Dance Earth Party

Dance Earth Party (Japanese: ダンス・アース・パーティー, also stylized as DANCE EARTH PARTY or known by their acronym DEP) is a Japanese Dance-pop coed group created and managed by LDH since 2013. They are a dance-vocal unit which is part of Exile Üsa's philanthropic Dance Earth project and signed to the record label Rhythm Zone. The group's line-up consisted of different LDH artists for the first 2 years until a fixed set of 3 members got announced in 2015. This trio included Exile Üsa, Exile Tetsuya and Dream Shizuka, making this unit the bridge between Exile Tribe and E.G.family within LDH.

The musical style of this group is heavily influenced by different cultures from around the world due to its connection to the Dance Earth project, which focuses on conveying happiness and bringing people together through music and dance.[1] This is also reflected in the choice of artists featured in their songs and locations their music videos are shot at.

Dance Earth Party
Also known as
  • DANCE EARTH PARTY
  • DEP
  • ダンス・アース・パーティー
OriginJapan
GenresDance-pop, Alternative
Years active2013-present
LabelsLDH, Rhythm Zone
Associated actsExile, Dream
Past members
  • Exile Üsa
  • Exile Tetsuya
  • Dream Shizuka
  • Crystal Kay
  • Exile Nesmith
  • Naoki Kobayashi
  • Mandy Sekiguchi
  • Dream Aya
  • Dream Ami
  • Dream Erie

History

2013: Group formation and debut

Dance Earth is a philanthropic entertainment project founded by Exile Üsa in 2008. Dance Earth Party was created in 2013 for this project, including vocalists and performers from various groups.

In 2013, the line-up consisted of Exile Üsa, Exile Tetsuya, Exile Nesmith and Crystal Kay. The group released their debut single "Inochi no Rhythm" on January 16 under the record label UNIVERSAL SIGMA. The song was used for the project DANCE EARTH ~Seimei no Kodo~ and it was the only single to be released under UNIVERSAL SIGMA.

2014: Record label and line-up change

In 2014, the unit moved record labels from UNIVERSAL SIGMA to Rhythm Zone from Avex.

For the project Changes, the line-up consisted of Exile Üsa, Exile Tetsuya, Naoki Kobayashi, Mandy Sekiguchi and Dream members Shizuka, Aya, Ami and Erie.[2] The unit released the single "PEACE SUNSHINE" on April 16.

2015-2018: Fixed line-up, Dance Earth Festival, first album and hiatus

In 2015, it was announced the unit would get a fixed line-up with members Üsa, Tetsuya and Shizuka. The first single of the new line-up and third single of the group in general "BEAUTIFUL NAME" was released on August 5, 2015, featuring The Skatalites and Ryuji Imaichi from Sandaime J Soul Brothers.[3][4] The group released their fourth single "DREAMERS' PARADISE" on November 25, 2015, featuring Rhymester's member Mummy-D.[5][6]

On August 3, 2016, Dance Earth Party released their fifth single "NEO ZIPANG ~UTAGE~" featuring banvox and Drum Tao.[7] On October 15, 2016, the group established and realized the DANCE EARTH FESTIVAL '16, at Chiba Makuhari Beach Park with various events including performances by artists inside and outside LDH and also including DEP. On the same day, the group released two digital singles "To The World" and "HEART OF A LION", previously only available for streaming on AWA. On December 2, 2016, the group announced their first album Ⅰ, released on February 1, 2017.[8][9]

On May 13, 2017, it was announced that the DANCE EARTH FESTIVAL 2017 would be held in October 14 and 15, with Exile The Second as guests on the 15th.[10] A new song, "WAVE", was also announced. The song was released as a digital single on June 9, 2017.

The group released their 6th single "POPCORN" on August 30, 2017.

On March 14, 2018, the group released their 7th single "Anuenue".[11] The single include footage of the DANCE EARTH FESTIVAL 2017. On July 14, 15 and 16, the DANCE EARTH FESTIVAL 2018 ~SPLASH SUMMER~ was held.[12][13] On July 14, 2018, the group also released the single "HAPPiLA" in MUSIC CARD format and digitally on July 17. The song features Generations from Exile Tribe.

On December 4, 2018, it was announced that the group as a fixed unit ended its activities but the group can return and restart its activities in the future with a rotative line-up.[14]

Members

Fixed members
Name Position Years active within Group Date of Birth Other groups
Exile Üsa performer 2013 - 2018 February 2, 1977 (age 42) Exile
Exile Tetsuya performer 2013 - 2018 February 18, 1981 (age 38) Exile

Exile The Second

Dream Shizuka vocalist 2014 - 2018 March 6, 1988 (age 31) Dream (formerly)

E-girls (formerly)


Temporary members
Name Position Years active within Group Date of Birth Other groups
Crystal Kay vocalist 2013 February 26, 1986 (age 33)
Exile Nesmith vocalist 2013 August 1, 1983 (age 35) Exile

Exile The Second

Naoki Kobayashi performer 2014 November 10, 1984 (age 34) Exile

Sandaime J Soul Brothers

Mandy Sekiguchi performer 2014 January 25, 1991 (age 28) Exile

Generations from Exile Tribe

Honest Boyz

Dream Aya vocalist 2014 July 16, 1987 (age 32) Dream (formerly)

E-girls (formerly)

Dream Ami vocalist 2014 May 11, 1988 (age 31) Dream (formerly)

E-girls (formerly)

Dream Erie vocalist 2014 September 3, 1987 (age 31) Dream (formerly)

E-girls (formerly)


Discography

Studio Albums
Title Album details Sales Certifications
Ⅰ
  • Released: February 1, 2017
  • Label: Rhythm Zone
  • Formats: CD, CD/2DVD, CD/2Blu-ray
 TBA TBA

Singles
Title Details Sales Certifications
Inochi no Rhythm
  • Released: January 16, 2013
  • Label: Universal Sigma
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD
 TBA TBA
PEACE SUNSHINE
  • Released: April 16, 2014
  • Label: Rhythm Zone
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD
 TBA TBA
BEAUTIFUL NAME
  • Released: August 5, 2015
  • Label: Rhythm Zone
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD
 TBA TBA
DREAMERS' PARADISE
  • Released: November 25, 2015
  • Label: Rhythm Zone
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD
 TBA TBA
NEO ZIPANG ~UTAGE~
  • Released: August 3, 2016
  • Label: Rhythm Zone
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD
 TBA TBA
POPCORN
  • Released: August 30, 2017
  • Label: Rhythm Zone
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD
 TBA TBA
Anuenue
  • Released: March 14, 2018
  • Label: Rhythm Zone
  • Formats: CD, CD/DVD, CD/3DVD, CD/3Blu-ray
 TBA TBA

Digital Singles
Year Title Release date Sales Certifications
2016 To The World September 23 TBA TBA
HEART OF A LION October 5 TBA TBA
2017 WAVE June 9 TBA TBA
2018 HAPPiLA July 17 TBA TBA


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