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This is the latest from J-Pop star Hyadain (Kenichi Maeyamada).  He's generally known as a composer of anime songs, but he also likes to cut loose with some original jams, like this one, which he composes on his PC.  "Xmas? I Don't Know Such A Thing" (also translates as"Christmas?  What's That?  Is It Tasty?") is about being single at Christmastime.  And it's not a happy song.  Hyadain isn't singing"Jingle Bells"; he's singing "Single Hell".  And, as I understand it, when you see the girls dancing around with the laptop computers, Hyadain is singing about free internet porn (and giving a whole new meaning to the phrase "White Christmas").  It's all in good fun, though, kinda like Andy Samberg's Lonely Island tunes.  And it doesn't hurt that Hyadain recruited cute young actress Takayama Yuko for the video.  The song will be available, with numerous mixes, on an extended CD/DVD single due out November 23.  
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1.  We Cook With Fire - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
2.  Jaap Boots - Kerstmis In De Tropen
3.  Roald Van Oosten - Donda Esta Santa Claus 
4.  Mist - The Bell That Couldn't Jingle
5.  Me - Away In A Manger 
6.  Cloudmachine - Old Waits Carol
7.  Kaat Hellings - Petit Papa Noel
8.  Hospital Bombers - Het Is Geboren Het God'lijk Kind
9.  Hunter Complex - Christmas 4 Am Alone
10. Rob Boskamp - In Exelsis Deo (feat Sonya)
11. Spoelstra - Space Christmas
12. Eddy De Clercq & Friends - Silent Night 
13. Monte La Rue - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
                  ALBUM SITE                    14. Grandmaster O - Santa Cut
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               HUNTER COMPLEX MIX
Ah, I missed them so.  Our good friends at the Christmas blog with an international flair, Christmas A Go Go, have returned for the season and, among their first orders of business, they've alerted us to this collection of mostly Dutch artists covering some of the great and not so great in a techno dance pop vein.  Roald Van Oosten covers Augie Rios, Spoelstra covers Shoen Knife, Mist covers Herb Alpert and/or Bobby Vinton, and Kaat Hellings gives a sensual read to "Petit Papa Noel" (but, then, everything sounds sensual in French).  Grandmaster O closes things out with a bit of a MashUp, though I expect we'll hear better on "Santastic V".

You may notice, on the cover at at the Hunter Complex link, the inclusion of some of those being covered--Bobby Vinton, Big John Greer, Jimmy Boyd, etc.  Well, I suspect international licensing proved to be more challenging then the folks at Sonic Scenery had hoped because all the versions I have seen for sale are only 14 tracks long (the Hunter Complex mix is 23 tracks long).  The good news, if any of this strikes your fancy, is that you can find "Christmas Cover Up" on American iTunes (where its listed as a "partial album" and all tracks are a la carte only).  The bad news, I guess, is if you want the version with Johnny Cash and Jimmy Boyd, you'll have to keep an eye on the overseas stores and see if the physical CD contains them.
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