I found that song! | The record-only track I finally reached after half a year

On December 26th of last year, I finally found the song that Fumiya Tanaka was playing at Club Circus in Osaka.

This is a video I recorded on my phone at the club.
I was deeply captivated by one track that was accidentally recorded in full length within it.
That was when the search began.

I first tried SHAZAM, but it didn't yield any hits.

Next, I zoomed in on the video and used the label of the turntable spinning in the background as a clue.

Since it was spinning faster than the record in the foreground, I guessed it was a 45 RPM 12-inch.
In the dim light, I saw a white, speech-bubble-like pattern that also looked like a cloud, along with traces of what looked like text.
The label color was green or gray.

Relying on this limited information, I started searching through Discogs systematically.
Using conditions like
Deep House
Vinyl
Master Release
as a base, I listened to every "label that looked similar," starting from the newest. Sometimes I switched genres to Tech House or House.I couldn't find a definitive match.

In parallel, I posted on Reddit and Discogs forums, but I didn't get any leads that would lead to a positive identification.

Furthermore, I checked labels with a "cloud-like image" such as Bass Culture and All Day I Dream, but excluded them because the sound profile was slightly different.

From the atmosphere of the sound, I felt it was US-based rather than EU, so starting this morning, I narrowed my search on Discogs to the US. Thinking it might not be a solo musician, I limited it to "Various" and looked through it in detail again.

While listening to and checking about 30 records, I found one label that looked promising.

Various – Fetish Sampler Vol. 1

The atmosphere of the label was very close.
The white frame that looked like a cloud might actually be a "star".
However, even after listening to it, it wasn't the song.

But the texture of the sound was very similar.

So I decided to re-examine the entire label.
When I checked the releases from Fetish Recordings starting from the newest:

Oh?
This label atmosphere.
And Joey Youngman?

I'm pretty sure this name was on that compilation from earlier.

Thinking that, I immediately checked the release page.

Artist : Joey Youngman
Title : Jujubeats EP
Label : Fetish Recordings
Cat No : FR020
Year : 2008

I immediately listened to the preview link.

……This is it.

Murda on the Mountaintop

It was exactly this song.

It was the moment I finally arrived at after half a year.

I asked various record stores, DJs, and even overseas Track ID communities. But in the end, I had to find it with my own hands.
(I guess it's more satisfying to find it yourself, after all.)

The reason it didn't hit on Shazam was, as expected, because it was a record-only track. I felt this was the true essence of Fumiya Tanaka, who still insists on playing vinyl and properly plays these kinds of sounds in the scene.
2008 deep house is also an exquisite line.

Now, the next turn is to get my hands on this record.

Looking at the Discogs marketplace...
£21.00 to £65.00, with the most recent sale price at €35.00.
Considering shipping to Japan, that's over 10,000 yen for a single 12-inch.
That's way too expensive.

Even within Japan, as of today (May 24, 2026), there don't seem to be any new or used copies for sale.

The only record left was a history of it being sold on Yahoo! Auctions for 1,000 yen on February 17th of this year.

February was right in the middle of when I was searching for it.
※To the person who won that auction, please sell it to me for double, 2,000 yen (please!)

I am now truly realizing the meaning of the words I was told at a record store the other day: 'The hard part starts after you find it.'

If anyone has this record and is willing to part with it, I would be very happy if you could let me have it.

That said, I've been listening to it on YouTube many times since I found it, but I feel like it's not quite as mind-blowing when listening to it on its own.
Even more so, I can't find the value in paying over 10,000 yen for it as music.

Perhaps I was strongly influenced by the atmosphere in the club and the fact that it was playing in Fumiya Tanaka's mix.
Was it what you call 'preview magic'?

Even so, now that I've come this far, I want it on vinyl.

Look forward to the next installment: 'Kabao-kun, I found that record for cheap!'