5. 季節がいく時

6. Breakin’ out to the morning

7. アダムとイブ

8. Long Way Home

9. 泣いてもいいよ

10. Confusion

CD 4:

1. Carry On my way

2. 蒼いリグレット

3. Deep Blue&Truth

4. Luv Blanket

5. Snow Kiss

6. You are the moonlight

7. Lookin’ for Love

8. Two of us

9. Eternity

10. Don’t be afraid

CD 5:

1. コケティッシュDreamin’

2. My Lonely Habit

3. Back to the Street-リトルワールドへの想い-

4. Secret Eyes

5. April -Theme of “Dear Friends”-

6. One More Dream

7. Be My Love

8. 朱夏

9. Walking in the rain

10. Stars to shine again

CD 6:

1. Cryin'

2. Need Your Hands,Tonight

3. WAY TO GO!

4. Bridge to Heaven

5. KISS

6. 君とまた逢える日を

7. Still Blowing

8. 華

9. 四ツ葉のクローバー

10. WITH・・・

11. あしたの空

12. SOMETHING NEW

CD 7:

1. S.P.D.

2. UTAKATA

3. ヒマワリ -Growing Sunflower-

4. Moonlight Honey

5. My Street Life

6. 指環

7. Tracks

8. Let’s Heat Up!

9. カルア・ミルク

10. リトルダンサー

11. PRIDE feat.大神：OHGA

CD 8:

1. WORLD DANCE

2. SURPRISE

3. Stay Miracle

4. Unlucky X'mas

5. 4 Colors

6. FAMILY

7. Affection 【※未発表音源】

Blu-ray Audio 1:

CDs 1-4 are contained

Blu-ray Audio 2:

CDs 5-8 are contained

Blu-ray:

「Final Summer Dream Stage in 千葉マリンスタジアム」(1999年)ライブ映像 (Chiba Marine Stadium) 1999 Live Movie

Kumi Koda Brings Out The Light and Darkness In Dual Mini-Albums!

Japanese vocalist, songwriter, and industry veteran, Koda Kumi has announced two special mini albums to commemorate her 20th Anniversary in the music industry. This will be Koda Kumi’s first time releasing a mini-album in her 20 years. 「angeL [MY NAME IS…]」 and 「monsteR [MY NAME IS…]」will both be released on December 2nd. Both of these are following up the release of her FanClub exclusive release of the special best album「 MY NAME IS…」that released on September 11th as a part of her 20th anniversary. 「angeL [MY NAME IS…]」shows the theme of “L” for Light while「monsteR [MY NAME IS…]」shows the theme of “R” for Darkness. 「angeL [MY NAME IS…]」will include the already released tracks of “puff”, “Lucky Star”, the new track “I’m Lovin” and will have a total of six tracks. 「monsteR [MY NAME IS…]」will include the already released track of “XXKK” and will have a total of six tracks.

「angeL [MY NAME IS…]」 and 「monsteR [MY NAME IS…]」will be released in five editions, two CD-only regular editions, 2 CD + DVD Limited Edition, 2 CD + DVD FanClub Edition, and 2 CD + Blu-ray FanClub Edition. Both FanClub editions include the music videos and making-of extras for four lead tracks, special packaging, a photo book, and an A4 cotton bag. The 2 CD + DVD Limited Edition will include four music videos and making-of videos for the leading tracks. Check out the full track-listing for each mini-album, jacket artwork, and pre-order links below! And make sure to also check out Koda Kumi’s latest single “XXKK” below!

「angeL [MY NAME IS…]」CD-only regular edition

「angeL [MY NAME IS…]」CD-only AmazonJP exclusive

「monsteR [MY NAME IS…]」CD-only regular edition

「monsteR [MY NAME IS…]」 CD-only Amazon JP exclusive

「angeL + monsteR [MY NAME IS…]」2CD + DVD Limited edition

「angeL + monsteR [MY NAME IS…]」 2CD + DVD Limited edition AmazonJP exclusive

Koda Kumi「angeL [MY NAME IS…]」

01. Alarm
02. I'm Lovin'
03. for...
04. RUN
05. puff
06. Lucky Star

Koda Kumi「monsteR [MY NAME IS…]」

01. Killer monster
02. WORK IT!
03. FliCky
04. No One
05.Sing the truth
06. XXKK

DVD:

・puff（Music Video）
・XXKK（Music Video）
・Killer MonsteR（Music Video）
・RUN（Music Video）

Thai Star STAMP Releases First Japanese-Language Single and Music Video with SKY-HI!

“Jailhouse feat. SKY-HI” Jacket Cover

Thai star STAMP has released his first Japanese-language single, "Jailhouse feat. SKY-HI", on the avex label across all digital music streaming platforms. The new song is a Japanese version of the Thai singer-songwriter's hit "Jailhouse rap" which has been viewed over 30 million times on YouTube. STAMP re-wrote the lyrics in Japanese for the new version and featured his friend SKY-HI on the rap portion of the track. As in the original, the music video is set in "jail", which expresses the concept that the heart is still captured and held by an ex-lover. The video was created remotely by SKY-HI in Japan and STAMP in Thailand.

"Jailhouse feat. SKY-HI" is the first of several upcoming releases in Japan for STAMP, and this is the first time that STAMP has collaborated with SKY-HI since the January release of "Don't Worry Baby Be Happy".

STAMP commented, "This song was originally released in Thai and it's one of my favorite songs. When I first heard SKY-HI’s voice, I knew I'd found the perfect person to work with for the Japanese version of this song. I sent the Thai version to SKY-HI and asked him to rap to the beat – but when I heard his wild rap, I felt I needed to make a heavier arrangement. So this version turned out to be even more forceful."

SKY-HI added, "The original song was the reason I came to know STAMP. When I heard the song for the first time, I remember being shocked and thinking, "Oh, there's actually a song with this kind of groove in Asia!" I was thrilled to work on that song! The fact is stranger than fiction…I am so proud to have collaborated on this song. Fortunately, we were able to record this song together in the studio last year, and perhaps contrasting with the message of the song, the vibes in the studio were very happy and we had a great time. Let’s sing together again soon! I LOVE YOU STAMP!!!"

Be sure to check out the music video in question below along the streaming music link here!

Da-iCE Dreams On With Avex

Five-member boy idol group Da-iCE announced they will be dropping a brand new single titled “Dreamin' On” which is set to drop August 26. Da-iCE has been signed under Universal Music Japan’s sub-label Universal Sigma since the group formed in 2011 but on June 27 it was announced that the group will be transferred from Universal Sigma to Avex Trax. “Dreamin’ On” will be the group’s first release under Avex. Da-iCE has always been under the management of Avex Management Inc. This is the start of a six-month promotion campaign that will have a new song released each month with each song “targeting all five senses”.

“Dreamin’ On” is being released in three editions: a standard CD-only edition, a limited edition type A which comes with a bonus DVD, and a limited edition type B which will also come with a bonus DVD. The type A limited edition DVD features a “TV Special” entitled “Da-iCE TV Special” plus the music video for “Dreamin’ On” and a making-of documentary. The type B limited edition features a newly recorded indie song titled “FIVE” by “FIVE 2020” plus a “FIVE 2020” solo recorded movie. There is also a bundle edition which includes all three editions of “Dreamin’ On”. Pre-orders are up and posted below along with their song “YAWN” which is the group’s latest song. A full track listing for all three editions can be found below as well.

Standard Edition

Limited Edition Type A

Limited Edition Type B

Bundle

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Da-iCE「Dreamin’ On」

Standard Edition

CD

1 DREAMIN' ON

2 Found it

3 DRAEMIN' ON (Instrumental)

4 Found it (Instrumental)

5 Da-iCE × Vo-iCE Vo.1

Limited Edition Type A

CD

1 DREAMIN' ON

2 未定

3 DRAEMIN' ON (Instrumental)

DVD

1 Da-iCE TVスペシャル

2 DREAMIN' ON (MUSIC VIDEO)

3 DREAMIN' ON (MUSIC VIDEO メイキングドキュメント)

Limited Edition Type B

CD

1 DREAMIN' ON

2 FIVE 2020

3 DRAEMIN' ON (Instrumental)

DVD

1 DREAMIN' ONスペシャルメドレー (DANCEマルチアングルMOVIE)

2 FIVE 2020 (ソロレコーディングMOVIE: TAIKI REC ver. / TORU REC ver. / YUDAI REC ver. / SOTA REC ver. / HAYATE REC ver.)

Miyuu Celebrates Her Birthday With YouTube Live!

Japanese pop singer-songwriter Miyuu brought in her birthday on May 8th with a special YouTube live. She began the live singing “Happy Birthday”. This special live took place in her home and featured just her and her guitar. This was a great showcase of Miyuu’s talent both vocally and musically. Some of the songs she sang in this were from her first debut album BLUE・S・LOWLY and also included were some of her older tracks as well. Check out this amazing birthday live below and help Miyuu celebrate it all month! Included alongside her Miyuu Birthday YouTube Live is information on BLUE・S・LOWLY and where to grab your copy to support her!

BLUE・S・LOWLY

CD+DVD edition

CD + DVD edition

CD standard edition

CD

1. introduction ～on the road～

2. no one

3. Sing Love Song

4. sea

5. two of you

6. someone's tune

7. Restart

8. very merry Xmas

9. Southern Waves (Acoustic Studio Session)

10. Try (Acoustic Studio Session)

11. outroduction ～very merry Xmas demo～

DVD

1. no one (Promotional Video)

2. COME COME ONEMAN vol. 2