is a Japanese media company that acts primarily as a

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. The company was founded as a

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company in 2001, however later became a music company known as Quake Records in 2003. In 2005, the company was renamed to Quake Holdings. The company became a

subsidiary A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidia ...

Pony Canyon , also known by the shorthand form , is a Japanese company, established on October 1, 1966, which distributes music, films, home video, and video games. It is affiliated with the Japanese media group Fujisankei Communications Group. Pony Canyo ...

in 2009 (later becoming a wholly owned subsidiary in 2014), and was renamed to Exit Tunes in 2011, and to Exit Music Publishing in July 2019. The company's label Exit Tunes was responsible for the release of the

trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

album series ''Exit Trance''. Exit Tunes has also released albums featuring

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music. In 2010, the

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''Exit Tunes Presents Vocalogenesis feat. Hatsune Miku'' topped Japan's

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weekly album charts, becoming the first Vocaloid album to top the charts in its history. The following released album, ''Exit Tunes Presents Vocalonexus feat. Hatsune Miku'', became the second Vocaloid album to top the weekly charts in January 2011. In July 2019, Pony Canyon absorbed Exit Tunes' music, animation and event businesses, with Exit Tunes being renamed to Exit Music Publishing and continuing to operate as a music copyright management and writer management company.

Exit Trance

''Exit Trance'' is a series of

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released in

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specializing in Japanese

artists. It is regularly released by Quake Holdings and each volume is mixed by DJ UTO, a prolific DJ in the Japanese music scene. Many of the albums are compilations of remixed

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music, while other albums feature remixed dance music. There are also some albums that feature music from video games or films. As of August 2010, Quake has released ten volumes of the series. Thanks to the success of DJ UTO and the compilation series, Quake introduced the Exit Trance presents Aerodynamic series, specializing in a more 'underground' and harder sound than that of the original Exit Trance series.

References

External links

Official website

EXIT TRANCE PRESENTS Label Site
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