Been a while guys!

These last few months have seen a couple of meet ups between some of the Disco NRG members. Apart from getting together and having good times, we enjoy filming too every now and then .

Alive/mioco (59.6mb mpg): http://www.mediafire.com/?ktr9elpmwgcpgnd

Vintage Story 2 & Maniac Fiesta Mini (323.88mb mp4): http://www.mediafire.com/?51yaxhdayxwdyd9

Vintage Story 2
I Want Your Sex / King Kobra
Dancing In Maharaja / Tri-Star
I’ll Kiss you / Jeff Driller
Danger / Franz Tornado
Cha Cha Cha / Valentina
Everyday / Dr’s Girl
I Love Spaghetti / Mirka & Valentina
Give Me Five / Domino
Move Your Hands In The Air Tonight / Niki Niki
In The Heat Of The Night / Jilly
Killer In New York / Dr. Money
Step Into My Heart / Kate & Karen

Maniac Fiesta Mini 2.5
Here It Comes The Sun / Norma Sheffiled
Running To My Car / Black Eva & Nick Turbo
Summer Boy, Summer Girl / Delta Queens
Don’t Let Me Go / Leo River
Barbie Girl / Andrea feat. Sergio
King Of Eurobeat / Jordan

TWO★HEARTS vol. 6 ~Online Edition~

3rd Boom “S” Medley
1. Station To Station/Derreck Simons
2. Spies In The Space/Go Go Girls
3. Super DJ/Priscilla
4. Samurai/Jimmy Bravo

http://www.mediafire.com/?zne3ffr9kq3dox0

3.5 Boom Twinstar Medley
5. Ev’ry Night/Brian Ice
6. Jolie/Lolita
7. Fly To Me Baby/Powerful T.
8. One More Time/Sara

http://www.mediafire.com/?ukxan4vw5ie668w

4th Boom Revival Medley
9. Shout/J.Storm
10. I Really Wanna Be Your Magic/Nuage
11. Raparapadance/Go Go Girls
12. Pride/Dave

http://www.mediafire.com/?ex1z7dq7435ntrw

Individual songs should be posted to the website in the near future. Also be sure to bookmark our Vimeo page for streaming versions of our videos!

Disco NRG Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/disconrg/videos

Look forward to another blog post from yours truly and look forward to more videos to come from this 5th year anniversary of Disco NRG (>^-^)>

Recently I borrowed a couple of the Euro Parapara How videos from Jason. For those who do not know, it’s a video series put out by a label called digibeat during third boom. Primarily all Twinstar choreography. The videos contain dances to songs from their eurobeat catalogue. The tracks are also available on seven compilation albums (vinyls as well).

I’ve heard the Digibeat albums way before I had seen the videos. Quite honestly, I wasn’t a fan. Some of the tracks were okay, the others were just flat out horrible in my opinion. If I’m not mistaken, Judy Crystal provides vocals to quite a few of their tracks. Still, I thought I’d give the videos a try. I was only able to borrow volumes one through three, I don’t think we were able to find the fourth in Jason’s extensive collection of vhs and dvds. Anyway, that’s what I grabbed.

I got home and eagerly watched the first volume. What first sparked my curiosity in this series is that Kahori (ex Team SEF member, also on SEB 150, 160, 170 dvds) was one of the dancers. My first initial thought before watching these videos was “it’s going to be so bad it will be amazing.” Not that I feel Kahori is a bad dancer, because I don’t. I meant more on the music selection than anything.

So I popped in the first tape, I sat back, and watched. Again, the music just turned me off. I just couldn’t get into it. Kahori looked pretty fab though. The same went for volumes two and three. When it comes to learning parapara, for me, I need to not only like the dance, but the song as well. That makes learning it much more enjoyable. If I don’t like the dance, or the song (more so the song), then chances are I’m not going to waste time learning it.

Since then the videos have been sitting here, as I haven’t been down to visit Jason since April. A few days ago I was pretty bored, so I thought, why not? I rewatched and even learned a few things from all three volumes. I will say, I liked them better after watching them for the second time. Maybe for fun we’ll refilm a couple of routines.

In a way, I want to say these videos are under rated. Though, by saying that it makes me sound like a hypocrite. Especially since I clearly say above that I wasn’t too fond of them the first time watching. Maybe under rated is not a good term, perhaps obscure would be better? I will say that the series is special in the sense that you get a close look at the inside of Twinstar, and possibly a better feeling of what third boom was like at the time. So if you’re a rabid Parapara Freak, I say check these videos out. If you’re just a casual fan, you might want to pass on these.

If you’ve seen this series please feel free to comment. I’d like to know your opinions and what you guys think!

For more information on Digibeat check out their home page.

Although we’ve known about it for a few days already, this afternoon Naoki enthusiastically announced at Konami’s E3 press conference what looks to possibly be the newest series in their Bemani division: Dance Masters. Some more information about how the game works was detailed as well. You’ll be able to save dance sequences and use those saved sequences as backup dancers the next time you play. To truly become a dance master, you have to be skilled in a variety of styles of dance. True to this, the game will include genres ranging from pop, R&B, eurobeat, trance, Latin, and more. The following clip shows another level of play different from the G4 clip (I’m guessing Standard?) and reveals another track to the preliminary tracklist – IN MY HEART (Ruffage remix) / NAOKI feat. YASMINE.

Exciting news for ParaPara fans!

Konami announced today at E3 that they’re releasing a line of games using the new Microsoft technology called “Kinect”, which is a camera that detects movements. One of the launching titles is called “Dance Masters” for the Xbox 360.

Here is the video below:

While at first you will probably scoff and say, “hey this Naoki song isn’t ParaPara!”… you will have to wait until halfway through until you see the gem that is real ParaPara.

For more info about Dance Masters and Kinect technology, check out this IGN article.

Hey everyone! Welcome to our new blog. This is the first post and I’m so very happy to be writing it. The past few days have been loads of fun moving everything over from Live Journal. Not really, that was pure sarcasm.

So with the birth of a new blog, I think it would be nice to make an announcement. This year, 2010, marks the 5th Anniversary for Disco NRG. To celebrate this we are in the process of putting together a 5th Anniversary dvd. I don’t want to say too much, all I will say is that we will ALL be in it. There are a total of 25 tracks and I’m sure you’ll love a majority of them. No, I will not post the tracklist. Not yet. . . maybe we’ll just keep it a surprise until we post the finish product. Let’s just say we’re going back to our roots.

We’re also going to get out a new Two Hearts, Maniac Fiesta and Vintage Story. So stay tuned!

Hi guys!

Today’s post isn’t going to be about para para at all. I know, that’s disappointing. But this is something I have wanted to post about for awhile, so here it goes!

Let me preface this story for a bit. As a girl that does para para, I’m always comparing myself to Japanese girls. I know I’m not alone here! It’s hard to accept that I’ll never be that size, but I mean, it’s really not feasible. I have a bigger frame. I’ve always been on the curvier side. I got teased a lot when I was young. You know the story. So many girls have it. Anyway, I had a bit of a body image problem. I always felt that I was too fat, that my hips were too wide, my boobs were obnoxiously big, my arms were always waving hello all the way up, my nose was big, my hair was poofy and frizzy. I mean, we all have these concerns. Even girls that we curvier women look at and envy have their own concerns.

For unrelated reasons, I started going to counseling back in January. One of the things my counselor said to me really STUCK though. I had mentioned that I was appalled that I’ve gained a lot of weight in the past year or so and that I needed to lose it and I was fretting over it. That’s when she told me a little bit of life changing wisdom:

“In order to make real life changes, you have to learn to love yourself as you are right now. You have to find the sexiness and beauty in your physical self right now, if you don’t, you’ll never truly be happy. You’ll always say you need to lose that extra five or ten pounds and then you’ll be happy, but that will never come. Love yourself now and if you lose weight, it’s just an added bonus. Diet and exercise will come from wanting to be healthy and this will lead to healthy life changes, not yo-yo dieting.”

It was then that I decided to do something. . . drastic.

Burlesque has always been interesting to me, though it isn’t something I ever imagined myself doing. I love the costumes, the glamor, the confidence, the talent, and the sense of humor that I’ve seen displayed in the lovely ladies that I’ve watched perform. As someone who loves being on stage, I thought, you know what, if I could get past my self consciousness, I could make a knockout burlesque performer.

Luckily for me, the Rose City School of Burlesque had just opened its doors and they were recruiting students for their first class starting only a few weeks later. So I took the plunge.

I went through a six week course covering all aspects of burlesque including history, costume making, character creation, dance, as well as stage makeup and hair. It was an amazing class that really combined my love of performance with my love for fashion. (And I mean, seriously, burlesque performers can apply for a 30% discount off of MAC cosmetics. How freaking amazing is that?)

But, while the sessions were fun and informative, the end of the class was the terrifying part: At our graduation ceremony, we had to do a solo routine that we came up with on our own that included stripping down to pasties and underwear (traditionally a g-string, but new-found confidence or not, I have my limits!).

Now, for someone as insecure with their body as me, that was terrifying! But in my time in the class, I learned how to make myself look fabulous and fierce in a corset and stockings and how to use a garter belt to cover up a couple of flaws.

I decided to do what I do best when I’m nervous and kind of make a joke out of it. My routine was to Teeth by Lady Gaga and I was dressed up as a dentist. My routine involved all sorts of questionable things like me grinding on a 3 ft tall toothbrush and flossing myself with a feather boa that I pulled out of a giant prop floss box.

And last night, when I performed that act for the public, I learned the most important thing of all: I am HOT. Even if I gained 30 pounds in the past year, I am freaking gorgeous. I am smokin’. I had the audience eating out of my hands! I could make them laugh and make them swoon. It was the most amazing feeling.

I can honestly say that I can look at myself in the mirror now in just my underwear and not see the tummy flab and the wide hips: I see something gorgeous.

And THAT is an amazing thing.

So, if any of you girls out there need to learn to appreciate yourself on a whole new level, I totally recommend learning some classic striptease!

(Here’s a quick, blurry picture of me before I went on stage.)

Hello everyone, it’s been a while!

The East Coast side of Disco NRG has been getting their film on~ Recently there’s been a surge of creative juices and 3 Disco NRG routines have been released this month! In addition to the little taste of a Maniac Fiesta in the air, some official dances were re-filmed as well.

Please learn and enjoy! 8)v

10,000 LOVERS / MIRKA (Disco NRG)
File Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?mncncwgzkzz
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/11317153

IN YOUR CAR / CLAUDIA VIP (Disco NRG)
File Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?ntmqzzmj4z4
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/11317777

CLIMBER’S HIGH (Dima Remix) / GIRL NEXT DOOR (Disco NRG)
File Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?ztdzltidmii
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/11318178

HYPER CRAZY NIGHT / SAETTA KID (Star Fire)
File Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?drndxxjjymv
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/11317860

SPEED OF LIGHT / THE SNAKE (Joy)
File Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?d32nzlammtz
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/11317197

POWER OF MY LOVE / YO SHINE (SEF)
File Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?qemmylwmjja
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/11297664

SUPER EUROBEAT / DAVE & FUTURA (SEF)
File Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?mtjmifn1yyn
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/11298554

Peace out! ^^v

I started dancing parapara in March of 2001, so that makes this month my paraversary! I realized just how difficult (err, impossible) it is to find a lot of my original choreography online, so I decided to upload a massive batch. Consider this my almost-complete para video discography to date! Enjoy and spread the love ♥

2003

• Everybody Dance (feat. alycorn)
• A-kon 2003 Special Performance with Kikimo-dan (ORIPARA: N-Paka March)
• ORIPARA: Supercalafragalisticexpealidocious
• ORIPARA: Macho Duck
• ORIPARA: When You Wish Upon a Star
• ORIPARA: I’ll Be Live
• ORIPARA: Betty Blue, Baby You
• ORIPARA: Baby Baby Can You Love Me
• ORIPARA: Rockey Dance
• Mayday
• Round n’ Round

2004

• Super Euro Flash
• Big Yeah
• ORIPARA: One Night with Bazooka Belly Dancers
• ORIPARA: Gogos and the Monkeys
• ORIPARA: ParaPara Kiddy
• ORIPARA: DokiDoki Lullaby
• ORIPARA: Speed Demon
• ORIPARA: Cocoa Bill
• ORIPARA: Sunshine in Your Eyes
• ORIPARA: Heart Attack

2005

• ORIPARA: Guardian Angel
• ORIPARA: Jungle Night
• ORIPARA: Kangaroo in Timbuktu
• Face Off (Tech)
• Flying All Around the World
• Hot Vampire
• Sex Crime
• Winnie the Pooh
• AVEX RAVE 2005 feat. American Dream (Gazen ParaPara Mook)

2006

• Venus feat. American Dream & Disco-NRG
• OMAKE: Like A Fire feat. American Dream & MAG-LITA

Yeah, 2006 was a bit of dry year video-wise…

2007

• A-kon 2007 – American Dream ParaPara Panel
• ORIPARA: Futureland
• ORIPARA: Midnight Love
• Gun Boy
• Domino
• Just a Little Bit (TECH)
• Fuckin’ Serious (TECH)

2008

• GalCir Summit 2008 – Special Performance (feat. jupiterprince)
• I Want You
• Electric Love

2009

• Avex J-Euro Medley feat. Zyx & D~tan
• We Love Techpara Medley feat. Zyx

2010

I promise to show you all a good time in 2010!

Other Features

• ParaPara Nine 1
• ParaPara Nine 2
• Avex Rave 2005 Special Performance feat. American Dream
• A-kon 2006 Special Performance feat. American Dream
• A-kon 2007 Special Performance feat. American Dream & Disco-NRG
• Disco-NRG Maniac Fiesta v.2
• Sakura-con 2009 Special Performance feat. Smile.dk & EKS-D

~let’s dedicate to love this magic moment~

Hi everyone, I know most of you are not in Japan, but there’s a big parapara event happening this Sunday called Kenya Matsuri, and Disco NRG is one of the offical supporters of this event. In case you don’t know, Kenya is a techno legend who was one of the pioneers of the techno scene about 10 years ago, and even today he’s a very active and respected member of the parapara community. Every couple of years he puts on his event called Kenya Matsuri to celebrate techno and parapara.

The great thing about Kenya is that he is the number one supporter of overseas parapara that I’ve met. He believes that the future of parapara is in the overseas scene. Parapara is dying out in Japan and he believes we need to expend globally to keep the scene alive. He’s interviewed me about overseas parapara and even included a section on it in the book that he is writing. I’m really grateful that he treats us like equal members of the scene.

And this is why he decided to include overseas para teams in the sponsors for this years event. There are three foreign teams on the sponsor list: Disco NRG, Euro Elite, and Diamond 7. Unfortunately none of us will be able to be at the event in person, but let’s support it from afar!

Hi everyone, Heather here. Last Saturday was the big Starfire 10th Anniversary event so I figured I’d contribute by writing an event report.

The event was held at Pasela in Ginza as usual, and a total of 400 people participated according to Ryohei. That’s easily twice as many people as usually come. The line to get in was huge. People from all over the country, and people who haven’t been to Starfire in years came out for the event. It was great to see so much support for Starfire and for parapara. The club was packed as you can imagine, but it was so cool to see that many people dancing parapara at one time.

There were a lot of special touches for the big event. They had a video camera set up at the front desk and they asked everyone to give a congratulatory message to the camera. I said “10shuunen omedetou gozaimasu” but I stuttered, dammit. There were bouquets of flowers donated from various people who support Starfire – Farm Records, DJ Yosshi, etc. They were selling Starfire goods at the door too – t-shirts, DVDs, CDs, towels and lighters with the Starfire logo. The tshirts were pretty cool and Max bought one. They gave out gift bags, which had a Starfire 10th Anniversary strap, Starfire vol. XVII dvd, and a condom haha.

The tracklist for Starfire vol. XVII:
Best of Both Worlds
Super Super Man
It’s a Party
Shake that Thang
Fire it Up
Stomp da sh*t out
Yoko
Dream Lover
Monokuro no kiss

My picture is on the cover of the dvd case! The case is a montage of pictures of people downing bottles of Cafe de Paris, which is an amazing idea by the way, and my picture is on the bottom row on the front. Max’s picture is technically on it as well, but it’s hidden by the logo. On the dvd they showed footage from the para contest last August at Differ Ariake, and you can see Max and Jasmine in the background when they are announcing the winners ww.

There were special performances as well of course. J-euro singer Miwa gave a live performance with the Starfire dancers dancing in the back (but she really wasn’t very good live…). There was a special appearance by Hustle Spider – Shintaro wearing his suit from the DJ Ozma Spiderman music video. They taught a euro lesson and a techno lesson as usual. All three members of T-rrex danced the euro lesson, and the techno lesson was danced by Ryuuichi, Buta and Tomoki. There was a euro special performance danced by Kotomin, Ke-tan, Hitoshi, Kazupyon and Hide. It was a high quality performance, but you wouldn’t expect anything less from Starfire. Ryuuichi, Buta and Tomoki did a techno special performance, and it was soo hot. They used mostly old techno, and they did a couple of songs with fans. It was incredibly hot. They did a prize raffle again, and each member of the Starfire staff gave out a present. It was mostly stuff like fragrance candles and Starbucks mugs, but I still want to win something once!

They celebrated Bancho’s birthday, typical Starfire style with a cake smashed in his face and a bottle of Cafe de Paris to down. Cafe de Paris was on sale for the anniversary event so we had reserved 3 bottles, but they didn’t last long. Starfire also has started selling “Tequila balls”, which are basically jello shots. They sell them for 500 yen a piece which is ridiculous.

There were people there that I haven’t seen in a long time. Harumi was there for the first time since she’s had her kid. (by the way in the credits for Starfire vol. XVII, Harumi and Satomi are listed as members of SFA mamas haha). I was really surprised to see Sekai no Yoshikazu there. I almost didn’t recognize him at first. That was really cool seeing him and Ryuuichi dancing techno on stage together. They played some old Yoshikazu songs – 1 2 3 4 Rico, and Bandido. Kyohei was there working as staff, but he’s been coming to events a lot lately. He got really really drunk and fell down and split his lip ww.

It was a really fun night and it was great to see so many people coming out and supporting Starfire and parapara.

pics!