Dance Earth Party (

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: 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

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. 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

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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. This is also reflected in the choice of artists featured in their songs and locations their music videos are shot at.

History

2013: Group formation and debut

''Dance Earth'' is a philanthropic entertainment project founded by Exile Üsa in 2008, to connect the world by dance. 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

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. 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

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. 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

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from

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. The group released their fourth single "DREAMERS' PARADISE" on November 25, 2015, featuring

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's member Mummy-D. On August 3, 2016, Dance Earth Party released their fifth single "NEO ZIPANG ~UTAGE~" featuring banvox and Drum Tao. On October 15, 2016, the group established and realized the ''DANCE EARTH FESTIVAL '16'', at Chiba

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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. On May 13, 2017, it was announced that the ''DANCE EARTH FESTIVAL 2017'' would be held in October 14 and 15, with

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as guests on the 15th. 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". 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. 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 Generations from Exile Tribe (Japanese: ジェネレーションズ・フロム・エグザイル・トライブ, stylized as GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE and formerly known as Generations) is a seven-member Japanese dance and vocal group formed ...

. 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.

Members

Fixed members

Temporary members

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Digital singles

References

External links

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