Remixion
{{Infobox album
| name = Remixion
| type = ep
| artist = Sakanaction
| cover = Sakanaction-remixion.jpg
| alt = A fish skeleton with its body forming the word "remix"
| released = {{start date|2008|10|15}}
| recorded = 2008
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Techno, electronica, post-rock
| length = {{Duration|m=14|s=16}}
| language = Japanese
| label = BabeStar Label
| producer = Sakanaction
| prev_title = 'Night Fishing Is Good' Tour 2008 in Sapporo
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Shin-shiro
| next_year = 2009
}}
Remixion (stylized as REMIXion, {{IPA|ja|ɾimiꜜkkɯ̥ɕoɴ}}) is a remix extended play by Japanese band Sakanaction. It was released on October 5, 2008 through Victor Entertainment sublabel BabeStar exclusively as a paid download.{{cite web | url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000042466 | title=サカナクション 初のリミックス音源を配信限定でリリース！ | language=Japanese |publisher=Barks |date=October 15, 2008 | accessdate=February 17, 2015}}
Background and production
Sakanaction was first formed in the summer of 2005 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and released their debut album Go to the Future in May 2007.{{cite web | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/44829/full/ | title=北海道から全国区へ?新種バンド"サカナクション" | language=Japanese |publisher=Oricon |date=May 22, 2007 | accessdate=February 17, 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000031134 | title=北海道で人気急上昇中のバンド、サカナクション | language=Japanese |publisher=Barks |date=April 20, 2007 | accessdate=February 17, 2015}} For the rest of the year, the band worked on the production of their second album Night Fishing, which was released only half a year after their debut work, in January 2008.{{cite magazine |url=http://ro69.jp/feat/sakanaction_201109?p=2 |title=特集 サカナクション |language=Japanese |author=Shinji Hyogo |magazine=Rockin' On Japan |year=2011 |accessdate=February 17, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217175110/http://ro69.jp/feat/sakanaction_201109?p=2 |archivedate=February 17, 2015 }} In August 2008, Sakanaction released their first digital exclusive extended play, 'Night Fishing Is Good' Tour 2008 in Sapporo, a release that compiled live takes of songs performed at their March 8, 2008 concert at Penny Lane 24 in Sapporo.{{cite web | url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000042088 | title=夏フェス最多出場の新人、サカナクションがライヴ音源を配信限定リリース | language=Japanese |publisher=Barks |date=August 3, 2008 | accessdate=February 17, 2015}}{{cite magazine | url=http://ro69.jp/news/detail/1755 | title=サカナクション 初の全国ツアーが決定 | language=Japanese |magazine=Rockin' On Japan |date=December 20, 2007 | accessdate=February 19, 2015}} The extended play was commercially successful, managing to top iTunes Japan's rock chart, surpassing British band Coldplay's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008).{{cite web | url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000042466 | title=サカナクション、iTunesでCOLDPLAYを抜いて1位獲得 | language=Japanese |publisher=Barks |date=August 9, 2008 | accessdate=February 17, 2015}}
Remixion featured remixes of two songs, "Mikazuki Sunset" from Go to the Future (2007) and "Sample" from Night Fishing (2008). "Mikazuki Sunset" was remixed by Japanese DJ Fantastic Plastic Machine, and "Sample" by Sapporo-based DJ Kuniyuki. Fantastic Plastic Machine uploaded the remix of "Mikazuki Sunset" to his official MySpace to promote the release. Kuniyuki re-released his remix of "Sample" on his 2013 vinyl record Remix Collection.{{cite web | url=http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/kuniyuki-remix-collection-12-/MUSIQ.168EP.html | title=KUNIYUKI Remix Collection 12 |publisher=Forced Exposure | accessdate=February 17, 2015}} Both songs from the extended play were compiled on the band's compilation album Natsukashii Tsuki wa Atarashii Tsuki: Coupling & Remix Works (2015).{{cite web |url=http://natalie.mu/music/news/152770 |title=サカナクション"月"のコンセプト作にメンバーREMIX＆山口一郎初監督MV |publisher=Natalie |language=Japanese |date=July 3, 2015 |accessdate=July 4, 2015}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline =
| all_writing = Ichiro Yamaguchi
| total_length = 14:16
| title1 = Mikazuki Sunset (FPM Everlust Mix)
| note1 = {{nihongo2|三日月サンセット}}, "Crescent Moon Sunset"
| length1 = 6:05
| title2 = Sample (Cosmic Version)
| note2 = {{nihongo2|サンプル}} Sanpuru
| length2 = 8:11
}}
Release history
| class="wikitable"
! Region ! Date ! Format ! Distributing Label ! Catalogue codes |
| Japan
| rowspan="2"|digital download | VEAML-22605 |
| South Korea
|{{start date|2009|05|01}}{{cite web | url=http://music.bugs.co.kr/album/183207 | title=Remixion Sakanaction |publisher=Bugs | language=Korean | accessdate=February 17, 2015}} | J-Box Entertainment | |
References
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Category:Japanese-language EPs
Category:2000s Japanese-language albums