Ayumi Hamasaki Sekai - the Annie thread

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the Annie thread

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Annie calls it "pop with strange edges;" those sounds both immediately listenable and utterly beguiling, mainstream and underground all at once. On her second album this "pop with strange edges" is also pop with twists and eccentricities so surprising that the tunes persistently demand a double take. Sometimes expressive, sometimes funny but always totally fresh and utterly human, Annie's new album "Don't Stop" puts on something of a show.

Recorded over the last two years, "Don't Stop" will pull off the tricky task of pleasing Annie's existing fans while, just maybe, making her a bit of a household name. Think of that first album, which sold more than 100,000 copies and established Annie's name as one to watch throughout Europe, America and the Far East, as the blueprint, or as a speculative "Property Of Annie" stamp on pop's plump rump; now think of "Don't Stop" as a faithful amplification of "Anniemal's" winning charms. The result? A sound you'll find everywhere from Hoxton houseparties to the distant, absent-minded whistle of a Burgess Hill binman.

her new single, "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me," will be released on July 14th, with second single, "My Love Is Better," following on September 22nd, and, finally, album "Don't Stop," sometime in early October.

a 5 track sampler including the single "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me" is floating around online, so if any electro/pop fans haven't heard it I suggest you track it down because at least 2 or 3 of the songs will instantly make it onto your iPod. Namely, 'Songs remind me of you' and 'When the Night" really did it for me. Her first album was a bit hit-and-miss for me, but I must say - Very much anticipating this album's release.

I love Annie ^^
she's a great singer :)
I've only heard Heartbeat but it's a great song 8D
think I'll order her album.. 8D

THERE'S AN ALBUM SAMPLER AROUND~ ?
OMG, I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me is just pure win. I love that song so much!!

^ yeah, I've posted it in the downloads section.

^^Thanks for that! I downloaded it just now!!

well, since "I Know UR Girlfriend Hates Me" flopped, her label as postponed the release of the second single and album until next year. she has also returned to the studio to record more tracks:

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Originally Posted by Annie's MySpace

Studiomadnesss

Back on the plane again.. Berlin next.
Playing solitaire...on my computer,always fun fun fun...,and listening to this lady who is so scared of flying,and is 99% sure that she..s..gonne die,and the plane will go down any moment.well...let see if she..s right. I..m not totally covinced...just yet.

Had some really great days in London.When I arrived I went straight to the studio...was spending 16 hours there...writing,and working on a new song.It was brilliant...I love to work in the studio... untill you..re just not able to work anymore.It..s great to push it...and always when I feel that I..m really tired..and maybe can..t stand on my feet,I come up with some nu ideas for a song....and now and again it..s some pretty good ideas...I ended up doing 2 nu songs+and intro. The last day we worked 20hours,hahaha.....felt like a zombie wendsday morning.And I..m sure the woman who was serving me breakfast at the hotel that morning thought I was some kind of junkie...hehe...well well,at least the songs sounds pretty good.Big tunes....

Will go home,have a shower,and this australian band PRESETS are playing tonight.They..re good.Played before me at Glastonbury...really great set.Saw them in Australia too...really good live,and nice guys. So it can be fun:-)

Oh...and I almost forgot to tell you...just discovwered that they have PANDA liqurise in London too,yeeeehaa.....so maybe i..ll move there after all,hehe.....

have a lovely weekend....

kiss kisss.....a

oh jeez, are you serious? how dumb :[ i was really looking forward to her 2nd album, it sounded so much better than her first one from the previews.

if y'all didn't already know, the album has leaked, and I've uploaded it on the downloads section. since she's gone back to rerecord some stuff, this may be the only chance we get to hear some of these tracks.

***** needs spellcheck :laugh

according to her MySpace, Annie is reshooting the cover for "Don't Stop."

Annie has left Island.

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Snow/elephantman& off the island

Hello!

Winter is here...at the moment I..m in Helsinki. Arrived here Saturday, the day after I arrived, a snowstorm arrived too. I don..t think I..ve ever experienced anything that cold. It felt like my face was on fire, and while walking I couldn..t see a thing, just wind and snow everywhere. 2 days later it..s still snowing, but no wind...just beautiful clear snow, it..s beautiful. It..s 23 in the evening, and I was just out making a snowman, hehe...so so fun. After hours in the studio.He maybe looked a bit like the elephant man...maybe I scared the kids away.
I..m staying here for a week. working on a song....

Last week I was DJing in the Netherlands. First up was Amsterdam...and that wasn..t really a good surprise. I was DJing at a great venue called Paradiso. I was looking forward to that, since I did a live gig there a couple of years ago, and it was so so fun:-) But this time they were not exactly great. I arrived really late, and was so hungry...but nobody showed me where I could go and eat, so I ended up eating some bad burger that tasted like raw old rat meat....and they didn..t bother showing me the hotel, so I walked around with a heavy bag, looking for the hotel, totally wrong side of town for about 1/2 hour...hmm...I..m not really a diva..but it was so much that was not too pleasant. I really like Amsterdam though...beautiful city, fun fun fun...

Next up was Rotterdam. Did a gig at a venue called WATT. This was a totally different story...the people who booked me were so so nice...took really good care of me, got me good food, that did not taste anything like something that is close to the ..mouse family.....and the hotel was great. It's always nice when you feel like the promoters are happy that you..re coming to play..Rotterdam was just fun!!!!

Also had a meeting with Island record last week. I..ve been bit upset, cuz they never wanted to come up with a release date of ..Don..t stop'. I think it..s a great label, but I never felt they were that positive to my ideas...so we decided that we..re not gonna work together anymore. After Nick Gatfield, who was the head of Island left the label...a couple of months after I signed, things changed. I'm an artist with lots of ideas, plans...so I..m gonna do things my own way from now on.
At least there will be much more Annie records/songs coming out next year then 2008...Already very first week of 2009,I..m coming out with a song called ÁNTHONIO.. that I hope you..ll be into....it..s gonna be out on Richard X..s label...so watch out!!!
I think Island are great...it just wasn..t the place for me........no hard feelings, the show will go on......the Annie caravan will keep on moving, and the dogs..ll keep on barking:-)

Now I..m gonna watch Sopranos...watching season 2....and tomorrow I..m back in studio.And if it..s still snow there, I..ll maybe build a snow castle.....
and in the evening I..m gonna have a spa....woooooooo.....can..t wait.
Have fun....

lots of love from Finland