same here, i think a lot of us came to know ayu because of her remixes. honestly, i doubt i'd be into her if not for her remixes.

what Delirium-Zer0 said though makes a lot of sense. i know a lot of people hope that ayu will release a new remix album, but honestly, i don't think that'll ever happen.

I think a label cant stay all the time concentrate to only one artist, its true that Ayu is a big artist but its also true that remix albums are made to make that artist known by the people, and since Ayu is known by ANYONE now they release remix albums of other artistes.
And I personally dont like remixes much, I didnt listen to any of remixes albums (except some songs), I just know Ayu without her remixes stuffs

Yes! That is my favorite Ayu song/remix! I would pick that remix over any of her originals!

Well then why are they constantly mixing Ami Suzuki? I am sure Ayu's mixes would sell more than hers - especially after such a long break from them!

Good point - but hasn't Ami Suzuki been around for a while? I thought she got dumped from another record company and Avex picked her up?

Couldn't they at least put out a GOOD TRANCE ALBUM/ SERIES OF REMIX ALBUMS by KUMI??? Isn't she the Hot to Trot new focal point? They could release volumes 1-10 in a week! That would set records and give Avex more money!! LOL

Yeah she was, but after leave the other label she was blacklisted so now Avex wants her to get popular again because after that I think she lost many fans...
I guess they will make remixes of Kumi but that now they dont want to make the mistake they did with Ayu, I mean for these years they only concentrate on Ayu and now they have understand that they have to give chances and priority to more than one artist, now its Ami Suzuki, later maybe will be Kumi. But maybe they wont do remixes of Kumi because she is very very popular now, but if she will start to lack of popularity they will do ^^ Sorry my grammar isnt that good in italian, so its worse in english :P

^Kumi has 1 remix album and it was only released online with about 8 songs and honesty, you (acoustic version) was the only good song on it.

I wish they would release another EUROBEAT album for ayu. I like eurobeat music, espically ayu's. Well, you never know, there might be one on the way. There's a remix of Ladies Night on BLUE BIRD, not to mention the Trance remix of BLUE BIRD itself. We might yet get another remix album out of ayu.

Kumi's "remix album" (if you can call it that) was terrible - this is where you can see how they "rushed" to get stuff out - but I want a good remix album by Kumi, especially trance! The remixes of her songs on Super J-TRANCE BEST and J-EURO BEST were amazing!

I am also hoping for a new set of remix albums by Ayu!

I would love to see a new ayu trance... *thinks about M (Above & Beyond), Depend on you (Svenson & Gielen remix), Real Me (Megara VS. DJ Lee Remix), everywhere nowhere (Norman Bass Remix) and some other*

ayumi hamasaki RMX WORKS from Cyber TRANCE presents ayu TRANCE 4... :love

I've been wondering about this myself , good topic anime_fanatic21 !

all this would make sense if Avex hadn't released 'AMIx world' for Ami Suzuki. that album had Ferry Corsten & Jonathan Peters & ect expensive high-end DJ/producers , and realistically speaking the album can be at best expected to sell a fraction of what an ayu remix album would.
and I don't think your third point applies anymore. Ayu hasn't been the lone top artist of Avex in years. '05 her album was only the 3rd best-selling avex album (EXILE were 1st & Koda Kumi was 2nd) , and BoA sold only around 100k less than Ayu.

Anna tsuchiya & AAA have released remix albums recently too , and they aren't huge sellers either ...

also I think the most remixed artist is in fact Madonna , but I believe Ayu is 'officially' the most remixed artist since a majority of madonna remixes aren't included in madonnas official discography. I'm not sure tho.

^a very large amount of Ayu's remixes isn't included in her official discography either, me and a friend is working on a complete reference for her remixes. I know a reference already exists here, but I it's not complete yet.

Yeah you're right about Ami Suzuki.. they put out a very high quality remix album of hers.. and it only sold about 5,000 copies or so :/ .. and they likely knew it wouldnt sell that well because her last album only sold roughly 60,000 copies and the remix album had hardly any promotion.. they could spend the same amount of money on a remix album for AYU and get a much larger profit

she is waiting...to surprise us..^^

Maybe they're working on something :shrug

Honestly, I hope they release another remix album, preferably while I'm in Japan. Like the creator of this thread, I love trance remixes and just love remixes in general (mostly electronica/dance/trance/house). I would really like to see Ayu revisit the remix sector just to please those die hard fans, perhaps it'll happen, perhaps it won't.

I really enjoyed the remixes of Koda Kumi's as well, I never get tired of the trance remix of "real Emotion" and her other songs.

I need remixes... usually i get bored with artists cuz i play the same songs over and over. With remixes it just enhances the different songs, i love it.

Delirium is right. Ayu is on top, has a lot of attention on her and is popular. Probably it wouldn't be worth it in the end.

I think it'd be best if it was like LOVEppears xD Wasn't there a whole megamix attached/bundled with that?

I want an album like that xD 2CD+DVD <3 It'd be a good reminder to everyone of how incredible Ayu is.. :]

actually Ami has a psycho-fanbase too , Avex is milking them with multiple cover + different first book bonus schemes. I know Ayu's is bigger , but with Ami they can also increase sales with different cheaper schemes than remixes. back in the day Ami was huge & sold millions.
I don't think Avex is 'gambling' with Ami. with some new artists they might take changes with & try different things , but Ami's already established herself on avex. I'm sure Avex like any company mostly makes calculated moves to ensure at least some profit & avoids risks.

I sure there are much more casual ayu fans who don't buy into the multiple cover - schemes and such , but they would buy a new remix album. the multiple cover & etc schemes work only for hardcore fans whereas a remix albums work for a much larger number of fans & possibly introduce new people to Ayu.

besides , if they made AMIx World I doubt the remix albums actually are THAT expensive to make , even with US/EU producers. having a dozen remixes on singles are expensive , but as an album release it would seem they aren't.

my theory why there hasn't been any new remix albums : Ayu has more control over her career & she doesn't want them. same goes for 'best of' albums , she doesn't want them released either. 'best of' - albums are a sure a hit , and all the big sellers on Avex ( EXILE , DAI , ELT etc) have already multiple 'best of's released. except Ayu.

I think Ami isn't a new artist on Avex anymore , she's already released 3 singles since her first avex album (and four singles off that too) & probably soon announcing a new album.

I don't think Ayu has total control over her career , she probably has to compromise over things like multiple covers. multiple covers isn't a big deal tho since most people will just pick the one they like the best , but BLUE BIRD single has a different content for different editions and that's a new scheme for Ayu. but who knows , she might be consenting this. afterall she's losing the top-selling posisiton on avex fast ....

and about her remixes on singles ; I think they've really changed in style. they used to be like club/dance/trance/eurobeatish & now they're like expirimental sounding & weird. and didn't Ayu say she likes reggae & urban music ? so she herself might like the reggae remix of 'STEP you' from Fairyland , who knows :P