Information on Ami Suzuki’s Anniversary Live
January 8, 2010 by J!-ENT · View Comments
The following is information on Ami Suzuki’s Anniversary Live performance:
Ami Suzuki Anniversary Live: Notice of ticket sales
Opening Date / Start
February 8, 2010 (Mon) 18:30 / 19:30
Tokyo: Shin-Kiba studio coast
Ticket price: 1F standing-room (with Cabinet) ￥ 6,300 (approx.)
※ ￥ 500 generations when 1drink require a separate admission
※ Open Start time is subject to change.
Application Period: You can get – December 22, 2009 (Tue) 18:00
日付 開場/開演
2010年2月8日(月) 18:30/19:30
東京都: 新木場studio coast
チケット代金：1F立見 （整理番号付き）￥6,300（税込）
※入場時 1drink代 ￥500が別途必要
※開場開演時間は変更になる場合がございます。
受付期間:ただいま～2009年12月22日(火)18:00
Tags: Ami Suzuki, Anniversary Live, 鈴木亜美, Japanese Entertainment News, 新木場Ami Suzuki takes on challenging acting role of a young woman with a hearing disability
November 12, 2008 by J!-ENT · View Comments
Japantoday.com reported:
Singer Ami Suzuki, 26, takes on the challenge of portraying a hearing-impaired character in “Love Letter,” a new TV drama celebrating the 40th anniversary of TBS’s “Ai no gekijou” daytime dramas. Suzuki plays the lead role of a young woman growing up, who communicates through sign language. She travels to Shodo Island in Kagawa Prefecture, where she falls in love for the first time and makes lifelong friendships.
Tags: Ami Suzuki, Japanese Entertainment News, Suzuki AmiSuzuki Ami kicks off Avex 20th Anniversary musical “Kokoro no Kakera”
September 17, 2008 by Dennis Amith · View Comments
Japantoday.com reported, “Singer Ami Suzuki, 26, this week started her latest musical, “Kokoro no kakera,” at Aoyama Theater in Tokyo, which is part of music label Avex’s 20th anniversary celebrations. Suzuki was chosen because YU-KI, 41, vocalist of dance group TRF, had to withdraw from the musical due to illness.”
Tags: Ami Suzuki, Kokoro no Kakera, Suzuki AmiSuzuki Ami – One (a J!-ENT World Groove CD Single Review)
August 13, 2008 by Dennis Amith · View Comments
“A 10th Year Anniversary CD single and a refreshing collaboration with capsule’s Nakata Yasutaka”
ARTIST: Suzuki Ami
CD SINGLE: ONE
LABEL: avex trax
CATALOG #: AVCD-31435
DURATION: 21:49
RELEASE DATE: July 2, 2008
- ONE
- A token of love
- ONE (instrumental)
- A token of love (FM88 mix)
DVD: Region 2, 4:3, Duration: 5:23
- ONE (Music Video)
I admit that I was a bit sad that the “Joins” project featuring Suzuki Ami and various music artists and producers would end with her “DOLCE” album but with the announcement of a CD single (her 28th) to commemorate her 10th Anniversary, I admit that I was quite curious to see which direction her music would go.
Since 2005, Suzuki has been mostly doing a lot of collaborations for her “Joins” musical projects and sure enough, her latest CD single “ONE” is not officially a “Joins” project but yet features another collaboration with another team up with capsule’s Nakata Yasutaka.
In true Nakata fashion both tracks “ONE” and “A token of love” are given his musical spin which is more or less electronic dance music featuring vocals going through a vocoder.
Typically I have a disdain towards vocals where the vocoder is used too much. I don’t like the robotic voices or overwarped vocals that I hear on some electronic dance music but I have to admit that for “ONE”, it seems to work well.
As for the coupling song, “A token of love”, the track is another upbeat digital song that has the blips and beeps of a monosynth and even almost a sense of old school Depeche Mode style of vibe and has a mild vocoder style but not as pronounced as in “ONE”.
The third track is an instrumental version of “ONE” and the fourth track is an “FM88 mix” of “A token of love” which sounds totally different from the original and another synth-based interpretation of the song. I’m curious if “FM88″ is a reference to 1988 because the synth music has an old school feel to it.
The DVD features the music video for “ONE” and features Suzuki Ami dancing in an area with many illuminating poles. And some special, groovy effects featuring Suzuki Ami.
If anything, similar to her last music video “Potential Breakup Song”, we are seeing a more sexier version of Suzuki Ami’s persona come out and since this a ten-year anniversary CD single, I just think back to “love the island” and now and just know how much she has grown from her early sugary teen image to now, in her late 20’s and how she has become a beautiful, sultry performer.
The CD insert is strictly a bi-fold. Similar to Suzuki’s last packaging, the main photo for the CD is on the reverse side.
For her tenth CD single, I was hoping for somewhat a maxi-CD single possibly remixing her past songs (of course, from avex and not her Sony years) but nevertheless, her collaboration with Nakata Yasutaka is always refreshingly welcomed.
Even though the “Joins” project is officially over, I do enjoy these collaborations and to see different sides to her music. But as always, I look forward Suzuki Ami’s upcoming releases and moreso to see what direction her music will go if she is not collaborating with any major names.
So, “ONE” is another solid CD single from Suzuki Ami. A cool, fresh, upbeat collaboration with Nakata Yasutaka and a CD single worth checking out!
BUY THIS CD SINGLE:
Tags: Ami Suzuki, capsule, 鈴木亜美, Nakata Yasutaka, ONE, Suzuki Ami, Yasutaka NakataSuzuki Ami – DOLCE – (a J!-ENT World Groove Album Review)
June 12, 2008 by Dennis Amith · View Comments
“The second and final Suzuki Ami “Joins” album features more awesome musical collaborations with Capsule’s Nakata Yasutaka, Aly & AJ, RAM RIDER, CAPTAIN FUNK, Shinohara Tomoe and more. ”
ARTIST: Suzuki Ami
ALBUM: DOLCE
LABEL: avex trax
CATALOG #: AVCD-23432/B
DURATION: 55:49
RELEASE DATE: Feb. 6, 2008
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- FREE FREE – Suzuki Ami joins Nakata Yasutaka (capsule)
- feel the beat (album version) – Suzuki Ami joins Sugiurumn
- Potential Breakup Song – Suzuki Ami joins Aly & AJ
- Bitter… – Suzuki Ami joins S.A.
- SWEET DANCE – Suzuki Ami joins RAM RIDER
- THe WeekeND – Suzuki Ami joins CAPTAIN FUNK
- SUPER MUSIC MAKER (radio edit) – Suzuki Ami joins Nakata Yasutaka (capsule)
- MUSIC – Suzuki Ami joins RAM RIDER
- Stereo Love – Suzuki Ami joins Tomoe Shinohara***
- アイノウタ – Suzuki Ami joins ROCKETMAN Feat. YOU THE ROCK*
- 2人はPOP – Suzuki Ami joins Hoff Dylan
- 新しい日々 – Suzuki Ami joins YO-KING
DVD: Region 2, 4:3, Duration: 21:07 minutes
- Bitter… (Music video)
- DOLCE – BEHIND THE SCENES
Reinventing Suzuki Ami. With the release of her last album “CONNETTA”, in my last review, I was quite impressed by her collaborations project and somehow injecting new life in to the musical career of Suzuki Ami.
Although many will remember Suzuki Ami, one of the top selling J-Pop artists in the late 90’s and one of the most successful teenage artist’s at the time, now going on her late 20’s, the collaborations with popular club DJ’s, producers and Indie artists has definitely made things fresh and new.
The question is if people can move past her old J-Pop years and embrace her music now. I surely have.
In the second “Joins” album, Suzuki Ami has teamed up with a good number of artists and producers.
For the first track “FREE FREE” and the eight track “SUPER MUSIC MAKER”, Suzuki Ami joins Nakata Yasutaka of capsule. Nakata known for fusing elements of fhouse, lounge, electronica, and bossa nova to his music definitely has given some life to Suzuki Ami for the double A-side CD single and has slated to work with the artist again for her upcoming 10th Anniversary CD single.
For the second and third track “feel the beat (album version” and “Potential Breakup Song”, I was head over heels with this “joins” CD single as the collaboration with music producer sugiurumn was just awesome and her teaming up with California-based Aly & AJ (for a Japanese cover of their popular song) was also well done and showcasing a sexy side to the pop singer.
Suzuki also joins S.A., RAM RIDER (for two tracks), CAPTAIN FUNK, Shinohara Tomoe, ROCKET MAN feat. YOU THE ROCK, Hoff Dylan and Yo-King for more upbeat tracks.
The track that stood out was definitely “Futari wa POP”, a collaboration between Suzuki Ami and Hoff Dylan. The song is a surf-rock/pop song.
And then there is “Atarashii Hibi” which is a rock song featuring Suzuki Ami and rock band YO-KING.
All in all, the experimental collaborations were fun and although not much as an impact such as a “m-flo loves” project, the “Suzuki Ami joins” project was great while it lasted (note: this album is the last “joins” project album).
As for the DVD, you get the music video for “Bitter…” which features Suzuki Ami joins S.A. And similar to last year’s DVD for “Connetta”, the behind-the-scenes featurette features Suzuki Ami at the studio for each song recording for the collaborations, so really good behind-the-scenes material and great to see Nakata Yasutaka, RAM RIDER working on the music.
The CD insert is more of a folded out poster with track listings on one side and photos of Suzuki Ami on the other.
I have to admit that I wasn’t the biggest Suzuki Ami fan in the 90’s. As a Morning Musume fan, I would always dislike the ASAYAN competitions pitting the two against each other and of course, Suzuki was aligned with Komuro Tetsuya during the time the TK family was still on top.
Sure, there were some song such as “White Key” that I enjoyed but I found myself supporting her when she made her return after some hard times. There hasn’t been many music artists who had gone through what she has and although not the record sales dominating force that she once was, she is still among the top names with Avex as a music performer and now as an actress.
“DOLCE” is a fun, entertaining album but for old school fans who want her to return to Suzuki Ami style of J-Pop, then I can understand why they are not into the “Join” projects.
If anything, I embraced the experimentations and also this sexy look that she has brought to her most recent music videos. Sexy but not trashy and it works for her now that she’s matured beautifully.
I recommend the two “Joins” albums for the experimentation and bringing in something overall fresh for Suzuki Ami’s music.
Buy this album today!
Tags: Ami Suzuki, Dolce, Suzuki Ami[JAPAN] Koda Kumi and Suzuki Ami top last week’s entertainment news
February 9, 2008 by Dennis Amith · View Comments
Mainichi Daily News reported, “Female singer Kumi Koda’s apology over her bizarre comment about “rotten” fluid in the uteruses of 30-something women snared attention in the Mainichi’s Japanese-language entertainment news during the week between Feb. 2 and 8, along with news on prizewinning and birthday celebrities.”"On Thursday, 25-year-old Koda appeared in a Fuji TV news program and made a tearful apology, saying, “I think the way I spoke was really not good … I’m sorry.” The apology followed an earlier, unusual comment that a woman’s amniotic fluid — the intrauterine liquid in which a fetus lives until birth – goes “rotten” once she hits 35 years of age.”
“Koda appeared wearing a black suit, with a haggard expression on her face. Fuji TV officials said the interview with Koda was conducted the previous day at the company over a period of one hour.”
“Singer Ami Suzuki, who belongs to the same record company as Koda, also featured in the entertainment news as she held a countdown on Friday evening to mark her 26th birthday on Saturday.”
“Speaking on her goals after turning 26, she said, “I want to transform myself into a beautiful woman and go on a good date. My type is someone like (veteran comedian) Ken Shimura. If he proposed to me I can’t say how things might turn out.”
Tags: Ami Suzuki, Koda Kumi, Kumi Koda, Suzuki Ami
