''Amix World'' is the first

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of Japanese singer

Ami Suzuki is a Japanese recording artist, DJ, and actress from Zama, Kanagawa, Japan. Having been discovered at the talent TV show '' Asayan'', she was one of the most popular female teen idols in the late 1990s. However, in 2000, Suzuki faced legal prob ...

, released in March 2006.

Information

Most of the DJs that participated on this album are well known in Japan, and some are known in Europe and the United States, such as Jonathan Peters and

Ferry Corsten Ferry Corsten (; born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch disc jockey, record producer and remixer from Rotterdam. He is well known for producing many pioneering trance tracks during the 1990s–2000s under his numerous aliases, including System F, Moon ...

. The album was originally supposed to include only songs from Suzuki's first album under

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, '' Around the World'', but it was later decided to also include a remix of her single "

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", which was released the same time as this album. The album contains mainly

trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

and

house music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture in the late 1970s, as DJs began altering ...

mixes, including seven remixes of the song "Around the World", plus remixes of Suzuki's previous singles " Delightful", "

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" and " Negaigoto". The remix of "

" made by Bulldozzer was only previously released online by Avex and this is the first time that this remix appeared on an official disc.

Chart performance

The album had little promotion and charted poorly, debuting at the number 83 position on the

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charts. In its first week of sales, only 2,662 copies were sold. In the second week, only 894 copies were sold and the album then slipped to 240th place.

Track listing

Charts

References

{{Authority control Ami Suzuki albums 2006 remix albums Avex Group remix albums