{"id":14716,"date":"2019-04-13T09:09:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/?p=14716"},"modified":"2019-04-13T09:09:57","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:09:57","slug":"ak-say-that-you-love-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/releases\/ak-say-that-you-love-me\/","title":{"rendered":"AK &#8211; Say That You Love Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.juno.co.uk\/player-embed\/SF725156-01-01-01.mp3\/?pl=false&#038;pn=false\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Japanese singer-songwriter-producer Akemi Kakihara, better known as AK, is a huge star in her native country-where she&#8217;s released 15 albums, many topping the charts, along with writing &#038; producing for many other artists as well. Her first album featured a collaboration with close friend Brazilian pianist and composer Eumir Deodato-but she&#8217;s probably most recognized internationally for Her composition &#8220;Say That You Love Me,&#8221; originally a jazzy ballad, was remixed by Francois K and Eric Kupper in 2001 and released on New York label King Street Sounds. The remix soon became a staple at Body &#038; Soul in both New York and Japan, ultimately topping the dance charts around the world and emerging as the top house anthem in Japan over the next decade-as well as becoming King Street Sounds&#8217; all time biggest seller. (The song wasn&#8217;t the only success story to bloom from this project: visiting Body &#038; Soul for the first time in 2001 to meet Francois K and see and hear the crowd&#8217;s reaction to the remix, when she also met DJ and party co-founder Danny Krivit. A romance between them blossomed, they married in 2008, and continue to reside in NYC.)<\/p>\n<p>With 7&#8243; vinyl singles currently enjoying a renaissance, Krivit suggested AK revisit the landmark track to do another re-work of &#8220;Say That You Love&#8221; for Most Excellent Unlimited, something noticeably different from the original. AK&#8217;s new version of her signature tune retains her silky vocal refrain that first seduced listeners, but adds a bubbly keyboard melody and a propulsive snare kick that turns it into a dance floor stomper. Krivit then edited down her new production and the Francois K mix for the first time on 7&#8243; release; he felt the song&#8217;s King Street hit remix arrangement was very strong, so he did his best to maintain it&#8217;s hit arrangement within the restrictions of a 5:30 min format for the flip side of the single. The result is a must-own 7&#8243; that sounds both classic and contemporary at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Label: Most Excellent Unltd<br \/>\nFormat: 7&#8243;<br \/>\nCat: MXAK 001<br \/>\nReleased: 12 Apr 19<br \/>\nGenre: Disco\/Nu-Disco<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.juno.co.uk\/products\/ak-say-that-you-love-me\/725156-01\/?ref=motionfm&#038;utm_source=affiliate&#038;utm_medium=affiliate&#038;utm_campaign=affiliate_dashboard_referral\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>BUY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Side 1<br \/>\n1.\t&#8220;Say That You Love Me&#8221; (Danny Krivit 7&#8243; edit &#8211; Francois K remix) (5:34)<\/p>\n<p>Side 2<br \/>\n1.\t&#8220;Say That You Love Me&#8221; (Danny Krivit 7&#8243; edit &#8211; AK remix) (5:46)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese singer-songwriter-producer Akemi Kakihara, better known as AK, is a huge star in her native country-where she&#8217;s released 15 albums, many &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14717,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14718,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14716\/revisions\/14718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}