Throughout the year, Genki Rockets did not release any original material, but performed at various live events, such as House Nation. In January 2009, a 15-second clip of a previously unreleased song called "Reaching for the Stars" was used for Parco Japanese department store advertising a 4-day sale. On November 24, 2008, Genki Rockets participated in the YouTube Live Tokyo event, playing a non-stop mix of their most popular songs.Ģ009-2011: Genki Rockets II - No Border Between Us The single was followed a month later on July 2 by the release of the group's debut album, Genki Rockets I: Heavenly Star. It was later announced that the two songs, along with three remixes, would be featured on Genki Rockets' second maxi single through Avex Trax, which was released on June 11, 2008. "Smile" was used in an advertisement for the Menard Facial Salon and "Star Line" was used in promotions for the annual 4-day sale held by Parco.
A music video for "Star Line" was also released around the same time. In 2008, the Genki Rockets released two new songs: the medium-tempo "Smile" was released for download on March 23, and the rock-influenced "Star Line" became downloadable on May 14. Genki Rockets was also awarded with the Best New Artist (Electronic) Award in 2007 by iTunes. In October 2007, a "Heavenly Star" trance remix single was released on 12" vinyl by Avex Trax's sublabel Rhythm Republic it featured remixes by Overhead Champion, Delaction and DJ Ten. In September 2007, "Breeze" received its own standalone single and video and was later remixed several times. The single peaked at number 24 on the Oricon charts and stayed on the charts for 15 weeks. The original song, seven remixes, and a second song, "Breeze", were released as a maxi single on July 4, 2007. "Heavenly Star" was nominated for the Best Song category at the 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards. An AAC version of the song began selling on the iTunes Store in December 2006 and was eventually accompanied by several different remixes from various artists such as Metalmouse, Headwaters, Techriders, and DJ Sodeyama (the "Count Down", "Glorious", "Love", "Space Walk", "Sunrise", "Aurora", "Floating", and "LnM Projekt" remixes). Mizuguchi co-produced and wrote the lyrics for the first song, "Heavenly Star", and directed the music video, which debuted in the video game Lumines II and was later used in the Wii game No More Heroes.
The two producers behind Genki Rockets are renowned digital media creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi of Q Entertainment, and Kenji Tamai, a renowned music producer and CEO of Agehasprings Corporation, who has produced other musicians and acts such as Yuki, Yuna Ito, Base Ball Bear, and TRF.
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