Ayu approves Bentley Jones cover

[taskinillusion]

That's pretty cool of Ayu!

[Gasuko-chan]

Thank you for the tracklist, kiseki89. The album looks intersting
Thanks for the info.

[Shito]

Just wanted to share, as you may be interested : we had a long and really interesting interview with Bentley Jones on mimu, he talks about his passion for Jpop and his work on this album.

The article is available both in english and in french.

Here it is : Bentley Jones interview.


Greetings

[Maxker]

I love this part <3 Thanks for sharing Shito ^^

"The way the Japanese composers I worked with created their music had quite an impact on me, and it was shortly after that I was introduced to Ayumi Hamasaki. I was looking for Above and Beyond remixes and I came across their remix of ‘M’ on YouTube. I thought it was great but one of the comments said “the original is better” so I checked out the original and I thought it was incredible! Nothing like anything Western and it had a very raw emotional quality to it. From then I was hooked. "

[ExodusUK]

Sorry to bump but i saw this when searching Google News, thought it was interesting...

GU: Did you ever get the chance to meet Ayumi Hamasaki?

BJ: No, not yet! (laughs) When I heard she called EMI, it was trippy, completely trippy. It was one of those mornings that I worked until silly o'clock in the morning and my manager from EMI called me up and very casually said "we've got permission for this track and this track. Oh, and Hamasaki-san called us yesterday and said that she loves your version of 'Depend On You' and approves your lyrics". And I was like "What, Hamasaki-san personally?", and he replied with "Yea". I put the phone down and it didn't hit me for a couple of hours and then I was just calling everyone.

GU: So you never got the chance to speak to her personally?

BJ: No unfortunately, but yea, you never know. I'm doing a lot more work over there this time and I'm going to be spending a lot more time over there. So if our paths cross...

GU: Maybe when you've sold a couple of 10s of millions more albums she'll want to do a collaboration?

BJ: If I reached a quarter of her level, I'd die a happy man.

http://www.gamingunion.net/news/bent...-far--268.html

[hikaricore]

More press coverage and exposure for Ayu in a Western market, perhaps?

[jbrat2219]

Oh wow, I'd love to get Ayu's approval, how cool! I wonder if she understood the English lyrics perfectly.

[brand new love]

who is bentley jones

[YuriChan]

^http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_Jones

[ren0210989]

that guy has it great^^
i wish she'd say something like that to me (even tough she told it to his manager )

[BigAyuFan]

well heres a remix version i found if you guys havent heard it. its actually pretty good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U310nOHxVDo
his japanese isnt so hot but its not bad
enjoy
it makes me miss the original :\

[Dokiyo]

^ I LIKE this~ lol!!!~ one of a favorites song~ covered VERY well~ imo

[mi|kshake]

I think he could have chosen a better song...

mi|kshake~

[Evolution7/4]

^Yeah not one of Ayus most exciting songs so many better ones haha I mean Depend on You is a great song, but of all the songs he could have chosen...haha