^I agree, but I don't think it will happen, sadly

:)
06/04 releases postponed too. I think most possible release date is 20/04

^ cdjapan said they were still shipping stuff out ghat is being release on the 15. But it might mow be avex stuff..

yeah. megamixes only work as a whole. if you want to listen to a song individually it's probably very short, and it has the end of one song for the beginning, and the beginning of the next song at the end so it begins and ends kind of annoyingly and abruptly. I prefer to just have songs individually, or to listen to a megamix as a whole. but as i said, you're screwed if you only want one song from it. lol

Is it wrong of me to be mad about that?

Morally, yes. Lol but I don't really see the need to postpone anything. I doubt that many resources would be missed if they didnt.

If anything, avex probably thinks the sales will be low. So they want it to seem like they are being considerate bu t really, I think we know how greedy avex can be.

I want to know if they lost anything in all the damage.. like wearhouses full of stuff or something...

I don't know. Personally I'm not angry, but I really wanted the boxset as soon as possible. I feel bad about being dissapointed though.

as for me, I don't care about ayumix, but want RnRC asap... it makes me feel like I'm a bad person

btw, release may be postponed only for two weeks

I am disappointed as well, because I'm literally craving for ayu trance 4. It would be kinda hypocritical (of me) to say "No, I am fine with the postponement of ayu-mi-x 7". But at the same time, I am not really angry, because the trouble in Japan has priority in any case.

It'll probably be the week of the 14th...seeing that SNSD's Mr. Taxi/RDR is still listed as April 14th...here's hoping it won't be late April >.<

^^I hope so. :/

i can relate. i feel disappointment that ayu-mi-x 7 is being postponed and we don't know until when, but i feel like a terrible person for even thinking that way! i know that japan has more important things to think about right now than some jpop albums. i just want everything to turn out ok in japan. :(

The email said the resources are needed elsewhere, it's quite likely they're lending their trucks to ship stuff. The earthquake and tsunami obviously made a huge mess, it must be hundreds of thousands of trucks full of debris.

They might just be doing it for higher sales, but let's not jump to conclusions. After all, the Prime Minister did say this is Japan's worst catastrophe since the atomic bombings.

^^I didn't know he said that. Wow.

At least Ayu was not even releasing a single around this timeframe. Had she done so, her streak (although record broken) may have gone on the line.

^^ He was comparing it to World War 2, but I wasnt sure if he was talking about the entire war or just that last part. :(

It's not so much that I'm mad that Avex postponed it, potentially for a month, but I'm just mad at this whole Earthquake situation all together. There's so much devastation going on over there and you can't even really be upset about something so insignificant in comparison, such as ayu-mi-x 7. And I'm upset that I can't even really be upset, if that makes sense. It breaks my heart that the Japan has to go through this and I truly do believe the safety of the country and the people takes priority.

I'm amazed that the emperor actually made a statement. It is a huge deal, but he's not exactly known for frequently showing himself, especially on tv. I've one of the few to have seen him irl though *feels special* :P

It's the worst nuclear-related disaster in Japan to occour post-ww2.

Just a quick comparison to give people a better picture of the current danger and possible future dangers. The Chernobyl incident (which is considered the worst nuclear power plant disaster ever) was at a Category 7, which is the highest category of danger. Fukushima is currently at a 6, the second highest. Chernobyl was about 400 times more potent than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

I'm not trying to scare anyone, but it is that serious, or could be.

Well... for once I'm glad they postponed everything. It gives me time to save some money and purchase when they are all released... XD I'm poor at the moment. Blarg.

I wasn't going to get the Limited box but I might be now... depending on release date and all...

On CDJapan only the March 30th items have been postponed, but the April 20th BluRays haven't been postponed. So perhaps they're expecting most stuff to be released by April 20th.

3 weeks isn't so bad.
Every day I'm like "Now there's THIS many days until ayu-mi-x 7!" LOL

I know, the only thing I'm listening to now are the RMX WORKS CD's, to get me in the mood :laugh (Well, and Femme Fatale but that's not Ayu-related).

RMX WORKS are so good...

The trance was good and the remix was okay.. but for some reason i just cant get into the ro-mixes.

Idk...RMX works (at least ayu-mi-x V) disappointed me. Worst ayu-mi-x. Hard to top II, III, and IV though.

^ :yes:yes 4 was the best

I do enjoy the ayu-mi-x nonstops, but as pica said previously, I would want full versions of the remixes included.

Like, we still don't have full remixes for some of the selections on ayu-mi-x 4 like Daybreak and still alone. :/

Let me tell you guys a secret.. Something that makes me a very, very bad, bad fan :( I have never once listened to any Ayu-mi-x album up until last night, when I played 2 tracks of Ayu-mi-x 4 (and didn't like them).

I've played the hell out all of her Ayu-ro-mix and Ayu-trance albums, but Ayu-mi-x has never interested me. Perhaps I should force myself to listen to them, I might like some tracks. I will definitely listen to all Ayu-mi-x 7 tracks, even the house ones haha! Heck I've spent like $150 on that now.

^^WHAT. That's crazy, I thought you'd on top of them. I recommend ayu-mi-x 4. Maybe some tracks from six. I can give recommendations because half of ayu-mi-x 6 sucks, IMO. haha

^no you can't. to each their own. I personally really liked ayumix 6 so to say that it sucked would be your opinion.

I have never listened to ayuro. It all sounds the same to me. I've heard the euro mixes of step you, daybreak, duty, real me, and inspire. that's about it. lol

^^I can still give recommendations based on MY likes...DUhhhhh lol

^^ ayu-ro all sounds the same to me too. But I like some of them. I would I like most of ayu-mi-x 4 but I think the last half.. Naturally to the end is the best.
As for ayu-mi-x 6 I think silver is the better of the two.. I really dont care for gold/copper that mch.

Imo previous ayu Orchestra and trance albums were really good, I like the eurobeat ones too, the regular remixes not so much tbh. ayu-mix 6 was imo the worst...as besides HEAVEN x DAISHI DANCE everything else was not good at all.

From ayu-mi-x 6 I liked
STEP you
Together When...
Beautiful Fighters
INSPIRE
ourselves
GAME
HEAVEN
JEWEL
walking proud

lol but for me, all three trance albums are GOLD.

that's kind of close to my list. but I like a bit more.

step you
together when
ourselves
game
jewel
walking proud
greatful days
ladies night
startin'
moments (I like the instrumental)
beautiful fighters
no way to say

LOL wow... The HEAVEN one was my least favorite. Next to that other one you'd have be on drugs to enjoy... MAD PROFESSOR or something.

from ayumix 6 I only liked the HEAVEN, Startin', and Beautiful Fighters remixes.
the rest are just pure noise. my poor Moments, CAROLS, Together When..., Ladies Night & STEP you got so completely butchered :(

^lies

In my case ayu-mi-x 6 were the first ayu-mi-x albums that I really liked without exceptions. Especially the special iTunes releases were SUPERB. I listened to YOJI's GAME remixes today for like 1 hour. There's hardly any other ayu remix with such heavy bass like in "GAME [YOJI's 140Bpm Tech-dance Re-rub]".

My favourite remix albums are all trance albums, MY STORY Classical and ayu-mi-x 6 -SILVER- :)

We can't be friends anymore. I worship that remix.

blasphemy! :dead2

Mad Professor's "HAPPY ENDING" remixes are hard to enjoy, indeed. Although I think, Mad Prof needs some more love from us xD I am sure he's able to do much better remixes.

awww... I can listen to any eurobeat song from that era (pre 2005 or thereabout) and tell what label produced it right away just by how it sounds. But STEP You never had a eurobeat remix (not before ayu-ro mix 4, anyways) what remix are you referring to?

And i absolutely love the DAISHI DANCE remix of HEAVEN :O

I have cancelled my boxset preorder and donated the money to the Red Cross. I think Ayu would really want that.

Thats great! :)
but i think either way that money would end up going towards charity because of all the donations ayu is making, but sure thing some of it would be lost going through the agency's hands not all of it would read ayu so she could donate.

yes!i love DAISHI DANCE remix of HEAVEN too.this is the only remix from ayu remix discography i love and will listen XD

AWWW!!! :luv2 I wish i would do that, but i want the box more, lol. I happy buying shirts and wristbands however!

that is very noble, righteous, and charitable of you, but I've waited a bit too long for the next ayu trance to come out to want to do that. Props to you though. I'm a bit too excited to get my box set. :tipsy

probably because if you take away the beat, it sounds exactly like acoustic orchestra.

Kudos to you Exodus! I wouldn't be able to do that.

I agree. I also think because ayu-mi-x 6 had remixers that were never really used before it gave it a fresh sound... Where as the HEAVEN remix sounded outdated and basic as hell xD; like something you'd find on the first ayu-mi-x, which isn't a bad album but 6 is in 2008. Need something different lol.

To each his own :laugh . I just feel like they should have left it an orchestra mix because the beginning is orgasmic! But then this cheap beat comes in and I turn it off xD;;;

Sorry xD; It was just horrible to me. I think because I absolutely ADORE the original HEAVEN and the remix was a total let down. I couldn't care less about the Mad Prof one because I don't care for Happy Ending so because I like HEAVEN so much more, the remix is the worst of them all to me.

He better work for it then! I mean good Lord... But there must be something Ayu likes about him if she keeps letting him butcher her songs.

My favorites from 6 are: STEP you, talkin' 2 myself, Beautiful Fighters, Startin', Ladies Night, GAME, Together when..., No way to say, alterna, About you, and JEWEL.

Well, that's how DAISHI DANCE works. Most of his songs that he produces for other artists (Memory by Mika Nakashima, I miss you by Miliyah Kato) are piano, strings and a soft dance beat. His piano playing is gorgeous. And combined with strings and a dance beat is just unfff

But yes, to each his own.~

Oh I was totally lying, I've listened to Ayu-mi-x 6 a lot! I always forget those because I was actually there for the release, and I always associate Ayu-mi-x with "things released before I was a fan".

And yeah I gave Ayu-mi-x 5 a listen today and I really like it! I'll try Ayu-mi-x 4 this weekend.

I hated the HOUSE remix too. The orchestral work was beautiful but th beat killed and and it was way too housey for me.

Oh gosh if you've never heard any of the old ayu-mi-x's you're really missing out. Ayu-mi-x 5 is awesome and the acoustic side from ayu-mi-x 4 is wonderful too. Ayu-mi-x 2 -nonstop megamix- is my absolute favorite remix album with too late (soul solution remix) and and then (rhythm master's vocal remix) as my favorites.

I cannot wait for all these remixes, the days trance remix is amazing and I hate the original! So i'm really looking forward to this. I might actually buy the whole box set because I want those beautiful posters. Sad to say but this might be the first ayu product i'll have bought in 2 years.

Fukushima has just been upscaled to a 5, when you posted it was still a 4. That doesn't make it any less serious, but I just happened to read this on the news so I thought I'd let people know.

In perspective, similar incidents that were later scaled level 5 are the Windscale Fire in the UK (1957) and the Three Mile Island accident in the US (1979). None of those accidents spawned any victims. They just had to evacuate the nearby area (like they already have done in Japan) and in the UK they destroyed a lot of milk that was produced around the area, but there were no signs of any danger to public health.

In Japan's case, the workers at the plant are at quite serious danger, though. For that reason, I can see this being upscaled to a level 6 but I don't think the general public will get hurt.

You're such a lovely person Exodus :yes

Aww.. it just hit me... Soo close to be getting a Born to be Remix!... so close.. :*(

Hm, at the time when I wrote that, I'd read on danish and swedish newssites that it had been upgraded to a category 6 :/ My bad then.

:love
that is really generous of you!
good karma points for you :)

Well actually I kinda wonder who even establishes that?

I mean, the whole fact that is was a 4 and now a 5 proves that classification right now is kinda useless. It could easily still grow to be a 6, we really don't know yet.

So off topic though, sorry.

I just had this thought: Why doesn't Avex release ayu-mi-x 7 online? So they could stick to the actual release date. And later on they can deliver the physical release.

maybe is because in japan the attention of the people is not on buying things now
so any kind of music product not gonna sell very well.

japan is in mourning...so is not so simple to continue the life like before

^l would still want my box set however.

the whole point of the limited edition box is the packaging so for me an online release would be pretty un eventfull XP apart from the remixes but you know what i mean :P

^
Yeah I get you, I have many songs from artists on my PC but i try my best to collect the real CDs because it's just a nice feeling to have it in your hands, especially when there is a nice booklet or something

I want this to leak so badly.. I need these remixes in my life!

I've been listening to older Ayu-mi-xes (finally) and they're amazing!

definitely!

Recent remix John O'Callaghan did:



Really love this tune.

^ I like this! I hope he does SEASONS well... that song is usually a hit or miss for me..

@all.night.raver
That's a really sweet mix. Not very dance-inducing, but very catchy and kinda...sensusal, I think? I really like it. He's mixing SEASONS, that's pretty interesting.

:yes yes!

I'm going to be listening to ayu-mi-x II Non-Stop Mega mix for the first time tonight, can't wait! It's going to get me pumped for the new albums lol

I never paied attention to Non-stop mixes because of the genre, but I have given a lot of new techno-based genres, such as dubstep <3, a chance and have fallen in love. Anyone recommend some songs from the album?

At last official website has been updated, but...bad new : no date indicated.
It is only written : →発売延期（発売日未定）which means "release date delayed (next in future).
We really need to know more from now ! :(

I thought the release date Was 20th April',
Correct me if I am wrong :)

I'm not so sure I can wait that long... I hope the date is sooner, some clarity would be nice.

If there was no earthquake & tsunami then We just had to wait 7 days. Oh well.°
who to blame :)

Just a Quick question,,
Does someone know how i change my: Depend on you initiate to Rule ?
I Searched for it on AHS but I could not find the solution :o thank U!

First of all: welcome to the forum!

And your initiate title is automatic, you can't change it! It's based on the number or posts you have. You only just started, so you're still Depend On You which is an old song, and you'll gradually process towards the newer songs once you start making more posts :)

For a Rule initiate, you have quite some posting to do, though! I imagine tens of thousands of posts. Like, I have about 2500 posts and I'm only an H Initiate, which is like.. on 1/4 of her career or something.

Thank you, kindly :)

And wtf, that many posts?! lol And I was thinking that you can Change the initiate name yourself xD. So a major AHS user (a very addictive user) Could have the "Virgin Road" ini? I guess that I better start Spamming xD

Haha in theory, yes! I think the user with the most posts is truehappiness, he's got almost 25000 posts and he's November initiate already! :)

No, there's some crazy ***** running around with almost 45k posts

^Karen has the most with 47k posts.

I bet she's a "making fate" initiate lol

^Nope she's a November initiate. :P

I'm just curious if the release date for the overseas version of ayu-mi-x 7 will also be postponed. (Sorry, if this already posted somewhere.)

I didnt know there was an overseas edition??

I might get the one and open that one up! lol.. im still thinking about keeping my japanese version non opened, unless its like CDs which are resealable... :luv2:luv2

Yeah, wasn't it supposed to be released April 1st? I tried to navigate the Avex HK website but I couldn't figure anything out. I wouldn't be surprised if it got pushed back as well but I need it to be announced so I can order the boxset as my yesasia coupon expires on that same day...

i wonder if there will be vinyls released for this. It seems like every ayumix besides 4 and 5 have vinyls. I had my doubts since 4 and 5 didn't have any, but then ayumix 6 came out and we got all of those picture disks. It now really makes me wonder.

I hope not, I can't afford them...

^ I would love for the extended cut of some of them! :luv2

I think Razor N' Guido mentioned that avex wanted two versions (one of them being a full club mix).

If the Japanese versions are pushed back I would imagine the OS versions will be also. I don't think OS versions go on sale before Japanese versions.

just don't buy them? I want them cause it means we'll get extened, dub, and instrumental versions of the remixes for ayumix 7

I can't NOT buy them, that's the problem... When the 6 vinyls were announced I was busting my ass in overtime just to get them, but they sold out so quickly I could only get 3. And then I got them framed. xD; I'm living off my credit card now. If they announce vinyls I might just max the card out... That's why I REALLY hope they don't this time. Just release the extended cuts or instrumentals digitally and give our wallets a break!

^ i agree.. i think I would rather have the option of downloading them instead of having the huge disk laying around.

You don't have to buy them though. =P

If it makes you feel any better, the extended/dub/instrumental versions of ayu-mi-x 6 are on iTunes Japan.

i think the HOUSE CD going to include RADIO (shorted) MIXES only
the CLUB (extended) versions going directly to itunes for sure

Cool, i will have to check them out!

Avex and Ayu should release a credit card or something for u guys, get a mu-mo point with every 100 yen spent.