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beatnation Records was the name of the in-house recording label of KONAMI's BEMANI music branch. It was created by [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] in 2006 and it's focused on [[beatmania IIDX Information|beatmania IIDX]]-related releases and events; it has regular BEMANI artists, both in-house ones and commissioned ones, as members.  
beatnation Records was the name of the in-house recording label of KONAMI's BEMANI music branch. It was created by [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]] in 2006 and it's focused on [[beatmania IIDX Information|beatmania IIDX]]-related releases and events; it has regular BEMANI artists, both in-house ones and commissioned ones, as members.  


The label was temporarily closed down in late 2010, though its name was still mentioned in live events. In early 2012, a note on the beatnation Records website mentioned that new artists would be recruited through the [[SOUND VOLTEX Information|SOUND VOLTEX]] FLOOR contests. This eventually happened at the JAEPO 2014 event when a new group was formed, dubbed ''beatnation RHYZE''. It consisted of artist who extensively participated in the SOUND VOLTEX FLOOR contests, as well as new artists that were appearing regularly in other BEMANI games.
The label was temporarily closed down in late 2010, though its name was still mentioned in live events. In early 2012, a note on the beatnation Records website mentioned that new artists would be recruited through the [[SOUND VOLTEX Information|SOUND VOLTEX]] FLOOR contests. This eventually happened at the JAEPO 2014 event when a new group was formed, dubbed ''beatnation RHYZE''. It consisted of artists who extensively participated in the SOUND VOLTEX FLOOR contests, as well as new artists that were appearing regularly in other BEMANI games. Activities resumed until 2017 with the  release of [[AC SINOBUZ|beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ]] song [[crew]], which was composed, arranged, and remixed by all seven members of the original beatnation Records group.


The beatnation Records moniker became dormant yet again following KONAMI's internal restructuring in 2017. While the brand still appears before the title screen in beatmania IIDX and SOUND VOLTEX, and the commissioned RHYZE members have made references to the label in their song comments on beatmania IIDX song pages, any activities involving the group have ceased. The last mention of the brand in-game appeared in the song comments for [[AC SINOBUZ|beatmania IIDX 24 SINOBUZ]] song [[crew]], which was composed, arranged, and remixed by all seven members of the original beatnation Records group.
While its logo appearing on the boot-up screens of beatmania and SOUND VOLTEX, beatnation Records is, for all accounts and purposes, retired. No new activities involving the group have surfaced following KONAMI's infamous 2017 [[BEMANI Sound Team]] rebranding.


== Members ==
== Members ==
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* cyber beatnation 2 -Hi Speed conclusion- is the only beatnation Records album released during the time period when the label was put on hold.
* cyber beatnation 2 -Hi Speed conclusion- is the only beatnation Records album released during the time period when the label was put on hold.
* beatnation RHYZE vs HARDCORE TANO*C and the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2 album are the only beatnation Records releases to be sold on [[HARDCORE TANO*C]]'s TANO*C STORE.
* beatnation RHYZE vs HARDCORE TANO*C and the beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK VOL.2 album are the only beatnation Records releases to be sold on [[HARDCORE TANO*C]]'s TANO*C STORE.
* kors k and Ryu☆ were not included on the beatnation Records artist list in the [http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/bemani/fansite/p/artist/index.html BEMANI Fan Site's artist page] until April 3rd, 2015.
* kors k and Ryu☆ were not included on the beatnation Records artist list on the [http://p.eagate.573.jp/game/bemani/fansite/p/artist/index.html BEMANI Fan Site's artist page] until April 3rd, 2015.
** Since late June/early July 2017, all artist pages have been blanked, except for DOLCE's. This may be due to the implementation of adding [[BEMANI Sound Team]] in the artist name.
** Since late June/early July 2017, all artist pages have been blanked except for DOLCE's.


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