03/07/08 news article about ayu-mi-x 6, etc
 

excite translation:
Fielded remix of ..walking.. Yo album is put on the market.

Singer Ayumi Hamasaki (29) puts remix album "ayu?mi?x6" on the market on the 26th. The first work after it is confessed that hearing of left ear was lost in January. Important person DJ in every country in the world was appointed to the arrangement of the hit such as "BLUE BIRD". The collection tune of latest album "GUILTY" is delivered to 25 countries in the world on the 12th. The world advancement is supposed to have been put in view on the tenth debut anniversary.
The remix album puts two pieces (Gold and the silver board) on the market in the sixth work simultaneously in September of 03. It was with the turning point on the tenth debut anniversary this year, and requested it to popular DJ in well-known each country worldwide at allemande Van Helden of the United States that handled Rolling Stones, Britone Spiarz, and the remix and the party of Academy Award Steffen Pomponyacc of France that served as DJ.

The Gold version collects up-tempo music and the silver version collects the ballade tune. It ..house.. prepared and finished blowout preparing and "HEAVEN" "STEP you". Hamasaki's own hope also took, and six months were spent for one year and the production period of the plan.

For DJ who handled the remix, the Europe and America people such as Britain and Canada is a center. It is thought that having paved a gorgeous line from five works in the past put the Europe and America advancement in view. The collection tune of album "GUILTY" put on the market on the New Year's Day of this year is decided to be delivered to 25 countries in the world that become most Thailand in the history of a Japanese artist on the 12th. America and European countries are 19 countries.

It was enclosed by about the fan 80 of the locales in front of the hotel in the stay destination and it existed in the handshake attack when Paris was visited by taking a picture of the pop promo of the tenth debut anniversary single "Mirrorcle World" (sale on April 8) in the middle of February. Hamasaki's eminence seems to have spread at a dash by the Internet a local fan as "Popular No･1 artist in Japan" when it is ..music of Japan.. familiar though the visual rockers rock band is ..Europe and America.. popular. The performance offer comes one after another from Europe and America, too and attention gathers in Hamasaki's trend in the future last year though the first Asian tour in Taiwan and Shanghai, etc. is made to succeed.

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainm.../03/07/04.html

Nice to see some publicity :D

Interesting that she'll part the the music into two different albums again, like A BEST 2

The whole Paris/international fans part doesn't really make any sense to me, I hope somebody will translate it.

I don't really understand the translation x_x.

thanks for the news...need a better translation

yeah, I don't get it either xD
but thanks for the info ^^
hope someone can post some other translation

Ha ha, it's like a bablefish translation. Input data, get out jumble words. :laugh

Anyway, "walking" in that sentence refers to Ayu, since "Ayumi" means "walker" or something like that.

Yeah the translation is really worded awkwardly, but I think I got the gist of the article. Thanks (:

thanks for the translation

a friend told me that it says that ayu is going to release songs of guilty in 19 countries of america and europe, the 12th of march
i hope it is true!

oh thanks! hope someone translates it better :P

and the best part of that was definitely Britone Spiarz. she's teh rocks0rz. :P

Thanks for the translation!

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the news...i lol at the "Yo album" :D

waww.. thanks for the translation....

ayumix 6 are big project

Thanks for the news!

thanks for the news

thanks for the news!

10x for the info :)

Thanks for the news.

translation from delirium-zer0 at ayu-mi-x

Ayu Releases Global Remix Album

Singer Ayumi Hamasaki (29) will be releasing her remix album on the 26th. This is her first work since she announced in January that she had lost the hearing in her left ear. Well-known DJs from various countries around the world have been tapped for the creation of remixes for hit songs, including "BLUE BIRD". Starting on the 12th, songs included on the newest album, "GUILTY", will be distributed to 25 different countries. To welcome the 10th Anniversary since Hamasaki's debut, she seems to have begun considering a move into the world market.

Her first since September 2003, this remix album, her 6th, will go on sale as two simultaneous editions, -GOLD- and -SILVER-. This 10th Anniversary is a turning point, seeing Hamasaki working with remixers such as Armand van Helden, who has remixed such American artists as The Rolling Stones and Britney Spears; French DJ Stephen Pompognac, who was DJ for the Academy Awards party; and other popular DJs notable from many countries globally.

The -GOLD- version features uptempo tracks, while -SILVER- includes more ballad styles. While "STEP you" has more of a bang, "HEAVEN" was done in a House style. Taking Hamasaki's ideas and hopes for the project into consideration, after a year of planning, six months were spent on production.

European and North American DJs, especially British and Canadian, are featured prominently on the remixes. While the past 5 works paved a nice road approaching this release, it is possible that preparation for an approach into the European and American market was taken into account. On the 12th, "GUILTY", which was sold on New Year's Day of this year, will be distributed to 25 world countries, tying Hamasaki as one of the Japanese Artists with the largest worldwide distribution. 19 of the 25 countries will be Western Nations.

For the video shoot for her 10th Anniversary single, "Mirrorcle World", Hamasaki went to Paris, where she was surrounded by about 80 fans in front of her hotel, greeting them with handshakes. Although in the west it's usually the Visual Kei rock bands that are popular, local fans who became familiar with Japanese music via the Internet knew Hamasaki well, whose reputation as "Japan's No.1 Artist" had spread.

Although Hamasaki's first Asia Tour, through Taiwan and Shanghai among other places, the West has offered to host Hamasaki performances, and all eyes are now on her possible worldwide future activities.

^nice translation, now read it, i can't wait to hear the actual albums

Wow thats great news :D, but i doubt she will get anythign in Aust, nothing happens here!

^ thanks for the proper translation.

a year of planning and six months of production for these two remix albums? that's quite a lot. I wonder what were Ayu's ideas and hopes for this remix projects; did she pick some of the DJs involved or give some guidelines for the remixes?

I think Ayu-Mi-X 6s would be a perfect way to test the waters over at west. maybe they should release them on Itunes or something and try some promo too over at the dance/house scenes. or even actually have a low-key physical release of them over in europe.

[News] Ayumi is going GLOBAL
 

Ayu Releases Global Remix Album

Singer Ayumi Hamasaki (29) will be releasing her remix album on the 26th. This is her first work since she announced in January that she had lost the hearing in her left ear. Well-known DJs from various countries around the world have been tapped for the creation of remixes for hit songs, including "BLUE BIRD". Starting on the 12th, songs included on the newest album, "GUILTY", will be distributed to 25 different countries. To welcome the 10th Anniversary since Hamasaki's debut, she seems to have begun considering a move into the world market.

Her first since September 2003, this remix album, her 6th, will go on sale as two simultaneous editions, -GOLD- and -SILVER-. This 10th Anniversary is a turning point, seeing Hamasaki working with remixers such as Armand van Helden, who has remixed such American artists as The Rolling Stones and Britney Spears; French DJ Stephen Pompognac, who was DJ for the Academy Awards party; and other popular DJs notable from many countries globally.

The -GOLD- version features uptempo tracks, while -SILVER- includes more ballad styles. While "STEP you" has more of a bang, "HEAVEN" was done in a House style. Taking Hamasaki's ideas and hopes for the project into consideration, after a year of planning, six months were spent on production.

European and North American DJs, especially British and Canadian, are featured prominently on the remixes. While the past 5 works paved a nice road approaching this release, it is possible that preparation for an approach into the European and American market was taken into account. On the 12th, "GUILTY", which was sold on New Year's Day of this year, will be distributed to 25 world countries, tying Hamasaki as one of the Japanese Artists with the largest worldwide distribution. 19 of the 25 countries will be Western Nations.

For the video shoot for her 10th Anniversary single, "Mirrorcle World", Hamasaki went to Paris, where she was surrounded by about 80 fans in front of her hotel, greeting them with handshakes. Although in the west it's usually the Visual Kei rock bands that are popular, local fans who became familiar with Japanese music via the Internet knew Hamasaki well, whose reputation as "Japan's No.1 Artist" had spread.

Although Hamasaki's first Asia Tour, through Taiwan and Shanghai among other places, the West has offered to host Hamasaki performances, and all eyes are now on her possible worldwide future activities.

Translation and credit: delirium-zer0 at ayu-mi-x

http://www.ayu-mi-x.com/modules.php?...iewtopic&t=666

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thanks for the article . It will be awesome if it's true in that ayumi has plans to go global , I think she definitely can do it provided if she has the guts to !

Upps...sorry :(

WOW!!! GOOD NEWS!!!

WOAH. Huge freakin news! this is exciting!

HURRAY! Go Canadian remixers!! xD

'Really excited about this.

:love:love:o:o:luv2:luv2:luv2:o:tipsy




:thud

i hope this means she'll release stuff in america or somewhere other than asia or europe now, lol. thanks for the news.

Wow looks promising

GAMBATTE AYU. MUST GO ALL AROUNF THE WORLD :D:D:D so exciting!!!

"Although Hamasaki's first Asia Tour, through Taiwan and Shanghai among other places, the West has offered to host Hamasaki performances, and all eyes are now on her possible worldwide future activities."

!!! :D:D:D:D:D

:hi5!!!

You know, if GUILTY is released in the U.S. -- when GUILTY is released in the U.S. lol -- I think I'll buy it again :P I would definitely go to one of her concerts though. no doubt!

Am I the only wrong that is omgexcited about this? If she's going worldwide, she is going to do worldwide tours as well! :D

OMFGGGGG @ the post above me. !!!

yay time for ayu to conquer the world :D lol

omg, i think she has probablu considered it from going to Paris and seeing so many fans there!!!

good news, i hope this album sells well!

wow,


they releasing guilty in these countries properly? surely they'd still be somewhat hard to find, and obscure and no one would know they were even there.....

we'll see...

if sh edoes go properly global, I hope she succeeds.

GO AYU!

woah omg really? do we know what countries are getting an album release!?! O______O!!!

I think so too

Cmon...wheres are Australian remixers >_>

if she'll going WORLDWIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!*don't know what to say* hopefully she'll come to Australia... somehow people doesn't like to come here.>_<

IS IT BECAUSE IT IS AN ISOLATED ISLAND? :cry

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CANADA djs in the remix album? AWESOME!

WORLD RELEASING? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this made my day!

I'll buy guilty a second time if it release in my country
Oh yeah! XD

^ Maybe because it's in the other direction from Europe? I dunno, lol.~ I think it's a cool place. xD Love the accents.

I'm sooo happy we'll have something in canada
:scry(of joy)
I'll buy Guilty a second time
I know it sounds weird but I want to participate to this release around the world

WESTERN PERFORMANCES!!!!! I'LL GO TO EVERY SHE DOES IN CANADA
because Ayu you NEED to come to Canada!

This is really exciting!
I hope my country(Philippines) will recognize Ayu-chan and even had another Asian tour!

Thanks for the great BIG NEWS!!! XD

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!!!! *no way to say* ^^

She did it!!! And she will do it!!! Can't wait to see her more in Germany..... Why can't she life forever and alwas make musik without stopping? T_T

I hope next year ayu will have a World Tour.. :)
But that's just too early i guess.. :D:D maybe in 2010..

thanks for the great news!! nothing stops ayu despite her being half deaf.. thats the spirit!! and ayu is releasing A LOT more albums/singles etc this year. so i am very happy!

This is good news =)

Thanks for posting ^..^

thanks alot for the news! she will be even more popular if she go global...though she is already very popular already :D

this is such a misinformed article. she already went GLOBAL in this context when she released ayu-mi-x II US+EU version, and more prominently ayu trance1 album.

WOW!!! COOL!!! wish the best for ayu...

This goes above and beyond my expectations for her 10th anniversary! :D

:faint WHAT COUNTRIES! I HAVE TO KNOW...

Great News!!!
I hope she achives success, cause is really hard to become global, not so many can do that, I mean Hikky try, and she even sing in english...I dont think Ayu plans to sing in another language besides japanese (wich I find really good and classy of her), but there are a lot of artist that have achived success in their mother language:

*Tarkan ...at leats in Mexico achive some success with Simarik.
*Ricky Martin.
*Shakira

So GO AYU!!

My heart leapt when I read the title.
I was thinking she'd be doing international promotions or touring.

This is still a start though. :) Glad her remixes are being spread about...

all this news is overwhelming!!
:)

thanks for this article^^

Thanks for sharing the article! It looks like that she's going beyond Japan...

Oh gosh.
Exciting!!!

PLEASE COME TO AMERICA AYU!!!!!! HAVE A CONCERT HERE!!! I WANT TO GO SEE!!!!!

good news for ayu~
she will gain more global popularity and recognitions :)

The dream has come true, ayu's going global:XD

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l215/raiu121/nink.jpg

Thank you very much for the news. This is surely exciting! :D

Thanks for the news, i'm getting so exicted I hope she really does came to America, that would be awesome !

anywhere in US/Canada, I'll go and see your concert!
any possible location?

LAS/NYC?

HOW ABOUT THE ATL?! hahaha! but any city she goes to in the US (or maybe even canada), can anyone say "ROADTRIP"?! :lech

OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!

...That is literally all I can say! :heart

WOW...!!!
thx for the news article, and the translations!!

If this for real then we will definitely have an "ayumi hamasaki ~WORLD TOUR~" in the next years >>!!
OMG, she'll be going to Europe!
Hope she consider to visiting South East Asian countries, SG maybe (i don't think she will ever come to Indonesia)

from this "ゴールド版はアップテンポな楽曲を、シルバー版はバラード曲を収録。"

It don't find that part that there will be included ballad versions of the songs in the silver version ._. After that it says that there will be a house version of HEAVEN, and a Punk ver. for STEP you

*crosses fingers*
Hopefully this will work out!! Somehow I don't think she'd reach where I live, even if she went global, omg XD
But if she has a world tour with a concert somewhere near my country I'll sell a kidney and go see her~ whee ayu here I go~!!!

Wait... am I reading this correctly? She's going to release some of her albums? or just GUILTY? in Western countries?

PLEASE tell me I'm not dreaming this D:

And as for rumors of a tour--well, look: if Dir en grey can do it (and do it with much success, I might add) why can't Ayu? Srsly, I'd line up outside whatever venue she'll be at in NY for DAYS just to make sure I get to see her. It'll be well, WELL worth it.

Ayu isn't willing to sacrifice her quality of equipment to show to a small crowd. Meaning, she wants to have big impressive performances with great special effects.

O_o she shipped all her equipment from Japan for her Asia tour concerts when it would be MUCH cheaper to rent in-house. Can't imagine the operating costs of flying around the world like that.

But oooh if hse has any concert here......*books airline tickets*

cant automatically assume however if she has a chance to come across the pacific, that she wouldn't consider doing something different with respect to bringing her own equipment over. flying to another part of asia is different than crossing an ocean, and the second thing is I think the potential of the market in China is much greater than an investment of a performance in for the States with every single one of her own nuts and bolts.

she must come to canada!
we are so many waiting for her here!!!

roadtrip? XD

I'm not talking about small venues, nor was that even the point of my Ayu & Diru comparison. She doesn't have to do small places cos erm, NY--not even just NYC but the surrounding islands--have plenty of big(ger) venues she could come to. Jones Beach, Nassau Colliseum are the two that pop to mind automatically--Brookhaven Ampitheatre... or was that Farmingville? I can't realistically see her doing Madison Square Garden, but hey stranger things have happened.

Do not understand. :|

Waaaaa!!! Arigato!!!! I cant wait!!!!

Wasn't ayu-mi-x II US+EU version was released on westren countries though?

Though this time it seems a bit bigger.

Nope, I don't think so.

ayu-mi-x II is labeled (US+EU) or JPN according to the remixes each album feature,. i doubt the US+EU version was released in US or Europe, it only has contribution from american+european remixers, while JPN was entirely made with japanese remixers.

At last I get the sense of the US+EU, thank you. ^-^

its nice ayu's going globAL through this remix album
therefore... clubs and pubs are going to play those songs~~

Huh? So... she's going to release stuff WORLDWIDE?! Like as in... the Unites States too?!

Ayu has a high chance of making it big in western countries compared to many other singers in japan.

its kinda weird to see ayu's career hit another new peak so long when ayu has already been a singer for 10 years.. but i still like it!

So GUILTY IS being released in the US~??!! :D I am so excited for this! I will definitely be buying myself a copy!! Western country release date seems set for tomorrow...time for me to check up on some CD stores.
And Ayu performing in the US...DREAM COME TRUE~