Ok first of all, I gotta say it's about time someone finally made this thread.
#1 ayu-ro mix fan, woohoo! Or maybe like #2 or 3 or something...Anyways, it was the genius of SUPER EUROBEAT that introduced me to Ayumi Hamasaki, and it was Ayu's song that got me hooked on SUPER EUROBEAT. Two of the first Ayu songs I ever heard were track 12 and 13 from ayu-ro mix: YOU [Aggressive Mix] and TO BE [Eurobeat Mix]. TO BE [Eurobeat Mix] was and still remains one of my (if not the best) favorite songs ever, hence my username.
"SUPER EUROBEAT presents ayu-ro mix" was the first Ayu CD I ever owned (and my prized favorite). My iPod contains (almost) every single Ayu-related euro song ever made, including the mega mix from LOVEppears. The only ones I believe I'm still missing are the radio versions of some songs from J-Euro 1.
My personal fav of the ayu-ro mix trilogy is the first album. It's just pure genius; every song is flawless and the tracklisting was perfectly arranged. It had its own style and flair neither of the other 2 albums could reproduce. "ayu-ro mix 2" was almost as good as the first, with many elements resembling the classic sound of the original ayu-ro mix. However, once RMX WORKS took over, ayu-ro mix wasn't the same. Many of the songs on ayu-ro mix 3 were great (I like the whole album nonetheless), but the overall style had changed dramatically since early 2000. But best of all, the trilogy could not be complete without the grand finale: ayu-ro SUPER MEGA-MIX. The 18 minute track from start to finish is a non stop summary of the best of ayu-ro mix. And it is all concluded fantastically by the best one (TO BE).
I've poked around other works by SUPER EUROBEAT (non Ayu-related), but I didn't really get attracted to anything. I just really hope S.E. / J-Euro remixes Ayu sometime again (like it did discretely with INSPIRE).
~SUPER EUROBEAT forever!!
