Musical Discoveries in Touhou Fandom

[Ken Hisuag 136]

RT3 is wrapping up, so it should be safe to post this.

I went looking for the original N.I.G.H.T.M.A.R.E. when reviewing the tournament entry, and I appreciated the context it gave to the remix. Personally I think Nhato's version is better, but this one's still good in its own right.

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[buskerdog 181]

20 hours ago, Ken Hisuag said:

RT3 is wrapping up, so it should be safe to post this.

I went looking for the original N.I.G.H.T.M.A.R.E. when reviewing the tournament entry, and I appreciated the context it gave to the remix. Personally I think Nhato's version is better, but this one's still good in its own right.

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Thank you!! I hadn't heard the original, I love this version too!

edit: oh yeah you don't yet know that was my pick

Edited October 25, 2020 by buskerdog

[Drunken_Flower 227]

taking from RT3 to here

9 hours ago, Ken Hisuag said:

counter me with some True Administrator remixes

whoa whoa whoa, that's a hard request.
not many do the remix, and most that did anit give that much of a impression.
i think it's because the original, it feel really long and repetitive rite?
i'd say the best part from the original is at 1:04, also 0:36 is easily usable
if you remix it i recommend taking that part and scrap the other.
also what's with the long hold at 2:26

i only have

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you may recognize the style if you play Secret of Mana

and for the record
my registered birthday is Akyuu's birthday, although year and month is correct, the day is not, we don't know the exact date.
i pick the 9th cause Akyuu
also im forever 12

also yes Jssf is old
he's been in this community since the first era

[Drunken_Flower 227]

also here's what ive been into lately
dunno if i shared this here prevoiously
also dunno if anyone here like metal

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ÅNRYÅ - Hourai Hunter 【Metal, Folk】
this actually my friend's, he's an amazing dude
also the album if you want, it's free

CROW'S CLAW - Princess of Bloodsucker 【HeavyMetal】
Yamagen voice is really great, i got this song stuck in me for years

Kissing the Mirror - Shanghai Eliminator 【DeathMetal】
same album as previous. i'd say this the best album they had.

Rib:y(uhki) - DEATHMARCH OF JIANGSHI'S PARADISEJACK 【HeavyMetal】
you may know him from Imperial Circus Dead Decandence (or if you read monster musume h-doujin a lot)
dunno if i should reserve this for halloween but i do have backups h'he

 

[Garison DeCrick 47]

 

10 hours ago, Drunken_Flower said:

also im forever 12

... but how are you... drunken? ah forget it.

 

9 hours ago, Drunken_Flower said:

CROW'S CLAW - Princess of Bloodsucker 【HeavyMetal】

Yoooo Crow's Claw! I love that circle. I have to resist listening to them unless I'm running because it's so intense. And by running, I mean moving back and forth between a 6 ft long hallway in my basement because there's already a foot of snow outside XD

Personally, I'm more of a fan of their tracks that are pure metal guitar with no voice where they have one guitar just go super high pitched and lead the melody like CROW'SCLAW - Catastrophe In Heaven But the one you posted is still pretty good.

 

9 hours ago, Drunken_Flower said:

(or if you read monster musume h-doujin a lot)

 The only part of Monster Musume I read is the chapter where they cosplay as Okuu. Yes, that's it.

[Ken Hisuag 136]

On 10/26/2020 at 4:24 AM, Drunken_Flower said:

i only have 1

But it was a great one! By far the best arrangement of the piece I've found yet! So thank you for that, and as promised here's a Cosmic Mind arrangement.

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Yeah it's CarrotWine and you've probably heard it already but it's honestly the best out of the ones I found.

My metal tolerance level lies somewhere between heavy and hard, though I sometimes think metal subcategories are ill-defined so I'm not confident in my true tastes. I liked the ANRYA piece, and also the CROW'SCLAW that Garison mentioned. At one point I thought the likes of Demetori and xi-on counted toward my metal inclusiveness, but now I've realized they're closer to symphonic metal. There's still RichaadEB!

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[Ken Hisuag 136]

I was just going back through the previous two tournaments, and I noticed one of the entries was no longer available. So I'm making a replacement link here.

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I'll get to Len'en eventually; still so much backlog . . .

[Ken Hisuag 136]

This is one of the nudicso pieces I've found since the tournament ended. Actually, it popped up in my recommended after I had been searching for a while.

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Also, ssbbmaster posted a Tiny, Tiny, Clever Commander remix this week, so I'll include that too.

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[Ken Hisuag 136]

Literally just came across this piece. I'll be keeping an eye out for ShibayanRecords in future.

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[buskerdog 181]

Ah yes, Shibayan Records, the kings and queens of "we make really good music but it's all really long". One of my first circles I listened to, actually.

Have I really not posted anything by them before? Well, seems like now is a good time.

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[Ken Hisuag 136]

You did; bossa nova Patchouli back in July. I didn't follow up at the time, though.

[buskerdog 181]

Oh yea, I forgot about that one. But this is the first time I've posted their funk / nudisco stuff. Probably.

[Ken Hisuag 136]

This Cosmic Mind remix was just uploaded today! Good timing, eh? Like most of the pieces from this soundtrack, this is a more laid-back type of orchestral arrangement. I get a noble/reverent impression from it, in contrast to CarrotWine's epic style. I'm not sure it quite fits, but I still appreciate it.

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Since I'm here, I'll post this symphonic metal piece, too. FalKKonE only sells arrangements that he can license, and Kanako's announced inclusion in 17.5 has given me hope that I'll finally get this particular one.

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Edited January 2 by Ken Hisuag

[Amamiya Yuki- 73]

I've always wondered, can you attach mp3, ogg files on site and listen to them because that would probably be super useful for me (even for next tournament) so imma probably check this out in this post



Edit: Yes it works but you need to save on quality since site upload limit is 4.88mb, still it probably will be useful

 

Edited November 5, 2020 by Amamiya Yuki-

[buskerdog 181]

"Independent Simulacrum", a new composition by ZUN made specifically for the Indie Live Expo II presentation that happened today. 

 

[Ken Hisuag 136]

@Amamiya Yuki- Downside of the embedded mp3 is lack of track identification.

[Ken Hisuag 136]

I found this Touhou game jam compilation album on Bandcamp. It has quite the variety of noteworthy artists and styles.

https://touhoujam.bandcamp.com/album/touhou-jam-jams

Prismriver Orchestra released a jazz piece yesterday. I realize I just posted something from him, but I'm trying to ration out my backlog collection right now.

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On that note, this will be the first chiptune remix I post on Musical Discoveries. HertzDevil's MEGA ZUN project features a more retro style, and he's managed to cover quite a few pieces across the series over the years.

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[Ken Hisuag 136]

I'm up later than I should be, and I'm unable to turn in yet. So while I'm waiting I think I might as well add a couple more things.

This is an interesting take on Hartmann's Youkai Girl.

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Then another jazz piece. I don't know why I'm suddenly listening to jazz more, but the variety is good for the thread.

Also:
Bongos.

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Edited November 8, 2020 by Ken Hisuag
I was gonna post something else, but decided to save it.

[Amamiya Yuki- 73]

On 11/7/2020 at 9:59 PM, Ken Hisuag said:

@Amamiya Yuki- Downside of the embedded mp3 is lack of track identification.

Yeah, while you are right it's also much faster than uploading to Youtube (assuming no one uploaded it yet) as long as you can stay in site upload size range

[Drunken_Flower 227]

On 11/8/2020 at 1:34 PM, Ken Hisuag said:

Then another jazz piece. I don't know why I'm suddenly listening to jazz more, but the variety is good for the thread.

Also:
Bongos.

yoo i like that one, also from a obscure person? i take it.
and bongos.

 

me>?
im in mexico (mood) lately. the SWR themes really fit in the latin arranges

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an arrange of Fragrant Plants, the circle is Nekonotsuka but this one is a guest arranger.
from album Pieces of Heavens, this arrange is really distinctive since the other's are hardstyle scrhanz stuff lol.
can you endure 12 minutes? surprisingly not repetitive, the arranger took different approach each time.

 

also another one from Foxtail-Grass Studio, this one is an arrange of Ridiculous Game. album is Natsukaze Memoria
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ngfq4lzwwalvn02/05. 獅子奮迅.mp3?dl=0

 

now now Tamusic also joins, quite an unusual one from tamusic.
this one is Dancing Water Spray arrange, album is HEXAGRAM. shoulda well known with 85k views but screw it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofl8x1qUHv8

 

also i forgot if i ever put this here, outta theme but this one will never be boring

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[Ken Hisuag 136]

Have you seen the Piano Guys video for I Want you Bach? As I listened to "Mocking Dance" ~ Can you step on the dancing?, I started to visualize a similar scenario.

There is a darkened stage, and in the forefront are two distinct groups. On the one side is an ensemble of Latino folk, and on the other is some form of rock band with synthesizers. As the performance progresses, these two sides continually trade off the song to each other, sharing and contrasting each other's styles. Over time, more of the stage is lit to reveal more parts of both groups. Sometimes the two will let the song rest equally between them, lending elements of both styles into a balanced blend.

This may be the first musical piece of over ten minutes that I remained completely engaged with the entire way through.

[buskerdog 181]

I managed to find these really good and very obscure remixes, from a pretty long time ago. This channel didn't make that many of them, but they're so good!

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But as it turns out, he's also started making new remixes again just recently! Oh, and he's doing piano stuff as well! However still super obscure. I think these really deserve to be a lot more viewed for how high quality they are.

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Edited November 14, 2020 by buskerdog

[jssf1992 86]

Oh, I've been putting this off, but here's an old thing I would have shared for Halloween:

 

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[Ken Hisuag 136]

@jssf1992 You actually posted that back in May. I don't mind the refresher, though; I think I can appreciate it more now than I did then.

@buskerdog These are good! I like the arranger's artstyle as well.

Edited November 14, 2020 by Ken Hisuag

[buskerdog 181]

Yep, I also remember that one being posted earlier.

5 hours ago, jssf1992 said:

Oh, I've been putting this off, but here's an old thing I would have shared for Halloween:

But that reminds me, since I guess a future Halloween remix tournament isn't likely, I might as well share the ones I had in mind.

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You can see why I would have picked these for Halloween.