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Originally Posted by MapTheSoul

What. Scuse.
Glitter was an awesome classic house mix. Like the house you had in the early 90s at the west coast.

Happy Ending may be very experimental but it is one of my favorite tracks on ayu-mi-x 6. There are not a lot of people who are familiar with the glitch genre and that one definitely did a great job on mixing it with dub. Mad Professor knows what he is doing. It may not be danceable or mainstream, but it is definetly a soundscape experience. Music you listen to because you want to experience the actual sound.

What people probably threw off on Grateful Days was the heavy play on using her voice as an instrument, I guess. Her voice sounded very abrupt and sharp used like this, but still a great track.

Fated and No way to say.... well, it's d'n'b. You gotta get into the feeling of urban life to enjoy it to the max. Imagine yourself watching the towns at night after a rainfall. That's when those songs kick in.

And Two of us had a lazy hip hop beat. Feel yourself swinging life away on your tiny balcony.

ARGH. I sometimes wish people would at least explain why exactly they don't like a song. Because half of the time I'm not able to relate to the decisions.

Well first of all, I hate house. Especially that early house junk that is so influenced by disco and "funk" so it's no surprise why I hated that glitter remix as well.

Although it makes sense what you are saying about HAPPY ENDING, I know a lot of people were disappointed because they were expecting something completely different. It's not very friendly to or easy on the ears. I will say though I listened to it while under the influence and it was quite an experience - it kinda freaked me out a bit, haha.

As far as Greatful Days, I love it when remixers use the voice as an instrument. Say for example in "Naturally (Wippenberg Remix)" - the stutter effect the use with her vocals is out of this world. I am foaming at the mouth just thinking about it, hearing bounce around and echo into my brain. The problem isn't the use of her voice as an instrument, it's the fact that it is so repetitive. Using the same vocal repetition with virtually no change in melody. Finally when they lay her untouched vocals from the chorus over top the edited vocals is when it becomes a bit more listenable, but those edited vocals being used as an "instrument" are still at the forefront - they need to be secondary - a lot quieter and allow the untouched chorus to be at the forefront. Finally toward the end an actual melody is thrown into the mix and then... the song ends. It had real potential.

fated, well, I will admit I grew to love fated. I used to hate that d'n'b sound, but it works quite nicely they way they worked it into these remixes. I always imagine the sound racing and "jumping" during certain parts - like racing through the sky or a landscape / soundscape. It paints a very interesting audial picture. No way to say is less enjoyable than fated, but still something I don't mind listening to.

I think a main component as to why many people seem to not like ayu-mi-x 6 is that it was not anything anyone was expecting... at all. ayu-mi-x 6 was very modern underground almost it seemed. Usually a great remix will take a certain element of a song, and use that element to elaborate and create something beautiful but something that makes complete sense given the original track. However, some of these remixes really came out of the blue, but you know, for the most part they made it work. HAPPY ENDING is a haunting track, so I see what MAD PROFESSOR was trying to convey. But yes, people's expectations for this release is really what changed the whole perspective of things. For me, it was a nice change of pace. Yes, there are some remixes I hate on this release, but overall, I did not mind ayu-mi-x 6. In my opinion, it's much better than ayu-mi-x 7 which suffers from being "too safe" with arguably every single remix.

For the record though, STEP you and Beautiful Fighters remixes on ayu-mi-6 are my favorites! Also, I for one, loved the eurobeat disc. STEP you, Sunrise, glitter, SURREAL - they were done extremely well. Depend on you just might be my favorite though (close call with STEP you, although STEP you got old fast) - it was very detailed in it's production and using slight hints of other electronic dance music sub-genres to really make it a standout remix on that disc.

BTW, that remix of Virgin Road... it's the only way I can listen to Virgin Road. The original is just... highly over-rated imo and I shake my head every time I hear it begin and then I quickly snatch up my iPod to change the song to something much more worthwhile.