AMIx WORLD
Encyclopedia
Amix World is the first Remix album
Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...

 of Japanese singer Ami Suzuki
Ami Suzuki
is a female singer, songwriter, actress and DJ from Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.Having been discovered at the talent TV show Asayan, Suzuki was one of the most popular female singers as an idol in the late 1990s....

 released in March 2006.

Information

Most of the DJs that participated on this album are well known in Japan, and some are known in Europe and the United States, such as Jonathan Peters or Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...

.

The album was originally supposed to include only songs of Ami's first album under Avex, "Around the World", but was later decided to also include a remix for Ami's Trance-ish single Fantastic
Fantastic (song)
"Fantastic" is the sixth single released by Japanese singer Ami Suzuki under Avex Trax released on 8 February 2006, in three formats, the two traditional CD and CD+DVD edition versions with the B-side track, and a Limited Edition version without the B-side track.-Information:"Fantastic" is a...

, which was released the same as this Remix album
Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...

.

The album contains mainly Trance
Trance music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

 and House music
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

, including seven remixes of the song "Around the World", plus remixes of Ami's previous singles "Delightful
Delightful
-Live performances:*11 March 2005 — Music Station*17 March 2005 — Utaban*19 March 2005 — Music Fair 21 - "Delightful" and "Love the Island"*25 March 2005 — Music Fighter*26 March 2005 — CDTV*1 April 2005 — PopJam*31 December 2005 - CDTV 2005-2006 Special...

", "Eventful
Eventful (song)
"Eventful" is a song by Japanese recording artist Ami Suzuki, from her fourth studio album Around The World, first album under the Avex Trax label...

" and "Negaigoto
Negaigoto
is the third single released by Ami Suzuki under label Avex Trax."Negaigoto" is a ballad, rather than an upbeat trance song like her previous Avex singles. The song debuted at number 13 on the weekly charts and has sold over 22,000 copies. "Negaigoto"'s B-side was named "Times" and was an upbeat song...

"; none of them new.

Curious Facts

The remix of "Eventful
Eventful (song)
"Eventful" is a song by Japanese recording artist Ami Suzuki, from her fourth studio album Around The World, first album under the Avex Trax label...

" made by Bulldozzer was only previously released online by Avex and this is the first time that this remix appears on an official disc.

Despite of the expectation by many electronic remix fans (especially house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 fans), the remix of Ami's song "Hopeful" (by Hex Hector
Hex Hector
Hex Hector , is an American dance remixer. He won a Grammy in 2001 for "Best Remixer".-Biography:Hector was born in in Manhattan, New York, of a Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father, and was raised in the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan...

) was not included on the album for unknown reasons. This remix is still unreleased and has not been published online.

Failure

The album had little promotion and failed to chart, debuting at a poor 83rd place on the Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

 charts. In its first week of sales only 2,662 copies were sold. In the second week, only 894 copies were sold and the album slipped to 240th place on the charts.

Track listing

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Sales Time in
chart
Oricon
Oricon
, established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc...

Weekly Albums
78 3,567 copies sold 2 weeks
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK