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What happens when you bring the biggest names in BEMANI together for a special live event and after-party talk show? You get…

EDP × beatnation summit 2017 -beatnation 10th Anniversary-

    -INFORMATION-

Originally announced just about 3 months ago on Konami’s BEnama #161, this event was not only a major EDP (Exit Tunes Dance Party), but also a celebration of the beatnation records label’s 10th anniversary!

beatnation records, for those unfamiliar, is Konami’s in-house label that has released various albums, such as BEMANI Original Soundtracks, or artists’ solo albums. The 7 members include:

dj TAKA (Ishikawa Takayuki)

DJ YOSHITAKA (Nishimura Yoshitaka)

L.E.D. (Kakuta Toshiyuki)

Sota Fujimori

Nekomata Master (Sato Naoyuki)

kors k (Saito Kosuke)

Ryu☆ (Nakahara Ryutaro)

In 2007, the group held their first concert: “beatnation summit –beatmania IIDX premium Live-” in two small locations in Japan, with just 600 and 200 visitors able to attend each one. The label, the games’ popularity, and the live industry has grown since then, and this year’s event was a celebration of the past 10 years of the beatnation label.

This year, some special ticket sets were sold, including a Super VIP set, containing a Limited-Edition pen light, a wristband, a ticket to the front section of the concert, and a ticket for the after-party talk event, held the next day.

It also contained a redemption card to exchange for the Official Pamphlet – a roughly $15 premium booklet including artist profiles and interviews, a special talk session, and most importantly, these pictures:

    Excellent.

  On the day of the event, March 18th, interested parties headed over to STUDIO COAST in Shin-Kiba, located conveniently east of Tokyo Station, in a somewhat quiet industrial part of the city. There was a limit on the queuing for goods this time, so if you wanted to secure a purchase as fast as possible, you had to turn up at 6am for a randomly-numbered ticket, which determined your place in the line that was starting at 8:30, with goods only going on sale starting at 10am. Some fans turned up early, only to receive a disappointingly high number:

【#EDP2017】 新木場スタジオコースト到着。 整理券配布始まってます。 整理券はすべてランダムで配布されてます。

整理券を受け取った後、列成形は8.時半からとのことです。 pic.twitter.com/sfcV3ElMYM

— ぼぶだんぷ@EDPありがとうー！ (@nabarinobob) March 17, 2017

What exactly were they hoping to get? Take a look below at the catalog for event goods:

There were also a large number of CDs available for sale, although those didn’t require waiting in much of a line or arriving early.

For those arriving at a normal time…

Over the river and…

Here we are! STUDIO COAST, also known as the “ageHa” club venue, was ready for the crowds, and a line formed around 10am towards the gachapon capsule machines, where one of 21 different designs was available:

I tried my luck 4 times with the following results:

On a stage area just left of the building, there were 3 massive cut-out stands of the crew, as well as kors k in one of his signature poses, and Ryu☆’s newest album:

  Lots of fans enjoyed taking pictures with these until after the event finished! A great new idea for this year’s EDP.

Speaking of new ideas – a very interesting collaboration between EDP and two popular magazines, GROOVE and Sound & Recording, yielded three different items: a custom T-shirt with your choice of various event photos of the concert, a standard T-shirt with 4 choices of colors and logo designs, or a Totebag with those same choices:

  After the official goods area had quieted down a bit, I wandered over to take a peek…

This time around, credit cards were accepted in addition to cash and the whole process went extremely smoothly, especially compared to previous events. What sold out first was almost all older goods/back stock, followed by the official event goods:

Some lucky winners (who purchased over 10,000円 worth) got their hands on one of these artist signboards:

色紙当たりましたありがとうございますァアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアアア！！！！ #EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/iMqgzhaJfq

— ○おうめうろこ3/18EDP○ (@Oumeuroko) March 18, 2017

When it was time to head inside, guess who had the #1 ticket in line?! None other than Mr. “Gorilla of the North” – who travelled all the way from Hokkaido for this event:

A1のゴリラさんです #EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/PeJnivv4jB

— おれす@ミリオン台湾公演 (@olasejim) March 18, 2017

After grabbing a drink ticket (which I should have IMMEDIATELY exchanged for a bottle of water but forgot…) I proceeded into the Super-VIP [forefront] area which held around 150 people just in front of the main stage.

The venue for this event was quite nice, with excellent sound, plenty of ventilation and, an amazing stage setup including lasers (By MiU) and smoke/ice.

【EDP×beatnation summit 2017-beatnation 10th Anniversary-】レーザーを担当させて頂きました🌸✨ありがとうございました！！皆様お疲れ様でした(∗ ˊωˋ ∗)♡🔥楽しかった😂❤️10周年おめでとうございます✨💓 #EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/c4Gnlcciwt

— みゆう ♡ MIU (@miuchapa) March 19, 2017

  Just before curtain time, we were lucky enough to get a great shot of the rare 北のゴリラ in his natural habitat:

Meanwhile, backstage, the artists and other performers were having a fun time:

The 4thは仲良いんです@RyutaroNakahara pic.twitter.com/NM8WzVYBFq

— κ ø ® š κ (@S2TB_korsk) March 18, 2017

かなたんさんとOSTERさんと☆楽屋にハートのベッドが！！ pic.twitter.com/JuD0gpFYcB

— 星野 奏子 (@hoshino_kanako) March 18, 2017

MC P*Light & RoughSketch #EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/ohFTz29pZh

— P*Light (@P_Light) March 18, 2017

-ANOTHER FLOOR-

Before the Main Floor (stage) started, the Another Floor (with an amazing line-up) got started in a separate area, with none other than beatmania IIDX Pro-player DOLCE. as the opening act:

今回ANOTHER FLOORの一番手でかけさせてもらったセットリストはこちら！改めてめちゃくちゃやらせてもらってすみません＆ありがとうございました！！！楽しかった！！#EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/IEaVKFhgyo

— dolce_iwate (@dolce_iwate) March 19, 2017

Massive New Krew also brought their latest hit “HADES” to the floor:

ええやん。MNK久しぶりに来たけど、寿司前より良くなってんちゃう？ pic.twitter.com/Xlv6M3Lqgc

— ヒゲドライVAN Gt. 社長 (@aida_yusaku) March 18, 2017

MASAYOSHI IIMORI also gave a special performance there:

今日はこんな感じでした pic.twitter.com/Fgk9EIrgV6

— MASAYOSHI IIMORI (@masayoshiiimori) March 18, 2017

  Unfortunately for many fans hoping to see their favorites on the Another Floor, the timetable overlapped with the Main Floor. While the passage between the two areas was open, moving from your initial spot would mean you aren’t getting back there. Most everyone in the VIP area with me stayed there the entire time. If I had just bought a normal ticket however, I’d probably go back-and-forth to catch all the best moments of both. My only gripe is the overlap of the times.

  -MAIN FLOOR & SETLIST-

The main stage heated up at 3:30pm, with an excellent opening act by kors k! His set included:

Gimme a Big Beat

Insane Techniques

M4K3 1T B0UNC3

the shadow

Playing With Fire

Rave Cannon

Uh-Oh

smooooch ・∀・ (2014)

Super Rush

gigadelic (2017)

トップバッターでした！ありがとうごさいました、 最高に楽しかった！#EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/XUyEDp13mQ

— κ ø ® š κ (@S2TB_korsk) March 18, 2017

Next up, Sota Fujimori brought back some classic tracks along with some new ones for a high-energy set that blew my mind, finishing with a special guest appearance by Camellia:

Rise’n Beauty

Back Into The Light (Feelings Won’t Fade)

Fly Above

In Heaven

Transport

TECH-NOID

VOLTEXES IV

ANDROMEDA

GLITTER

Rock The Club

Entrapment

aura

VOLTEXES III

New Decade

New Century

紫陽花 -AZISAI- (feat. Camellia)

ラーメン屋「藤森」の店主がいた #EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/Ejd3aCSPt0

— P*Light (@P_Light) March 18, 2017

  After that, a hardstyle all-L.E.D.-G set got the crowd even more pumped up!

鴉

THE DEEP STRIKER

RISING FIRE HAWK

DAWN OF FALCON

BITTER CHOCOLATE STRIKER

After the last song, everyone knew what was coming next. As L.E.D. quickly changed clothes, everyone switched their penlights to pink, for Prim‘s set, including an unexpected twist!

Primちゃんも今回も征服成功したとの事で満足して星へ帰られました✨ pic.twitter.com/mdQSRiLjY1

— moimoi (@MAYUMIMORINAGA) March 18, 2017

†渚の小悪魔ラヴリィ～レイディオ†

恋する☆宇宙戦争っ！！

キャトられ♥恋はモ～モク (player defeats Yellow Rapika & Prim collapsed)

共鳴遊戯の華  (White Lopica sings, channelled through Prim’s body)

轟け！恋のビーンボール！！

A chronicle of the stage events was illustrated by Prim and later sent to moimoi:

Primちゃんからステージの絵コンテみたいなものが送られて来ました😄#EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/f8kd6bdZk1

— moimoi (@MAYUMIMORINAGA) March 20, 2017

恋する宇宙戦争かな？#EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/AkkcAv6QJ8

— moimoi (@MAYUMIMORINAGA) March 20, 2017

キャトるつもりで来たのにキャトられそうになるPrimってことでOK?#EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/2cemerKDcj

— moimoi (@MAYUMIMORINAGA) March 20, 2017

なんじゃこれは？！？！怖いんですけど😭#EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/fPPHsO4BWc

— moimoi (@MAYUMIMORINAGA) March 20, 2017

最後は征服出来たようで、、、良かったです😄#EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/zvX03pEyef

— moimoi (@MAYUMIMORINAGA) March 20, 2017

After Prim successfully conquered Studio Coast, she headed back to her home planet. The next artist was DJ YOSHITAKA, with an upbeat and fun set, including a rare EMPRESS MARCH appearance!

FLOWER

JOMANDA

Evans

SHION

MANA

High School Love

GOLD RUSH

EMPRESS MARCH

Daily Lunch Special

Following that, Y&Co.‘s REMO-CON took the stage by surprise with a “Y&Co. MEGA-MIX”! The songs included the following, with some longer than others, plus vocals by Kanae Asaba, and some incredible dancing by two people we all know and love:

Attitude

BAD BOY BASS!!

Y&Co. is dead or alive

Set U Free feat. Kanae Asaba

Wonder Girl feat. Kanae Asaba

Remedy feat. Kanae Asaba

IN THE NAME OF LOVE

Take My Life

Colors (Y&Co. Eurobeat Remix)

Speedy Cat

Mysterious Time

Monkey Dance ’09

Sweet Rain

DAISUKE (feat. Dai)

TA・DA ☆ YO・SHI (feat. Yossy)

ありがとうございました #EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/Cvx1SjWxxR

— Y&Co. 横田商会 (@YandCO) March 18, 2017

Y&Co.さんとのステージ、、ありがとうございました！みんなの熱気と綺麗なサイリウムと大きな声援、、とっても最高で幸せな時間でした☺︎♡大感謝！！！#EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/r2cZR0nwKj

— 浅場佳苗 (@Kanae_Asaba) March 18, 2017

The next performers included the members of the new label, beatnation RHYZE. Each brought their unique sounds to the stage with various surprises, including newly-mastered songs and great performances:

RHYZING BEAT / PHQUASE

追想快晴テーマパーク / PHQUASE

Towards The Horizon / かめりあ

めうめうぺったんたん！！ (割印 [Breakcore] Remix) / 日向美ビタースイーツ♪ (rmx: Camellia)

HYENA / Hommarju

Crazy Jackpot / Hommarju

Selfish Sweet / OSTER project feat. かなたん

Devilz Staircase / OSTER project

Agony for Glory / RoughSketch

Sacrifice for Justice / RoughSketch

Poppin’ Shower + TRIGGER★HAPPY + Hello Happiness ～beatnation summit HAPPY MEGAMIX～ / P*Light

月光乱舞 -GRV ver.- / P*Light

Astrogazer / DJ TOTTO

Valanga 2017 / DJ TOTTO

Eira / DJ TOTTO

Rebellio / MAX MAXIMIZER VS DJ TOTTO

KHAMEN BREAK / くふおー (feat. RHYZEMI-san) ↓

俺たちがbeatnation RHYZEMIだ！ #EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/7VHEV1Cd7y

— P*Light (@P_Light) March 18, 2017

Ready? #EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/vGjZnwweM3

— P*Light (@P_Light) March 18, 2017

At this point, the live was halfway over, and there was a short 10-minute intermission. Immediately following that, it was time for the VENUS stage!

Survival Games -ZEUS Mix-

FUJIMORI -祭- FESTIVAL

Samba de 恋心

Chu☆Chu☆ Tonight

Wow Wow VENUS

恋愛観測 -VENUS Mix-

At the beginning, DJ TOTTO came out on stage to DJ, and to everyone’s surprise, Yoshitaka and Sota appeared on the balcony in the upper-rear of the hall! After a short performance there, including an awesome keytar solo from Sota, they dashed down to the front stage and continued on, accompanied by dance unit “TITAN” – Dai., Yossy, Hirayasu Matsudo, and newcomer LEO. In addition, wac and NU-KO joined the stage for their final song!

昨日のVENUSのステージは総勢9名(NU-KOちゃんは準備中で不在😭)で豪華でしたーーー！！！ 演出もトークも最高で…！😂 10周年の記念すべきイベントにこんな豪華メンツの仲間に入れて頂いて本当に光栄でした😭✨#EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/0VVGoSmYd6

— LEO@3/18EDP (@leofjmr) March 19, 2017

Coming up after that was Nekomata Master with a very “猫叉Master+“-focused set, including some special guests:

Lost wing at.0

POINT ZERO

Far east nightbird -EDP 2017 edit- (feat. kors k + rmx)

Rainbow after snow (feat. 林ももこ)

AFRO KNUCKLE

GAIA (feat. L.E.D.)

Proof of the existence

Symmetry

サヨナラヘヴン -EDP 2017 edit- (feat. Camellia + rmx)

新木場STUDIO COASTでEDP。 猫叉Masterさんのコーナーで「Rainbow after snow」でした❄️❄️

フロアーの熱気に胸が躍り、凄いものを間近に感じてしまった日。

ご来場の皆様、出会ってくれた皆様、ありがとうございました！#EDP2017 pic.twitter.com/GSwh4MHK30

— 林ももこ (@hayashimomoko) March 18, 2017

  The next artist, Xceon, came on stage to a warm welcome, as he brought along newcomer vocalist Kanae Asaba as well as Mayumi Morinaga:

冬椿 (feat. Kanae Asaba)

オルタネイトβ (feat. Mayumi Morinaga)

罪と罰 (feat. Mayumi Morinaga) [Dancers: Dai. & Yossy]

EDPご来場ありがとうございましたー！めっちゃ楽しかった！今回HHHパートの衣装はHalkaが作ってくれました！すごいクオリティ！！ pic.twitter.com/jinaIBidm5

— Dai. (@auridy) March 18, 2017

Mayumi and the two dancers, all wearing clothes designed by VJ Halka, stayed on stage to sing along with the next act, Ryu☆! This started out with a beautiful extended intro on Oboro:

朧 (feat. Mayumi Morinaga + Dai. & Yossy)

OOO (feat. moimoi + Dai. & Yossy)

Mermaid girl (feat. moimoi + Dai. & Yossy)

So Fabulous!! (feat. Dai.)

Second Heaven

I’m so Happy

Sakura Reflection

waxing and wanding

3y3s

Plan 8

HHHxMMxST #BE生 pic.twitter.com/ZTpw63ZJ5e

— Ryu☆3/1青龍アルバム『AO-∞』 (@RyutaroNakahara) March 22, 2017

  The final act was, of course, the IIDX “King” himself, dj TAKA! His set was filled with some incredible moments including Mei, of all songs, plus a special appearance by wac to play the difficult keyboard in Zirkfied, and finally, the full extended version of True Blue, complete with English lyrics shown on-screen, where the entire crowd sung along:

Broken

V

ZZ

冥

ΕΛΠΙΣ

quaver♪

Zirkfied

津軽雪

天空の夜明け

True Blue

  After the stage darkened, the crowd immediate started an “Encore!” call, which lasted quite a long time…

But, out came beatnation records for one last set of collaborations:

Chain of pain / kors k VS 猫叉 Master+

Go Ahead / Ryu☆ vs. Sota

焔極OVERKILL / RoughSketch vs. L.E.D.-G

Triple Counter / DJ YOSHITAKA meets dj TAKA

After this excellent high-energy part, the entire cast came out on stage, and 2 announcements were made.  First, kors k has been promoted to “Producer” at EDP (EXITTUNES DANCE PRODUCTION)

And…

EDP Japan Tour 2017! 6/4 Osaka @ club JOULE 6/11 Nagoya @ X-HALL-ZEN 7/?? in Fukuoka (planned)

Finally, Special Guest Kanako Hoshino came out on stage to sing a special version of the event’s theme, “crew” along with NU-KO and Mayumi Morinaga.

crew / beatnation Records feat.星野奏子

昨日はアンコールで「crew」歌わせていただきました♪来てくれた方のペンライトと合唱で歌ってなかったら泣きそうでした(T-T) あの場面にいれたこと、この楽曲に携えたことが幸せです、ありがとうございましたm(__)m☆写真はTAKAさんと☆ pic.twitter.com/ZfJwu0Esgv

— 星野 奏子 (@hoshino_kanako) March 19, 2017

After an ending credit roll sequence, the event finally concluded. Outside, some fliers were given out including one, announcing kors k and REDALiCE’s final S2TBTANO*C event:

As the guests headed out, many stopped to take this great picture:

  -AFTER PARTY-

The official After Party was held in two time slots in Shibuya at Tokyo Culture Culture. Our VIP ticket got us into the Afternoon slot, and we also purchased a ticket for the Evening time.

(Yes, they fixed the typo afterwards.)

The event was essentially a talk session including whichever artists wanted to stop by, including:

Ryu☆, kors k, Halka, Mayumi Morinaga, Xceon, Dai., Yossy, RoughSketch, Kanae Asaba, BlackY, Yooh, C-Show, MK, Camellia, t+pazolite, and secret beatnation guest Sota Fujimori!

All the guests chose parts of the live to watch on the big screen, and give a live commentary about various aspects, such as the song production, backstage information, and many more interesting stories.

A special drink menu was also available including Black or White cocktails, Superfried Gyoza, and more:

Plenty of interesting stories were heard. Hopefully this kind of event happens again! It was a lot of fun.

昨夜、新木場スタジオコーストで異様な盛り上がりを見せた『EDP×beatnation summit 2017 』のアフターパーティー昼の部開演です！！昨夜のライブ映像を見ながらDJ陣が語り尽くします！！ pic.twitter.com/0MI41Zey3X

— 東京カルチャーカルチャー (@tokyoculture2) March 19, 2017

    One last thanks to everyone involved in EDP, beatnation, and all fans.

You made this happen.

Here’s to another 10 years, and more…!

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