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"CLIMAX" is the latest album by DJ Shimamura, who continues to lead the Happy Hardcore culture in Japan!
"Nextra" is a collaboration with "AZK", the artist name of Shibuya Azusa, who is also active as a voice actress, model, and member of the Denon Club, and has garnered a lot of support from both Japan and overseas.
"Hold Your Head High" is a collaboration with "Whizzkid", a legend who has won many awards in the UK, the home of Happy Hardcore, known for his releases on Monstercat, and who is still active at the forefront of the scene.
"FROM THE LAND OF RAVING SUN" is a collaboration with "Numb'n'dub", an icon of the breakcore scene.
"Unison" features vocalist "Renko" from the US and "DJGEN" from Sendai on scratching.
"FRESH" is the first collaboration in 12 years with labelmate "Rakuten Sai".
"SOLDIER," also with "MC RALLY," features a re-edited dub created for a party held at Akihabara MOGRA in August 2023, with re-recorded vocals.
DJ Shimamura presents 11 floor-direct tracks, mainly Happy Hardcore, Jungle/Drum&Bass, Happy Techno, Lounge music, etc.
The jacket is illustrated by the genius of Kansai street art culture, "Okusan Banana.JP," and designed by DJ Poyoshi, who is also known for his jacket work for MEGAREX and others. Mastering is handled by DJ Noriken, who is well-known for mastering many domestic hard dance albums.
DJ Shimamura is a HARDCORE RAVE artist/DJ from Japan, where he runs the label[DYNASTY RECORDS]since 2001. As of February, he hosts a monthly web radio show together with MC STONE on block.fm. His remixes of artists like London Elektricity, Deco*27, NIRGILIS and GRANRODEO has given him wide recognition in both Japan and abroad. Remixes aside, he's also a talented composer. His songs [Overload Frontier][Blaze it UP!][Get Ready!!]are all featured in the famous "beatmania IIDX" series played my people all over the world. Throughout the years, he's been featured on various leading dance compilation CDs in the UK, making him a household name in the British hardcore scene. His album "SX" was featured on BBC Radio 1, where its songs were played for 3 weeks consecutively. He's also been mentioned by DJ Kutski in his Best 5 of BBC Radio 1 in the music magazine M8. He performs DJ at a lot of party in abroad<<So Stoked(San Fransisco, USA)>><<HARDCORE UNDERGROUND (London, UK)>><<Hardcore Synergy (Chicago, USA)>><<Hardcore Havok (Hawaii, USA)>><<CCG(Shang-hi, China)>><<Nocturnal Commissions (Tront, Canada)>>etc. and in Japan, performs various places mainly in Shibuya clubasia, Akihabara mogra. He presideas over the party [WEEKEND RAVERS]with MC STONE. This party is filled to capacity of ageHa ISLAND, Daikan-yama UNIT/SALOON/UNICE, shibuya clubasia. and its expanding the scale rapidly with their Ravers!
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