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Longtime Japanese DJ to Release Mix CD of Classic Anime, Tokusatsu Music

Japanese hip-hop MC and DJ MURO has been producing music for 30 years, first with the groups Krush Posse and Microphone Pager, and then (after 1999) as a solo artist. To celebrate his three decades in the business, he is releasing a mix CD entirely featuring anime and tokusatsu music and sound effects from the 1970s: Super Animated Breaks & SFX ~30 Years and still counting~.

MURO has revealed his interest in anime culture before: he composed the soundtrack for the 2006 anime Tokyo Tribe 2. To return the favor, Tokyo Tribes's manga artist, Santa Inoue, drew the jacket illustration for Super Animated Breaks & SFX. "Music goes with anime and tokusatsu, and there are tons of amazing sound effects produced by first-rate musicians, so be sure to listen to it," MURO commented. "The hunt for unknown music still goes on..."

The CD's track listing is:

1. "Hoshi no Kanata e" (Daikyouryu Jidai)
2. "Suspense Touch 1" (Urusei Yatsura)
3. M-41 from "Pit Sign" (Arrow Emblem Grand Prix no Taka)
4. M-15 from "Nihon Seifuku Keikaku" (Ninja Captor)
5. "Theme of Invasion" (Eccentric Sound of Spiderman)
6. "Fukkatsu ~ Yomigaeru Kamen Rider" (Kamen Rider Skyrider)
7. "Destron o Tatake!" (Kamen Rider)
8. "Taiseiyō e Tabidatsu" (Umi no Triton)
9. C-7 from "Arashi o Yobu Senbatsu Shiai" (Teppei)
10. M-45 from "Pit Sign" (Arrow Emblem Grand Prix no Taka)
11. M-110 from "Kyōfu no Daigundan" (Kamen Rider)
12. "Kunō - Kodoku no Senshi -" (Kamen Rider Skyrider)
13. M-18 from "Tansaku" (Ninja Captor)
14. "A Touch of Japanese Tone" (Lupin III)
15. "Two-Beat Rock 'Lupin III Part II'" (Lupin III)
16. "Magnum Dance~Lonely for the Road~" (Lupin III)
17. "Take a Chance!!" (Lupin III)
18. "Andromeda no Kanata ni" (Captain Future)
19. "Under the Flag of Justice" (Battle Fever J)
20. "Under the Light of Daybreak" (Eccentric Sound of Spiderman)
21. "Theme of Spiderman" (Eccentric Sound of Spiderman)
22. J-12 from "Saishū Sensō" (Devilman)
23. H-10 from "Akuma Ichizoku" (Devilman)
24. "A Drill Missile Hits the Yamato!" (Star Blazers English version)
25. "Taiketsu! Yōma Gundan" (Yuusha Raideen)
26. Waldaster Brothers from "Chikyū Ryakudatsu Shirei" (Tekkaman, the Space Knight)
27. A-16 from "Action" (Space Sheriff Gavan)
28. M-27 T2 from "Tenka Muteki no Gaki Taishō" (Teppei)
29. "Soldier's Destiny" (Battle Fever J)
30. "Theme from Chase" (Battle Fever J)
31. Atarashii Sekai e no Tabidachi from "Hard Training" (Song of Baseball Enthusiasts)
32. "Waza to Chikara Soshite Utsukushii Wakare Yori Kyōteki Tetsugorō" (Song of Baseball Enthusiasts)
33. "Ginga no Muhōsha" (Queen Emeraldas)
34. A-11 I from "Mystery" (Space Sheriff Gavan)
35. "Kirameku Inner Space" (Captain Future)
36. "Shinobi Yoru Invader" (Captain Future)
37. Shinryakusha no Theme from "Godmes Seijin" (Dinosaur Corps Koseidon)

Super Animated Breaks & SFX will be released on November 25 for 2,500 yen ($21). Customers who order through Tower Records will receive a bonus 7'' record as a gift; the A-side will be "Suspense Touch 1" from Urusei Yatsura while the B-side will be "Saishūsensō ~Daikōryaku~" and "Akuma Ichizoku ~Shūgeki~" from Devilman, along with other pieces selected by MURO.

[Via Kai-You]