Neven | ||||
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Studio album by M-Flo | ||||
Released | March 13, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2011—2013 | |||
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Length | 60:04 | |||
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Label | Rhythm Zone | |||
Producer | M-Flo | |||
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Singles from Neven | ||||
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Neven (stylised as NEVEN) is Japanese dance and hip-hop group M-Flo's seventh original studio album, released on March 13, 2013, one year after their revival album, Square One. It is their second album to not publicly announce the featured vocalists on the CD.
On December 19, 2012, M-Flo released a mix album, M-Flo DJ Mix: Bon! Enkai, featuring the set they would perform on December 21, 2012, at their second annual Bonenkai DJ event at Tokyo club Ageha. The mix album featured two new songs, "Tonite," which was performed with Minmi at the event, and "Transformerz (Version 2.0)," a clip of the rearranged version of the Transformers: Prime theme song.
Taku Takahashi became the musical director for the TV drama , which starred Ayame Goriki and Akira. Takahashi wrote the opening theme "Biblorelo" and the main theme "Searching," as well as being the musical supervisor.
In February 2013, Verbal released Featuring-ryoku: anata no kachi wo saidaika suru kiseki no shigotojutsu (フィーチャリング力 あなたの価値を最大化する奇跡の仕事術, "The Power of Featuring: Maximize Your Gains with a Miracle Way to Work"), a business advice book and his first work as an author.
Cream, a band formed of M-Flo collaborators Minami (who began working with Verbal on BoA's "Bump Bump!" (2009) and worked on Square One) and Staxx T (who worked with Teriyaki Boyz) released their debut album Dreamin' on February 27, 2013, which reached #30 on Oricon album charts.
In March 2013, Taku Takahashi released an EDM mix album called EDM WORLD Presented by ☆Taku Takahashi, as well as a Girls Generation non-stop mix album called Best Selection Non-Stop Mix.
The song "Transformerz" was used as the theme song for the second series of Transformers: Prime in Japan, beginning from July 7, 2012.