New Remix Album (vol. 2)
 

Quoting from the first thread. In a nutshell. Max has officially/unofficially announced that an ayu trance 4 is in the works.

yay!

that's awesome :D

I want it noooow

Same, same. Her trance albums are my favorite as far as traditional remixes go. The Acoustic Orchestras are, IMO, in a realm all their own.

It's an AHS-miracle :D
I'm excited to see how this will turn out!

oHhH really can esit for this trance

I cannot wait!

That's so exciting! Thanks for the update!

I am so psyched for this! I wonder when we will find more info about it!

I'm gonna bring up the discussion from the first thread.

I really don't see the point in compilation albums either unless they have some heavy material going on in there. If I am going to buy a compilation album, it better have new editing and mixing, unreleased songs, the artist's best songs to date, alternate arrangements and compositions, and amazing packaging. Slapping a bunch of songs on an album with 1 new song, standard jewel case packaging, ugly cover art, no new/up to date/alternate remixes/versions, no unreleased demos or songs, no new songs, or any of those bells and whistles is hardly worth buying except for collector's purposes. (talking about a best 2)

I never buy compilation albums, but I did buy utada's single collection vol. 2 cause it had tons of songs I love, a remix that wasn't physically released before, a second cd of brand new songs, a dvd with a music video of one of those songs, really cool digi-pack packaging, super high quality glossy laser jet paper booklet, and a cute paper kuma charm for good luck. That is worth buying. SCV1 though? no...not worth my money. It was just a compilation of already released songs on a standard cd with nothing new.

oh gosh also ayuro mix too? wow

True, but BEST albums normally are made for people who are not fans, who may hear a few songs from an artist occasionally on radio and likes them enough. If I'm not an ayu fan, A BEST II/A COMPLETE will seem like great buys.

Even as a fan, I have to disagree with you about A BEST II. The arrangement of the songs on the 2 albums was something that changed it from a normal release to one I really loved (Black with the darker songs, White for happy ones). The albums made me listen to songs I haven't listened to since their initial release, and hearing them all together made me realize why I fell in love with ayu in the first place. I still listen to those albums now. :)

I disagree. At first I want to follow Misa with my opinion and furthermore I don't think that SCV2 is worth the money. I don't get why Hikki released a compilation of her last two albums. The first seven songs are from Heart Station, the following five are from Ultra Blue plus one remix. Utada herself complained about Utada the best because there are only two Utada albums from which you could take songs for a best of. Instead of the second disc of SCV2 I would have liked a mini-album. But with SCV2 it really seems for me as if she was only to lazy to write 2 or 3 songs more for a mini-album. Creating a best of out of only two albums is for me as if she would only recycle her last works. Releasing a best of after three new albums is one thing, but after only two?

OK, so I definitely just had a dream that it was revealed that ayu trance 4 would be released on March 30.

So I checked, and that's a Wednesday...kinda freaky. Haha I'm hoping my dream is a premonition though!

March 30th :D That sounds like a good date, even though it's a bit fast~

Meh...not to me. I think five months is sufficient time to make remixes! Haha :)

Question is if they've even started! Lol

I hope you turn out to be psychic!

They have. Max said about a month ago that they were waiting for demos from the DJs

Yeah but we have no clue how long it takes them to put the whole album together and it may take longer since there is a chance of ayu-ro mix 4 and ayu-mi-x 7. If that is the case then it may be almost a year since Max said the were working on it. For example ayu-mi-x 5, ayutrance 3, and ayu-ro mix 3. They came out almost a year after RAINBOW which were the songs mostly featured on them. I could be wrong though.

^^I mean none of us know. I just choose to be hopeful that it will be sooner rather than later. lol

^It doesn't matter to me when it comes out as long as we get it. :)

It'd be nice to get a special combo of ayu trance, ayu-ro mix and ayu-mi-x !!

I hope they just push out ayu trance. I think ayu-mi-x is a little less likely, while ayu-ro-mix is extremely less likely to happen.

but if they could do all three in a reasonable amount of time, then that'd be awesome.

a big remix boxset...yummy haha

That was my thought exactly! Hahaha

A BEST 2 was definitely worth the money! It was two albums containing her actual best songs (not just singles) spanning from I am... to (m)u (if I remember correctly), so if you missed one or two albums, you could have a physical copy of the better songs. That's a lot of material, plus all of the songs were remastered, there was new song and PV, and it was packaged with CDL concert and documentary and posters for the first press. Seriously... what are you talking about? xD;

And the only saving grace for Utada's best album was the second disc, which, as someone pointed out, could have easily been a mini-album even with the same amount of new songs. The cover was a disgrace and the charm was a joke. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh, I really don't mean to be. But that release just showed how badly she wanted to get it all over with and go on hiatus. At least in my opinion. Thankfully, she had the guts to stand up against an even worse release, the English compilation. I respect her for that. But I can't see either release as worth the money to be honest.

well, its about time... I've been waiting since ayu-mi-x 6 for another remix album... or really any remixes period. Either way, I'm really excited O_o

I'd die and go to heaven if they did an ayu-ro mix 4, though. (And if they included ALL the labels, that'd be icing on the cake. Or at least add in SCP, GoGo's Music, and Hi-NRG Attack...)

I say sometime later this year. I hope they finally collect all the orchestra versions and release it if they are gonna do ayu-mi-x 7.

Yeah, I agree with all of that include the utada stuff. I also wanted to add that her first best wasn't that great either.

But I like compilations, if I only have room on my ipod for 1 album of an artist, chances are I'm gonna go for the best since it has all the hits/singles.

A BEST 2 was, even for people who had been fans for years, a very good compilation album imho, especially the CD + 2DVD versions. Very cohesive, iconic covers, huge promotion.. A solid release if you ask me.

For me it was perfect because I've been a fan since about Secret, so it was the perfect way for me to catch up with her. I have discovered some of her most amazing songs because of A BEST 2. Sure, I would've discovered them later on anyway when I started listening to her older albums, but it was still a great way to get to know her older (amazing) material.

100% off-topic, so let me add that I am still praying for an Ayu-ro-mix release! Or something with dubstep influences would be cool!

I'm thinking sometime later this year as well. I'm personally hoping for an ayu-mi-7 AOV as well as a new ayu-mi-x and a new ayu-ro mix but for some reason I doubt a AOV will happen. Some members have said they would just take all the ones released on the singles since ayu-mi-x IV. But, l personally think some would get left off while new ones were added plus some of them are just orchestra version which is not the same as acoustic orchestra I believe. Not to mention some could change slightly like with SEASONS AOV.

I knew the trance album would take a long time to make... So I'm trying to be very patient! Love songs should keep me distracted for a while lol.

Totally not on topic, but WOW, you're using my avatar from the contest!!! :thud Hahaha! its soo cool to see!

Super exciting!!!! I wonder what DJs they got involved?! I wonder how many remixes?! omg, i need it now!!!

^^ I KNOW right?! I wanna constantly ask Max for updates on Twitter, but I don't wanna bug him lol

^ lol, I hope they start to slowly leak some news soon. I'm hoping for a March/spring time release for it.

It would be amazing if they released all three of them on the same day! I would buy the Japanese versions of all of them even if my budget wouldn't approve. :P

But I would hope that the new Ayumix would be more in the vein of Ayumix 2, 3, and 4, rather than 5 and 6 which I didn't like that much.

I would like another ayu-mi-x non-stop mega mix. But like ayu-mi-x 3 or 4, NOT 5. haha

I loved ayu-mi-x 6. I really don't understand why it's not that well liked? I know some of the songs were a disaster, but that's a given in ANY ayu-mi-x album, except maybe the first one.

I liked every song on ayu-mi-x 6 except INSPIRE. And I liked every song on ayu-mi-x 5. I hope they continue in this direction for ayu-mi-x 7. And In my opinion, the best trance album was ayu trance 2. and I liked the very first ayu-ro mixes, the third ayu-ro was good too, but I bought the second ayu-ro and I have never even listened to the whole CD all the way through. Kind of disappointing.

I hope they do a fourth, classical remix. I hope its much like ayu-mi-x II. I loved that particular installment in the ayu-mi-x series. The glitter cases and special inserts that formed ayu's picture was very funky and made me very happy.

^ I am always up for classical! But that would mean Ayu would have to stop making orchestra versions on her singles!

I'm starting to doubt ayu ro mix 5 will be released, I mean is eurobeat even popular anywhere anymore?

Girl Next Door tells me it is...

But I kind of hate eurobeat now, lol.

^^Honestly I really doubt ayu-ro-mix will happen...

6 wasn't really a bad album, unlike how 5 was. I just found most of the remixes on 6 to be bland and not my style. There were really no remixes that I really liked that much, except for the MSTRKFT remix of Beautiful Fighters. I much preferred the style of remixes that were on 2, 3, and 4 I think.

If a new Ayumix DID come out, I'd LOVE it if they got lots of electro/nu-disco/french house remixers like Russ Chimes, Fred Falke, Grum, Fear of Tigers, Penguin Prison, Starsmith, etc to work on it! :D

ayu-mi-x 6 was half and half.

60% of the albums were horrible, IMO.

Trance, awesome! And they're actually considering another Ayu-ro mix? YES!

ayu-mi-x 6 -GOLD- and -SILVER- were about the best ayu-mi-x albums so far, in my opinion. This being said, I would add those edited iTunes ayu-mi-x 6 remixes to the discussion as well, because especially the YOJI's GAME remixes are by far the heaviest and best ayu-mi-x remixes I have ever heard, man! =O

Regarding the upcoming ayu trance album, I wish to get at least a 2DISC album or two different versions in the same style of ayu-mi-x 6, as there have been added lots of new songs to Ayu's discography and they should remix at least 25 songs of them!

Ayu better get some top names going for this remix album. I demand people like yoji, ferry corsten, above and beyond, deadmau5, yasutaka nakata, and wideboys. I never understood why all her remixes (except a few) are by some cheapo, never heard of, amateur remixers. She can afford top dollar ones. I don't want to hear any crap about her not being able to afford them she's one of the richest women in japan. (tbh though she actually does a good job when it comes to ayu trance. but all her other remix albums seem to have low quality remixers)

I absolutely can't agree with this.

Don't know, what do you mean with "she's rich, she can afford expensive DJ's" because this is not something that has to do with buying pricey celebrity DJ's. Just because someone is famous, does not mean he/she is actually good.

These so called "amateurs" should not be underestimated, as for example DJ Amaya proves it since almost eight years, that underground still has skills that are not uncommonly way above mainstream works of producer/DJs.

Please name some of these low quality albums and explain why they should be called like this.

The only exceptionally bad remixes I can think of are some of the ones from her older ten-track singles. then most of the tracks from ayu-mi-x 5 and 6.

lol Yeah. This is basically what I'm talking about. I probably shouldn't say album, but her old singles were long enough to be considered albums.

I'm so glad for this :banana2

The thing with 6 was that sure about 40% were pretty bad, but the other 60% (I thought) were absolutely amazing.

yes!!! Ayu-trance 4!!!

Well remix-albums are not so important to me, but I have the thing that I have to buy every single Ayu album ever made. But I don't listen to remix-songs, ever. Unless they are like euromegamix from LOVEppears Disc2 b/c it has like several Ayu songs put it one and that's what I like ^^

I basically just wanna see the cover(s) of the remix-CD. But if she's really gonna have mixed version of Sexy little things or rollin' I wont' even bother trying to listen... And then again, one more remix of GREEN or Fly high I'm gonna go craaaazy ~~~ >:<

You never know. Even if they do remix those songs, they might end up sounding NOTHING like the originals, like with Push's remix of Boys and Girls. ^^

I think the best way to promote this release would be to include a brand-new trance-based song. Pair up with Ferry Corsten and call it Disconnected. :yes

LOL damn you Pieces_of_SEVEN...making me think the release date was announced. xD
Oh well, I still can't wait for this!

Good idea! And a new pv to promote it would be great too. :)

Really?? :vbhappy Is there a source for that?

This exactly.

I think it was a hate and love type of thing. There wasn't a single remix that I was like "meh". It was either I love it or I hate it. And it was about that, 60% good and 40% bad.

Not unless you count the dream I had the other night in which ayu trance 4 was released on that date. lol

One remix is too much for you to handle?

Ferry Corsten is a god. Connected remix single is my all time favourite and he did a great job on it.

ayu trance 4 + Ferry Corsten = extremely perfect ayu album.

Definitely, I love that remix, too! :D

Does he have a twitter? if so, spam the hell out of him with requests to be on ayu's next remix album!! She hasn't worked with ferry since Connected.

I already annoyed him two months ago, or so xD
Didn't reply to me, though... :tipsy

I just tweeted him.

Me too.

And I don't have a twitter! :^D But keep going at it!

Off-topic but ShiSeido...

I just noticed that you mentioned a new digital single by Mizca in your sig and it turns out it was A CHRISTMAS SINGLE!? I am so sad I did not know of this before Christmas was over! I was so craving a new J-Christmas song... :(

Tweeter him hope it does something to tweet him you just put @ferrycorsten ? Or how are you supposed to tweet skmeone so they see the message? Never got the hang of Twitter

@twitternamehere then type your message.
ferry's twitter name is simply ferrycorsten, so yes, you would type @ferrycorsten at the beginning of the message.

IMO, this isn't really something to spam him about. Either Avex asked him or they didn't...and I mean, they probably didn't, but we're just trying to find out.

ahh k thanks :)

Let's demand to ferry that he should demand to be on the next album. Or tweet the **** out of max asking him to please consider ferry for it.

Is it just me or did that comment of yours sound really mean..?

I like the song (GREEN) and I don't like them making remixes of songs that I feel are already mixed, like Sprakle or rollin'. That's the point.

^^But those songs don't have any remixes... (not that I would really care for either of them to be on ayu trance 4...)

OMG, SPARKLE WILL HAVE THE MOST EPIC TRANCE MIX IN HISTORY IF THEY GO ABOUT IT IN THE RIGHT WAY!

Lol. I kinda know what you mean, but I really think Sparkle can be something EPIC with a very hard tech-trance-synth mix of it.

Darn. And I thought we finally had some concrete news on this...

I'm seriously hoping though that the album is mainly, or all, uplifting, melodic-type of trance instead of the slower, housey/electro-ish trance that's the trend these days. I want pulsating basslines and epic/uplifting melodies! :yes

No point in harassing Ferry Corsten, you should tweet Max if you want him to contract someone particularly to do a remix but Japan has really moved on from that sort of sound. I mean it's ten years now..

Not exactly if you count Ami Suzuki's remix album from 2006...

Anyway, I'm hoping it sort of makes an old-school trance revival with Ayu's album..

I dont even care about ayuro mix I just want Ayu trance or ayumix

Never matters. The TK sound came from 10 years ago too, and look what ayu has done with it now. :D

I wonder what about A BALLADS 2? Is Love songs equals to A BALLADS 2? lol Only difference is that Love songs is not a compilation

LOL Ferry Corsten is probably going to think you're insane for "demanding" anything from him xD; Asking politely may be the way to go. :P

Well sorry to bust your balls, but then just don't listen to them. It's not like you're forced to listen to anything of hers. The other 90% of us really love her trance remixes (and other remixes), and happen to be really looking forward to this upcoming remix album. I personally think her discography would be damn boring if she never had remixes. That's like half her discography there. And goodbye A Ballads cause that was basically a remix album too.

Thinking I will tweet max to request an update soon.

Where did March 30th come from??

^^It's in the post just a page or two back.

It's nothing official, I just said that I had a dream where it was released on that date. Since that date happens to be a Wednesday, I think it's possible. That means it'll be announced in about a month or so. :)

Awesome news! I cant wait for more info

^^Seriously. I'm tired of twiddling my thumbs lol

You might want to ask them how they're coming along on this album in case they forgot about it. lol "So...how are you doing on that new trance album?" "Oh yeah!! We're supposed to be working on a new remix album. So... what now?" lol

that would be awesome! cuz March 30th is my birthday eve *--*

What is wrong with you? I just said I don't like her remixes. And btw, you have to listen to them to know that you don't like them. So yeah, I have all her remix albums. Why? 'Cause I am a fan of Ayu. You're just upset because I don't agree with you. Stop being so mean when I've said nothing wrong.


And, btw, I don't have balls. Hah.

Oh my!! :laugh Best quote of the day!!! :D

aiya.

anyway, I asked Max if they were making good progress on AT4 yesterday, but no response yet.

Okay well then, let's ALL TWEET MAX within the next 24 hrs or so~ and hopefully he will notice:love

I think they answered a tweet about the remix album recently. Am I just imagining it? D:

Don't be sad! It still is winter time, and in my opinion the song still fits the season! I think you are a jpopsuki member, right? If not, I can send it to you.

As a Mizca fan, I promise you will enjoy the new song, even if its no longer christmas time =)

I frantically searched for a preview online at work since I couldn't download it there the day I found out, but I really liked how it sounded!

I don't think this would be a good idea. It might annoy him actually.