Kazuhito Kikuchi working on new Ayu song?!

[Crystal_Ageha]

Oh my gosh, the fairyland bridge is one of the few I really love, hah! Especially when I'm watching the PV, because it's so dramatic. I love how it builds up.

[bluegie]

LOL I guess I'm the only one who hate that bridge then .

That's a good question tho TH. I wonder if tasuku composed that part as well..

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by bluegie

LOL I guess I'm the only one who hate that bridge then .

That's a good question tho TH. I wonder if tasuku composed that part as well..

Nope, I don't like it much either. I listen to it a LOT now that it's Summer, and everytime it gets to the bridge when I'm at work having a cigarette I'm like "ok, come on now" - Lol. I love the little sound effect after Ayu brings the chorus back in softly and then it does this little funky thing and the chorus like POWS back in. But yeah, I sometimes fast forward the bridge on my iPod. Lol.

Although I can appreciate it.

[truehappiness]

I'm surprised he's related to HAL (I second bluegie on the GUILTY comment, lol).

He -was- related to HAL. He left the group to pursue some solo work, I guess. (2002/2003 is when I pinpoint his leaving...)

ats- (Atsushi Sato) was the other member of HAL that left a while before Yuta did in 2002. ats- does lyrics (probably when HAL had HALna and was an actual group) and also arranges. He doesn't do work with Ayu though. (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ats-)

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

He -was- related to HAL. He left the group to pursue some solo work, I guess. (2002/2003 is when I pinpoint his leaving...)

Hmmn, I'm not sure if the English wiki is reliable or not, but it said Yuta left HAL in early 2001. But in RAINBOW's Japanese wiki, it stated:

neverending dream

作曲・編曲：HΛL (Toshiharu Umesaki, Yuta Nakano)
インスト

So... was he still in the group during 2002 then..?

[truehappiness]

On the Japanese wiki for HAL, they have February 2003 as when Yuta/Atsushi Sato left.

Bad Google trans+Japanese:

In February 2003, an official announcement from the company had no record, but the vocals and Atsushi SatoHΛLNAThe left, the dormant band together as a unit activity. Satoats-Started working as an arranger under the nametearbridge productionMember. HΛLNA activity after withdrawal is still unclear, seems to be in a state of virtual retirement from public life. Umezaki still was far SapotogitarisutoShimizu Takehito(Takehito Shimizu) andNakano Yuuta(Yuta's inside) and restructured Saundopurodyusayunitto welcomed, Ayumi Hamasaki,Tamaki Nami、Aya Ueto、Tackey and TsubasaAnd become involved in music.

2003年2月、レコード会社からの公式的な発表は一切なかったものの、佐藤あつしとボーカルのHΛLNA が脱退し、同時にバンドユニットとしての活動休止状態に。佐藤はats-名義でアレンジャーとして活動を開始し、tearbridge productionに所属。HΛLNAの脱退後の活動は現在も不明であり、芸能活動からの事実上の引退状 態にあると思われる。引き続き梅崎は、これまでサポートギターリストであった清水武仁（しみず たけひと）と中野雄太（なかの ゆうた）を迎え入れてサウンドプロデューサーユニットとして再編成し、浜崎あゆみ、玉置成実、上戸彩、タッ キー&翼等の楽曲に携わるようになる。

I guess they restructured the group at that time? I dunno.

I think HAL just occasionally switched members in and out until people left for good.

[bluegie]

I usually just skip to another track after it hits the bridge.. That's why fairyland is low on play counts in my iTunes..

[Zeke.]

Originally Posted by bluegie

I usually just skip to another track after it hits the bridge.. That's why fairyland is low on play counts in my iTunes..

OMG, you listen to the whole beginning and don't even hear the best part then! The part right after the bridge is the best. Like the last BANG of the track. It's powerful and FUN!

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

Originally Posted by all.night.raver

OMG, you listen to the whole beginning and don't even hear the best part then! The part right after the bridge is the best. Like the last BANG of the track. It's powerful and FUN!

agree...I love all of fairyland

[truehappiness]

I could play fairyland for days just like ANGEL'S SONG and Sunrise...

Did you know that Sunrise has over eight hun--- never mind.

[AngelSenshi]

Originally Posted by truehappiness

I could play fairyland for days just like ANGEL'S SONG and Sunrise...

Did you know that Sunrise has over eight hun--- never mind.

Haha, it's okay, I play Sunrise a lot too Though amongst those three I listen to ANGEL'S SONG the most (Though that post just inspired something for the chat-room section...)


I really want tasuku back, look at his list of arrangments I think he's definitely got some extremely strong songs in that department, and he also proves to be able to do a great variety of types of music. I definitely think that out of most of her arrangers he's shown that he can do some of the most. Out of the songs that he's arranged, the ones in bold are the ones that for me personally I love the sound of.

* I am... （共同編曲）
* Daybreak （編曲）
* taskinlude （作曲・編曲）
* no more words （共同編曲）
* independent （編曲）
* July 1st （編曲）
* Heartplace （編曲）
* taskinillusion （作曲・編曲）
* HANABI 〜episode II〜 （編曲）
* Memorial address （編曲）
* About You （編曲）
* Will （編曲）
* (miss)understood （編曲）
* In The Corner （編曲）
* tasking （作曲・編曲）
* Beautiful Day （編曲）
* Ladies Night 〜another night〜 （リアレンジ/rearrange）
* It was （編曲）
* taskinst （作曲・編曲）
* GREEN （編曲）

[Cherry Dynamite]

I just hope it'll be a great song, not really liking MOON/blossom based from the previews hopefully I'll like it more when I hear the full versions.

[relmy]

Oh my gosh, every song this guy has composed is epic. SURREAL is my favourite Ayu song. That list is just a list of classic Ayu songs.

I am MORE than excited now.

[Pieces_of_SEVEN]

^^I agree. This should be good.

[bluegie]

^Yes, I admit that the part of the long bridge is really good.. I wish there's a shorter bridge version, like the one they used during live.

[fantaisie.sign]

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! So excited to know that Kikuchi is back!

At this point, I have a feeling that the next album is going to be a 2-disc extravaganza lol. There's so much potential epicness involved in all the leaked news we've been seeing lately in order for this to be just an ordinary album.

[Ranma Matsuri]

So I'm guessing this means we can be expecting a new CM? In other words, a preview of the second addition to the singles project?

Originally Posted by Chibinina4

There's so much potential epicness involved in all the leaked news we've been seeing lately in order for this to be just an ordinary album.

Glad, I'm not the only one who thinks that.

[truehappiness]

http://panasonic.jp/dc/fx70/index.html

There's a new LUMIX FX series camera coming out. It's expected that the CM for it will probably be out in August. (around the same time that the camera comes out)

We'll see since there are 2 more singles after MOON / blossom.

[ohsixthirty]

as long as there's a new ayumi song in the cm, i'm happy.

[C+R+E+AYUMI]

I hope something SURREAL-like to be released