JPop Asia : YUKI Announces First Live Album, Tokyo Girls’ Style Release PV For Their New Single, DJ Nakata – First Japanese To Remix Kylie Minogue

Vocalist YUKI (ex-member of rock band JUDY AND MARY) will be releasing her first ever live album on November 1st titled, “YUKI ‘The Present’ 2010.6.14, 15 Bunkamuro Orchard Hall“.

As the title indicates, the concert live was recorded from her Bunkamuro Orchard Hall performance back in June. The live took place with more than 30 musicians in an on-stage orchestra, so the album will definitely have some fantastic arrangements to accompany YUKI’s powerful voice.

The album will be available in a regular edition and a special limited DVD BOX version. Further details on the extras for the special limited edition will be announced on a later date.

Dance & vocal group, Tokyo Girls’ Style, has released the PV to their upcoming single ”Himawari to Hoshizuku” on their official YouTube.
They are Avex’s new girl unit, and they have been dubbed by some as ”Sweets v.2″. The members are Ayano Konishi, Miyu Yamabe, Hitomi Arai, Yuri Nakae, and Mei Shyoji, all of whom are said to be aged around 12-years-old.

This will be the group’s fourth single this year since their debut in May. It will be released on 10/6 and will have five tracks, including one B-side, “Kitto Wasurenai“, which is an image song in the movie, “Kimi ga Odoru, Natsu”. Tracks three and four are instrumentals to the title track and B-side, respectively, while track five is titled, “TGS06 –NEW SONG Senkouongen-”. Whether that’s the actual name of the track, I’m not too sure.

The single will have three editions, with one being only obtainable by going to mu-mo’s shop event. The limited edition will include the PV of “Himawari to Hoshizuku”, a “making of” movie, one of six random jacket cards, and an invitation to the TGS Christmas Event. The normal version will include an eight page booklet and invitation to the TGS Christmas Event. The mu-mo shop edition will include a “Special movie” on the DVD (Title TBA) and one of six random jacket cards.

DJ Nakata Yasutaka recently revealed that his latest work is a remix of Kylie Minogue’s latest single, “Get Outta My Way”, which will be used in the promotion of her album, “Aphrodite”, in Japan.

“Get Outta My Way” is the second track in Kylie’s album that is set to be released in June. Though there have been many remixes of her songs in different countries, DJ Yasutaka is the first Japanese to make an official remix of her song.

The release date for the album is still unknown, though the remix will now be airing regularly on all radio stations. The song is also available for download through Chaku-Uta.