Usen 440 Presents Hyper Disco Mix is a 1999 Eurobeat, J-pop, Eurodance, and Techno mixed-compilation album, the first album in the Hyper Disco Mix series. It was released on December 8, 1999, by Avex Trax in Japan. The album is a release of the “Hyper Disco Mix” (C・G-25ch) program broadcasted on the cable radio network USEN440, featuring a variety of songs such as; Eurobeat that were relevant in the ParaPara scene, Techno reminiscent of that played at Juliana's Tokyo, and other popular songs from Avex. The album's DJ mix was done by Akira Yokota, who was also in charge of the nonstop mixing on the actual program. Along with Yokota, Tetsuya Tamura is also credited with mixing, both of whom were credited under Y&Co.
Background[]
Following the closures of Juliana's Tokyo and Azabu Maharaja, two prominent establishments in the disco scene, the last directed Maharaja Discotheque, Yokohama Maharaja, ceased operations in 1998. This marked a significant downturn in the disco culture landscape, particularly for USEN440, which had been actively involved in radio broadcasting from such discotheques. In July 1998, representatives from USEN440 met with Akira Yokota expressing a commitment to revitalize the disco scene. This concept led to the launch of C・G-25ch "HYPER DISCO MIX", a program aimed at reigniting interest in disco music and culture. USEN440 and Yokota were optimistic about the resurgence of disco, believing that it would once again capture the public's interest. And by December 1999, whispers of a third ParaPara boom were starting in Japan. With rumors of that came with the release of the program in an album form, Usen 440 Presents Hyper Disco Mix.[1]
Track Listing[]
Tracks on the wiki will be bolded.
| # | Title | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seventies | Mega NRG Man | 2:55 |
| 2 | Love Is Danger | Linda Ross | 2:47 |
| 3 | Megaton Man | Mega NRG Man | 1:58 |
| 4 | Can't Stop The Music | Euroteam Feat. Annerley Gordon | 2:35 |
| 5 | USA | Joe Yellow | 3:09 |
| 6 | Dark In The Night | Maio & Co. | 2:34 |
| 7 | King And Queen | King & Queen | 2:10 |
| 8 | Fantasy | Virginelle | 2:44 |
| 9 | Holy Night | Michelle | 3:25 |
| 10 | survival dAnce | TRF | 2:24 |
| 11 | Baby Don't Ch'a Leave Me This Way | Royal T | 3:04 |
| 12 | Night in Motion | Cubic 22 | 3:02 |
| 13 | Believe | Techno City | 2:42 |
| 14 | The Music Is Movin' | Fargetta | 1:56 |
| 15 | Turn It Up And Down | Cappella | 2:42 |
| 16 | Santa Maria <Y&Co. Remix> | Tatjana | 3:06 |
| 17 | I Will Fly | Cat | 1:52 |
| 18 | Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! | Vengaboys | 2:12 |
| 19 | Out of the Blue | System F | 2:24 |
| 20 | 5,6,7,8 | Steps | 2:16 |
| 21 | Flame On The Fire | Mega NRG Man | 2:40 |
| 22 | My Sweet Banana | Go Go Girls | 2:27 |
| 23 | Night Of Fire | Niko | 2:58 |
| 24 | Number One | Fastway | 2:06 |
| 25 | Play With The Numbers <Rising High Remix> | Domino | 2:59 |
| 26 | Face the change <Eurobeat Remix> | Every Little Thing | 2:16 |
| 27 | Depend on you <Extended Power Mix> | Ayumi Hamasaki | 4:30 |
Album Personnel[]
- Masato "Max" Matsuura - Executive Album Producer
- Shig Fujita - Supervisor
- "ART" Matsuno - Director
- Y&Co. (Akira "Boss" Yokota / Tetsuya "Remocon" Tamura) - Non-Stop Remix
- Tetsuya Yamamoto - Mastering
- Minoru Fukui - Coordinator
- Avex International Business Affairs - Coordinator
- Het;Z - Art Direction, Design
- Atsushi Kojima - Photography
- Tom Yoda - Special Coordinator
Thanx
- Shuzo Tsuruzono
- Nobuhito Ikehata
- Yasuyuki Tomita
- Kengo Goto
- Akiko Ihara
- Maniax
- Nabe
- Toshiro
- Yoko Ino
- Kiyomi Ikeda
- Atsuko Tol
Special Thanx
- Asian Heat
- velfarre
- Ten2
- Hitomi
~Very Special Thanx~
- Yasuhide Uno
- Atsushi Fujimoto
~Hyper Disco Mix Project~
- Yutaka Inaba
- Akihiro Kohara
- Shuichi Matsuzuru
- Shigeo Matsumoto
- Daisuke Takaishi
- Akio Kobayashi
- Hiroaki Kaneko
- Kentaro Chikazawa
- Tatsuya Ikegami
References[]
- ↑ ユーセン440・プレゼンツ・ハイパー・ディスコ・ミックス. 1999. Avex Trax. CD. Booklet.