(Should this be under Ayu Celebrity News? It's not really news...)
This won't be a big deal to some of you, but for me, it made me squeal and put a huge smile on my face.
Most Ayu fans are familiar, at least by name, with the trance trio Above&Beyond. Their remix of Ayu's "M" is epically amazing and it was the first time I had ever heard of Above&Beyond and subsequently introduced me to them many, many years ago.
I listen to Above&Beyond's weekly trance radio show entitled "Group Therapy." Each week, they play two hours of the newest trance music along with guest mixes and flashbacks. They also do shout outs, where listeners can ask the weekly DJ (Tony, Paavo, or Jono) to shout out to them or their friends and loved ones. (I myself, have had two shout outs now, which was pretty much amazing; especially the second one where I was the first shout out of the show on episode 6 @ timestamp 24:30, for those who are curious!
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http://www.aboveandbeyond.nu/radio/abgt006)
Anyways, during last week's episode (#15), which aired the day after Valentine's Day, Paavo (who is Finnish) was reading some shout outs for Valentine's Day when he goes,
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"And me, myself, would like to thank Ayumi Hamasaki, as it was while working on the remix for her that I met the true love of my life."
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(timestamp 25:31) He's married to a Japanese woman and they have at least one daughter together, from what he's talked about on the show. At first I was just sitting there going, "La la la, oh, he said Ayumi's name," which quickly turned into me doing a double-take and going, "WAIT WHAT!"
You can listen to it here:
http://www.aboveandbeyond.nu/radio/abgt015
I immediately tweeted Paavo, letting him know what a huge Ayu fan I am and how she's the reason I was introduced to Above&Beyond in the first place. I hope he responds!
Visit their website:
http://www.aboveandbeyond.nu/ and tune in to their weekly radio show which airs every Friday and is shortly put up for free download on iTunes podcasts each week.